Producers bringing '1984' to Broadway as novel's popularity soars under Trump

[highplainsdem]

Source: The Hill

George Orwell’s "1984" is coming to Broadway as a stage production, The New York Times reports, as the novel enjoys new popularity under the Trump administration.

The play, created by writers Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan, has already seen multiple runs in the United Kingdom. But two producers, Sonia Friedman and Scott Rudin, are hoping to capitalize on the book’s current best-seller status in the U.S.

Sales of the dystopian novel published in 1949 have skyrocketed in the weeks since President Trump took office. The novel gained new attention particularly after a comment by White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway dismissing false statements from press secretary Sean Spicer as “alternative facts.”

As of Friday, "1984" was ranked No. 2 on Amazon’s list of best-selling books. In fact, sales have surged so much that the online retail giant officially sold out of the book last week, but it has since come back in stock.

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[Javaman]

1. frankly, I think Brave New World and A Handmaids Tale are more apt.

but 1984 works too.

[angstlessk]

4. Brave New World on Youtube

[forgotmylogin]

7. Don't forget BRAZIL.

It's a comedic take on 1984, but still sharply satirical, and neatly outlines the problem of government bureaucracy stripping terrorism suspects of their rights. The plot is set off when a fly causes a machine to print the name "Buttle" instead of "Tuttle" on an arrest warrant.

[workinclasszero]

10. A Handmaids Tale

The blueprint for Reich wing dominunists like DeVos trying to set up a fake christian nation/dictatorship in the USA.

[YOHABLO]

2. How do you turn something cerebral into something sing-song-y?

I mean will they be creating dance numbers about memory holes? It's as if they're capitalizing on the Zeitgeist.

[brush]

3. Wonder if they'll put an out-sized blond wig and too long red tie on the pig Napolean?

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[Wounded Bear]

8. Not all Broadway shows are musicals...

[kimbutgar]

5. I'd like to see the Sinclair Lewis, It can't happen here produced also

it really shows fascism in America.

[brooklynite]

6. You'll understand if I wait for Donald Trump's theatrical review?

[milestogo]

9. It will be too depressing unless they make it into a musical.

[Penn Voter]

11. "It Can't Happen Here"

by Sinclair Lewis would also be a great book to read once again. It is apropos for this period of time.