Is Choir Boy Coming Back?

[Jordan Catalano]

The producers paid a ton of money for the performance tonight for a show that closed months ago - Does anyone think a commercial run is in the works?

[BOM]

I hope so. I didn’t get to see it, but that Tony performance makes me wish I did.

[VintageSnarker]

I thought they just wanted to celebrate the show but if anything I would guess something filmed (either to show in movie theaters, stream on BroadwayHD, or stream specifically for Netflix). 

I'm also regretting not making more of an effort to see it. It was a busy time for me and then I didn't really want to see it after Jeremy left. 

[mcsquared]

Boston is getting the regional premiere of Choir Boy in the fall and think several other places are also planning on putting it on.

[dramamama611]

Who is putting it on in Boston?

[annang]

Does it still count as a “regional premiere” when Studio Theatre in DC did it a few years ago, after the off-Broadway run? (Starring Jelani Alladin).

[KJisgroovy]

It's very much not the "regional premiere."

It's played the Geffen, the Alliance, Studio theatre, Raven Theater (in Chicago)... and I think a few more.  

[spicemonkey]

dramamama611 said: "Who is putting it on in Boston?"

SpeakEasy is doing it this Sept in Boston.

http://www.speakeasystage.com/announcing-season-29/

[ilovebabyv]

It's a little early for a revival, I would say.

[dramamama611]

spicemonkey said: "dramamama611 said: "Who is putting it on in Boston?"

SpeakEasy is doing it this Sept in Boston.

http://www.speakeasystage.com/announcing-season-29/"

 

Thanks for the info!

 

[AEA AGMA SM]

ilovebabyv said: "It's a little early for a revival, I would say."

It wouldn't be a revival, it would be a transfer in the same vein as Time Stands Still a few years back (if it did come back this fall as is being speculated in the first post).

[Hamilfan2]

I thought for sure they would announce some kind of tour or transfer of this show in conjunction with the Tony performance.  Otherwise it seems like a weird thing to do, but I'm sure it will boost its popularity with regional theaters so that maybe that was the aim?

[LightsOut90]

they didnt pay for the slot, it was a way to acknowledge the work of Jason Webb who received an honorary award for his arrangements, 

[nasty_khakis]

even if they didnt pay for the slot, the producers of the show are the ones responsible for paying the actors and any crew involved. right?

[IdinaBellFoster]

nasty_khakis said: "even if they didnt pay for the slot, the producers of the show are the ones responsible for paying the actors and any crew involved. right?"

Someone paid for it.

[RippedMan]

I thought maybe a tour or something? It seemed odd.

[LarryD2]

It's a way of raising the show's visibility to the national audience, which includes people who work for theaters around the country. Those are the people who might look at that and see the play as a potentially valuable property to produce.

[whatdoesntkillme]

Also, "regional premiere" doesn't mean the first regional production anywhere in the country. It means the first production in that region.

[JBroadway]

whatdoesntkillme said: "Also, "regional premiere" doesn't mean the first regional production anywhere in the country. It means the first production in that region."

 

Interesting. Is that true? I always interpreted it the first way, but both interpretations make sense syntactically. If what you said is true, I wonder what phrase a theatre should use if they really were the first regional production anywhere, and wanted to advertise that fact without people assuming it's only the premier in that region. 

[broadwayindie]

Can confirm that whatdoesntkillme is correct

[KJisgroovy]

It’s absolutely not used that way here in Chicago... and frankly I’ve never heard it used that way anywhere else (though anything is possible). Even Speakeasy Stage doesn’t use that terminology... for this production or any other that fits your definition. They say “New England premiere” or “First post-broadway production.”

[Ledaero]

JBroadway said: "whatdoesntkillme said: "Also, "regional premiere" doesn't mean the first regional production anywhere in the country. It means the first production in that region."



Interesting. Is that true? I always interpreted it the first way, but both interpretations make sense syntactically. If what you said is true, I wonder what phrase a theatre should use if they really were the first regional production anywhere, and wanted to advertise that fact without people assuming it's only the premier in that region."

The term for that is “national regional premiere.”

 

[uncageg]

It is part of the Denver Center Theatre Company's upcoming season. It will run in April and May of 2020.

[AC126748]

whatdoesntkillme said: "Also, "regional premiere" doesn't mean the first regional production anywhere in the country. It means the first production in that region."

That is true in some cases. The person on this thread wrote “Boston is getting the regional premiere,” which implies the first production staged anywhere outside New York. As others have pointed out, that’s not the case. 

[thedrybandit]

I don't know the plans for the show, but when the show loaded out at MTC, they saved the set, and all of that is in storage somewhere now. Could be for a transfer, or just for regionals that want to rent it.