"The Hot Wing King" by Katori Hall: Script Availability
"The Hot Wing King" by Katori Hall: Script Availability
robbie_731
Stand-by Joined: 12/15/06
#1"The Hot Wing King" by Katori Hall: Script Availability
Posted: 9/24/21 at 10:46am
Hi,
Does anyone know if the printed script is being published, or available anywhere else (like published in a magazine, or something)?
Usually Pulitzer Prize winning dramas are published, but I don't see a listing for it anywhere so far, and it's been a few months now.
Where can I read the script?, thanks
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#2"The Hot Wing King" by Katori Hall: Script Availability
Posted: 9/24/21 at 10:50am
You might ask at the drama bookshop - they used to be terrific an knowing these sort of things. (Can't speak to now and new management, etc.)
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jacobsnchz14
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#3"The Hot Wing King" by Katori Hall: Script Availability
Posted: 9/24/21 at 10:50am
I was actually curious about this, myself, since I did not have a chance to see the show.
robbie_731
Stand-by Joined: 12/15/06
#4"The Hot Wing King" by Katori Hall: Script Availability
Posted: 12/19/21 at 10:42am
It's been 3 months now since my post.
Any updates on why this Pulitzer Prize winning play isn't published, or being published anywhere yet?
I've never seen anything like it.
TCG (Theatre Communications Group) almost always publishes the Pulitzer Prize winner in the months following the win.
jacobsnchz14
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#5"The Hot Wing King" by Katori Hall: Script Availability
Posted: 12/19/21 at 11:18am
Dramatists acquired the rights and currently they are in the process of making that available eventually. Currently the manuscript and an acting edition are not available. That’s not related to a published edition from TCG, if that happens.
robbie_731
Stand-by Joined: 12/15/06
#6"The Hot Wing King" by Katori Hall: Script Availability
Posted: 12/20/21 at 10:58am
Thanks for the update.
Is there any reason why it's taking so long to publish?
Usually the prize is awarded in April (this year in June), and the play is published around the Fall/Winter time.
In a few months, the next year's Pulitzer will be awarded without the last year's winner being published.
Like I wrote before, I've never seen that happen.
It's strange that access to the written play is so limited for now. You'd think that a Pulitzer Prize winning play would be more available more than 6 months after it was awarded, or at least a publication date set.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#7"The Hot Wing King" by Katori Hall: Script Availability
Posted: 12/20/21 at 11:38am
I'm going to guess that like everything else in the world right now, its simply met with covid delays - nothing happens at rhe same speed we were accustomed to.
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JSquared2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/17
#8"The Hot Wing King" by Katori Hall: Script Availability
Posted: 12/20/21 at 11:42am
robbie_731 said: "Thanks for the update.
Is there any reason why it's taking so long to publish?
Usually the prize is awarded in April (this year in June), and the play is published around the Fall/Winter time.
In a few months, the next year's Pulitzer will be awarded without the last year's winner being published.
Like I wrote before, I've never seen that happen.
It's strange that access to the written play is so limited for now. You'd think that a Pulitzer Prize winning play would be more available more than 6 months after it was awarded, or at least a publication date set."
Maybe RELAX dude? A LOT of things that we've "never seen happening" are happening now. Offices have been closed for over a year. People have priorities -- and maybe getting you your copy of a play script is not #1 of most peoples' list of top priorities?
robbie_731
Stand-by Joined: 12/15/06
#9"The Hot Wing King" by Katori Hall: Script Availability
Posted: 1/3/23 at 8:17am
It's been a year, and there still doesn't seem to be news when/if this 2021 Pulitzer Prize winning script is being published.
I see that there were productions of it in 2022, and also some coming up this year, so the script seems to be available, but only for those producing a production of it.
Unless there's some legal issues with publishing it, it seems utterly bizarre that a Pulitzer Prize winning play would take so long to be published.
"Fat Ham", the 2022 winner, is even being published in March of this year!
There must be something more to this than meets the eye.
Any insights?
#10"The Hot Wing King" by Katori Hall: Script Availability
Posted: 1/4/23 at 7:17pm
The script isn't available for sale because Katori Hall is still holding out for a Broadway production and therefore will not release the rights to regional theatres. I don't think the show has a realistic chance of going to Broadway but Ms. Hall didn't ask for my opinion.
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#11"The Hot Wing King" by Katori Hall: Script Availability
Posted: 1/4/23 at 7:45pm
BroadwayBaby6 said: “I don't think the show has a realistic chance of going to Broadway but Ms. Hall didn't ask for my opinion.”
Is it likely to recoup a commercial investment on Broadway? Probably not. But I don’t think it’s fair to say that GETTING to Broadway is unrealistic. These past couple seasons have shown us that investors are still willing to take risk on plays with no stars or recognizable IP. And that’s not even counting the non-profit Broadway houses - seems like Hot Wing King would be a great fit for MTC or Second Stage.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#12"The Hot Wing King" by Katori Hall: Script Availability
Posted: 1/4/23 at 9:48pm
Maybe they're holding out for a name?
jacobsnchz14
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
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#14"The Hot Wing King" by Katori Hall: Script Availability
Posted: 9/29/23 at 12:42pm
jacobsnchz14 said: "https://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=6281"
Nice to see it finally available, but is it too much to ask for a hard copy? Perusals/scripts only being available in digital formats is so obnoxious.
willep
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/08
#15"The Hot Wing King" by Katori Hall: Script Availability
Posted: 9/29/23 at 2:29pm
This must be the best day of Robbie’s life.
#16"The Hot Wing King" by Katori Hall: Script Availability
Posted: 7/29/24 at 12:12pm
I’m surprised this is playing the national theatre. It seems to be getting three star reviews. Has anyone seen it?
#17
Posted: 7/29/24 at 1:01pm
So…they actually have the hard copy of the script. They sold it at the National for £15.
As for the play, I thought it was a very well done production and played out like a good Netflix sitcom (I could see this being easily divided into five or six half hour episodes).
My biggest issue was that I felt like it could’ve been split into three acts instead of two. Act I really had a natural moment that is perfect to place an intermission, but then it went on for another 20 minutes into other subplots before another major moment - then intermission.
It’s also a distinctly American play, so there is going to be some loss in translation and that may cause some of the lesser reviews. The audience the night I went had, no lie, two black people out of an almost full house.
The cast was uniformly excellent! I don’t have a bad word to say about any of them and they truly work as an ensemble. For those itching to see it, while the release date is unknown, they do have plans to film it for NT @ HOME in late August.
Also, Kadiff Kirwan, who plays the “lead” (it’s really an ensemble piece), is a FIIIIIIIIINE man to look at - https://www.instagram.com/kadiffkirwan?igsh=MXZjbTBoZHRnanU4bA==
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Updated On: 7/29/24 at 01:01 PM
#18"The Hot Wing King" by Katori Hall: Script Availability
Posted: 7/29/24 at 1:11pm
Side Note:
As I was watching, I was kind of dreamcasting for Broadway in my head.
Cordell - Bryan Terrell Clark
Dwayne - Jon-Michael Reese
Isom - Jason Veasey
Big Charles - John-Andrew Morrison
Everett “EJ” - Justin Cooley (since he still can read as a teenager easily)
TJ - Akron Lanier Watson
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#19"The Hot Wing King" by Katori Hall: Script Availability
Posted: 7/29/24 at 5:10pm
The Denver Center Theater Company just announced that they are doing it in the upcoming season. April-May 2025.
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