Vacant Broadway Houses as of this Spring?

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Vacant Broadway Houses as of this Spring?

Posted: 2/5/13 at 8:13pm

Does anybody know what is going in to the following houses this Spring?
Belasco
Booth- will Virginia Woolf last until the Tony's?
Longacre
Marquis
St. James
Where is Bette's new show going?

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Vacant Broadway Houses as of this Spring?

Posted: 2/5/13 at 8:15pm

Jekyll is at the Marquis. Bette's showing going into the Booth after Virginia Woolf.

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Vacant Broadway Houses as of this Spring?

Posted: 2/5/13 at 8:34pm

My god! Can't believe the rapid response. Thank you so much. Since you told me that Jekyll is going into the Marquis, does that mean Scarlett/Maggie the Cat is staying at the Richard Rogers until Tony time?

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Vacant Broadway Houses as of this Spring?

Posted: 2/5/13 at 8:40pm

It's been stated numerous times that Cat can't extend because of her movie career.

Maybe they'll try to find a replacement or something? Seems like a lot of empty theaters.

Anything going into the Kerr?

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Vacant Broadway Houses as of this Spring?

Posted: 2/5/13 at 8:48pm

Yes, The Testimate of Mary with Fionna Shaw (April 22nd-June 16th). Fiona plays Mary 30 years after Jesus Christ was crucified. I have several friends in London who have raved about the show.

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Vacant Broadway Houses as of this Spring?

Posted: 2/5/13 at 8:52pm

*Testament
*Fiona

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Vacant Broadway Houses as of this Spring?

Posted: 2/6/13 at 12:40am

Oh that's gonna be good!

#8

Vacant Broadway Houses as of this Spring?

Posted: 2/6/13 at 11:26am

Is the Simon staying empty until Big Fish arrives in the fall?

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Vacant Broadway Houses as of this Spring?

Posted: 2/6/13 at 11:28am

^^likely. a limited engagement could only fit in their now. They'll likely start loading in in early August.

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Vacant Broadway Houses as of this Spring?

Posted: 2/12/13 at 8:49pm

Sounds like we might as well and go ahead and cross off one of these theaters as being vacant. I've been talking with others and The Glass Menagerie sounds like it will be on Broadway right before Tony Award cutoff date. Go Cherry!

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Vacant Broadway Houses as of this Spring?

Posted: 2/12/13 at 9:02pm

It would be a beautiful fit at the Belasco.

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"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

Updated On: 2/12/13 at 09:02 PM

#12

Vacant Broadway Houses as of this Spring?

Posted: 2/12/13 at 11:58pm

The Nance is going into the Belasco.

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Vacant Broadway Houses as of this Spring?

Posted: 2/13/13 at 12:00am

^ No, The Nance is going into the Lyceum.

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Vacant Broadway Houses as of this Spring?

Posted: 2/13/13 at 10:10am

How about Studio 54 after Drood closes in March? Or the Stephen Sondheim? That theatre has been dark since Anything Goes closed last summer.

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Vacant Broadway Houses as of this Spring?

Posted: 2/13/13 at 10:16am

THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL is going into the Sondheim.

The dark theaters remaining iirc are:

Belasco
Circle in the Square
Longacre
Neil Simon (until BIG FISH)
New Amsterdam (after MARY POPPINS)
Richard Rodgers (after CAT)
Studio 54 (after DROOD)
St. James (after Barry Manilow)

Updated On: 2/13/13 at 10:16 AM

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Vacant Broadway Houses as of this Spring?

Posted: 2/13/13 at 12:52pm

And the New Amsterdam will presumably be closed for renovations until ALADDIN.

What do we have coming that has no theatre booked? If we take MENAGERIE as one, then what else is announced? MISS FIRECRACKER? VELOCITY OF AUTUMN?

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Vacant Broadway Houses as of this Spring?

Posted: 2/13/13 at 1:42pm

March/April normally a show is loaded into every Broadway theater, so worrying a handful are dark, is the economy going off the side of a cliff?

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Vacant Broadway Houses as of this Spring?

Posted: 2/13/13 at 1:44pm

Still plenty of time for something else to come in. No more big musicals are opening, so it's pretty easy for a play to swoop in and open on time.

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Vacant Broadway Houses as of this Spring?

Posted: 2/13/13 at 2:30pm

"Still plenty of time for something else to come in."

At what point will all the shows that are opening before the Tony deadline "declare?" At some point, they will need to have contracts signed, theater booked, announcements made and tickets on sale. About when is that point?

I thought I had a pretty good idea of what was coming and now I see that Glass Menagerie is on the radar. And when do Miss Firecracker and Velocity of Autumn need to announce?

I always wonder about this for spring. Just curious.

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Vacant Broadway Houses as of this Spring?

Posted: 2/13/13 at 3:59pm

I think this will be the first spring in ages where we see several houses dark. The Simon & New Amsterdam are basically booked, but will still be empty(I still think Poppins should have wait a few more months before closing). Circle in the Square just lost their booking for the spring, so I doubt anything last minute will book that theater. And I doubt any kind of play will book the St. James. Simply too big. I still wish Roundabout would revive Dancin', even for just a 3 month limited run at Studio 54.

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A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.

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Vacant Broadway Houses as of this Spring?

Posted: 2/13/13 at 7:25pm

If Roundabout was smart, they should have opened Drood now-ish, and let it run through the Tonys. It's bound to win the Best Revival Tony since there isn't anything else going on, right? But instead they'll have a dark theater.

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Vacant Broadway Houses as of this Spring?

Posted: 2/13/13 at 8:30pm

I think ANNIE is the only other revival this season.

#23

Vacant Broadway Houses as of this Spring?

Posted: 2/13/13 at 9:08pm

Pippin & Jekyll & Hyde are both revivals.

#24

Vacant Broadway Houses as of this Spring?

Posted: 2/13/13 at 9:24pm

CINDERELLA will be deemed a revival.

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"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

#25

Vacant Broadway Houses as of this Spring?

Posted: 2/13/13 at 9:26pm

Wow, I need to stop drinking.