Posted by Rob 2013-01-31 16:34:26
Good News! Truman Capote's BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S is ON; Last Funding Secured and All on Schedule
Posted by WayTooBroadway 2013-01-31 16:35:57
Was this a marketing ploy?
Good News! Truman Capote's BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S is ON; Last Funding Secured and All on Schedule
Posted by suestorm 2013-01-31 17:07:57
THANK.
THE.
GOOD.
LORD!!!!
Good News! Truman Capote's BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S is ON; Last Funding Secured and All on Schedule
Posted by PatrickDennis92 2013-01-31 17:28:26
Is this kind of issue common? It seems to be happening a bit right now on a number of shows-- do producers usually start spending large amounts of money before capital is in hand? It would make me very nervous to start spending money from investors before I had actually received all the money required to open-- even if I knew them well. It just doesn't seem like good business.
Good News! Truman Capote's BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S is ON; Last Funding Secured and All on Schedule
Posted by Kad 2013-01-31 17:28:39
It was definitely not a marketing ploy.
Good News! Truman Capote's BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S is ON; Last Funding Secured and All on Schedule
Posted by GavestonPS 2013-01-31 17:43:05
I don't have any insider knowledge of late, Patrick, but with money tighter everywhere else, it wouldn't surprise me if producers are struggling to get their shows fully capitalized.
And in my limited experience of and research into theater production, financing was always one of the "creative" arts.
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Maybe the Capote estate is just imitating the Gershwins', but since we had a lengthy conversation yesterday as to whether Bette Midler will still draw, it's interesting that somebody wanted Capote's name as part of the title.
Good News! Truman Capote's BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S is ON; Last Funding Secured and All on Schedule
Posted by SondheimFan5 2013-02-01 00:01:04
Perhaps to distinguish between the Hepburn movie and the flop musical?
Good News! Truman Capote's BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S is ON; Last Funding Secured and All on Schedule
Posted by GavestonPS 2013-02-01 00:10:28
^^^Good point.
Good News! Truman Capote's BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S is ON; Last Funding Secured and All on Schedule
Posted by RippedMan 2013-02-02 03:08:53
It was a flop musical. I don't think anyone would be confused.
Good News! Truman Capote's BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S is ON; Last Funding Secured and All on Schedule
Posted by AEA AGMA SM 2013-02-02 08:37:07
And, quite frankly, once you leave the narrow confines of this board you would be hard pressed to find that many people who even know there IS a musical version of the piece, let alone that it was a flop.
Good News! Truman Capote's BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S is ON; Last Funding Secured and All on Schedule
Posted by canmark 2013-02-13 22:30:16
Has anyone seen this production in previews? I just read the synopsis (on Playbill.com) and it says: "In New York City in 1943, Fred, a young writer from Louisiana, meets Holly Golightly, a charming, vivacious and elusive good-time girl. Everyone falls in love with Holly including Fred. But he is poor, and Holly's other suitors include a playboy millionaire and the future president of Brazil. As war rages on in Europe, Holly begins to fall in love with Fred just as her past catches up with her."
"Everyone falls in love with Holly including Fred."
"...Holly begins to fall in love with Fred."
What?!
In the book, "Fred" (the narrator, not named Fred, whom Holly calls Fred after her brother) is clearly gay, and Holly is clearly aware of that. Breakfast at Tiffany's is not a romantic comedy and the two of them do not "fall in love" (although they may have feelings of love for each other).
Did they bowdlerize this play like the movie version? It's 2013. Surely, a play based on a novella by a famous gay writer can retain its gay subtext. Surely?
Good News! Truman Capote's BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S is ON; Last Funding Secured and All on Schedule
Posted by Jordan Catalano 2013-02-13 22:34:20
It hasn't started previews yet.
Good News! Truman Capote's BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S is ON; Last Funding Secured and All on Schedule
Posted by nasty_khakis 2013-02-13 22:44:57
I've legitimately "fallen in love" with girls in my life, but I in no way want to have sex with them.
Good News! Truman Capote's BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S is ON; Last Funding Secured and All on Schedule
Posted by canmark 2013-02-14 06:42:13
>> It hasn't started previews yet.
Ah, you're right. I must have confused "Box office opens February 11" with "Previews begin March 4".
http://www.breakfastattiffanysonbroadway.com/
>> I've legitimately "fallen in love" with girls in my life, but I in no way want to have sex with them.
But doesn't "But he is poor, and Holly's other suitors include a playboy millionaire and the future president of Brazil" imply that Fred is a "suitor," too?
I just re-read Breakfast at Tiffany's in anticipation of this production, and I guess I'm worried it will be ruined. I had forgotten, for example, how earthy Holly could be at times--throwing around worlds like "dyke." Was that word in common usage in the 1940's? Would people be shocked to hear a young, elegantly dressed woman say "bull-dyke?"
Good News! Truman Capote's BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S is ON; Last Funding Secured and All on Schedule
Posted by newintown 2013-02-14 10:26:52
In the novella, the narrator (although, clearly gay, as pointed out), does say that he "fell in love" with Holly, although in a purely platonic way (he states its the way he once fell in love with an entire family).
Their relationship, at its warmest, is much like a gay man and a wild but sophisticated gal pal (as made more banal by "Will & Grace"). Holly, as far as I've ever discerned in multiple readings, doesn't fall in love with the unnamed narrator any more than she does with anyone else. He is a close friend, but that's it.
But that may not be dramatically "neat" or "hot" enough for a commercial audience. Not having read this draft, that blurb may be more the invention of a marketing wonk than an accurate representation of the play.
Personally, I love the novella, and am happy to leave it there.
