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TMC · 01-27-2020, 09:45 PM

https://tvline.com/2020/01/27/jesse-...kson-broadway/

Showrunner Krista Vernoff says she's written Williams' Dr. Jackson character around Williams' Broadway schedule in Richard Greenberg’s Tony-winning play Take Me Out, which begins in April.

Chocolate Moose · 01-28-2020, 10:19 AM

Is is just me that thinks he's not "all that"?

JamesG · 03-02-2021, 05:14 PM

Jesse Williams Reflects on Missing Broadway Debut Due to COVID-19
by Chris Gardner
Feb. 27, 2021

In Take Me Out, baseball is a centerpiece and I play a star baseball player. Baseball was a central part of my life growing up. It's a central part of my connection with my father, my brothers, and my peers. I played baseball damn near a year-round and I learned a lot of lessons about individual expectations and collective expectations through the game.

I started acting off-Broadway in New York but I've certainly never been on Broadway or played the lead in a Broadway play. This would've allowed me to come back home to New York. I mean, I've never looked forward to something as much as I looked forward to this job.

So, it was tough when it got snatched away. Everybody lost something this last year. There's nothing unique about this. But every now and then, it comes to mind like, wow, that was going to change everything. We were in the third week of rehearsals with nine- or ten-hour days, six days a week. I was getting my butt kicked in rehearsals and then, all that disappeared.

Regret just isn't really part of my makeup and I almost try to force it into my life. Like, shouldn't you regret? Shouldn't you be upset? Shouldn't you be looking back, wallowing or wishing? I've had people close to me ask me that about other successes or failures in my life. I think it was kind of beaten out of me as a kid, possibly through my dad who said it wasn't efficient or didn't help anything.

As a result, I don't look back and wonder, "What if?" It doesn't accomplish anything. I expect that the play, frankly, will come back. We will get our butts up on stage as soon as we can. We all really love the material and have a terrific group of folks to work with and a great theater. But yeah, that was a hell of a bait and switch for me. I've been on TV a very long time and I was going to be able to go back from whence I came and on the biggest stage possible.

They had posters and billboards of us all over the city and then to have it go away, that was tough. I then came back and was unemployed all year. But I flipped that into being able to be a terrific present father so I could make magic in other ways.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ra...ue-to-covid-19

01-27-2020, 09:45 PM	#1
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03-02-2021, 05:14 PM	#3
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,140	Jesse Williams Reflects on Missing Broadway Debut Due to COVID-19 by Chris Gardner Feb. 27, 2021 In Take Me Out, baseball is a centerpiece and I play a star baseball player. Baseball was a central part of my life growing up. It's a central part of my connection with my father, my brothers, and my peers. I played baseball damn near a year-round and I learned a lot of lessons about individual expectations and collective expectations through the game. I started acting off-Broadway in New York but I've certainly never been on Broadway or played the lead in a Broadway play. This would've allowed me to come back home to New York. I mean, I've never looked forward to something as much as I looked forward to this job. So, it was tough when it got snatched away. Everybody lost something this last year. There's nothing unique about this. But every now and then, it comes to mind like, wow, that was going to change everything. We were in the third week of rehearsals with nine- or ten-hour days, six days a week. I was getting my butt kicked in rehearsals and then, all that disappeared. Regret just isn't really part of my makeup and I almost try to force it into my life. Like, shouldn't you regret? Shouldn't you be upset? Shouldn't you be looking back, wallowing or wishing? I've had people close to me ask me that about other successes or failures in my life. I think it was kind of beaten out of me as a kid, possibly through my dad who said it wasn't efficient or didn't help anything. As a result, I don't look back and wonder, "What if?" It doesn't accomplish anything. I expect that the play, frankly, will come back. We will get our butts up on stage as soon as we can. We all really love the material and have a terrific group of folks to work with and a great theater. But yeah, that was a hell of a bait and switch for me. I've been on TV a very long time and I was going to be able to go back from whence I came and on the biggest stage possible. They had posters and billboards of us all over the city and then to have it go away, that was tough. I then came back and was unemployed all year. But I flipped that into being able to be a terrific present father so I could make magic in other ways. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ra...ue-to-covid-19