Cuba Gooding Jr., Vanessa Williams, Condola Rashad Join Cast of THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL

[Rob]

Click Here to Read BREAKING: Cuba Gooding Jr., Vanessa Williams, Condola Rashad Join Cast of THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Holy SH*T, yes!!

[Blockhead24]

Wow!

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Wow, what a cast! Not sure Gooding Jr. has got what it takes, but Tyson, Rashad and Williams will be electric together, this will be an event.

[ACL2006]

this will certainly become a hot ticket show this spring. how soon before they extend??

[SonofRobbieJ]

Now that's a cast. I mean...maybe Gooding, Jr. can rehab his career here.

[kidbroadway2]

Has Cuba ever done any stage before? Very interesting cast.

[bjh2114]

And this just shot to the top of my list for this spring.

[Jordan Catalano]

"I'm Going To Bountiful!!!!"

[RippedMan]

Now I understand why they chose such a big theater for a play.

[bjh2114]

The Sondheim actually isn't that big of a theatre. It's smaller than the Schoenfeld, the Longacre, the Barrymore, the Jacobs, and the Cort, all of which often (and some primarily) house plays.

[broadwayjim42]

In the city in January and August but am going to have to find some excuse to get down for this, even if it's a day trip.

Loving the female cast....Cuba? Hmmm. We'll see.

[Auggie27]

Williams is a brilliant idea. And she was wise to accept it. This could be quite wonderful. Wouldn't miss this. Cuba is a wild card, but in a way, thrilling. He's such an emotionally accessible actor, he could be a revelation here.

[rosscoe(au)]

All I need is for this cast to be still playing in Dec 2013 around Christmas week.

[Idiot]

Nobody's going to make the 'Black is Bountiful' joke?

Sheesh.

[Jordan Catalano]

Is that the show's tagline? Or is it "Once you go to Bountiful, you never go back"?

[iluvtheatertrash]

I'm really hoping Cuba's great. This could be amazing...

[best12bars]

Hard to believe the original Broadway production only ran 39 performances, even with Lillian Gish (Carrie Watts), Jo Van Fleet (Jessie Mae), Gene Lyons (Ludie), and Eva Marie Saint (Thelma).

I love the movie, and surprisingly it's one I can watch repeatedly and still find as much if not more to love about it, primarily Geraldine Page's brilliant, Oscar-winning performance as Carrie. (No, I don't think Whoopi Goldberg was "robbed" for The Color Purple, particularly after seeing Page's perfect performance in this film.)

I really liked the rest of the film cast: Carlin Glynn (Jessie Mae), John Heard (Ludie), and Rebecca De Mornay (Thelma). They're all fine in their roles.

I think this new revival's cast sounds terrific, and I think Cuba will be great as Ludie. He's kind of a henpecked husband for most of it, and the "showy" supporting role is really Jessie Mae (Vanessa). Ludie serves more as a sounding board for Carrie, and he tries to be "understanding husband" for the most part.

This is one of my favorite "smaller" pieces as a film and as a story.

[jaxandmci]

I just stumbled upon the fact that tickets quietly went on sale to American Express cardholders. The pre-sale lasts until January 30th. Even though I had signed up on the show's Web site for advanced ticket sale information, I received no notification.

[suestorm]

wow eva marie saint. one of the most beautiful women god ever put on this green earth. thats a hard act to follow!

[Yero my Hero]

I just stumbled upon the fact that tickets quietly went on sale to American Express cardholders. The pre-sale lasts until January 30th. Even though I had signed up on the show's Web site for advanced ticket sale information, I received no notification.

Their website has listed the American Express presale for a while, at least every time I looked at it, and they posted this on their Facebook page today:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=372253436205038&set=a.372253432871705.83751.351698458260536&type=1&relevant_count=1

I don't know why they didn't email you, but they didn't exactly hide the information.