Funny Girl 2022 — What Theatre?

[FirstNighter2]

Posted: 9/3/21 at 5:26pm

I know we dont know. Can we deduce? The Palace?


Please not the Broadway. Please not the Marquis.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 9/3/21 at 5:30pm

My guess is the August Wilson.

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 9/3/21 at 5:36pm

The poster who originally broke the Beanie casting news said it's the August Wilson, so that's the rumor with the most credibility.

Funny Girl 2022 Revival - Page 14 (broadwayworld.com)

 

 

[FirstNighter2]

Posted: 9/3/21 at 5:40pm

Oh! I hadn’t seen that. Thanks!

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 9/4/21 at 2:40am

No way the palace will be ready by spring

[BdwyFan]

Posted: 9/4/21 at 7:04am

A great theater!

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 9/4/21 at 9:13am

The Wilson is ugly as sin...those terra cotta-colored plaster walls make me feel like I'm in a cave + there's the weird lobby layout. I wish Jujamcyn would do more to rehab the interiors of the Wilson and the St. James, aesthetically.

BUT, it's the perfect size for this show. (The same cannot be said about its current tenant.)

[FirstNighter2]

Posted: 9/4/21 at 10:03am

I figured as much. But was kinda hoping. The Palace was not just a vaudeville house, but THE vaudeville house. And Fanny Brice played the Palace. Wouldn’t it have been something to see this revival play the Palace?

 

Fanny Brice appeared on stage at the Winter Garden, where Funny Girl opened with Barbra back in the 60s. We know the Winter Garden will be tied up with The Music Man. And we know the New Amsterdam, where she also appeared, is booked, too. 

Updated On: 9/4/21 at 10:03 AM

[BroadwayNYC2]

Posted: 9/4/21 at 12:05pm

I can assure you where Fanny Brice has performed isn’t a factor in where the show plays.

The Wilson is a good fit. Smaller house, easier to sell and create demand.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 9/4/21 at 12:54pm

The Wilson is ugly as sin...those terra cotta-colored plaster walls make me feel like I'm in a cave + there's the weird lobby layout. I wish Jujamcyn would do more to rehab the interiors of the Wilson and the St. James, aesthetically.

Me too but they are cheap as hell evidently. I mean, to save a buck Jujamcyn hired SeatGeek which is the worst ticketing service ever. 
 

Updated On: 9/4/21 at 12:54 PM

[HogansHero]

Posted: 9/4/21 at 2:23pm

Sutton Ross said: "I mean, to save a buck they hired SeatGeek which is the worst ticketing service ever."

The landlord does not save anything because the landlord does not pay anything. Ticketing is on the producer's dime. I agree, however, that SeakGeek is bad news.

[gymman]

Posted: 9/4/21 at 3:08pm

Sutton seems to post whether she knows anything or not.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 9/4/21 at 3:13pm

Totes, broheim. 

[RippedMan]

Posted: 9/5/21 at 2:15pm

I guess I'm in the minority. I LOVE the Wilson. It has an interesting layout - like the Majestic, that I enjoy. The interior is interesting and doesn't have those annoying side boxes, so pretty much every view is great. I love the outside and the marquee. 

I think it would suit Funny Girl well. I just hope they scraped the London production and come at this with fresh eyes. 

[FatedDarling]

Posted: 9/9/21 at 6:25am

Alright, if Funny Girl doesn’t go to the Broadway, then what does? It’s not a house that stays dormant for long.

[Shalfoard]

Posted: 9/9/21 at 7:51am

Before it was refurbished, the Wilson interior looked more like a high school auditorium than a Broadway theater. Really ugly when ON YOUR TOES played there in the 1980s..  IIRC, when it first opened as the Guild, the auditorium walls were covered with tapestries.  Then in the 1940s it became a radio studio.  The interior has been greatly altered over the years. 

[Zion24]

Posted: 9/9/21 at 10:09am

RippedMan said: "I guess I'm in the minority. I LOVE the Wilson. It has an interesting layout - like the Majestic, that I enjoy. The interior is interesting and doesn't have those annoying side boxes, so pretty much every view is great. I love the outside and the marquee."

 

I'm with you- i thought it was perfect for Groundhog Day, for example.

 

[Mike Barrett]

Posted: 9/9/21 at 10:23am

Never got to the August Wilson for my favorite show a Jersey Boys, only saw it on tour. However, I know people who have seen JB as well as Mean Girls, one orchestra seat and one mezz seat, for which shows I’m unsure, rave reviews of the view from both seats. No idea how much space the stage and set could have but, seems to be a good pick.

[broadwaymarty]

Posted: 9/9/21 at 10:54am

The Shubert

[Broadway Bob*]

Posted: 9/9/21 at 10:54am

FatedDarling said: "Alright, if Funny Girl doesn’t go to the Broadway, then what does? It’s not a house that stays dormant for long."

I would love it if this were to play the Broadway, where the original production moved when it vacated the Winter Garden. And when the August Wilson rumor was talked about originally the non-reopening of West Side Story announcement hadn't been made yet, so unless the Jujamcyn's are part of the producing team bringing this in, MAYBE it going to the Broadway could happen?!?! No matter what theater it is in, I'll be there!!!

[FANtomFollies]

Posted: 9/9/21 at 11:11am

Shalfoard said: "Before it was refurbished, the Wilson interior looked more like a high school auditorium than a Broadway theater. Really ugly when ON YOUR TOES played there in the 1980s.. IIRC, when it first opened as the Guild, the auditorium walls were covered with tapestries. Then in the 1940s it became a radio studio. The interior has been greatly altered over the years."

Do any pictures exist of it in that 'school auditorium' state? I would love to see what that looked like :)

[Zion24]

Posted: 9/9/21 at 11:42am

Broadway Bob* said: "FatedDarling said: "Alright, if Funny Girl doesn’t go to the Broadway, then what does? It’s not a house that stays dormant for long."

I would love it if this were to play the Broadway, where the original production moved when it vacated the Winter Garden. And when the August Wilson rumor was talked about originally the non-reopening of West Side Story announcement hadn't been made yet, so unless the Jujamcyn's are part of the producing team bringing this in, MAYBE it going to the Broadway could happen?!?! No matter what theater it is in, I'll be there!!!"

theyd have to be insane to try and fill the Broadway Theater every night

[QueenAlice]

Posted: 9/9/21 at 12:00pm

I think it might be wise for this production to do a try-out somewhere. 

[SouthernCakes]

Posted: 9/9/21 at 1:36pm

It played the Savoy in London. If that’s any indication to size.

[Shalfoard]

Posted: 9/10/21 at 3:59pm

Don't have any pictures of the Wilson interior prior to the 1995 renovation.  But here's a NYT article on the renovations that will give you some idea of what shape it was in.  industrial fluorescent light fixtures, instead of chandeliers.  The walls were all white, later painted all black for CARRIE.  Calling it plain would be an understatement. Note only the exterior is landmarked.

https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/22/realestate/commercial-propertyvirginia-theater-a-broadway-showplace-returns.html

Updated On: 9/10/21 at 03:59 PM