Stereophonic - Radio Edit

[Zeppie2022]

Posted: 4/16/26 at 11:17am

My daughter saw Stereophonic on tour and program mentioned "radio edit" of the show. I believe the show was cut to be a little under 3 hours. Is there any particular reason why they cut the length of this show on tour from the length it was on Broadway?

[tacotheatrelover]

Posted: 4/16/26 at 11:29am

Because it was too long. A two act play that starts at 7:00 and ends at 10:30 is utterly insane. It would be silent for 10 minutes, then a song, an argument, rinse and repeat. The show needed to be cut down from the get go.

[KJisgroovy]

Posted: 4/16/26 at 11:35am

Usually cuts like this are to prevent overtime pay and to make things smoother on the road. This is playing subscription houses and those kinds of patrons might be less interested in longer, more shaggy show. 

 

While I agree that cuts could have been made and likely gone unnoticed, the length of the show was an important part of the show experience for me. 

[darquegk]

Posted: 4/16/26 at 11:37am

See also: the recent Beauty and the Beast which cut half an hour from the show.

[Zeppie2022]

Posted: 4/16/26 at 1:35pm

KJisgroovy said: "Usually cuts like this are to prevent overtime pay and to make things smoother on the road. This is playing subscription houses and those kinds of patrons might be less interested in longer, more shaggy show.



While I agree that cuts could have been made and likely gone unnoticed, the length of the show was an important part of the show experience for me."

Thanks, the OT reason makes sense. Not sure many patrons that see show at subscription house would change mind about show over 15 minutes. I saw show on Broadway and wondered if I saw the tour version if I could tell what was cut.