Lion King Question
Lion King Question
erniesgirl96
Understudy Joined: 5/23/03
#0Lion King Question
Posted: 6/25/05 at 8:43pmI have a friend who works at a Broadway theater, and she heard that the Lion King might be mnoving to another theater so the New Amsterdam can be the new home of Mary Poppins when it comes in next year. Has anyone heard anything about this? I would think it would be very difficult to move that whole show to another theater.
#1re: Lion King Question
Posted: 6/25/05 at 9:00pmplus it would be very expensive to build a new set.
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#3re: Lion King Question
Posted: 6/25/05 at 9:54pmor use a tour set. It's an equity rule that they must use a new set if they move theatres. Like Beauty and Beast uses the 1st national tour set when they moved to the Lunt.
"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D
#4re: Lion King Question
Posted: 6/25/05 at 10:00pmThat is really surprizing. This may be a dumb question, but why is that an Equity rule?
MTRBOI24
Broadway Star Joined: 12/11/04
#5re: Lion King Question
Posted: 6/25/05 at 10:05pmI heard of this. You know there is an extra set touring..... It goes from city to city. When the gazelle tour was in Buffalo the set when the buffalo engagement ended went to the theatre where the cheetah tour was going to play next in two weeks. and so on....does that make any sense?
Broadway Star Joined: 12/31/69
#6re: Lion King Question
Posted: 6/25/05 at 10:09pmWhy would they move it out of the New Amsterdam when they are running at 101% Capacity every week? Do they think Mary Poppins could run at 120% or something? This has to be one of those wacky Broadway rumors.
MTRBOI24
Broadway Star Joined: 12/11/04
#7re: Lion King Question
Posted: 6/26/05 at 1:34amthey aren't closing the show....they are just moving it to another theatre(at least thats the rumour).
FosseBoi
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/30/04
#8re: Lion King Question
Posted: 6/26/05 at 1:39amThat is one of the CRAZYEST things I have ever heard! I HIGHLY doubt that POPPINS would sell more tickets at every show than LION KING! Plus, that theatre is PERFECT,imo, for that show!
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apdarcey
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/10/04
#9re: Lion King Question
Posted: 6/26/05 at 1:40ami think poppins would have been great for the marquis... much better than woman in white.
MTRBOI24
Broadway Star Joined: 12/11/04
#10re: Lion King Question
Posted: 6/26/05 at 1:57amDisney can't put their show in ANY theatre....they can only put them in certain theatres, I think (I remember someone saying something like this)
st8gemom
Chorus Member Joined: 10/5/03
#11re: Lion King Question
Posted: 6/26/05 at 6:06pm
I heard that Lion King would like to move across the street to the Hilton Theatre, which is the largest (or close to it) seating capacity on Broadway. That's not good news for CCBB....which is a show I loved, btw.
Updated On: 6/26/05 at 06:06 PM
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#12re: Lion King Question
Posted: 6/26/05 at 6:14pmYeah I think Mary Poppins or Lion King should go to the Hilton. It needs a big show like that. Also, no one ever cleared up why that is a rule? What's the point of having to build a new set? sounds like a rule that's just a pain in the a$$
Swiftynifty15
Broadway Star Joined: 9/18/04
#13re: Lion King Question
Posted: 6/26/05 at 11:10pm
Why is that a rule? What other kinds of rules do they have?
Updated On: 6/26/05 at 11:10 PM
Swiftynifty15
Broadway Star Joined: 9/18/04
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