Dame Maggie Smith
Dame Maggie Smith
#1Dame Maggie Smith
Posted: 2/27/19 at 11:11am
My friends in London told me about Maggie Smith going back to West End this spring after a 12 year hiatus for a new one-woman play called A German Life. It's practically sold out already but as a New Yorker I was wondering if you guys think she'd ever come back to Broadway?
From checking IBDB it looks like the last time she was here was back in 1990 for her Tony winning role in Lettice and Lovage.
SomethingPeculiar
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/15/14
#2Maggie Smith
Posted: 2/27/19 at 11:24am
Probably depends on how the London run goes. She's only doing 4-6 performances a week for a little more than a month at the Bridge Theatre (Nick Hytner's new company). I think she'd have to do more performances per week and a longer run to make it work on Broadway or in a more traditional West End setting. If not Broadway, then maybe someplace like BAM or the Lincoln Center festival if she really wanted to return to the NY stage?
Nobody expected Angela Lansbury, Glenda Jackson, or Elaine May to return to Broadway at 80+ after long hiatuses, yet they did...so who knows!
Theatrefanboy1
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/2/15
#3Maggie Smith
Posted: 2/27/19 at 11:56amOh I hope she returns to Broadway. Between her and Julie Andrews. Those two I have been awaiting some hopeful return for years.
#4Maggie Smith
Posted: 2/27/19 at 12:35pmWell I’m not taking any chances. I woke up at 5am yesterday and bought one of the £15 tickets right when they went on sale, then bought a plane tickets to spend that week in London. I’ll be seeing other shows on the trip, plus I’ve been looking for an excuse to return to that lovely city. But Dame Maggie is my primary reason for going. I wouldn’t be surprised if they film this for broadcast, but I don’t expect to have another chance to see her live, so I’m taking it.
#5Maggie Smith
Posted: 2/27/19 at 1:05pm
JBroadway said: "Well I’m not taking any chances. I woke up at 5am yesterday and bought one of the £15 tickets right when they went on sale, then bought a plane tickets to spend that week in London. I’ll be seeing other shows on the trip, plus I’ve been looking for an excuse to return to that lovely city. But Dame Maggie is my primary reason for going. I wouldn’t be surprised if they film this for broadcast, but I don’t expect to have another chance to see her live, so I’m taking it. "
That’s awesome. Please report back on all the shows you see on your trip.
#6Maggie Smith
Posted: 2/27/19 at 1:40pmI’m still pissed that this is starting just a couple days after I leave London.
#7Maggie Smith
Posted: 2/27/19 at 2:59pm
I would love to Maggie Smith onstage on Broadway! It'd be an incredible thing to see.
#8Maggie Smith
Posted: 2/27/19 at 3:55pm
JBroadway said: "Well I’m not taking any chances. I woke up at 5am yesterday and bought one of the £15 tickets right when they went on sale, then bought a plane tickets to spend that week in London. I’ll be seeing other shows on the trip, plus I’ve been looking for an excuse to return to that lovely city. But Dame Maggie is my primary reason for going. I wouldn’t be surprised if they film this for broadcast, but I don’t expect to have another chance to see her live, so I’m taking it."
That is AWESOME!!! Yes please report! I was still hoping My Fair Lady would get Julie Andrews, Maggie Smith, or Judi Dench, etc. to come back on Broadway as Mrs Higgins.
Theatrefanboy1
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/2/15
#9Maggie Smith
Posted: 2/27/19 at 5:07pm
That is AWESOME!!! Yes please report! I was still hoping My Fair Lady would get Julie Andrews, Maggie Smith, or Judi Dench, etc. to come back on Broadway as Mrs Higgins."
I would take any of them (that’s my hope as well) or a little night music.
I would just like one more chance to see them live
Jarethan
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/10/11
#10Maggie Smith
Posted: 2/27/19 at 5:29pm
I loved Maggie Smith in Private Lives and Night and Day in NYC, loved her in The Importance of Being Ernest, The Lady from Dubuque, A Delicate Balance and The Lady in the Van in London (the benefit of working for a huge international firm).
But, most of all, I recall the pure joy of watching her with Margaret Tyzack in Lettice and Lovage, twice at the Barrymore. Her performance in that was arguably the greatest comedy performance I have seen on the stage. She may be the only person who really could entertain you by reading a phone book. Imagine all the withering glances, the vocal games she would play, etc.
I guess that we can keeper fingers crossed.
Impossible2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/31/18
Alice147
Chorus Member Joined: 1/17/19
#12Maggie Smith
Posted: 3/4/19 at 11:54am
It's really tough to tell - I was very pleasantly surprised when the Bridge run was announced because I'd never even considered being able to see Maggie Smith on stage, and I'm sure it's the same for plenty of people across the pond too.
If nothing else, there's probably people very interested in having the conversation with her, but we'll see. I'll keep my fingers crossed for everyone who can't get over here to see it!
