The Secret Life of Bees to Almeida in 2023

Yes! Can't wait to see how they'll stage it and what changes. Hopefully the title song got reworked but loved everything else.

LOVED LOVED LOVED this Off-Broadway. It was simply stunning.

I couldn't stand this show, despite an absolutely stacked cast, and don't know how it keeps popping up. I hope they've made some major changes since the Atlantic run.

Pashacar said: "on't know how it keeps popping up."



What do you mean? This will only be the 2nd run.

Anyway,

I’m thrilled that they’re finally getting their long-rumored London production. Will be interesting to see if there are commercial producers attached who are trying to shepherd this back to NY, or if it’s just a “the Almeida wanted to put up the show” situation.

I hope there’s a cast album someday, though I’m a bit nervous about a British cast being the ONLY cast album for the show. I’ll take whatever I can get to hear this gorgeous score recorded, but would prefer to hear it without a bunch of poor attempts at American accents (which is sadly the norm, I’ve found).

I remember LaChanze doing an interview saying that were going to London then to Broadway. I wonder if that’s still the pipeline

Updated On: 6/15/22 at 03:04 PM

Pashacar said: "I couldn't stand this show, despite an absolutely stacked cast, and don't know how it keeps popping up. I hope they've made some major changes since the Atlantic run."

I liked it well enough but compared to the book and the movie, it made the least compelling case for why Lily was even a character.

I’m still waiting on an announcement for Elton John’s Tammy Faye musical at the Almeida this year.

Glad it’s official! And the other big news here is that Whitney White is announced as the new director!

The first couple shows I saw from Whitney White, I wasn’t really a fan of her direction. But I think she demonstrated a massive step up with On Sugarland - a flawed play, but White’s direction was pretty exquisite, I thought. And I think the kind of work she did in On Sugarland will translate well to Secret Life of Bees.

JBroadway said: "Will be interesting to see if there are commercial producers attached who are trying to shepherd this back to NY, or if it’s just a “the Almeida wanted to put up the show” situation"



To answer my own question from earlier:

"The Secret Life of Bees is presented in association with Sonia Friedman Productions, Lauren Shuler Donner, Marianne Mills and Robert Cohen."

While Sonia Friedman seems to have taken this on, Donner and Mills were attached to the show when it was at Atlantic. So it seems there's at least some connective tissue here.

When does Whitney White find time to sleep?