13's Theatre?
13's Theatre?
jg4892
Broadway Star Joined: 11/2/06
#113's Theatre?
Posted: 7/26/07 at 3:10pmWhere do you think 13 will go? I can't seem to think of a theatre. Will circle in the square be open by the winter?
ElFantasma14
Broadway Star Joined: 9/26/06
#2re: 13's Theatre?
Posted: 7/26/07 at 3:14pmNow that you mention it, the Circle in the Square seems like an ideal space for this show. AAnd Spelling Bee, unfortunately, will most likely be closed by then.
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#2re: 13's Theatre?
Posted: 7/26/07 at 3:19pmThey have a theatre for the spring. Don't fret.
jg4892
Broadway Star Joined: 11/2/06
#4re: 13's Theatre?
Posted: 7/26/07 at 3:37pmI LOVE Spelling Bee, and it was my #1 fave show on the boards for awhile, but I do think it's had a good run, and would be happy to see 13 grab Circle in the Square, a great space.
#5re: 13's Theatre?
Posted: 7/26/07 at 3:39pmI'm not sure when 13 is opening but the Longacre is renovating and adding an orchestra pit. Depending on the seating capacity, that might be a nice venue.
#6re: 13's Theatre?
Posted: 7/26/07 at 3:40pmInteresting, Gypsy1527. Really interesting! Why is the Longacre adding an orchestra pit and where did you find this out??
#7re: 13's Theatre?
Posted: 7/26/07 at 3:43pmI was at Grey Gardens ysterday for the matinee and while I was waiting, I walked over to the Longacre and started talking to the door man who informed me that they are doing a complete renovation, digging an orchestra pit and reworking the stage. He also said that the Shuberts are trying their hardest to get a musical in there for next season but he didn't know which one.
#8re: 13's Theatre?
Posted: 7/26/07 at 3:51pmOooh wow. Thank you so much for sharing that! I think that's great! The Longacre seems to, historically, not have been a highly coveted or successful space. With the Shuberts investing time and money to renovate, they could really improve the track record of this underdog Bway house.
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#9re: 13's Theatre?
Posted: 7/26/07 at 4:17pm
The Walter Kerr across the street from the Longacre was a dump and a flop house when it originally reopened in the late '80s as the Ritz. Following its painstaking and beautiful renovation, it has seldom been empty, and is usually a producer's top-choice house for plays, although it seems to be on a musical kick of late, what with the run of Grey Gardens and now A Catered Affair rumored for it.
The Longacre has good bones and could also be a great and viable house. Only detriment is the second balcony, but the view is not terrible up there. Considering that the Longacre was almost lost in the '90s, when it was possibly going to be converted into a municipal court house, it's wonderful that it is getting a wholesale renovation, and will be able to house a musical more comfortably. Congrats and thanks to the Shubert Organization, and I hope they have the Belasco next on their list.
COOOOLkid
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/15/05
#10re: 13's Theatre?
Posted: 7/26/07 at 5:33pmUgh. We don't need 13 to be on Broadway. It was atrocious.
#11re: 13's Theatre?
Posted: 7/26/07 at 5:40pm
Here is some info about the show, for those not familiar.
Jason Robert Brown's 13 Likely for Broadway in 2008
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#12re: 13's Theatre?
Posted: 7/26/07 at 6:13pmWell, the rumor is the Circle in the Square will be available by early 2008.
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#13re: 13's Theatre?
Posted: 7/26/07 at 6:18pmIt's not going there.
#14re: 13's Theatre?
Posted: 7/26/07 at 6:20pmIt played the Mark Taper in LA which has a semi-circular thrust stage with the audience front and sides, and it played very well in that space. The Circle in the Square would be the ideal Broadway home for it.
TapTapTapioca
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/07
#15re: 13's Theatre?
Posted: 7/26/07 at 6:20pmIf the producers were any smart they would keep their money and let it rest in musical theatre heaven.
jg4892
Broadway Star Joined: 11/2/06
#17re: 13's Theatre?
Posted: 7/26/07 at 7:15pmSmaxie, with all due respect, if you have information but you don't want to share it, why even bother posting that you have it in the first place? Don't make people play a guessing game. If you don't want to say anything, don't say anything. But with people naming theatres and you saying, "It's not going there," it becomes tedious and insulting to those discussing in the thread.
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#18re: 13's Theatre?
Posted: 7/26/07 at 8:02pmOh OK. I'll leave you to the guessing game that was going on when the thread began. Carry on.
#19re: 13's Theatre?
Posted: 7/26/07 at 8:08pmI feel stupid. But what the heck is 13? What is it about?
#20re: 13's Theatre?
Posted: 7/26/07 at 8:11pm
It's okay, Ljay, you don't wanna know...
13 is the new Jason Robert Brown musical about *gasp* 13 year olds. The whole cast--including the orchestra--is comprised of *gasp* 13 year olds.
Think SPRING AWAKENING and SPELLING BEE but bad.
#22re: 13's Theatre?
Posted: 7/26/07 at 8:17pm
Wait, wait, wait.
The ORCHESTRA is comprised of 13 year olds?
...
*headdesk*
#23re: 13's Theatre?
Posted: 7/26/07 at 8:18pm
There's a song titled "Being a Geek" and another one called "What It Means to Be a Friend," believe me, I wish I were kidding.
Here's the link to some of the samples.
http://www.jasonrobertbrown.com/theatre/show.php?showID=13
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