I saw it a couple of weeks ago, and it is an intense evening of theatre, worthy (imho) of the lauds it has (almost uniformly) received.
Also, the capitalization costs are low ($2.4 million according to our friends at Variety), and with a single set with no moving parts, I can't imagine this will be that expensive to run (despite the large [for a play] cast {i'd venture a guess of $300,000/week at maximum}). So from a financial perspective, it makes a bit of sense for the imperial.
The questions... would they go to 7pm curtain times like the recent productions of O'Neill plays have done? Will they go for a 7 show week as a concession to IA and Equity (Although they were doing 8 show weeks, with a BRUTAL saturday schedule in chicago [3pm and 7:30 curtains! barely a half hour break for all involved)?
The one show everyone on Broadway is waiting to see: Twyla Tharp presents: Big Bottom - The Spinal Tap Jukebox musical!
Sounds very epic. I'm glad that a play will be filling the Imperial for the time being.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
He's also a fanTAStic actor. The only bad thing about the play's going to NYC is that now he won't be in The Crucible at Steppenwolf this fall. I was really looking forward to seeing him in that. But that's totally selfish, so I'm not that upset.