The Cider House Rules

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 1/15/08 at 7:14am

Did anyone see this production, I know the running time was close to 7.5 hours and the critics ripped it apart. But what was wrong with it?

[caitlinette]

Posted: 1/15/08 at 3:19pm

7.5 hours? Yikes! This was a drama, not a musical, right? Who was in the cast? It's one of my favorite books, so I'm interested, but a stage version? Hmmmm.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 1/15/08 at 3:25pm

It was shown in two parts and got love letters from the critics when it played regionally. It came to New York and was dismissed. Pretty much the same thing happened with THE KENTUCKY CYCLE.

[AC126748]

Posted: 1/15/08 at 4:36pm

Josh Hamilton played Homer. Colm Meaney played Dr. Larch, and Jillian Armenante played Melody. That's all I can remember as far as the cast goes. I believe that there was a lot of cutting/rewriting between the regional productions (in Seattle and LA) and the off-Broadway engagement at the Atlantic, which lead the to less than enthusiastic reviews it received here.

Updated On: 1/15/08 at 04:36 PM

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 1/15/08 at 5:15pm

I had tickets to see The Kentucky Cycle and it closed the week before on me.

I tired to look it up ( Cider House ) on IBDB but they don't seem to list it. Borstalboy did you happen to see either of them?

[AC126748]

Posted: 1/15/08 at 5:46pm

It didn't play on Broadway, so there wouldn't be a listing on IBDB. Check the off-Broadway database, IOBDB (iobdb.com).

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 1/15/08 at 6:35pm

I see, thank you for some reason i always thought that it played on Broadway and one last question AC126748, only part one was ever shown yes. The second part was never seen at least in New York, yes?