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Patience

Closing: August 28, 2022

Patience - 2022 Off-Broadway History , Info & More

McGinn-Cazale Theatre
2162 Broadway (4th Floor) New York, NY

Daniel plays solitaire. Professionally. He’s very good – some would say the best. But he is ready to retire and settle into that perfect new house with his husband-to-be, Jordan. He’s just got to hold it together through one final, career-defining match. A sports-inspired fantasia, PATIENCE is a meditation on black excellence, next chapters, and playing a very long game alone.

“PATIENCE is special to me because it's my take on the coming of age story - one where becoming is equally about questioning as it is about growing. I hope it's both the kind of quiet where you can hear yourself think and the kind of funny where you see yourself in the joke. When writing PATIENCE, I was inspired by the space between life’s chapters, by Venus Williams, by the oppression of competition – and by the magic of playing a card game against yourself.” – Johnny G. Lloyd


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Pioneer Winter Collective Unveils 2026 Creative Connections Artists
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 31, 2026


Pioneer Winter Collective has announced the eight artists selected for its 2026 Creative Connections artist accelerator program, aimed at supporting Miami-area creatives across various disciplines.

Meet the Cast of CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL, Now Playing on Broadway
by Stephi Wild - Mar 18, 2026


Performances are now underway for  CATS: The Jellicle Ball, which begins preview performances Wednesday, March 18 at the Broadhurst Theatre ahead of a Wednesday, April 7 opening night. Meet the cast here!

Review: POTUS at The Contemporary
by Greer Firestone - Mar 10, 2026


Producing a play called POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive in today’s political climate takes nerve. Aisle Say applauds Kerry Kristine McElone and the Board of City Theatre for having exactly that kind of chutzpah. Mounting this razor-edged farce at a moment when American politics already feels like theater—often absurd theater—is both daring and deliciously appropriate.

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by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 5, 2026


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by Melissa Heckscher - Jan 30, 2026


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by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 10, 2025


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by Stephi Wild - Sep 17, 2025


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by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 5, 2025


The Franklin Stage Company will present 2 staged readings of a new play by Kyle Bass entitled The Civilities. Learn more and see how to attend the readings here!

New Wolsey Theatre Invites Diverse Artists and Companies to Apply For Associate Artists Programme 
by Stephi Wild - Aug 19, 2025


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by Stephi Wild - May 1, 2025


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Patience FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What are the songs in Patience and what's the order?
Twenty love-sick maidens we
Still brooding on their mad infatuation
I cannot tell what this love may be
The Soldiers of our Queen
If you want a receipt for that popular mystery
In a doleful train two and two we walk all day
When I first put this uniform on
Am I alone and unobserved?
If you're anxious for to shine
Long years ago--fourteen, maybe
Prithee, pretty maiden--prithee
Though to marry you
Let the merry cymbals sound
Now tell us, we pray you
Heart broken at my Patience's barbarity
Stay, we implore you, before our hopes are blighted
Your maiden hearts, ah, do steel
Come, walk up, and purchase with avidity
We've been thrown over, we're aware
And are you going a ticket to buy?
Hold! Stay your hand!
True love must single-hearted be
I hear the soft note of the echoing voice
But who is this, whose god-like grace
List Reginald, whilst I confess a love
On such eyes as maidens cherish
Sad is that woman's lot who, year by year
Silvered is the raven hair
Turn, oh turn in this direction
A Magnet hung in a hardware shop
Love is a plaintive song
So go to him and say to him
It's clear that the mediaeval art
If Saphir I choose to marry
When I go out of door
I'm a Waterloo House young man
After much debate internal, I on Lady Jane decide

Patience History

Other Productions of Patience

1881   West End Original London Production
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1881   Broadway Broadway Production
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1882   Broadway Broadway Revival [i]
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1900   Broadway Unknown
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1912   Broadway Broadway Revival
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1918   Broadway Broadway Revival
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1924   Broadway Off-Broadway Revival
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1927   Broadway Broadway Revival
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1928   Broadway Unknown
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1931   Broadway Unknown
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1934   Broadway Broadway Revival
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1936   Broadway Unknown
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1939   Broadway Unknown
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1944   Broadway Unknown
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1948   Broadway Unknown
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1986   Off-Broadway LOOM Revival
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2005   Off-Broadway New York City Opera Revival
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2022   Off-Broadway Second Stage Original Off-Broadway Production
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