Summer 2025: SHUCKED will play London's Regent's Park, and HAIRSPRAY aiming for Bway return, per Jack O'Brien

OMG, Lincoln Center is doing “Ghosts”, my favorite Ibsen play. I can’t imagine anyone could be better than Lesley Manville was at BAM, but this is very very exciting.

Shucked at an open-air theatre sounds AMAZING. What fantastic producing. I continue to be so impressed by Mike Bosner. I'm excited to see what he does next.

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "scripps said: "Can Jack Lowden revisit his Olivier winning role? Thanks in advance."

The casting I heard was pretty exciting and should fill theMitzi Newhouse,but I'm not gonna squeal because some other recent McNeal and Floyd Collins casting was set and then fell apart."

Interesting. I heard rumor of this revival over the summer with a few names attached and to be honest, I wasn't particularly excited. Very curious to see who this lands now.

Updated On: 9/21/24 at 11:27 PM

Interesting about the potential Hairspray revival and return of the O'Brien helmed touring production of The Sound of Music. I saw the recent Hairspray non-eq tour and was surprised to find how stale and dated the whole thing felt. As for The Sound of Music... I'd rather see a brand new production with a fresh creative team as opposed to the relaunch of a prior tour.

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "bwayphreak234 said: "Interesting about the potential Hairspray revival and return of the O'Brien helmed touring production of The Sound of Music. I saw the recentHairspray non-eq tour and was surprised to find how stale and dated the whole thing felt. As for The Sound of Music... I'd rather see a brand new production with a fresh creative team as opposed to the relaunch of a prior tour."

The answer to both those points is $$$$$$$$$$

The physical production for SOM already exists and Networks, Concord & co will milk it as long as they can.

As for HAIRSPRAY, I agree that a fresh perspective — with, ideally, a Black director — would be beneficial. But a remount will probably cost less than a rethinking, and the authors may prefer to stick with what they know worked before with O’Brien & Mitchell."

100% correct on all accounts! I can easily see them milking this touring production of SOM into eternity (just like the Networks Annie tour that was out for what seemed like ages and the Rigby Peter Pan tour).

I haven't been to NYC in A few years, but a revival of ' hairspray' would definitely have me trying to get back, especially with a killer cast