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| Just finished reading Tom Stoppard's LEOPOLDSTADT.... | |
| Last Edit: bmc 10:35 pm EDT 09/03/22 | |
| Posted by: bmc 10:34 pm EDT 09/03/22 | |
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| and i thought it excellent, very moving and it incorporate some of the author's own life.I Would recommend it to everyone, buy tix are expensive and I remember a few weeks back when some posters (gasp! didn't care for COAST OF UTOPIA. So ATC-ers will have to use their considerable wisdom in deciding whether to visit LEOPOLDSTADT And, Laura ;Renember, Ethel Merman was nominated but didn't win the Tony for GYPSY. | |
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| re: Just finished reading Tom Stoppard's LEOPOLDSTADT.... | |
| Posted by: mermaniac 12:16 am EDT 09/05/22 | |
| In reply to: Just finished reading Tom Stoppard's LEOPOLDSTADT.... - bmc 10:34 pm EDT 09/03/22 | |
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| She famously said: "How can you buck a nun ?" Sound has had one Broadway revival; Gypsy has had ------- FOUR !!! | |
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| re: I am not a Tom Stoppard fan in the least. However..... | |
| Posted by: bway1430 03:45 am EDT 09/04/22 | |
| In reply to: Just finished reading Tom Stoppard's LEOPOLDSTADT.... - bmc 10:34 pm EDT 09/03/22 | |
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| I did see this play in London and thought is was remarkable. I can't recall the last time 3 hours had ever flown by so fast. I consider it a must-see. :-) |
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| I also saw it in London... | |
| Posted by: Amiens 08:53 am EDT 09/04/22 | |
| In reply to: re: I am not a Tom Stoppard fan in the least. However..... - bway1430 03:45 am EDT 09/04/22 | |
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| ....and absolutely loved it. It's a bit of a slow burn as it's a big family saga with several plot lines and some characters played by children in early scenes and then adults later, but one follows it all, nevertheless, and it all adds up to a stunning and poignant conclusion. It certainly takes some concentration from the audience but not because of particularly intellectual ideas. It's the highly emotional story of Stoppard's own family history and his discovery of past secrets. Gorgeous staging and designs. I hope the ensemble cast in NY will be as wonderful as in London. I expect I''ll see it again. |
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| re: I am not a Tom Stoppard fan in the least. However..... | |
| Posted by: Peg 08:33 am EDT 09/04/22 | |
| In reply to: re: I am not a Tom Stoppard fan in the least. However..... - bway1430 03:45 am EDT 09/04/22 | |
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| You must have seen the original London production, not the shorter version the play became when it returned when the London theaters reopened. I’m sorry we won’t see the original in NY and hope it won’t be difficult to follow the complex story after all the cuts. I wonder if Stoppard will address this when he speaks at the 92nd St Y in a couple weeks. | |
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| Oh no! | |
| Posted by: Amiens 08:57 am EDT 09/04/22 | |
| In reply to: re: I am not a Tom Stoppard fan in the least. However..... - Peg 08:33 am EDT 09/04/22 | |
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| Peg, I wrote my post above as you were posting. I, for one, did see the play pre-pandemic, not long after it opened. I'm distressed to hear there were cuts later. I do hope NY sees the original version. | |
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| re: I am not a Tom Stoppard fan in the least. However..... | |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 08:54 am EDT 09/04/22 | |
| In reply to: re: I am not a Tom Stoppard fan in the least. However..... - Peg 08:33 am EDT 09/04/22 | |
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| Indeed, I hope someone will explicitly ask him about cuts for American audiences. | |
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| re: I am not a Tom Stoppard fan in the least. However..... | |
| Posted by: bmc 11:17 am EDT 09/04/22 | |
| In reply to: re: I am not a Tom Stoppard fan in the least. However..... - MockingbirdGirl 08:54 am EDT 09/04/22 | |
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| Does LEOPOLDSTADT play with an intermission? Perhaps, like FOLLIES, having an intermission would break the tension. |
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| I thought this play would be LCT member show | |
| Posted by: dramedy 11:26 pm EDT 09/03/22 | |
| In reply to: Just finished reading Tom Stoppard's LEOPOLDSTADT.... - bmc 10:34 pm EDT 09/03/22 | |
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| Im disappointed it is Ohio state murders | |
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| re: I thought this play would be LCT member show | |
| Posted by: den 11:29 am EDT 09/04/22 | |
| In reply to: I thought this play would be LCT member show - dramedy 11:26 pm EDT 09/03/22 | |
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| I agree with Dramedy. I was really hoping for Leopoldstadt through LCT. I have no interest in Ohio State Murders. And the ticket for Leopoldstadt are steep, notwithstanding modest discounts for crappy seats. | |
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| re: I thought this play would be LCT member show | |
| Posted by: ryhog 01:01 pm EDT 09/04/22 | |
| In reply to: re: I thought this play would be LCT member show - den 11:29 am EDT 09/04/22 | |
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| The show is expected to do exceptionally well. Why would a producer sell LCT tickets at a wholesale price that they can sell at retail? LCT does not get the pick of the litter in terms of what shows they can cut a deal with. What I am getting from the response to the present situation is that the model LCT has been employing in this century may have run its course. |
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| Mockingbird was LCT offered to members | |
| Last Edit: dramedy 03:17 pm EDT 09/04/22 | |
| Posted by: dramedy 03:15 pm EDT 09/04/22 | |
| In reply to: re: I thought this play would be LCT member show - ryhog 01:01 pm EDT 09/04/22 | |
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| And it is one of the most successful plays on broadway. I think clybourne park was an offering and that was a Pulitzer winning play. I think a view from the bridge by director ivo van hove was a good offering. Falsettos and glass menagerie (sally field) may not have been as strong. But sound inside was a tony finalist. So I would disagree that the co-produced shows are the dregs. Furthermore, LCT has presented many Stoppard plays that may not have ever made it to broadway like utopia, Arcadia and invention of love n The Link lists shows at other theater than lct complex But many are commercial transfers or theater rented LCT productions like the nance and women on the verge. |
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| Link | https://www.lct.org/shows/shows-archive/?q=&person=&year=&decade=&theater=NO |
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| re: Mockingbird was LCT offered to members | |
| Posted by: ryhog 06:34 pm EDT 09/04/22 | |
| In reply to: Mockingbird was LCT offered to members - dramedy 03:15 pm EDT 09/04/22 | |
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| I did not suggest, did I, that any of these shows were "the dregs"? What I was referring to was the assessment of a commercial producer as to the value of a show that LCT bought tickets for, to sell to its members. And for each producer, that's an individual calculus. It's also important to avoid confounding different types of deals. In the case of the present show, LCT is not a co-producer; it is a purchaser of tickets at a discount. (What I called a wholesale purchase, which could also be made, for example, with a broker.) Mockingbird had LCT as a producer. That's a major difference. As I keep saying, every deal is different and for each of the shows you mention, you can see what the basic arrangement looks like. Women of the Verge, for example, had LCT as the only producer. LCT was not a producer on Clybourne, which had its own back story. And so on. But the important point I make here is that I was not saying anything qualitative about any of the literary properties. |
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