THE ROOMMATE Previews

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 8/28/24 at 12:00am

Turn off your cell phones… a pair of legends is coming back home to the stage.

Patti LuPone returns to Broadway alongside Mia Farrow in Jen Silverman’s play The Roommate, beginning previews tomorrow night (August 29). A two-person character study, The Roommate premiered in 2015 and has been staged both at the 2017 Williamstown Theatre Festival and the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago the following year. This mounting is directed by Jack O’Brien; opening night is September 12 at the Booth Theatre for a run through December 15. 

“Sharon’s never had a roommate before. In fact, there’s a lot Sharon’s never done before, but Robyn’s about to change all that. Jen Silverman’s The Roommate shatters expectations with its witty and profound portrait of a blossoming intimacy between two women from vastly different backgrounds, as they navigate the complexities of identity, morality, and the promise of reinvention. Being bad never felt so good as it does in this riveting one-act about second acts.”

How many guests have been invited to the house so far?

[Dolly80]

Posted: 8/28/24 at 6:39am

A pair of legends ARE coming….basic grammar.

Updated On: 8/28/24 at 06:39 AM

[binau]

Posted: 8/28/24 at 7:12am

Dolly80 Not to be pedantic but if a ‘pair’ is a singular entity it might indeed be is and not are? I personally don’t care though I’m just super excited to see Patti on stage again and can’t wait! Hoping sales are ok?

Updated On: 8/28/24 at 07:12 AM

[MysteriousLady]

Posted: 8/28/24 at 8:45am

Dolly80 said: "A pair of legends ARE coming….basic grammar."

And you ARE a loser for pointing this out. 

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 8/28/24 at 8:50am

Dolly80 said: "A pair of legends ARE coming….basic grammar."

Actually Dolly, Edclosure is correct. " A pair of legends" is a singular subject which takes a singular verb "is," not "are." 

Updated On: 8/28/24 at 08:50 AM

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 8/28/24 at 9:10am

Yep, and I had looked that up beforehand. 

Anyway, the show will have a $35 digital lottery and a $30 digital rush through Telecharge (though they both can’t be accessed yet). Rush opens 11 AM the day of a performance.

In-person rush at the Booth box office will be $39. 

Updated On: 8/28/24 at 09:10 AM

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 8/28/24 at 9:13am

Dolly80 said: "A pair of legends ARE coming….basic grammar."

Delete your account.

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 8/28/24 at 9:20am

binau said: "Dolly80 Not to be pedantic but if a ‘pair’ is a singular entity it might indeed be is and not are? I personally don’t care though I’m just super excited to see Patti on stage again and can’t wait! Hoping sales are ok?"

It's not being pedantic when someone makes a very snarky comment correcting someone else, when, in fact, they're 100% wrong. They deserve to be called out for their active ignorance.

[Dolly80]

Posted: 8/28/24 at 9:48am

TaffyDavenport said: "Dolly80 said: "A pair of legends ARE coming….basic grammar."

Delete your account."

Delete yours darling.

[Dolly80]

Posted: 8/28/24 at 9:55am

EDSOSLO858 said: "Yep, and I had looked that up beforehand.

Anyway, the show will have a $35 digital lottery and a $30 digital rush through Telecharge (though they both can’t be accessed yet). Rush opens 11 AM the day of a performance.

In-person rush at the Booth box office will be $39."

My bad- apologies. It just read bad but I see now it makes sense 🫣

[Auggie27]

Posted: 8/29/24 at 6:33am

I knew that Silverman's play has been produced elsewhere, including ATL (2015) and Williamstown (2017), but I just learned it's actually already published by Samuel French (2017). One can assume all rights have been withheld for this brand new debut. But the good news here: like "Appropriate," which was first developed at Sundance in 2011 and reached Broadway in the fall of 2023, plays have longer and fuller lives than ever before. I'm as happy for the gifted Ms. Silverman as I am for the two iconic stars. 

Updated On: 8/29/24 at 06:33 AM

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 8/29/24 at 10:33am

Dolly80 said: "TaffyDavenport said: "Dolly80 said: "A pair of legends ARE coming….basic grammar."

Delete your account."

Delete yours darling."

 

You missed a comma, darling.

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 8/29/24 at 10:58am

Would genuinely expect nothing less from a thread about a play starring Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone. Bravo, all.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 8/29/24 at 12:08pm

A few more things about this production:

• Carol Halstead will be LuPone and Farrow’s understudy. This is her first Broadway credit in 24 years.
• David Yazbek is credited with writing original music. Assuming the rumored transfers of Dead Outlaw and Buena Vista Social Club are true, this will be a big, big Broadway season for him.
• Herbal cigarettes and a non-firing prop gun are used in the show, for those who may be sensitive to those things.

[Fordham2015]

Posted: 8/29/24 at 12:12pm

No running time on Telecharge yet but the website says 90 minutes, no intermission.

[halfhourcheckwithmerman]

Posted: 8/29/24 at 12:16pm

I saw this at Williamstown. I thought it was a hoot. I thought that it needed a little bit of oomph which I think Patti and Mia can deliver in spades. Looking forward to this. 

[Fordham2015]

Posted: 8/29/24 at 3:51pm

Merch: https://www.broadwaymerchandiseshop.com/collections/the-roommate

[Dolly80]

Posted: 8/29/24 at 6:31pm

I am already obsessed with Patti’s wig. 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 8/29/24 at 6:51pm

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/29/24 at 6:59pm

Praying she makes her entrance on a motorcycle 

[BalconyClub]

Posted: 8/29/24 at 7:02pm

….a pair of legends is coming back home to the stage.

An easy way to remember the correct usage  - and it’s correct to say A PAIR OF LEGENDS IS - is to remove the prepositional phrase from the passage.

A PAIR IS performing at the Booth.

‘Cause it ain’t good English to say A PAIR ARE.

 

[nasty_khakis]

Posted: 8/29/24 at 7:12pm

Jordan Catalano said: "Praying she makes her entrance on a motorcycle"

"Which way to the stage?!"

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 8/29/24 at 7:14pm

nasty_khakis said: "Jordan Catalano said: "Praying she makes her entrance on a motorcycle"

"Which way to the stage?!""


Stop lol

[uncageg]

Posted: 8/29/24 at 8:17pm

nasty_khakis said: "Jordan Catalano said: "Praying she makes her entrance on a motorcycle"

"Which way to the stage?!""

 

Too funny!!

 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/29/24 at 10:15pm

That was FUUUUUUUUUUUNNY.