Anybody want to meet up in NYC in mid-May?
Feb. 8th, 2011 11:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
deelaundryGo read this Robert Sean Leonard news then come back here and discuss.
I'm not kidding about NYC in mid-May.
Note: House spoilers may appear in the comments below or on that post.
ETA: Whattaya know? This is my 1000th post. Huh.
I'm not kidding about NYC in mid-May.
Note: House spoilers may appear in the comments below or on that post.
ETA: Whattaya know? This is my 1000th post. Huh.
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Date: 2011-02-08 04:41 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-08 04:43 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-08 04:47 pm (UTC)I wonder if he'll be back at all for next season. Again, we'll just have to wait for more news.
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Date: 2011-02-08 05:00 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-08 05:02 pm (UTC)Would that more people understood that distinction...
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Date: 2011-02-09 02:33 am (UTC)RSL went looking for a TV show to give himself the financial security that would allow him to do stage for a long time. If the show is renewed (and I assume it will be), Wilson's return will probably depend on just how much money TPTB will pay him for one more year of his life.
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Date: 2011-02-09 02:56 am (UTC)Let's hope!
RSL has never been shy about saying he is eager to spend the rest of his life doing theater -- and driving soccer carpools. :) So I'm not at all surprised he wants to go. I'm just surprised they're letting him do this when S7 isn't even done filming yet. They're only on episode 17, six more episodes to go, and RSL will need to be in New York full-time in what, March? April?
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Date: 2011-02-09 08:45 am (UTC)http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=489630
That gives him 3 more weeks in LA so he'd miss the final 3 episodes of the season. Obviously none of them can be Wilson-centric but, with a little planning, they can film a couple of scenes with him for each out of order. (They're usually starting one episode while they're finishing the previous one anyway.)
Opening night is April 24. So a 3-month run would finish at the end of June. Even if he misses the filming of the first episode or two, with more than 2 months before the season premiere, they could add him.
In theory, at least, he could be in every episode. And that doesn't happen even when he's in LA full-time. :D
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Date: 2011-02-08 04:47 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-08 04:56 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2011-02-08 05:04 pm (UTC)http://www.shubertorganization.com/theatres/cort.asp
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Date: 2011-02-08 05:12 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-08 09:34 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-08 04:52 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2011-02-08 05:32 pm (UTC)I would be going on the 19th or 20th of April and the show opens the 24th, I would think he should be there so close to the opening.
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Date: 2011-02-08 04:55 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-08 05:05 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-08 05:17 pm (UTC)As for what it means for Wilson - it sounds like it will run in the off-season; I think they're filming 18 or 19 now, so they could well be done shooting by the time they need him. Though, heh, I don't know why I'm really debating the point - my only feeling for the show most of the time these days is amused contempt, but I guess I still want to think they wouldn't be crazy enough to go forward with the show without this character.
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Date: 2011-02-08 05:26 pm (UTC)I still want to think they wouldn't be crazy enough to go forward with the show without this character.
Me, too, but it feels like this season has been setting House (the character) up to be able to live without Wilson. (Because we all know once you're half of a couple, you don't need a best friend any more -- EYES PERMANENTLY ROLLED) House doesn't have pain any more, and he's developing an internal conscience, and he has Cuddy so he won't die alone. I think Wilson is still important to House, and the show, but I'm not convinced TPTB do any more.
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Date: 2011-02-08 10:50 pm (UTC)You know, your list of reasons you think it might be true is both right AND a good run-through of why I find the show so deadly dull this season. *g*
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Date: 2011-02-08 05:35 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-09 02:57 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2011-02-09 02:57 am (UTC)Although... he did have a banjo teacher for a while. So who knows?
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Date: 2011-02-08 07:00 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2011-02-09 02:58 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-08 09:01 pm (UTC)1) It's a revival, which means that they won't need extensive rehearsals in advance to work out the kinks of a new play. A month would be luxurious, which means RSL would be available for quite a few weeks to film, and since they know about it, they can easily shoot advance scenes with him for later episodes.
(Fred MacMurray had it in his contract for My Three Sons that he'd only work 65 days, so they shot all of his scenes in two 30-day chunks, out of sequence, then went back and shot everything else with an inanimate stand-in for eyeline reference. One of the "sons" referred to it as working with Fred MacMop.)
2) The Times referred to RSL as leaving House "temporarily."
3) A revival isn't a long-running show, unlike a musical which has to recoup its costs. A number of actors have done Broadway during their summers. (Even new plays don't typically last for long, especially not with their original cast members.) There's no reason to assume this is a multi-year commitment.
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Date: 2011-02-08 09:29 pm (UTC)I'd personally rather they killed Wilson out right so I don't have to keep watching.
Sorry to be such a Debbie Downer.
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Date: 2011-02-08 09:49 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-08 09:48 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-09 12:12 am (UTC)Fingers crossed that it's a limited run and that they're planning to write around a Wilson absence for a few episodes like they've done with Thirteen.
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Date: 2011-02-09 01:49 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-09 02:59 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-09 02:20 am (UTC)BTW: Happy 1000th post :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
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Date: 2011-02-09 03:33 am (UTC)Thank you for the congratulations. Post 999 was a draft fragment of another Jack fic. It's very unfinished but I could open it to you if you'd like to see.
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Date: 2011-02-09 04:41 am (UTC)I'm so happy that your muse is tickling you again!
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Date: 2011-02-09 12:28 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-09 08:34 pm (UTC)We asked RSL's rep if his role in Born Yesterday would affect his shooting schedule on House, and he told us exclusively: "No episodes will be missed. Production has worked it all out."
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Date: 2011-02-09 10:07 pm (UTC)Any thoughts on what that means for how long RSL will stay with Born Yesterday? I don't want to buy tickets for June if I'll miss RSL -- believe it or not, Jim Belushi is not much of a draw for me.
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Date: 2011-02-10 01:27 am (UTC)