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| Mark Rylance to star in JERUSALEM revival in 2021 | |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 11:55 am EDT 04/23/20 | |
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| Opening in 2021, the revival will be directed by Ian Rickson (who oversaw the original production). The remainder of the cast and creative team is to be announced. Butterworth's award-winning play, following a caravan-dwelling vagabond Johnny "Rooster" Byron, originally opened at the Royal Court in the summer of 2009 before transferring to the West End in 2010. It returned in 2011 and was also performed on Broadway. Rylance won Tony and Olivier Awards for his turn as Byron in the original production. UK dates and venues are to be announced. No mention of whether it will make its way to Broadway. |
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| Link | Mark Rylance to star in Jerusalem revival in 2021 |
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| Hard to believe 9 years has passed since it was on broadway. | |
| Posted by: dramedy 12:01 pm EDT 04/23/20 | |
| In reply to: Mark Rylance to star in JERUSALEM revival in 2021 - MockingbirdGirl 11:55 am EDT 04/23/20 | |
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| Not the play I’d pick to revive. I’m surprised Art hasn’t been revived in 21 years since it opened on broadway. 3 older men, one set seems ideal for nonprofit house. | |
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| re: Hard to believe 9 years has passed since it was on broadway. | |
| Posted by: BillEadie 05:49 pm EDT 04/23/20 | |
| In reply to: Hard to believe 9 years has passed since it was on broadway. - dramedy 12:01 pm EDT 04/23/20 | |
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| I have enjoyed the in-person and recorded performances I've seen of Mr. Rylance. Jerusalem didn't speak to me when I grumbled my way through it at a Broadway matinee, much as the favorite British hymn, "Jerusalem," doesn't speak to me, either. The Normal Heart was playing across the street, and I had wavered between the two for that particular matinee slot. At intermission, I looked at the marquee and longed to be there instead of where I was. Bill, in San Diego |
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| I luckily saw both. | |
| Posted by: dramedy 06:13 pm EDT 04/23/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Hard to believe 9 years has passed since it was on broadway. - BillEadie 05:49 pm EDT 04/23/20 | |
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| No comparison in my being drawn into the play. Normal heart wins. The hbo version was excellent. Too bad that’s not on HBOgo for free right now. . | |
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| re: Hard to believe 9 years has passed since it was on broadway. | |
| Posted by: singleticket 02:35 pm EDT 04/23/20 | |
| In reply to: Hard to believe 9 years has passed since it was on broadway. - dramedy 12:01 pm EDT 04/23/20 | |
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| It was a play that I enjoyed much more on the page than on the stage, even with Rylance's gung-ho performance. Although it might be interesting to see the protoganist as a strutting cock even more past his prime. | |
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| re: Hard to believe 9 years has passed since it was on broadway. | |
| Posted by: aislestorm 01:10 pm EDT 04/23/20 | |
| In reply to: Hard to believe 9 years has passed since it was on broadway. - dramedy 12:01 pm EDT 04/23/20 | |
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| Recall seeing the second performance of "Jerusalem" at the Royal Court, and waiting for 45 minutes just to thank Mr. Rylance at the stage door. As for "Art", it's high time for a revival. Saw 4 different casts in the London production, and 3 different casts here. I'd happily see a revival of both plays. |
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| re: Hard to believe 9 years has passed since it was on broadway. | |
| Posted by: lonlad 03:25 pm EDT 04/23/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Hard to believe 9 years has passed since it was on broadway. - aislestorm 01:10 pm EDT 04/23/20 | |
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| Qualitatively speaking, 'Jerusalem' is on a different planet from 'Art' or, indeed, 'War Horse' which shamefully scooped the Tony over both it and 'The Mother.... with the Hat' - both far superior however emotive Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris's production of WH was. I don't think Broadwayites can quite grasp = and why should they? - the hold 'Jerusalem' has exerted over the psyche in Britain across three different London runs, and Mark Rylance returning in this role will be greeted like Mick Jagger making an encore appearance at Wembley Arena -- it's a rock 'n' roll performance of incomparable power, fury and adrenaline and I can see Rylance revisiting it again and again over time until he can barely move: Johnny is a life force that won't easily be depleted and I can see the play having a symbolic power post-Covid that will be something to behold. FWIW it's also a far better play than THE FERRYMAN, richly theatrical though that subsequent Jez Butterworth play surely is: the difference is that Jez B knows the terrain of 'Jerusalem' inside out and backwards, whereas his understanding of the world of FERRYMAN, while real to be sure, is essentially filtered through the experience of Laura Donnelly, with whom he lives and for whom the play was written, inspired by the experiences of her family. 'Art' was revived here a few years ago at the Old Vic, with Rufus Sewell, and didn't do especially well. I don't think it's stood the test of time, entertaining though it was and is, and Yasmina Reza herself seems to have vanished from view, replaced to some degree by Florian Zeller. |
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| re: Hard to believe 9 years has passed since it was on broadway. | |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 03:39 pm EDT 04/23/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Hard to believe 9 years has passed since it was on broadway. - lonlad 03:25 pm EDT 04/23/20 | |
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| There's a rather splendid BBC radio adaptation of Art with Michael Gambon, Alan Bates, and Simon Russell-Beale that's worth a listen. | |
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| re: Hard to believe 9 years has passed since it was on broadway. | |
| Posted by: mikem 03:47 pm EDT 04/23/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Hard to believe 9 years has passed since it was on broadway. - MockingbirdGirl 03:39 pm EDT 04/23/20 | |
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| Since Art only has 3 actors and IIRC one set, it's done pretty often regionally. I don't think it would be revived on Broadway unless a big star wanted to appear in it. | |
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