If it had been a simple extension, all of us could have gone for it-Ethan too. Then Ian (Abercrombie, one of the six cast members) was planning to leave and Ethan (director Ethan Silverman) had obtained a job with Michael Cimino which takes him up to October. “We were hoping to extend in the same theater, but there was a misunderstanding. Meanwhile, this extension is forcing “Other Places” to close next Thursday (when another show moves into Odyssey II). Neither Berkoff, who is in England, nor Elkins in New York could be reached for comment. David Tress replaces Kenneth Tigar (Tigar had commitments in the East). So, unless things change again, “Kvetch” will run six more weeks at Odyssey III. That’s smaller than the Westwood, more accessible, less expensive.” “There’s a scheduling conflict now,” he said.
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His investors, Sossi said, “don’t think it’s a good bet.” It’s also too late for a move into the Odyssey’s main theater (Odyssey I), which Sossi has been wanting to upgrade into an Equity house. “It looks like we’re going to attempt to move the show ourselves,” said Sossi, who claims he’s been encouraged to do so by Berkoff’s agent, Elizabeth Marton. Negotiations are still at a standstill between Ron Sossi, artistic director of the Odyssey Theatre, which produced “Kvetch,” and Hilliard Elkins, the independent producer who wants to move it to the Westwood Playhouse. But in this best of all possible worlds things rarely work out that well. If Steven Berkoff’s “Kvetch” were to move out of Odyssey Theatre III into a contract house, then Pinter’s “Other Places” could move out of Odyssey II into Odyssey III.
MORE MUSICAL THEATERS: It’s the domino effect.
Now isn’t it time the marquee at the Wilshire stopped reading “Zorba Coming to the Pantages” and started announcing “ ‘A Chorus Line’ Coming in June”?
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