Variety (Exclusive): Jesse Tyler Ferguson Starring as Truman Capote in 'Tru'
Variety (Exclusive): Jesse Tyler Ferguson Starring as Truman Capote in 'Tru'
MezzA101
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/29/23
#2Variety (Exclusive): Jesse Tyler Ferguson Starring as Truman Capote in 'Tru'
Posted: 2/11/26 at 11:31am
Oooooh. I loved André’s Tartuffe at HOUSE OF THE REDEEMER. I’m curious to see this in their library/theatre
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#3Variety (Exclusive): Jesse Tyler Ferguson Starring as Truman Capote in 'Tru'
Posted: 2/11/26 at 11:44am
quizking101 said: "Oooooh. I loved André’s Tartuffe at HOUSE OF THE REDEEMER. I’m curious to see this in their library/theatre"
Did they have stools for that? Are they higher than the rest? Just curious about seating.
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#4Variety (Exclusive): Jesse Tyler Ferguson Starring as Truman Capote in 'Tru'
Posted: 2/11/26 at 11:50am
MasterThespian 2
Featured Actor Joined: 3/22/22
#5Variety (Exclusive): Jesse Tyler Ferguson Starring as Truman Capote in 'Tru'
Posted: 2/11/26 at 12:14pm
I’m in. Seeing this in April. Should be quite good. Fascinated by Capote and a sucker for anything set in the 1970s.
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#6Variety (Exclusive): Jesse Tyler Ferguson Starring as Truman Capote in 'Tru'
Posted: 2/11/26 at 12:17pm
MasterThespian 2 said: "I’m in. Seeing this in April. Should be quite good. Fascinated by Capote and a sucker for anything set in the 1970s."
Here’s Tony Award winner Robert Morse in the original 1990 Broadway production:
Benj11242
Swing Joined: 9/29/17
#7Variety (Exclusive): Jesse Tyler Ferguson Starring as Truman Capote in 'Tru'
Posted: 2/11/26 at 12:53pm
any idea if this could potentially extend? I’m in town the weekend after it’s scheduled to. I don’t know much about this venue or if Tartuffe extended its run so I don’t know patterns.
blug
Stand-by Joined: 12/27/17
#8Variety (Exclusive): Jesse Tyler Ferguson Starring as Truman Capote in 'Tru'
Posted: 2/11/26 at 1:27pm
If memory serves, the play is extremely boring.
JSquared2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/17
#9Variety (Exclusive): Jesse Tyler Ferguson Starring as Truman Capote in 'Tru'
Posted: 2/11/26 at 1:34pm
blug said: "If memory serves, the play is extremely boring."
Sounds like your memory is "out of service"?
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#10Variety (Exclusive): Jesse Tyler Ferguson Starring as Truman Capote in 'Tru'
Posted: 2/11/26 at 2:03pm
blug said: "If memory serves, the play is extremely boring."
Seems the creatives agree so the play is being trimmed down into an intermission-less 90-minute adaptation.
blug
Stand-by Joined: 12/27/17
#11Variety (Exclusive): Jesse Tyler Ferguson Starring as Truman Capote in 'Tru'
Posted: 2/11/26 at 2:48pm
JSquared2 said: "blug said: "If memory serves, the play is extremely boring."
Sounds like your memory is "out of service"?
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It isn't boring? Explain. Here's one of Frank Rich's takes:
"The complex, possibly tragic figure of a wasted artist is replaced by a maudlin, some might say antediluvian, stereotype of ''Boys in the Band'' vintage: the alcoholic moneyed homosexual who, having lost his youth and beauty, is left all alone with his telephone and record collection in his penthouse on Christmas Eve."
#12Variety (Exclusive): Jesse Tyler Ferguson Starring as Truman Capote in 'Tru'
Posted: 2/12/26 at 12:49am
iluvtheatertrash said: "quizking101 said: "Oooooh. I loved André’s Tartuffe at HOUSE OF THE REDEEMER. I’m curious to see this in their library/theatre"
Did they have stools for that? Are they higher than the rest? Just curious about seating."
It was general admission seating for that, three or four rows of normal chairs, no stools I recall.
TheGingerBreadMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/7/12
#13Variety (Exclusive): Jesse Tyler Ferguson Starring as Truman Capote in 'Tru'
Posted: 2/12/26 at 2:00pm
The play is certainly not boring - quite the opposite in fact.
#14Variety (Exclusive): Jesse Tyler Ferguson Starring as Truman Capote in 'Tru'
Posted: 2/12/26 at 2:20pm
The Feud season was boring.
Nice to see a gay actor play the part, on screen I've only ever seen hetero guys. Who were all great, but still, it's nice.
#15Variety (Exclusive): Jesse Tyler Ferguson Starring as Truman Capote in 'Tru'
Posted: 2/12/26 at 9:25pm
Truman is a tragic figure but not in the way so many treatments of his life seem to want him to be tragic. Would be interested to see this take.
BoringBoredBoard40
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/27/21
#16Variety (Exclusive): Jesse Tyler Ferguson Starring as Truman Capote in 'Tru'
Posted: 3/15/26 at 5:57pm
I saw it this afternoon and felt it was a mixed bag.
The positive: the space is really cool and serves the play well, Jesse really loses himself in the character and I thought the performance never felt like "Jesses Tyler Ferguison is playing Truman Capote"
The Negative: the show is 20 minutes too long, at nearly 90 minutes the show just kind of ends and the audience wasn't sure it was over until Charlotte d'Amboise took her bow
The Confused; What exactly is the point of Charlotte character? Is this a character invented for this production, I think she is meant to embody one of Capote's "swans" literally and figuratively? It made me think of Rob Ashford production of Cat on A Hot Tin Roof and the controversal "Ghost Skipper" character
For $59 not a bad afternoon but I wouldn't have paid more for this.
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#17Variety (Exclusive): Jesse Tyler Ferguson Starring as Truman Capote in 'Tru'
Posted: 3/15/26 at 6:11pm
Charlotte’s character was written for this production. The original 1989 Broadway production had no other actors - it was a one-man play so it was just Robert Morse. There were 4 female pre-recorded voices for his telephone chats.
BoringBoredBoard40
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/27/21
#18Variety (Exclusive): Jesse Tyler Ferguson Starring as Truman Capote in 'Tru'
Posted: 3/15/26 at 6:42pm
BrodyFosse123 said: "Charlotte’s character was written for this production. The original 1989 Broadway production had no other actors - it was a one-man play so it was just Robert Morse. There were 4 female pre-recorded voices for his telephone chats."
it really does not work and shows Rob doesn't trust the material to stand on the feet of one performance
#19Variety (Exclusive): Jesse Tyler Ferguson Starring as Truman Capote in 'Tru'
Posted: 4/15/26 at 10:53am
Hi, Does Jesse use herbal or other smoking means as Tru was a chain smoker? Love Jesse in everything he does, but highly allergic.
I've emailed and called production, the church, etc...Church folks didn't know and no one answered from parties related to production.
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#20Variety (Exclusive): Jesse Tyler Ferguson Starring as Truman Capote in 'Tru'
Posted: 4/15/26 at 12:06pm
Based on photos, both Ferguson and d’Amboise use prop cigarettes but they are not lit. Based on the extreme intimacy of the performance space, it’s safe to assume they are never lit and only used as character details. From my understanding, only if they were using any real smoke (fog machine, herbal cigarettes, haze, etc) would a disclaimer be required to be listed on their show website and ticket seller website.
#21Variety (Exclusive): Jesse Tyler Ferguson Starring as Truman Capote in 'Tru'
Posted: 4/15/26 at 1:28pm
Have my tickets for the closing performance on Sunday evening, May 3rd. Looking forward to seeing it.
#22Variety (Exclusive): Jesse Tyler Ferguson Starring as Truman Capote in 'Tru'
Posted: 4/15/26 at 1:29pm
"Based on photos, both Ferguson and d’Amboise use prop cigarettes but they are not lit."
Thank you Brody. Does that mean you saw the show? Did you like it?
I don't rely on assumptions regarding stage smoking because too many times the site either failed to post or posted after opening. I usually buy tkts months in advance when shows are announced. And I had to seek refunds, unfortunately, when I learned they did/would.
I thought it strange the church office didn't know considering it was in their building. The rep only said, "I'd hope not considering the furniture in there."
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