THOUGHTS OF A COLORED MAN coming to Broadway

[Jordan Levinson]

YES MINORITIES!

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/THOUGHTS-OF-A-COLORED-MAN-by-Keenan-Scott-II-to-Open-on-Broadway-This-Upcoming-Season-20201117

This seems like a good fit for the Booth or the Golden. Combine this with the arrivals/possible transfers of For Colored Girls, Caroline, or Change, 1776, A Strange Loop, and KPOP and the 2021-22 season is already shaping up to be one of the more diverse seasons of recent memory. Even more previously-underrepresented voices being heard would be great though.

[Sutton Ross]

I saw this brilliant piece of art last Fall. This is so exciting that more people will be able to see this! 

[CoercedBull]

Holy smokes, this is so exciting! If I got to see this and A Strange Loop on the same NYC trip that would be an amazing post-pandemic theater trip for sure.

[LightsOut90]

this is exciting but let me tell you after the last year this is not at all going to find a audience with out of towners looking for something fun and mindless  

[HogansHero]

LightsOut90 said: "this is exciting but let me tell you after the last year this isnot at all going to find a audience with out of towners looking for something fun and mindless"

Considering that everyone pretty much agrees that tourism will be slow to return (see article highlighted in another post on this very page), Broadway 2021(?)-23 is going to be focused on what locals will go to see. 

[Sutton Ross]

^ Correct.

[uncageg]

Really looking forward to seeing this. 

[Jordan Catalano]

Looking forward to this. But I do think that even the locals are going to want “lighter” things for a while, after this past year.

[LightsOut90]

this is far from a light night at the theater

[Sutton Ross]

I think that's extremely obvious. However, people will be hungry for theater, regardless of its content. People like being challenged and locals especially.

[Jordan Catalano]

Just seems like every single thing announced to open (besides “Music Man”) is HEAVY. Next year is the perfect time for some “Noises Off” type shows to open.

[Theater3232]

Would this do better at a smaller venue like NYTW or St Ann's Warehouse?  Will it attract enough ticket buyers who pay full price to be profitable?  Is it way too soon for any shows to be talking about Fall 2021, when other experts are saying Spring 2022 or beyond?  How many people will feel comfortable being in a theater in Fall 2021, assuming it's even allowed by the Governor?

[Sutton Ross]

You're right, man I would love to see Noises Off next year or something light. I think it will be about 50/50 to begin with. You enjoyed Mrs. Doubtfire, right? Funny? Do you see it coming back?

 

 

[Jordan Catalano]

Yeah I really enjoyed “Mrs. Doubtfire”. It’s not without its flaws but it only had 3 previews. They seem so determined to bring this back and they have big money behind it so I’m sure it’ll return, yeah.

[SouthernCakes]

Oh for sure that’ll be back.

[LightsOut90]

I swear Taye Diggs did a reading of this at some point, wonder if they are keeping the regional company intact or aiming to replace some roles with bolder names

[Wick3]

Jordan Catalano said: "Just seems like every single thing announced to open (besides “Music Man&rdquo is HEAVY. Next year is the perfect time for some “Noises Off” type shows to open."

I agree. Friends who recently lost loved ones all prefer to watch something light versus something serious/heavy.

[KnewItWhenIWasInFron]

HogansHero said: "LightsOut90 said: "this is exciting but let me tell you after the last year this isnot at all going to find a audience with out of towners looking for something fun and mindless"

Considering that everyone pretty much agrees that tourism will be slow to return (see article highlighted in another post on this very page), Broadway 2021(?)-23 is going to be focused on what locals will go to see."

...and, in any case, plenty of tourists are not looking for "fun and mindless." My occasional reminder that New Yorkers are not the only people with taste and an interest in being challenged.

[Sutton Ross]

Thank you for that, a lot of my friends make fun of tourists and call them the "Wicked Lion King Phantoms". People from all over the world love serious, challenging material. Total misconception. 

[HogansHero]

In my experience, folks in this business refer to tourists as a subset of visitors to New York, and yes that subset has a pejorative connotation. But at the same time, it is a subset without which Broadway would not be what it is. You can look at the stats of what shows tourists buy tickets for and you should quickly understand the conflicted relationship. But no one labors under the impression that everyone visiting New York is some kind of bumpkin. When Robert Falls comes to town, no one thinks he is a tourist, and the same goes for the many out-of-towners on this board who come looking for challenging theatre. But the fact is, all of those good people are eclipsed by the people needed to keep Phantom et al afloat. You could say the same thing about all of the other attractions in New York. Tourists are lining up at Olive Garden and Red Lobster even though they could easily have some great food they won't find back home without walking very far. Out of Towners are in abundance at Le Bernardin, but no one calls it a tourist restaurant. The point is, the critical mass depends on the return of the tourists, in the worst sense of the term.

[troynow]

I too saw this show in Baltimore. I have never cried more.

Have always considered myself an ally, but there was so much I did not know. Can not wait to see it again.

The show has so much humor that I think it will be the balm for us locals right now. And well... I guess later when it opens.

Kudos to anyone involved in that show.

[Robbie2]

HogansHero said: "In my experience, folks in this business refer to tourists as a subset of visitors to New York, and yes that subset has a pejorative connotation. But at the same time, it is a subset without which Broadway would not be what it is. You can look at the stats of what shows tourists buy tickets for and you should quickly understand the conflicted relationship. But no one labors under the impression that everyone visiting New York is some kind of bumpkin. When Robert Falls comes to town, no one thinks he is a tourist, and the same goes for the many out-of-towners on this board who come looking for challenging theatre. But the fact is, all of those good people are eclipsed by the people needed to keep Phantom et al afloat. You could say the same thing about all of the other attractions in New York. Tourists are lining up at Olive Garden and Red Lobster even though they could easily have some great food they won't find back home without walking very far. Out of Towners are in abundance at Le Bernardin, but no one calls it a tourist restaurant. The point is, the critical mass depends on the return of the tourists, in the worst sense of the term."

https://therealdeal.com/2020/11/17/new-yorks-tourism-industry-faces-long-recovery/ 

New York’s tourism industry faces long recovery

Forecast from city’s tourism agency predicts recovery by 2025

A new forecast projects New York’s tourism industry might not recover from its pandemic-related woes for at least four more years, dampening hope that the hospitality sector will stage a rapid recovery when a coronavirus vaccine arrives.