THE ROOMMATE Previews
THE ROOMMATE Previews
#1THE ROOMMATE Previews
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?
Oh look, a bibu!
Dolly80
Broadway Star Joined: 5/15/11
#2THE ROOMMATE Previews
Posted: 8/28/24 at 6:39am
A pair of legends ARE coming….basic grammar.
Updated On: 8/28/24 at 06:39 AM
#3THE ROOMMATE Previews
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?
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
Updated On: 8/28/24 at 07:12 AM
MysteriousLady
Stand-by Joined: 10/24/20
#4THE ROOMMATE Previews
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#5THE ROOMMATE Previews
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."
#6THE ROOMMATE Previews
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.
Oh look, a bibu!
Updated On: 8/28/24 at 09:10 AM
#7THE ROOMMATE Previews
Posted: 8/28/24 at 9:13am
Dolly80 said: "A pair of legends ARE coming….basic grammar."
Delete your account.
#8THE ROOMMATE Previews
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
Broadway Star Joined: 5/15/11
#9THE ROOMMATE Previews
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
Broadway Star Joined: 5/15/11
#10THE ROOMMATE Previews
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/03
#11THE ROOMMATE Previews
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.
"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling
Updated On: 8/29/24 at 06:33 AM
#12THE ROOMMATE Previews
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.
#13THE ROOMMATE Previews
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.
#14THE ROOMMATE Previews
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.
Oh look, a bibu!
Fordham2015
Broadway Star Joined: 4/3/17
#15THE ROOMMATE Previews
Posted: 8/29/24 at 12:12pm
No running time on Telecharge yet but the website says 90 minutes, no intermission.
halfhourcheckwithmerman
Stand-by Joined: 9/25/22
#16THE ROOMMATE Previews
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.
"I feel safe with you, and complete with you / I'm always finding money in the street with you."
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Fordham2015
Broadway Star Joined: 4/3/17
#17THE ROOMMATE Previews
Posted: 8/29/24 at 3:51pm
Merch: https://www.broadwaymerchandiseshop.com/collections/the-roommate
Dolly80
Broadway Star Joined: 5/15/11
#21THE ROOMMATE Previews
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/15/07
#22THE ROOMMATE Previews
Posted: 8/29/24 at 7:12pm
Jordan Catalano said: "Praying she makes her entrance on a motorcycle"
"Which way to the stage?!"
#23THE ROOMMATE Previews
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
#24THE ROOMMATE Previews
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!!
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