Laurie Metcalf joins David Suchet in Long Days Journey Into Night
Laurie Metcalf joins David Suchet in Long Days Journey Into Night
#1Laurie Metcalf joins David Suchet in Long Days Journey Into Night
Posted: 9/9/11 at 6:10am
According to the new artwork
http://www.nimaxtheatres.com/apollo-theatre/long_days_journey_into_night
#2Laurie Metcalf joins David Suchet in Long Days Journey Into Night
Posted: 9/9/11 at 6:26am
Laurie Metcalf is a brilliant actress. I saw her in LA recently in a fringe theatre production of a slight little comedy - opposite French Stewart of Third Rock From The Sun - and what she did with sub-par material was astonishing.
She will be a powerhouse in Long Days Journey.
Faced with these Loreleis, what man can moralize!
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#2Laurie Metcalf joins David Suchet in Long Days Journey Into Night
Posted: 9/9/11 at 9:26amLaurie Metcalf is good with quirky and offbeat characters. I really don't see her as the type to play the mother. There's a lot of subtext in the material. Hopefully she is a strong enough actress to flesh out the character.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#3Laurie Metcalf joins David Suchet in Long Days Journey Into Night
Posted: 9/9/11 at 9:32amShe is an incrediblly strong actress, i adore her, her stage work is brilliant and of course i will always remember her from Roseanne (best sitcom ever)
Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna
#4Laurie Metcalf joins David Suchet in Long Days Journey Into Night
Posted: 9/9/11 at 11:49am
Mmm, this sounds like a must see 
#5Laurie Metcalf joins David Suchet in Long Days Journey Into Night
Posted: 9/9/11 at 12:41pmI saw Laurie in Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune and Detroit at Steppenwolf and she was brilliant in both. The choice may seem unconventional, but definitely not unwarranted. She's definitely got the acting chops for it.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#6Laurie Metcalf joins David Suchet in Long Days Journey Into Night
Posted: 9/10/11 at 11:19amI'd kill for the chance to see Laurie and David Suchet in these roles. I'm slightly sad, though, that this probably means DETROIT isn't happening on Broadway this season.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#7Laurie Metcalf joins David Suchet in Long Days Journey Into Night
Posted: 9/10/11 at 10:15pm
Gothampc, not sure what you've seen her in, but Laurie Metcalfe is one of the greatest stage actresses of her generation. I'd give anything to get over there and see her in this role.
She is an extraordinary talent. Her performance in the recent off-broadway run of THE OTHER PLACE was astonishing.
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
#8Laurie Metcalf joins David Suchet in Long Days Journey Into Night
Posted: 9/12/11 at 11:06amBefore Roseanne and Broadway, Metcalf was a founding member of Steppenwolf and played many classic roles there to great acclaim. Linda Winer, who was living in Chicago at the time, STILL talks about seeing Metcalf as Laura in THE GLASS MENAGERIE and how she can't imagine anyone she'll ever see topping her in the role. I'm not sure where the assertion that Metcalf only shines in oddball parts comes from, but it's very off. I may try to schedule a London trip next summer to see her in LONG DAY'S JOURNEY.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#9Laurie Metcalf joins David Suchet in Long Days Journey Into Night
Posted: 9/12/11 at 2:23pm
"She is an extraordinary talent."
Even though I've never seen her on stage I can easily believe this.
"of course i will always remember her from Roseanne"
And Desperate Housewives.
#10Laurie Metcalf joins David Suchet in Long Days Journey Into Night
Posted: 3/31/12 at 4:47am
Interesting interview with Ms Metcalf:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-features/9169997/Laurie-Metcalf-on-Long-Days-Journey-Into-Night-interview.html
I had no idea this was touring before it reaches London otherwise I would have seen it in Nottingham.
#11Laurie Metcalf joins David Suchet in Long Days Journey Into Night
Posted: 3/31/12 at 5:02amWho was she in DH? Also she is brilliant as Sheldons mum in Big Bang Theory
#12Laurie Metcalf joins David Suchet in Long Days Journey Into Night
Posted: 3/31/12 at 5:39am
She had a role in series 3 or 4 whereby her character goes mad and takes hostages at gunpoint in a supermarket.
I was transfixed by her in that and astounded when I realised it was Roseanne's younger sister.
Updated On: 3/31/12 at 05:39 AM
#13Laurie Metcalf joins David Suchet in Long Days Journey Into Night
Posted: 3/31/12 at 7:30amShe is brilliant as Mary Tyrone. One of the greatest performances I have ever seen on a stage.
Faced with these Loreleis, what man can moralize!
#14Laurie Metcalf joins David Suchet in Long Days Journey Into Night
Posted: 3/31/12 at 7:57amAh yes I remember now you say that
#15Laurie Metcalf joins David Suchet in Long Days Journey Into Night
Posted: 4/3/12 at 11:57am
I'm visiting London in May to see "Long Day's Journey...".
Do you think I should buy my tickets in advance or will I probably get good seats on the day of the performance?
In the real world the only people who burst into song are the hopelessly deranged...
#16Laurie Metcalf joins David Suchet in Long Days Journey Into Night
Posted: 4/3/12 at 1:02pm
Yes
If you are travelling a long way, which you are and want to see something particular I would definitely secure my ticket ASAP, saying that it has been on TKT's.
I am looking forward to it.
#17Laurie Metcalf joins David Suchet in Long Days Journey Into Night
Posted: 4/4/12 at 3:30amAnd since it's the Apollo theatre make sure you get stalls seats. The Circle in that theatre features horrible sight lines for anything not dead centre - really obstructed view seats that are not billed as such.
Faced with these Loreleis, what man can moralize!
#18Laurie Metcalf joins David Suchet in Long Days Journey Into Night
Posted: 4/7/12 at 4:59pm
Do you know if there are any discount codes for the beginning of May? 
In the real world the only people who burst into song are the hopelessly deranged...
#19Laurie Metcalf joins David Suchet in Long Days Journey Into Night
Posted: 4/19/12 at 6:16pm
I bought a discount ticket today at TKTS in Leicester Square for half price and sat in 2nd row of the stalls.
What an incredible evening of theatre - utterly compelling with four powerhouse performances, most especially from the quite stunningly brilliant Laurie Metcalf.
redmustang
Broadway Star Joined: 5/14/03
#20Laurie Metcalf joins David Suchet in Long Days Journey Into Night
Posted: 4/24/12 at 3:31pmAt the first hint that this might transfer to NY, somebody please post. I'm a huge David Suchet fan. Would have loved to see him do Virginia Woolf.
#21Laurie Metcalf joins David Suchet in Long Days Journey Into Night
Posted: 4/26/12 at 4:29amI saw him opposite Diana Rigg in Virginia Woolf all those years ago. Both were immense. I too am a big David Suchet fan and after this latest production, a Laurie Metcalf fan too. Two stunning performances.
#22Laurie Metcalf joins David Suchet in Long Days Journey Into Night
Posted: 5/6/12 at 11:34pmHow much of the text have they cut? What's the running time of this production?
#23Laurie Metcalf joins David Suchet in Long Days Journey Into Night
Posted: 5/7/12 at 3:12amIt's been adde to the Get into London Theatre scheme for those that want to see at a discount
#24Laurie Metcalf joins David Suchet in Long Days Journey Into Night
Posted: 5/7/12 at 7:41am
Cheers Princeton
I am hoping to see this later today, if I can get a ticket from TKTS.
