Why is called August: Osage County?- Page 2

[brettystar]

Posted: 6/11/08 at 4:25am

'I am sure that it won't be the same without the original cast'.

It may not be the same, however the material is so strong that other casts will be able to do this play as well I think. Not detracting from the wonderful original cast.

[TonyVincent]

Posted: 6/11/08 at 7:57am

I didn't say "The Patriarch" was good--just that it was the best I could come up with, and, IMO, a better title than the one it has.

I think a lot of you like/are neutral to the title because that's the title you've known it as since the beginning, and because you like the show, you're attached to it.

I'm pretty confident that this play could be doing even better at the box office if it had a better title. I've mentioned it to theater fans who haven't heard of it, and it definitely didn't pique their interest in the show (the title alone).

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 6/11/08 at 8:18am

How 'bout:
(setting of show)

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 6/11/08 at 1:19pm

I've got the plains.

[McDuff]

Posted: 6/13/08 at 2:36pm

Variety reports on the weekly box office take of every show currently on Broadway. "August: Osage County" does better every week than almost every musical and WAY better than any other play. This new play by an unknown author with a "lousy" title and not a single star in the cast is kicking a$$ at the box office!

I don't think the title bothers anyone in the entire world, except you, Tony.

[WickedBoy2]

Posted: 6/14/08 at 9:31pm

Soon to be called
August: Osage County- Best New Play