Whatever happened to the play of 'Brokeback Mountain'?

[Wayman_Wong]

Posted: 6/21/25 at 6:41pm

It made its world premiere in London, starring Lucas Hedges as Ennis and Mike Faist as Jack, in 2023. Annie Proulx's gay love story about two cowboys was adapted for stage. Who saw it? Ditto for Charles Wuorinen's ''Brokeback'' opera, which debuted in Madrid in 2014. Did the play or opera ever play America?

Tomorrow (June 22) and Wednesday (June 25), Ang Lee's masterpiece of a movie, starring Heath Ledger and Jack Gyllenhaal, will be re-released in select theaters to mark its 20th anniversary. (Of course, Gyllenhaal has been on N.Y. stages since. What a shame Ledger never got to make his Broadway debut.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZvu-SczR1Y

[steven22]

Posted: 6/21/25 at 6:48pm

May 2026 in Chicago 

https://playbill.com/article/brokeback-mountain-play-will-make-north-american-premiere-at-chicago-shakespeare-theater

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/21/25 at 8:02pm

The play was kind of a waste of time, so I’m not surprised it didn’t have a real life after London. 

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 6/21/25 at 8:58pm

I’m still holding out hope for my dream of a musical adaptation with Kacy Musgraves writing the music.

[MrsSallyAdams]

Posted: 6/21/25 at 10:42pm

I didn't care for the opera either. A near-silent, clenched fist of a protagonist like Ennis may work better in movie close up than from a theater balcony seat.