Posted: 1/23/16 at 7:54am
Previews begin tonight for the Broadway transfer of Stephen Karam's The Humans!
Directed by Two-Time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello, The Humans features an ensemble consisting of Tony nominee Reed Birney, Two-Time Tony nominee Jayne Houdyshell, Tony nominee Arian Moayed, Lauren Klein, Cassie Beck, & Sarah Steele.
So who's going?
Updated On: 1/23/16 at 07:54 AM
Posted: 1/23/16 at 8:04am
Any word on rush for this? Might be a good day to catch a first preview!
What was the running time off-Broadway?
Posted: 1/23/16 at 8:37am
According to Broadway.com, the running time is about 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Posted: 1/23/16 at 11:38am
Going on Thursday night, got my ticket through TDF. Very excited, I missed it off-Broadway.
Posted: 1/23/16 at 12:32pm
GreasedLightning said: "Any word on rush for this? Might be a good day to catch a first preview!
What was the running time off-Broadway?
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Karam posted that there's a $30 general rush
Posted: 1/23/16 at 12:33pm
surprised they didn't cancel their first preview today due to the weather.
Posted: 1/23/16 at 1:58pm
Looks like the first preview has been postponed due to the blizzard.
Posted: 1/23/16 at 6:10pm
Speaking of The Humans, which I loved, I noticed that they've changed their logo from the spiral staircase to a drawing of a street in Chinatown. Not sure-think I like the original better. New one is kind of blunt where the original is left open to interpretation.
Posted: 1/25/16 at 7:27am
Seeing as previews officially started yesterday, did anyone go?
Posted: 1/25/16 at 11:21am
Would love to see this if there's a student rush policy.
Posted: 1/25/16 at 11:25am
Sam2 said: "Would love to see this if there's a student rush policy."
As has been already mentioned in this thread, there is a general rush. $30.
Posted: 1/25/16 at 11:26am
Posted: 1/25/16 at 11:29am
I don't really understand the intense need to get people's reports on this production. Do you think it's really that different from the one that just closed not that long ago?
Posted: 1/25/16 at 3:00pm
I can't imagine anything has changed. The set isn't going to suddenly fly out in the audience or anything. It was great off-Broadway. I'm sure it'll be just as great on Broadway. Go check it out.
Posted: 1/25/16 at 3:07pm
I think the only differences would be how it plays in a Broadway house as well as how well the actors have gotten into their roles.
Posted: 1/25/16 at 3:27pm
Even "how it plays in a Broadway house" won't be much different. The Pels seats 424, the Hayes is 597.
Updated On: 1/25/16 at 03:27 PM
Posted: 1/25/16 at 3:49pm
I saw the 1st Preview Off-Broadway and was taken then about how tight these actors were already. The family dynamics were all there.
Posted: 1/25/16 at 4:38pm
It was definitely good, a little draggy at times and slow...the ending was good, but again, dragged out a bit too much.
Posted: 1/25/16 at 4:41pm
OK, that's a review of the play, not the Broadway production. So not really helpful.
Posted: 1/25/16 at 5:26pm
neonlightsxo said: "OK, that's a review of the play, not the Broadway production. So not really helpful.
"considering that's the only one I saw...what do you want, and that is the Broadway production FOOL.
Posted: 1/26/16 at 8:37am
Yes, *I'm* the fool who doesn't read a thread before posting a comment, and doesn't know the difference between the play itself and the production.
Posted: 1/26/16 at 9:04am
Hey there, long time listener here, first time caller.
I saw the production's first preview on Sunday. I loved it. Beautifully acted, brutal, funny, heart shifting stuff. Obviously having opened so close to their off-broadway closing the work was solid, no hesitations, relaxed and detailed. Jayne Houdyshell is particularly fantastic. The real heartbreaker for me was Cassie Beck as Aimee, such a fine, quiet study of resilience and loss. The final few almost silent minutes of the play were ruined by a talker next to me who was keen to get out of the theatre and kept saying "that's it, the end". And stood up to put his coat on before the play had finished. But otherwise a slow burn must see. Courageous performances. I sat in row E of the mezzanine, great seat, particularly as the set is two stories I felt I could take the whole picture in but remain connected to the performers.
A beauty.
Posted: 1/26/16 at 12:02pm
It's such a quite play, I just wonder if it will find an audience. If something like Hand to God struggled, I don't know.
I by no means think it's the highlight of the year, but I really enjoyed it off Broadway.
Posted: 1/26/16 at 12:16pm
I am so excited to see this on Thursday. Seems right up my alley. With this, Hamilton and Noises Off, it seems like it will be a great two days in the city for me.
