FLOYD'S to CLYDE'S

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 7/1/21 at 2:58pm

Nottage changed the name of her play from the Guthrie to Broadway.

I wonder why?

Updated On: 7/1/21 at 02:58 PM

[JBroadway]

Posted: 7/1/21 at 3:16pm

It's no secret. This was announced a while ago, and she has been very upfront about the fact that she changed it because she didn't want any confusion with George Floyd. 

EDIT: I’m having trouble finding a source that specifically confirms this, but I could've sworn I remember reading it somewhere. The closest I could find was her interview on the “Live at the Lortel” podcast on which she says, “Ironically the play was called Floyd’s and it was in Minneapolis, and so it was a very different world and a very different time when that play premiered.” That, to me, suggests the obvious explanation. Especially since it was in July of 2020 that it was announced that the play would premier on Broadway with a new title.

Updated On: 7/1/21 at 03:16 PM

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 7/1/21 at 4:12pm

Makes sense.

[Anakela]

Posted: 7/1/21 at 4:41pm

JBroadway said: "It's no secret. This was announced a while ago, and she has been very upfront about the fact that she changed it because she didn't want any confusion with George Floyd.

EDIT: I’m having trouble finding asource that specifically confirms this, but I could've swornI remember reading it somewhere. The closest I could find was her interview on the “Live at the Lortel” podcast on which she says, “Ironically the play was called Floyd’s and it was in Minneapolis, and so it was a very different world and a very different time when that play premiered.” That, to me, suggests the obvious explanation. Especially since it was in July of 2020 that it was announced that the play would premier on Broadway with a new title."

 

It was also mentioned in the NYT coverage of Signature's The Watering Hole:

"Nottage, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner who didn’t get her first production on Broadway until 2017, is slated to be back there this fall with both “MJ the Musical” and “Clyde’s” — formerly known as “Floyd’s,” since renamed to take the pain-filled association away."

[JBroadway]

Posted: 7/2/21 at 10:00am

^^Thanks! I knew I wasn't imagining it. Though I thought I had read it even as early as last summer....I don't know. In any case, that was in fact the reason for the name change. 

[gibsons2]

Posted: 7/8/21 at 6:19pm

If Audience Rewards members haven't seen it yet, Clyde's has a pre-sale till 12 July with 1,000 bonus points. After being very disappointed with Cursed Child's ticket prices, I've booked Clyde's instead.