Ja volgens een persbericht van de producenten Sprecher en Forlenza van vandaag
“Since the tragic and sudden death of a major investor in early August, we have been working with the representatives of the estate to complete the committed investment.” ... “We had been reassured that the commitment would be honored, and have tried day and night to finalize this matter, but as of yet have been unable to do so, which has left us no choice but to delay the start of rehearsals for Rebecca by two weeks. We are fiercely committed to resolving this issue as soon as possible and getting the production back on track in two weeks.”
De productie kost zo’n $ 12 miljoen en het lijkt toch een bijna onmogelijke opgave om 1/3e van dat bedrag binnen twee weken veilig te stellen.
Philip J. Smith van de Shubert Organization waartoe het Broadhurst behoort, uit zijn twijfels aan de NY Times
“We want to be cooperative and let them work it out, but it’s a very difficult, very unusual happening – I’ve been around here since 1950 and I’ve never seen a scenario quite like what’s happened to ‘Rebecca,’†... “Evidently the lawyers for the estate seem to be cooperating, so there’s some hope, but estate business is very complicated and we just need to see what happens. But let’s face it: there’s a short window of time for this to be revolved.â€