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Williamstown Theater Festival 2016

Williamstown Theater Festival 2016

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VernonGersch
#1Williamstown Theater Festival 2016
Posted: 2/11/16 at 2:22am

The season was recently announced and it sounds really exciting - The Rose Tattoo starring Marisa Tomei in particular sounds enthralling - giving some thought to returning for a long weekend.

With that being said, I have noticed in years prior, the initially announcement almost always ends up changing with casting and direction - might have to wait a beat before getting tickets to this - although I've never seen this particular Williams play...

 

 

 

 

 

LarryD2
#2Williamstown Theater Festival 2016
Posted: 2/11/16 at 8:05am

I am a longtime Williamstown subscriber and with the exception of Chris Pine and Lauren Ambrose both dropping out of Fool For Love (and being replaced by Sam Rockwell and Nina Arianda, both of whom were amazing and as we know, ended up bringing the show to Broadway) and Kelli O'Hara dropping out of The Bridges of Madison County (for a pretty unavoidable reason -- her pregnancy), I don't recall many significant casting changes in recent years. Marisa Tomei has a long history with the festival; I doubt she'll drop out unless something major happens.

Updated On: 2/11/16 at 08:05 AM

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Wee Thomas2
#3Williamstown Theater Festival 2016
Posted: 2/11/16 at 1:13pm

They lost a whole show (Chewing Gum Dreams) this past summer.

LarryD2
#4Williamstown Theater Festival 2016
Posted: 2/11/16 at 1:22pm

Yes, but that was because the foreign star was unable to gain a visa to enter the country, which at the end of the day is out of their control. And to say that they lost a whole show is somewhat incorrect; Chewing Gum Dreams was to be performed in a double-bill with another full-length play (Mike Bartlett's An Intervention) and they just did that play as a standalone evening instead.

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EricMontreal22
#5Williamstown Theater Festival 2016
Posted: 2/11/16 at 2:05pm

Oh man I'd love to see that. Tattoo is due for a major revival. I wonder who they could cast as Alvarro?

Poster Boy by Craig Carnelia based on that gay cyber bullying/suicide incident sounds intriguing but then I saw it's directed by Stafford Arima--he's already done youth bullying, and closet gay youth, overly earnestly with Carrie and Bare...

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Wee Thomas2
#6Williamstown Theater Festival 2016
Posted: 2/11/16 at 3:15pm

Well aware, Larry. We went to the Intervention play.  Far from our favorite WTF show ever.