west chester broadway theater

[Liam]

Posted: 3/29/05 at 6:58pm

was anyone ever there?
is it good?
im seeing bye bye birdy there.

[BroadwayDiva]

Posted: 3/29/05 at 6:59pm

Yep! I've seen quite a few productions there. It's really good! They put on great productions, and the food is pretty good too.

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 3/29/05 at 7:01pm

EVERYONE'S DOING BYE BYE BIRDIE! Three of my friends' schools did it and I'm doign stage crew for MY school's production. And there's a revival scheduled for next year.

[ElTico68]

Posted: 3/29/05 at 7:38pm

Just saw it a couple of months ago here in the NW... it was ok... the best thing was the guy they cast as Mama...

[Dollypop]

Posted: 3/29/05 at 7:51pm

I've never been there but I've passed it many times. It's down the road from Christopher Radko's warehouse.

[Thenardier]

Posted: 3/29/05 at 7:53pm

It's somewhat near me...I think

[SallyBrown]

Posted: 3/29/05 at 8:00pm

yeah I'm actualy seeing Oliver in a few weeks. Im gonna buy like EVERYTHING at the store!

[kangaroo]

Posted: 3/29/05 at 8:06pm

This may sound really stupid to you... but do you mean westchester university? in Philadelphia? If not, sorry to waste your time

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 3/29/05 at 8:34pm

No, New York.

[seymour krelborn]

Posted: 3/29/05 at 8:39pm

I've been there many times, its a great theater. They put on some really great productions. A couple of my friends work at the theater. I saw Bye Bye Birdie a few weeks back, its a lot of fun and very well done. I'm going to have to agree with broadwaydiva, the food is pretty good as well.

[Johnnytoc]

Posted: 3/29/05 at 8:54pm

I've seen some shows there. The shows are usually quite good. I'll also agree the good is pretty good.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 3/29/05 at 8:56pm

I've been. It's definitely not too bad.

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 3/30/05 at 12:49am

I went there for Miss Saigon and I looved it! It was the first time I saw the show, and I'm glad I did. The food was okay, I'm pretty picky so I ordered the Miss Saigon stir-fry special and it pretty good, though I felt a little sick after, but that could have been b/c I had seen Babe for the first time the night before and I was eating pork...but the dessert thingie, can't remember what it was called, was really good. Sally, I'm probably going to see Oliver! too.

And BSo, it is near us, it's about 40 minutes away depending on traffic.

[Bobby457]

Posted: 3/30/05 at 12:55am

Its a pretty good theatre....better than the old one down the hill from there....I did Camelot there a LONG time ago....my partner did Miss Saigon there....Its a pretty good place to work....altho the commute can be a bitch

[PalJoey]

Posted: 3/30/05 at 1:14am

Among the goodfellas and friends in the picture with Sinatra were capo di tutti capi Carlo Gambino, head of the crime family that bore his name; Gambino’s brother-in-law Paul Castellano, who would later succeed Gambino as head of the family only to be gunned down in a palace coup orchestrated by his successor, John Gotti; and West Coast boss Jimmy “the Weasel” Fratianno who would later turns state’s witness against his Mafia pals. The photo was taken backstage at the Westchester Premier Theater in Tarrytown, New York, on April 11, 1976....

The mob had built the 3,500-seat theater with money from legitimate investors, and in its first year they had brought in $5.3 million by booking top-shelf acts like Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme....But unlike other bust-out scams, the mob was unwilling to let the Westchester Premier Theater wither away. It had proved to be a good money maker. All it needed was a little infusion of working capital to keep it going, and for that the mob turned to Sinatra, booking him for two dates in 1976 and another in 1977 for which he was paid his going rate. Sinatra’s enormous popularity guaranteed sold-out shows, which gave the wiseguys enough money to keep their cash cow alive a little while longer.
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[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 3/30/05 at 2:03am

I almost saw Cabaret there. I just couldn't do it.

[chasing_rainbows43]

Posted: 3/30/05 at 8:25am

Liam, I saw "Birdie" there just a few weeks ago. The space is very small so I can't imagine there being a bad seat in the house. The show is also staged in a way that you won't really miss any of the effect due to a side-view seat. Have fun at the show, and let us know what you think!

[jjdude2000]

Posted: 3/30/05 at 9:45am

I saw Jekyll and Hyde there and I did like the theater.

[Liam]

Posted: 3/31/05 at 7:02pm

what do you eat there?