Significant Other on Broadway

[AC126748]

It's a solidly entertaining play. It doesn't break any new ground, but does that really matter? Neither did the majority of Neil Simon's plays. I see this potentially being a sleeper hit. I imagine most of the cast will return, but I would be surprised if Barrie did. She missed many performances during the original run and I believe was doing a modified schedule by the end of the run. 

[HogansHero]

After Eight said: "If you want to bury your head in the sand and maintain that everything is for the best in the best of all possible worlds, then go right ahead."

And if you want to go on being a posturing troll (because you and I both know that's all you are), then go right ahead. 

[uncageg]

I really enjoyed it. Needed some tightening up, which I hope has happened. The final moments really shook me though.

[NotTheComfyChair]

Jish said: "HogansHero said: "I agree (a) the show is great, (b) this transfer is on the coattails of the Humans and (c) it is a huge long shot"
Do you figure Jeffrey Richards just wants the long-tail of future regional productions given that Bad Jews is so oft-produced?
Doubt this will re-coup on Broadway...

 

I agree with two or Hogan's points - I didn't care for the play myself - and both of Jish's. I don't think this will have aa wide an appeal on Broadway as The Humans. I hope to be proved wrong. 

[GreasedLightning]

While I loved this play, I just can't see it opening and sustaining a run at the Schoenfeld.

The Booth, now we're talking. 

[WhizzerMarvin]

The play is great and a real breath of fresh air. I wish it the best, even though it may face an uphill battle at the box office. Wouldn't it be wonderful if Glick got a Tony nom for his performance? Plus, it's about time that Trip Cullman made his Broadway directorial debut. 

 

[mamaleh]

POSSIBLE SPOILER:

 

I enjoyed this sweet-sad play at the Pels, especially Gideon Glick's performance.  I know people don't always have happy endings to their lives, and that's reality, but part of me hopes there will be some rewriting concerning the ending.  Besides, hope sells, and that certainly could help ticket purchases by the general public.

[haterobics]

Glad this is coming back, and especially with Glick and the rest of the cast (hopefully), really enjoyed this one a lot last season...

[VintageSnarker]

I have trouble remembering much besides them dancing at all those weddings.

[broadwayguy91]

is Gideon confirmed to be transferring with this to Broadway? I'm glad for him if he is. He's a real talent; loved him since his S.A. days.

[dissimilate]

Yeah, I don't think it has enough appeal to sustain a run on Broadway, even though I enjoyed it. I'm exactly that age where everyone is getting married, they're drifting off, I'm single, etc, so I really related to the character. But the friend I watched it with found it tiring and repetitive. It doesn't really offer any fresh take on the problem, its structure is pretty linear... I'm not sure who would pick it for their night out.

Maybe a limited engagement from the very beginning? Gideon Glick and Lindsay Mendez would be able to sustain it for a bit.

[AC126748]

broadwayguy91 said: "is Gideon confirmed to be transferring with this to Broadway? I'm glad for him if he is. He's a real talent; loved him since his S.A. days.

 

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Nothing is officially confirmed, but Richards said that he wanted to bring back as much of the original cast as possible.

[RippedMan]

Neither Mended or Glick are "name" enough to sustain anyone. They're definitely going The Humans route and hoping for a quiet successful run as their don't seem to be many new plays coming to Broadway. 

[neonlightsxo]

"Maybe a limited engagement from the very beginning? Gideon Glick and Lindsay Mendez would be able to sustain it for a bit."

 

As far as box office? You're kidding, right?

[Prisoner of 7th Ave]

Maybe with Zac Efron and Shailene Woodley.  But back to the real world.  In a season where the promised new plays are The Encounter and Heisenberg, SO is locked to be a Tony nominee for best play.  The Lynn Nottage play might transfer from the Public.  Anything else?   

[wonderfulwizard11]

The Present is also a new play. 

[Fantod]

Are you sure about that? It's an adaptation of Chekhov, and I think it counts from the classics rule.

[wonderfulwizard11]

I don't think adaptations count as revivals. One Man, Two Guvnors was an adaptation, and the producers tried to get it classified as a revival, but it was deemed a new play. From what I can tell, The Present is a Chekov adaptation, not a translation. 

[Fantod]

Okay, that makes sense. The play that it's based on is untitled (though sometimes referred to as Platonov), so I had just assumed that it was a new title for it.

[dissimilate]

neonlightsxo said: ""Maybe a limited engagement from the very beginning? Gideon Glick and Lindsay Mendez would be able to sustain it for a bit."

As far as box office? You're kidding, right?"

I am :)

No, really. What I meant to say was that I think they should do a strictly limited run. Three months at most. And that the Glick and Mendez's performances might be able to help the show's word of mouth. "The play was solid, a little repetitive at times, but the leads were pretty good," is what I'd go for. They definitely aren't box office draws on their own.

[Auggie27]

Between this board and the other one, there's a groundswell of love for this play and its NYC production. Of the sort that's all too rare.  I saw it, and applaud everyone involved. It doesn't matter whether some of us were less touched; the achievement isn't demographic-tested, it's solidly, persuasively in the hearts and minds of those who left moved.  We often let our subjective opinions color our prognostications. May it be a success, and win over even more people.   

[sundaymourning6am]

I can't imagine why a producer would bring this show to Broadway. I wanted to commit suicide after I saw it off-Broadway. Yes, Glick was wonderful but this is a very relevant and wrist-slitting-inducing play. You walk away literally wanting to kill yourself.

Good luck to them. 

[After Eight]

"I can't imagine why a producer would bring this show to Broadway."

Simple. To make money. They know there are enough critics to praise it, enough people as entitled and as self-absorbed as the, ahem, "hero," to buy into it, and enough unknowing theatregoers who'll be induced by the aforementioned to buy tickets.

It worked for the equally noisome The Humans; so why shouldn't it work for this?

[Kad]

sundaymourning6am said: "I can't imagine why a producer would bring this show to Broadway. I wanted to commit suicide after I saw it off-Broadway. Yes, Glick was wonderful but this is a very relevant and wrist-slitting-inducing play. You walk away literally wanting to kill yourself.

Good luck to them. "

 

I did not walk away literally wanting to kill myself. Perhaps you should see a therapist.

 

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Wrist-slitting-inducing...?

 

What...?

[wonderfulwizard11]

The show made my cry like a baby, especially since I had just gone through a terrible breakup, but I genuinely don't know how this (or any show, honestly) would make someone want to slit their wrists.