Sadly, I think it's extremely unlikely that a commercial run for Downstate would pay off financially, although there are producers who believe in the material and move forward with a Broadway run with their eyes wide open about that (although this doesn't seem to be happening that much nowadays).
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This seems a natural for a non-profit, except that I think a Broadway run might get tied up in protests and controversy, and a non-profit may not think it's worth it. There are aspects that might cause a social media firestorm: the idea that child abusers have humanity, and that Andy, the man molested by his piano teacher, may be misremembering (which is counter to the idea that one should always believe the victim). I think that the direction also has Andy be the object of a little bit of derision by the audience at some points, and I think he gets more audience derision than the abusers do. Many of these aspects increase the richness of the play IMO, but there are hothead types who would not agree...
I'm still hoping for a Broadway run for A Case for the Existence of God with the original actors. It's a relatively inexpensive show to put on that wouldn't be controversial, but sadly I think that if that were happening, it would have been announced by now. |
