Riedel on Glenda Jackson in Three Tall Women

[10086sunset]

Posted: 5/18/17 at 9:59pm

http://nypost.com/2017/05/18/two-time-oscar-winner-heads-to-broadway/

 

Will also be nice having Laurie Metcalf back so quickly.

Updated On: 5/18/17 at 09:59 PM

[willrolandsframes]

Posted: 5/18/17 at 10:14pm

Joe Mantello directing? Sign me up!

Unless we get a barrage of play revivals next season, I'm 99% sure this will get nominated for Best Revival of a Play.

[NoName3]

Posted: 5/18/17 at 10:15pm

Are Jackson and Metcalf tall enough to meet the licensing requirements? (See the thread about the rights pulled by the Albee Estate because a black actor was cast as Nick in Virginia Woolf.)

[carnzee]

Posted: 5/18/17 at 10:40pm

I was waiting for an announcement about Lear but this is awesome! I guess she could still do Lear in the Fall. 

[JBroadway]

Posted: 5/18/17 at 11:19pm

Wow, Metcalf on Broadway 3 seasons in a row! Aren't we lucky! 

Also: correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this first time in quite a while that Mantello has directed a revival? He seems to prefer original work. When was the last one? Pal Joey? If so, it will have been 10 years. 

[MadsonMelo]

Posted: 5/19/17 at 2:12am

I hope this can go until July, geez! I need to see Ms Jackson on that damn stage!

[Gorlois]

Posted: 5/19/17 at 6:58am

We're lucky Glenda Jackson has returned to the craft of acting, but I'd like to see her sign onto some film projects so a wider audience can experience her.

[HogansHero]

Posted: 5/19/17 at 9:18am

JBroadway said: "Also: correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this first time in quite a while that Mantello has directed a revival? He seems to prefer original work. When was the last one? Pal Joey? If so, it will have been 10 years. "

blackbird

[BWWMatt]

Posted: 5/19/17 at 9:28am

HogansHero said: "JBroadway said: "Also: correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this first time in quite a while that Mantello has directed a revival? He seems to prefer original work. When was the last one? Pal Joey? If so, it will have been 10 years. "

blackbird

That's a little different though, since Joe directed the original Off-Broadway production as well, and with "half" of the cast being the same. 

 

[imeldasturn]

Posted: 5/19/17 at 10:51am

I love the play and I have always wanted to see Vanessa Redgrave playing A. But Glenda Jackson is an excellent choice, she was phenomenal in Lear.

[Taryn]

Posted: 5/19/17 at 11:49am

NoName3 said: "Are Jackson and Metcalf tall enough to meet the licensing requirements? (See the thread about the rights pulled by the Albee Estate because a black actor was cast as Nick in Virginia Woolf.)"

I admit I had the exact same thought! Neither actress is what I'd consider tall. Metcalf is 5'7" and Jackson 5'6" (according to a quick Google).