THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews- Page 5
THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews
#100THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews
Posted: 12/23/23 at 2:52pm
I’m seeing the top of the website reads “SOMETHING GREAT IS COMING TO BROADWAY”, whereas last month is still just read “SOMETHING GREAT IS COMING”.
When did this change? Any other materials out there alluding to a transfer floating around yet?
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#101THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews
Posted: 12/23/23 at 5:01pm
Did you read this page of the thread? Not even the whole thing. One site is claimig they have the Broadway, but there is nothing official. (I have no idea how accurate the site is.)
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#102THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews
Posted: 12/23/23 at 5:08pm
Philip Boroff/Broadway Journal is always reliable for accurate info.
#103THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews
Posted: 12/23/23 at 5:17pm
Ditto. Philip is far and above the most underrated of industry journalists currently reporting on Broadway.
Dolly80
Broadway Star Joined: 5/15/11
#104THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews
Posted: 12/26/23 at 5:22pm
This is gonna flop so bad
Updated On: 12/26/23 at 05:22 PM
GottaGetAGimmick420
Featured Actor Joined: 12/9/23
#105THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews
Posted: 12/26/23 at 5:53pm
This is officially coming in this season per an audition announcement that went out. Rehearsals start "early 2024"
I'm just here so I don't get fined
InTheBathroom1
Broadway Star Joined: 10/6/18
#106THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews
Posted: 12/26/23 at 11:40pm
These are the Broadway credits for the lead producer so clearly this is going to go very well. Not a single run longer than 4 months.
Chunsoo Shin Credits
#107THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews
Posted: 1/15/24 at 6:24pm
Theatre influencers are posting a video of a ghost light that turns into a green light. I’m assuming an announcement is imminent.
#108THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews
Posted: 1/15/24 at 6:30pm
I really hope they have made the necessary fixes to the show, primarily to the book. Otherwise, this version will flop badly on Broadway. I'm still wondering which theatre this will be going into. Either the Broadway or the Palace.
The idea is to work and to experiment. Some things will be creatively successful, some things will succeed at the box office, and some things will only - which is the biggest only - teach you things that see the future. And they're probably as valuable as any of your successes. -Harold Prince
#109THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews
Posted: 1/15/24 at 6:33pm
Dylan Smith4 said: "I really hope they have made the necessary fixes to the show, primarily to the book. Otherwise, this version will flop badly on Broadway. I'm still wondering which theatre this will be going into. Either the Broadway or the Palace."
Broadway, to be announced tomorrow. Entire Paper Mill cast coming over.
Customize and save with Liberty Biberty.
#110THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews
Posted: 1/15/24 at 6:41pm
Again, let's just hope they've made the necessary fixes between Papermill and now.
The idea is to work and to experiment. Some things will be creatively successful, some things will succeed at the box office, and some things will only - which is the biggest only - teach you things that see the future. And they're probably as valuable as any of your successes. -Harold Prince
#111THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews
Posted: 1/16/24 at 10:02am
On Telecharge now. First preview March 29, opens April 25 at the Broadway Theatre, where it looks as if they've closed off 1/2 of the rear mezzanine.
FYI, the left rear mezzanine has the lowest prices in the theatre. Just picked up seat E 2 on a Saturday matinee for $58 total.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#112THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews
Posted: 1/16/24 at 10:11am
Can’t imagine they’ve made any changes.
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#113THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews
Posted: 1/16/24 at 10:17am
Big day for the FANSIES.
AKarp2013
Broadway Star Joined: 7/25/11
#114THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews
Posted: 1/16/24 at 10:18am
I actually really enjoyed the show at Paper Mill. I agree the book needed a lot of work but I enjoyed the score immensely and I liked the production itself. But the producers are absolute fools on this. The timing is so off and the theater choice is all wrong. In an already way-too-crowded Spring season, they're going to open in literally one of the worst theaters on Broadway that is going to swallow the production up whole. They should have waited until the summer and open at a much smaller venue (Barrymore, Belasco). Not saying it would still succeed, but it definitely would have more of a fighting chance if it opened somewhere else at a later time. At least there will probably be a cast album and I see it doing well in licensing.
I can always be wrong though.
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#115THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews
Posted: 1/16/24 at 10:20am
Here's the full cast, per Telecharge (which is info provided by the producer) --
Eric Anderson, Sara Chase, Jeremy Jordan, Eva Noblezada, Samantha Pauly, Noah Ricketts, Paul Whitty, John Zdrojeski, Lauryn Adams, Raymond Baynard, Ayla Ciccone-Burton, Austin Colby, Colin Cunliffe, Natalie Charle Ellis, Curtis Holland, Briana Kim, Dariana Mullen, Pascal Pastrana, Mariah Rieves, Julio Rey, Dan Rosales, Maya Sistruck, Jake Trammel, Jake Urban, Tanairi Vazquez, Katie Webber
At quick glance, it seems like Stanley Wayne Mathis is out and Eric Anderson is new.
#116THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews
Posted: 1/16/24 at 10:22am
RippedMan said: "Can’t imagine they’ve made any changes."
If that's the case, then this will get trashed by the critics and flop severely!
The idea is to work and to experiment. Some things will be creatively successful, some things will succeed at the box office, and some things will only - which is the biggest only - teach you things that see the future. And they're probably as valuable as any of your successes. -Harold Prince
#117THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews
Posted: 1/16/24 at 10:22am
So it is taking the Broadway? Yikes! Hopefully they make the necessary changes, otherwise this will be gone by Labor Day.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#118THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews
Posted: 1/16/24 at 10:27am
ACL2006 said: "So it is taking the Broadway? Yikes! Hopefully they make the necessary changes, otherwise this will be gone by Labor Day."
Um, if they bring what they did at Paper Mill with little to no changes, it'll be gone way before Labor Day. I hate to be judging this before it takes its Broadway bow, but this show was just not good.
The idea is to work and to experiment. Some things will be creatively successful, some things will succeed at the box office, and some things will only - which is the biggest only - teach you things that see the future. And they're probably as valuable as any of your successes. -Harold Prince
#119THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews
Posted: 1/16/24 at 10:39am
It seems very unlikely they’ve had time to make any major changes. They’re rushing this in to beat the Chavkin-Welch version and it seems likely that strategy could very well backfire.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
Updated On: 1/16/24 at 10:39 AM
#120THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews
Posted: 1/16/24 at 10:40am
Jeremy Jordan didn't sellout WAITRESS during his time there, so he's not going to pack the Broadway. Was there no other viable theater available for this? Something slightly smaller?
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#121THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews
Posted: 1/16/24 at 10:48am
ACL2006 said: "Jeremy Jordan didn't sellout WAITRESS during his time there, so he's not going to pack the Broadway. Was there no other viable theater available for this? Something slightly smaller?"
I think the Golden was the only other Shubert Theatre available, but that's WAY TOO SMALL for the show's set.
The idea is to work and to experiment. Some things will be creatively successful, some things will succeed at the box office, and some things will only - which is the biggest only - teach you things that see the future. And they're probably as valuable as any of your successes. -Harold Prince
#122THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews
Posted: 1/16/24 at 10:49am
Jordan has never really demonstrated an ability to be a major box office draw in larger venues. That’s not a knock on him- there are very, very few performers predominately associated with theater who are those kind of draws anymore. Moreover, his fanbase skews younger and as we’ve seen time and time again, they are not a reliable ticket buying bloc on Broadway.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#123THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews
Posted: 1/16/24 at 10:51am
Also, probably worth noting that this is being produced by Chunsoo Shin of OD Entertainment, who was also behind Holler If Ya Hear Me and Doctor Zhivago. That should give folks a reasonable expectation of how long this lasts in the BROADWAY, of all places.
Updated On: 1/16/24 at 10:51 AM
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#124THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse - Critics’ Reviews
Posted: 1/16/24 at 10:51am
The Broadway is rarely anyone's first choice (except it was for HLL), but these aren't arbitrary decisions. It's all based on budgeting. They've budgeted for a large-scale show in a large theatre. Taking ATG/Jujamcyn houses out of consideration (because Roth is producing the other Gatsby), the Broadway is the only 1400+ seat theatre open at this time (save for possibly the Majestic or Nederlander's Palace). It would be borderline fraudulent to go to, say, the Barrymore if the numbers don't make sense based on the number of seats.
And they obviously needed to go this Spring or risk the other Gatsby making it to Broadway before them.
Considering the title, if they play their cards right with the advertising I could see this lasting 9-12 months ahead of a robust tour and international life and stock/amateur licensing. Not that that's a perfect scenario, but it's a possible one.
Videos