The Master Builder?
The Master Builder?
jomilo21
Understudy Joined: 11/12/14
#1The Master Builder?
Posted: 2/7/17 at 12:12am
Am I just crazy? I could have sworn The Master Builder with Ralph Fiennes was slated to come to Broadway like nowish but now I can't find ANY information on it... am I just nuts?
#2The Master Builder?
Posted: 2/7/17 at 3:27am
Probably they wanted to, but I'd guess it just didn't pan out. Happens all the time with shows that are "eyeing Broadway"
Updated On: 2/7/17 at 03:27 AM
Prisoner of 7th Ave
Chorus Member Joined: 5/6/16
#3The Master Builder?
Posted: 2/7/17 at 10:36am
It was just talk. I don't think the London reviews were so rapturous that a B'way transfer could be warranted (as happened with the McTeer Doll House). Also, besides Fiennes, the cast was lackluster. As good as Linda Emond is, she is not a big name or an electric stage presence.
The transfer of the Fiennes/ V Redgrave Richard III, a preferable possibility.
neonlightsxo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/08
#4The Master Builder?
Posted: 2/7/17 at 10:40am
Things get announced for Broadway all the time that never happen
#5The Master Builder?
Posted: 2/7/17 at 10:46am
The production was never confirmed for Broadway. Baz Bamigboye mentioned in one of his columns that it would transfer (with Rudin producing), but that's the extent of it.
The transfer of the Fiennes/ V Redgrave Richard III, a preferable possibility.
Vanessa Redgrave has been in ill health for the last few years--she had a massive heart attack that nearly killed her and she has COPD--so I doubt another major Broadway run is in her future.
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