"Rumors" aiming for Broadway with Julie White and Andrea Martin

[Joviedamian]

Posted: 9/12/13 at 4:44pm

http://playbill.com/news/article/182050-Aiming-for-Broadway-Neil-Simons-Rumors-Gets-NYC-Reading-With-Martin-Short-Matthew-Broderick-and-Andrea-Martin?tsrc=hpt2





Updated On: 9/12/13 at 04:44 PM

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 9/12/13 at 5:33pm

That would be one hell of a cast if they can get all reading participants in the Broadway production.

[LimelightMike]

Posted: 9/12/13 at 5:51pm

I am salivating, LITERALLY, at the thought of this happening!

What theatre would it play in, though?

The Cort?

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 9/12/13 at 6:08pm

One of my favorite plays!! Benanti is a perfect fit for Cassie.

I wonder who the other three are playing. My picks would be White as Chris, Maxwell as Claire, and Martin as Cookie.

AHHH so excited.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 9/12/13 at 10:30pm

hope they find a good theater. maybe The Booth??

[Wee Thomas2]

Posted: 9/13/13 at 12:33pm

I would put this on in my basement with this cast if I could.

[dreaming]

Posted: 9/13/13 at 12:38pm

Helen Mirren's play is coming this spring supposedly. No idea which theater it has. But, this could work in The Golden, The Booth, The Cort (if they can overcome that terrible location), The Longacre (if First Date is gone-don't know, not wishing it away, just saying it would work there). I wish Mamma Mia didn't have the Broadhurst locked up as it would have been neat to see it in the original theater. I wonder who has the Lyceum in the spring as that Joplin piece is a limited run I believe.

[hairspraydude1962]

Posted: 9/13/13 at 2:45pm

RUMORS was the first acting "gig" I got in college. There's no way I'll miss this.

[Wynbish]

Posted: 9/13/13 at 2:47pm

Martin Short has to be Lenny. He has to be. He would be amazing with Lenny's monologue.

[hairspraydude1962]

Posted: 9/13/13 at 2:50pm

I could see him as Ernie.

[Wynbish]

Posted: 9/13/13 at 2:52pm

He'd be a good Ernie, too. I just can imagine him hamming up the monologue, with everyone else on stage about to poop a brick.

Tony Shalhoub would be a fun addition Updated On: 9/13/13 at 02:52 PM

[BwayGeek2]

Posted: 9/13/13 at 5:03pm

Always been a fan of Neil Simon. Would love to see this play come to Broadway, especially with that cast!

[bobs3]

Posted: 9/14/13 at 12:13am

Julie White would make a great Chris (Christine Baranski stole the show in the original production with that character).

[ClumsyDude15]

Posted: 9/14/13 at 2:15pm

YES, PLEASE.

[Wee Thomas2]

Posted: 9/16/13 at 10:57am

there was supposed to be a meeting this past weekend to determine if this is a go or a no go. I hope it got a thumbs up -- hopefully I'll be hearing from someone involved with this, but more likely, if it's good news, there will be a public announcement soon.

[drjjpdc]

Posted: 10/3/13 at 8:39pm

Anybody hear any more about this show. I have been waiting years to see it again. I literally fell off my seat, I laughed so hard. I have seen other farces like Noises Off, and always thought Rumors was funnier.

[gstrus2]

Posted: 10/3/13 at 8:50pm

Hoping for this to come to Broadway with this awesome cast from the reading!

[drjjpdc]

Posted: 10/3/13 at 9:23pm

I know he wouldn't do it, but can you imagine Robin Williams in the cast?

This is off topic but it is related to funny. I caught Bringing Up Baby on Turner the other day. The whole movie is a scream, but the last 1/2 hour Hepburn is just incredible with her comic timing!

[Wee Thomas2]

Posted: 10/4/13 at 12:48pm

"Anybody hear any more about this show. I have been waiting years to see it again. I literally fell off my seat, I laughed so hard. I have seen other farces like Noises Off, and always thought Rumors was funnier."

Nothing. Maybe I'll see my friend next weekend, but it's rare I see him this time of year.

[VernonGersch]

Posted: 10/4/13 at 4:27pm

Never saw the play and as a huge Neil Simon fan this sounds like an incredible production with this cast.

I know "Prisoners Of Second Avenue" that ran in the West End a few years ago had its eye on Broadway and now with "The Sunshine Boys" having just opened in LA with its eye on Broadway (Entertainment Weekly gave it a rave review as did The Hollywood Reporter) maybe this will help get this production produced?

[drjjpdc]

Posted: 10/4/13 at 10:02pm

Actually I meant to see it last year in Albany, but I couldn't get away. Maybe someone on this site has some friends/contacts up there that did. I saw it at the Paper Mill Playhouse in NJ around 1992. The NYT guy did not like it, but I most certainly did not agree with him!

http://www.zvents.com/albany_ny/events/show/220376384-rumors


Updated On: 10/4/13 at 10:02 PM

[yankeefan7]

Posted: 10/5/13 at 12:00pm

My wife and I saw this on Broadway and loved it, first time we had every seen Christine Baranski and she was hysterically funny.

[gstrus2]

Posted: 10/27/13 at 8:06pm

Bump.
Anyone know if this is still happening?

[VernonGersch]

Posted: 12/27/13 at 6:37pm

Bump. I would imagine this isnt happening but seeing if anyone has heard anything?