Tom Stoppard is heading back to Broadway
NewsIt was announced today that Tom Stoppard’s latest play Leopoldstadt will open on Broadway in September.
The play covers the lives of a cultured Viennese Jewish family down three generations.
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I’d really welcome comments from anyone who saw this production in London….
I go to London often to see a variety of plays. It was the first thing I’d seen since before Covid. Have to say. Found it very average and quite hard to follow. Dare I say I was a little bored, even though I was really ready to enjoy a play again.
Helene – go straight to Hermione Lee’s Tom Stoppard biography. It’s enormous so find the relevant chapter. Heroine Lee knows almost everything stoppard.
Alan yentob’s bbc TV profile/documentary on Stoppard from a few years ago is also fascinating but doubtless too hard to track down.
I saw leopoldstadt and would suggest though it’s well worth seeing, it’s nearly all talking talking talking and not very visual . It would be unmissable and at least $100 cheaper to experience as a radio play. You could also then listen more than once at no extra cost which is important for stoppard. In leopoldstadt there are many characters running through quite a few generations. It’s complicated. As there is no radio production yet, read the playtext first.
Artea, thank you so much. I’m expecting a copy of play that I purchased on Amazon.
Run interrupted by Covid; reviews mostly very strong. Directed by the playwright Patrick Marber (also Jewish, as it happens): I helped him when he directed (and took the main role) his first play, Pinter’s ‘Caretaker’ when he was 16/17 at school in 1980. He is a fabulous director.
thanks for the informative comments
I saw it in London when we were all masked and seated apart having queued and shown proof of no Covid 19 before we were allowed in.
I liked the set and as a Gentile found it very interesting with an excellent cast. It’s well worth seeing and I imagine that Jewish audiences may get more out of it too, understanding various references etc.
Hugely enjoyable and educational too. I saw it just before the lockdown in March 2020.