And I'd venture to say there are plenty non-members who want to see the show, but can't, because the Off-Broadway run is totally sold out.
"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
Well, good for everyone involved in Oslo. That's a decent break from the end of August to around the end of March. Am I forgetting a project that Jefferson Mays signed on to?
So much for that My Fair Lady revival going in here.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
^ An immediate transfer likely isn't possible for any number of reasons. It's also advantageous to open in the busy spring season and be fresh on the minds of (and currently playing for) Tony nominators and voters.
"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
My guess is that they are not thinking of it in terms of a long run and that something else could open at the Beaumont in the late Fall. It is a lovely production and I can see it being very effective on the thrust at the Beaumont and being supported by many theatre goers on the UWS.
This is terrific news. OSLO is a fantastic new play - engaging, captivating, challenging, humorous. Solid performances and thoughtful storytelling throughout. It is a 3 hour play that flies by.
It definitely has Best Play potential. Does anyone know if there are any commercial producers (as was the case of Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike's transfer from the Mitzi) behind this project or if Lincoln Center is making the transfer themselves?
The Beaumont is a Broadway house. Not geographically of course, but nonetheless. A transfer from the Mitzi is rarely done, which would suggest large potential for this run. It's not what I would have wanted to see come in, but I have a feeling it will do quite well.
JIMG3 said: "An earlier post mentioned that it belongs in a "Broadway house". I was responding to that. "
Yes, but did you finish reading that sentence in Kad's post before writing your post or did you stop after the words "Broadway house"? He clearly knows that the Beaumont is a Broadway house...just not the house for Oslo...
Admittedly, I misread the original post. My apologies to Kad. Now, if you're finished playing message board nazi, we can allow this thread to continue on with its original topic.
The back wall changes with lighting and projections that shift the locations of the scenes and parallel the events that are taking place. I think the projections will be even more effective in the Beaumont.