What is waitress teasing this time?
What is waitress teasing this time?
#1What is waitress teasing this time?
Posted: 4/17/23 at 10:16pm
The Waitress Musical Twitter account posted a tweet of a pie emoji earlier today. Any ideas what they could be teasing? I’m assuming they’ve finally found a distributor for the pro shot that was filmed, but I could be wrong!
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#2What is waitress teasing this time?
Posted: 4/18/23 at 8:41am
https://twitter.com/WaitressMusical/status/1648304388702629890
"The day starts like the rest we've seen..."
#3What is waitress teasing this time?
Posted: 4/18/23 at 9:09am
TaffyDavenport said: "https://twitter.com/WaitressMusical/status/1648304388702629890
"The day starts like the rest we've seen...""
Has to be the release date of the pro shot. It's not touring again and I don't think the rights have even been released for regional theaters.
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.
#4What is waitress teasing this time?
Posted: 4/18/23 at 9:15am
Oh god! Please, oh PLEASE let it be a release date for the Pro-Shot!!!!!!!
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#5What is waitress teasing this time?
Posted: 4/18/23 at 11:02am
Proshot will screen at the Tribeca Film Festival:
https://twitter.com/WaitressMusical/status/1648340719700963333?s=20
https://tribecafilm.com/films/waitress-the-musical-live-on-broadway-2023
BwayLB
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/17
#6What is waitress teasing this time?
Posted: 4/18/23 at 11:12am
So exciting! I’ve been wanting to see it since I saw the national tour in Costa Mesa in 2018.
#7What is waitress teasing this time?
Posted: 4/18/23 at 11:33am
Amazing news! Sara’s Jenna was perfection, and Waitress is one of my favorite musicals, so this is thrilling.
willep
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/08
#8What is waitress teasing this time?
Posted: 4/18/23 at 12:03pm
Unfortunately that is zero indication of when/how it will be available to the greater public.
#9What is waitress teasing this time?
Posted: 4/18/23 at 12:12pm
I believe this is happening because they haven't been able to find a streamer interested and they want to get it out there in some way and hope it can attract interest from a distributor.
I'm not sure how the scheduling works or what availability will be like, but I'll be back in the city the last weekend of the festival and would LOVE to be able to see it!
Observation
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#10What is waitress teasing this time?
Posted: 4/18/23 at 12:18pm
jkcohen626 said: "I believe this is happening because they haven't been able to find a streamer interested and they want to get it out there in some way and hope it can attract interest from a distributor.
I'm not sure how the scheduling works or what availability will be like, but I'll be back in the city the last weekend of the festival and would LOVE to be able to see it!"
I'm not intending this to sound snarky, but is this above based on something? I find it really hard to believe a streaming service wouldn't distribute this, especially if it's already been filmed and put together? I donno, I'm not from the industry and don't know how that works, but it seems like an easy sell to me?
willep
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/08
#11What is waitress teasing this time?
Posted: 4/18/23 at 12:19pm
I’m still waiting for the Girl From the North Country to find a distributor.
#12What is waitress teasing this time?
Posted: 4/18/23 at 12:38pm
Observation said: "jkcohen626 said: "I believe this is happening because they haven't been able to find a streamer interested and they want to get it out there in some way and hope it can attract interest from a distributor.
I'm not sure how the scheduling works or what availability will be like, but I'll be back in the city the last weekend of the festival and would LOVE to be able to see it!"
I'm not intending this to sound snarky, but is this above based on something? I find it really hard to believe a streaming service wouldn't distribute this, especially if it's already been filmed and put together? I donno, I'm not from the industry and don't know how that works, but it seems like an easy sell to me?"
It's all rumors, but I've heard that basically all of the proshots that have been filmed, but have no announced plans for release are caught in limbo with distributors just not that interested in picking them up.
I could be wrong though and they could ll come out soon. We'll have to wait and see.
#13What is waitress teasing this time?
Posted: 4/18/23 at 1:07pm
We're also waiting for Girl from the North Country, SIX, Between the Lines, and Jersey Boys with Nick Jonas.
Oh look, a bibu!
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#14What is waitress teasing this time?
Posted: 4/18/23 at 1:11pm
This right now is being handled as an indie film and having it picked up for the TriBeca Film Festival is a major push. It’s obvious they weren’t able to have it picked up by any studio or streaming service which is why it’s been in limbo so long. Hopefully this helps but no guarantees. DIANA: The Musical was filmed by Netflix, so it had a home from the get-go. Brooke Shields’ new documentary floated in limbo for a brief time until it was shown at Sundance and Hulu deciding on picking it up. The 2019 Truman Capote documentary floated in limbo after showing at DocNYC for 3 years until Hulu picked it up. Just because YOU think it’s an easy sell doesn’t mean industry outlets think so, too.
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#15What is waitress teasing this time?
Posted: 4/18/23 at 1:39pm
willep said: "I’m still waiting for the Girl From the North Country to find a distributor."
I wouldn't count on this coming out anytime now that the movie adaptation has been announced/moving forward.
#16What is waitress teasing this time?
Posted: 4/18/23 at 2:29pm
If the impending writers strike ends up being lengthy everyone will be scrambling for already made content and these proshots will, all of a sudden, become super valuable.
In our millions, in our billions, we are most powerful when we stand together. TW4C unwaveringly joins the worldwide masses, for we know our liberation is inseparably bound.
Signed,
Theater Workers for a Ceasefire
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Plannietink08
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/2/11
#17What is waitress teasing this time?
Posted: 4/18/23 at 3:19pm
The original Waitress movie debuted at a film festive (Sundance, not Tribeca) so could the musical debut be a homage to that?
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#18What is waitress teasing this time?
Posted: 4/18/23 at 6:59pm
Plannietink08 said: "The original Waitress movie debuted at a film festive (Sundance, not Tribeca) so could the musical debut be a homage to that?"
No. They don’t have a distributor, so they’re opening at a festival to drum up interest and find a buyer.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#19What is waitress teasing this time?
Posted: 4/18/23 at 8:02pm
I've been to a few films at the Tribeca Festival and sometimes the movies only get a single showing. I hope that's not the case here.
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#20What is waitress teasing this time?
Posted: 6/2/23 at 8:36am
The film will screen simultaneously in Times Square on June 12:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/waitress-musical-film-screening-times-square-tribeca-festival-1235505593/
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#21What is waitress teasing this time?
Posted: 6/2/23 at 10:54am
Dollypop said: "I've been to a few films at the Tribeca Festival and sometimes the movies only get a single showing. I hope that's not the case here."
Even if it is, you do know there are bootlegs...I know it's not the same but it's not like there's no footage at all of the show
#22What is waitress teasing this time?
Posted: 9/5/23 at 3:44pm
A new tweet from the waitress team seeming to hint at an impending announcement tomorrow.
In our millions, in our billions, we are most powerful when we stand together. TW4C unwaveringly joins the worldwide masses, for we know our liberation is inseparably bound.
Signed,
Theater Workers for a Ceasefire
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#23What is waitress teasing this time?
Posted: 9/6/23 at 12:04pm
jeez, of all the film distributors this ended up with Bleecker Street/Fathom Events? None of the major players must have wanted to put this in theaters. Bleecker is absolute bottom of the barrel. Though I suppose streaming rights will be separate and announced later.
Bleecker Street has acquired the U.S. rights to the filmed musical . . . set to release nationwide on December 7, 2023 in partnership with Fathom Events.
#24What is waitress teasing this time?
Posted: 9/6/23 at 12:29pm
Is Bleeker a struck company?
In our millions, in our billions, we are most powerful when we stand together. TW4C unwaveringly joins the worldwide masses, for we know our liberation is inseparably bound.
Signed,
Theater Workers for a Ceasefire
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ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#25What is waitress teasing this time?
Posted: 9/6/23 at 1:25pm
Call_me_jorge said: "Is Bleeker a struck company?"
No. The struck companies are the majors:
- Disney / 20th Century / ABC
- Universal / NBC
- Paramount / CBS
- Warner Bros Discovery / HBO
- Sony
- Netflix
- Apple TV+
- Amazon / MGM
- FOX
+ some other cable TV networks
