Play That Goes Wrong moving to New World Stages
Play That Goes Wrong moving to New World Stages
Fordham2015
Broadway Star Joined: 4/3/17
#2Play That Goes Wrong moving to New World Stages
Posted: 12/20/18 at 1:18pmExcited to hear this!!!! Should play great in a smaller theatre as well. Highly recommend this to anyone!
#3Play That Goes Wrong moving to New World Stages
Posted: 12/20/18 at 2:26pm
What a fun coincidence! I caught this Sunday in Chicago and thought this would've made a better Off-Broadway show. I am happy to see it will have a longer life.
#4Play That Goes Wrong moving to New World Stages
Posted: 12/20/18 at 2:27pmThe article doesn't mention it, but it will be going into Stage 4.
Just give the world Love.
#5Play That Goes Wrong moving to New World Stages
Posted: 12/20/18 at 3:16pmWOW. I wonder how theyll redo the set to fit the space.
#6Play That Goes Wrong moving to New World Stages
Posted: 12/20/18 at 6:53pm
I can see it working in Stage 4, it's in a smaller theatre in London, and I've seen shows in Stage 4 with a second level, like Bare. I'd be worried about the lack of wing space for props and such, though.
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
AntV
Broadway Star Joined: 12/23/12
#7Play That Goes Wrong moving to New World Stages
Posted: 12/20/18 at 8:21pmWill the current cast transfer? Particularly Mark Evans and Mara Davi?
#8Play That Goes Wrong moving to New World Stages
Posted: 12/20/18 at 9:15pm
AntV said: "Will the current cast transfer? Particularly Mark Evans and Mara Davi?"
Doubtful. Most of this cast has been there since Sept. 2017. Davi & Cash are the newest members for the cast. They'd also be taking a pay cut going to an off-Broadway salary.
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.
Pashacar
Broadway Star Joined: 11/2/18
#9Play That Goes Wrong moving to New World Stages
Posted: 12/21/18 at 12:36pm
Curious about how this will turn out, considering the guy they chose to direct it.
He was assistant directing The Color Purple tour when I saw it in LA, and it was a disaster -- everyone seemed like they were in a different show from one another, and most laugh lines were missed (which is a particular concern with TPTGW). I only recognize his name because we found it so poorly directed that we took the time to look up the AD in the playbill. And when I saw the same cast at Paper Mill, when he was gone and Doyle back involved, and it was night-and-day better.
Obviously it's possible that the issues weren't due to his direction, but considering most of his experience is stage managing, and that ADs usually take a bigger role on tours, I wouldn't be surprised. Hopefully this turns out OK.
