Upcoming Reading Of 8 (By Dustin Lance Black)

[PlayItAgain]

Been hoping another production of 8 might pop up around here, seems Borough of Manhattan Community College is doing a production, guess I'll drop the link if anyone else happens to be interested in going.

http://www.8theplay.com/readings/borough-of-manhattan-community-college/

[PlayItAgain]

ended up going tonight, not bad. Obviously being a college production it comes with some amateur strings, but not bad for a free show.

[Jordan Catalano]

I re-watched the LA production last night. It's such a great and important play, I'm glad it's still being performed!

[Wynbish]

The LA production was magnificent, especially Martin Sheen's performance

[PlayItAgain]

@jordan you show go support these folks if you enjoy the show :)

[darquegk]

Are there any famous or notable people doing the upcoming reading?

I only read over the script quickly when 8 made its big premiere, but if I remember, it wasn't so much that the play, as a text/work was GOOD, but more that it was socially relevant and raised awareness by attaching huge names to get people to come out and see what was "going on in the world."

My worry is that small productions of 8 without that star power won't have the same effect, or will be nothing more than preaching to the choir. The audience of people who attend small theatre, let alone a work that stylistically falls somewhere between docu-drama and agitprop, is MUCH smaller than the audience that likes to see George Clooney, Jane Lynch or Martin Sheen live and in person.