THE FRONT PAGE Previews
THE FRONT PAGE Previews
#1THE FRONT PAGE Previews
Posted: 9/19/16 at 8:20pm
Previews begin tomorrow night for the new Broadway revival of Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur's comedy The Front Page!
Directed by Three-Time Tony Winner Jack O'Brien, starring Nathan Lane, John Slattery, John Goodman, Jefferson Mays, Sherie Renee Scott, Holland Taylor, Robert Morse, Dylan Baker, Micah Stock, David Pittu, & Clark Thorell.
So who's going?
#2THE FRONT PAGE Previews
Posted: 9/19/16 at 8:54pm
We're going and we have great seats. This cast should really knock this out of the park. When you see a cast listed and 75% of the actors could have their name over the title, well, that's pretty rare. I can't wait. Nathan, Holland, the Johns...SRS,JM....everybody!
I Can Has Cheezburger With This?
#3THE FRONT PAGE Previews
Posted: 9/19/16 at 9:32pm
I did a search and didn't find anything, so I apologize for potentially being reductive, but any news on a Rush/Standing Room?
"He found something that he wanted, had always wanted and always would want— not to be admired, as he had feared; not to be loved, as he had made himself believe; but to be necessary to people, to be indispensable."
-F. Scott Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#4THE FRONT PAGE Previews
Posted: 9/19/16 at 9:43pm
A former student of mine, Joe Forbrich, is in the cast. Very excited for him.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
@z5
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/30/15
#5THE FRONT PAGE Previews
Posted: 9/20/16 at 1:31pm
Weird that Vault has no Playbill cover posted yet...
neonlightsxo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/08
#7THE FRONT PAGE Previews
Posted: 9/20/16 at 1:46pm
Yes they do, Jeffrey.
http://www.playbill.com/production/the-encounter-john-golden-theatre-2016-2017
http://www.playbill.com/production/heisenberg-samuel-j-friedman-theatre-vault-0000014158
#8THE FRONT PAGE Previews
Posted: 9/20/16 at 1:50pm
Oh, sorry, I thought you were talking about this page...
http://www.playbill.com/vault
neonlightsxo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/08
GreasedLightning
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/11/14
#11THE FRONT PAGE Previews
Posted: 9/20/16 at 7:17pm
"When the audience comes in, it changes the temperature of what you've written." -Stephen Sondheim
#13THE FRONT PAGE Previews
Posted: 9/20/16 at 7:25pm
"The Front Page" was decent in most of its incarnations. My favorite line from the 1930's one was, "He looks like that actor Ralph Bellamy."
Stephanatic
GreasedLightning
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/11/14
#14THE FRONT PAGE Previews
Posted: 9/20/16 at 7:32pm
I'd like to see this but i'm worried I won't understand the humor.
#15THE FRONT PAGE Previews
Posted: 9/20/16 at 7:40pm
I love the artwork for this show but I LOVE that playbill. So different!
"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards
carnzee
Broadway Star Joined: 9/2/11
#16THE FRONT PAGE Previews
Posted: 9/20/16 at 7:51pm
I love the playbill design, but it doesn't look right with Goodman in a hoodie.
Greasedlightning, why do you think you won't understand this? I've seen His Girl Friday, the movie version and it wasn't hard to understand at all.
Jarethan
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/10/11
#17THE FRONT PAGE Previews
Posted: 9/20/16 at 8:12pm
GreasedLightning said: "I'd like to see this but i'm worried I won't understand the humor.
You won't have a problem. It is a well-plotted, terrific farce, with great roles. I have seen multiple productions and enjoyed them all. With this cast, if it goes wrong, Jack O'Brian will take all the blame...it won't be the play itself.
#18THE FRONT PAGE Previews
Posted: 9/20/16 at 8:13pm
Are they selling any merchandise?
Updated On: 9/20/16 at 08:13 PM
@z5
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/30/15
#19THE FRONT PAGE Previews
Posted: 9/20/16 at 8:18pm
Very interesting! Definitely not at all what I was expecting.
GreasedLightning
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/11/14
#20THE FRONT PAGE Previews
Posted: 9/20/16 at 8:31pm
Good to know! It's definitley on my list just wasn't very high up the list but i'll trust your instincts and give it a shot 
#21THE FRONT PAGE Previews
Posted: 9/20/16 at 8:33pm
I love that Playbill cover. This would actually look great in b/w as well, though hopefully it won't come to that since I heard that this is selling well.
Caption: Every so often there was a rare moment of perfect balance when I soared above him.
GreasedLightning
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/11/14
#22THE FRONT PAGE Previews
Posted: 9/20/16 at 8:40pm
Are my eyes deceiving me or is that not already in Black & White? Hah
#23THE FRONT PAGE Previews
Posted: 9/20/16 at 8:48pm
You might be right, lol. It looks sepia toned to me in that picture.
Caption: Every so often there was a rare moment of perfect balance when I soared above him.
#24THE FRONT PAGE Previews
Posted: 9/20/16 at 8:48pm
I think it's more of sepia/brown tone and white, but not that far from black and white
#25THE FRONT PAGE Previews
Posted: 9/20/16 at 9:13pm
The "black and white" that a show opts to save money has a black and white playbill.com logo at the bottom of its playbill, which clearly isn't the case here.
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