The Pillowman on Broadway

[leeinlondon]

Posted: 11/15/04 at 11:12am

This will be one of my must sees next year in New York.. I loved the production in London which played in a perfect space, the cottesloe Theatre at the National... just a couple of hundred seats. I hope they choose a reasonably small theatre (but at least to be on Broadway it has to be more than 500 seats right ??). I would have loved them to take over the original cast who were all so perfect in their roles and I can see why it would attract some big names. If I was an actor I would love to perform this night after night so hardly suprising that Jim Broadbent spent so long playing Tupolsky and that Jeff Goldblum seems interested. .

This is definitely an out standing play that will stay with you for a LONG time after the performance, as my review at the time pointed out it did iniitally upset me greatly however on subsequent viewing I got over some of the horror and could more enjoy the comedy.

I still get chills when I think about The Pillowman and I envy anyone their first experience of it.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 11/15/04 at 11:28am

I'm really looking forward to this based on the reception it got in London, but, without knowing the play or the characters, I'm a bit less than thrilled at the casting of Jeff Goldblum (in a role originally done by Jim Broadbent??) and Billy Crudup (who's been disappointing in his last couple of stage performances). I wish we could get the highly praised London cast here, but, nevertheless, I'll try to keep an open mind.

[JakeB]

Posted: 11/15/04 at 1:48pm

No, it's not a role specifically for a Jim Broadbent character, that's very much just one interpretation of how you could do it. I think Jeff Goldblum would be good actually. Don't know Billy Crudup so can't comment on that.

[another sloe eyed vamp]

Posted: 11/15/04 at 1:52pm

Billy Crudup was amazing in Arcadia ten or so years ago. I think the end of that show was the first time I've cried in public since I was about 8. I will definitely go see this - is there a starting date announced?