Cuba Gooding Jr., Vanessa Williams, Condola Rashad Join Cast of THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL

[Rob]

Posted: 12/20/12 at 4:59pm

Click Here to Read BREAKING: Cuba Gooding Jr., Vanessa Williams, Condola Rashad Join Cast of THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 12/20/12 at 5:05pm

Holy SH*T, yes!!

[Blockhead24]

Posted: 12/20/12 at 5:07pm

Wow!

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 12/20/12 at 5:10pm

Wow, what a cast! Not sure Gooding Jr. has got what it takes, but Tyson, Rashad and Williams will be electric together, this will be an event.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 12/20/12 at 5:11pm

this will certainly become a hot ticket show this spring. how soon before they extend??

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 12/20/12 at 5:14pm

Now that's a cast. I mean...maybe Gooding, Jr. can rehab his career here.

[kidbroadway2]

Posted: 12/20/12 at 5:46pm

Has Cuba ever done any stage before? Very interesting cast.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 12/20/12 at 6:03pm

And this just shot to the top of my list for this spring.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/20/12 at 6:12pm

"I'm Going To Bountiful!!!!"

[RippedMan]

Posted: 12/20/12 at 8:24pm

Now I understand why they chose such a big theater for a play.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 12/20/12 at 8:32pm

The Sondheim actually isn't that big of a theatre. It's smaller than the Schoenfeld, the Longacre, the Barrymore, the Jacobs, and the Cort, all of which often (and some primarily) house plays.

[broadwayjim42]

Posted: 12/20/12 at 9:15pm

In the city in January and August but am going to have to find some excuse to get down for this, even if it's a day trip.

Loving the female cast....Cuba? Hmmm. We'll see.

[Auggie27]

Posted: 12/20/12 at 10:09pm

Williams is a brilliant idea. And she was wise to accept it. This could be quite wonderful. Wouldn't miss this. Cuba is a wild card, but in a way, thrilling. He's such an emotionally accessible actor, he could be a revelation here.

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 12/20/12 at 11:46pm

All I need is for this cast to be still playing in Dec 2013 around Christmas week.

[Idiot]

Posted: 12/21/12 at 1:59am

Nobody's going to make the 'Black is Bountiful' joke?

Sheesh.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/21/12 at 2:02am

Is that the show's tagline? Or is it "Once you go to Bountiful, you never go back"?

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 12/21/12 at 2:10am

I'm really hoping Cuba's great. This could be amazing...

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/21/12 at 6:27am

Hard to believe the original Broadway production only ran 39 performances, even with Lillian Gish (Carrie Watts), Jo Van Fleet (Jessie Mae), Gene Lyons (Ludie), and Eva Marie Saint (Thelma).

I love the movie, and surprisingly it's one I can watch repeatedly and still find as much if not more to love about it, primarily Geraldine Page's brilliant, Oscar-winning performance as Carrie. (No, I don't think Whoopi Goldberg was "robbed" for The Color Purple, particularly after seeing Page's perfect performance in this film.)

I really liked the rest of the film cast: Carlin Glynn (Jessie Mae), John Heard (Ludie), and Rebecca De Mornay (Thelma). They're all fine in their roles.

I think this new revival's cast sounds terrific, and I think Cuba will be great as Ludie. He's kind of a henpecked husband for most of it, and the "showy" supporting role is really Jessie Mae (Vanessa). Ludie serves more as a sounding board for Carrie, and he tries to be "understanding husband" for the most part.

This is one of my favorite "smaller" pieces as a film and as a story.

[jaxandmci]

Posted: 1/16/13 at 12:36pm

I just stumbled upon the fact that tickets quietly went on sale to American Express cardholders. The pre-sale lasts until January 30th. Even though I had signed up on the show's Web site for advanced ticket sale information, I received no notification.

[suestorm]

Posted: 1/16/13 at 1:40pm

wow eva marie saint. one of the most beautiful women god ever put on this green earth. thats a hard act to follow!

[Yero my Hero]

Posted: 1/16/13 at 2:06pm

I just stumbled upon the fact that tickets quietly went on sale to American Express cardholders. The pre-sale lasts until January 30th. Even though I had signed up on the show's Web site for advanced ticket sale information, I received no notification.

Their website has listed the American Express presale for a while, at least every time I looked at it, and they posted this on their Facebook page today:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=372253436205038&set=a.372253432871705.83751.351698458260536&type=1&relevant_count=1

I don't know why they didn't email you, but they didn't exactly hide the information.