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| Posted by: keikekaze 09:38 pm EDT 07/29/22 | |
| In reply to: Equus - dbdbdb 05:09 pm EDT 07/29/22 | |
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| These are all the Broadway plays that played more than 1,000 performances since 1970: Gemini (1977), 1,819 performances Deathtrap (1978), 1,793 Same Time Next Year (1975), 1,453 Brighton Beach Memoirs (1983), 1,299 Sleuth (1970), 1,222 Torch Song Trilogy (1982), 1,222 Equus (1974), 1,209 Amadeus (1980), 1,181 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (2018), 1,035 as of July 24, 2022 and still running You'll notice a decided absence of opening dates beginning with either "199-" or "200-"! |
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| re: Equus | |
| Posted by: Scottofscott 12:25 am EDT 07/30/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Equus - keikekaze 09:38 pm EDT 07/29/22 | |
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| For some reason, IBDB lists Torch Song Trilogy at 1,230 performances now. I cannot attest that it once listed it at 1,222 because I did not ever look at it. I knew TST and Sleuth both were 1,222 because I'd seen those figures in so many sources. Only discovered this IBDB quirk earlier this year when I ran a search for plays over 1,000 performances. I also find it interesting that the original run of Nicholas Nickleby is counted at 49 performances, because both parts were performed 49 times - but other multi-part productions have been counted by combining parts 1 and 2 or parts 1, 2, and 3 (i.e., Wolf Hall, Harry Potter--during most of its run before it was slimmed down, Angels revival, Norman Conquests, Coast of Utopia). The 1986 revival of Nickleby was likewise counted as only 4 performances a week as had its original version. |
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| re: Equus | |
| Posted by: emmemmkay 07:44 am EDT 07/30/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Equus - Scottofscott 12:25 am EDT 07/30/22 | |
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| The ibdb entry for Torch Song Trilogy explains why it lists the run as 1,230: "The performance count for this production is often erroneously reported as 1,222 and 8 previews; it played 1,230 performances and no previews, having transferred from off-Broadway." | |
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| re: Equus | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 06:28 am EDT 07/30/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Equus - Scottofscott 12:25 am EDT 07/30/22 | |
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| I think the difference between Nickleby and the others was that you could not buy a ticket to see only one part. | |
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| re: Equus | |
| Posted by: mikem 01:15 pm EDT 07/30/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Equus - AlanScott 06:28 am EDT 07/30/22 | |
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| On a side note, Coast of Utopia Part 3 may be the shortest run of any Best Play Tony winner. It only had 34 performances counting from opening night (and 13 previews). | |
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| Coast of Utopia Part III | |
| Posted by: Clancy 02:40 pm EDT 07/30/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Equus - mikem 01:15 pm EDT 07/30/22 | |
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| As we left after Part II, I turned to my lovely spouse and said, "Do we have to come back and see Part III?" He said, "God, I hope not!" I said, "I don't know that I've ever loved you more than I do right now." |
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| re: Coast of Utopia Part III | |
| Posted by: bmc 08:24 pm EDT 07/30/22 | |
| In reply to: Coast of Utopia Part III - Clancy 02:40 pm EDT 07/30/22 | |
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| i saw all three plays on a Saturday;' I made the trip[ to NYC specifically to see COAST; my only disappointment was that coming from Mic h., I couldnt return trilogy a second time | |
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| re: Coast of Utopia Part III | |
| Posted by: bobby2 04:47 pm EDT 07/30/22 | |
| In reply to: Coast of Utopia Part III - Clancy 02:40 pm EDT 07/30/22 | |
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| That was a joke in that Christopher Durang play (forget the name Terrorists and Why we Love Them or something like that) Kristen Nielsen says her friend committed suicide during Coast of Utopia. It was so long she willed her heart to stop beating. |
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| re: Richard Easton heart attack during Coast of Utopia | |
| Posted by: waterfall 02:20 am EDT 08/02/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Coast of Utopia Part III - bobby2 04:47 pm EDT 07/30/22 | |
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| "Kristen Nielsen says her friend committed suicide during Coast of Utopia. It was so long she willed her heart to stop beating." An aside: during a preview performance of CoU, actor Richard Easton delivered the line: "...and that is my final word", headed offstage, then dropped to the ground, having suffered a heart attack. There wasn't a doctor in the house, but a stagehand performed CPR on him until paramedics arrived. Easton recovered and returned to the show, living another decade before dying in 2019. |
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