NYTimes.com: A clash of wills between a powerful Broadway producer, Scott Rudin (“The Book of Mormon”), and an acclaimed playwright, Bruce Norris, is jeopardizing the Broadway premiere this spring of Mr. Norris’s satire “Clybourne Park,” which won the Pulitzer Prize for drama last year and has been widely viewed as a leading contender for the 2012 Tony Award for best play.
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Broadway Run for 'Clybourne Park' in Jeopardy
NYTimes.com: A clash of wills between a powerful Broadway producer, Scott Rudin (“The Book of Mormon”), and an acclaimed playwright, Bruce Norris, is jeopardizing the Broadway premiere this spring of Mr. Norris’s satire “Clybourne Park,” which won the Pulitzer Prize for drama last year and has been widely viewed as a leading contender for the 2012 Tony Award for best play.
I really hope this production is able to succeed despite the breaking relations between the producers and the playwright. The play was a huge success off-broadway, and it seems upsetting that these days a pulitzer-prize winning new work can't pick up producers for a Broadway run. Clearly this play deserves to be seen, and I hope that other producers will see that and contribute. I also was sad to hear that relations broke because of a problem relating to an outside problem, which is sad because I don't think Rudin should take Norris' declining of a role for a separate project personally. Hopefully as I said, other producers who are more understanding will pick up this exciting project.
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