2011 Tony Awards Move to Beacon Theatre

[Rob]

Posted: 11/10/10 at 2:19pm

Click Here to Read 2011 Tony Awards Set for Beacon Theatre

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 11/10/10 at 2:21pm

That makes sense.

[mywonderwa11]

Posted: 11/10/10 at 2:36pm

Totally makes sense...I like it.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 11/10/10 at 2:41pm

Ah poo! There goes my plan of being there if they did it in Time Square.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 11/10/10 at 2:51pm

I think the Beacon only seats about 2800. Somebody is going to have to pare down the guest list.

[jovie27]

Posted: 11/10/10 at 2:57pm

I was just thinking the SAME THING Gothampc....I was like, ok Radio City looks always packed during the Tonys (maybe except for the very last balcony), and the Beacon looks a lot smaller...maybe the public won't be able to purchase tickets this year...and or, each person is only allowed one or no guests at all....and...what if someone is seated in the balcony and wins LOL...they have to fly them down to accept the award...we shall see...
Updated On: 11/10/10 at 02:57 PM

[Katurian2]

Posted: 11/10/10 at 2:57pm

Yeaha! That's about 4 blocks from my apartment. The Beacon is nice though. So maybe they won't do a ton of sold tickets to non-invited peeps. I like the choice. Plus UWS is so much nicer than trudging through the theatre district.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 11/10/10 at 3:00pm

each person is only allowed one or no guests at all

I thought they were only allowed one guest anyway.

[jovie27]

Posted: 11/10/10 at 3:05pm

Maybe, but I have seen like the sons and daughters and the mothers near winners sometime...I could be wrong I don't know how many guests they are allowed for sure.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 11/10/10 at 3:08pm

I think they're allowed one guest and the other people who come have to buy tickets, but I'm not positive. Although I'm sure Patti LuPone's kid didn't have to pay for his ticket the two times he went.

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 11/10/10 at 3:27pm

It's a great choice. I think there will be plenty of room on the stage for "Sister Act" and "Catch Me if You Can" to perform if they are nominated for Best Musical.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 11/10/10 at 3:48pm

"Although I'm sure Patti LuPone's kid didn't have to pay for his ticket the two times he went."

I was just thinking that because in Patti's autobio, she makes two points: there are thousands of producers on each show and in her contract she specifies how many tickets she gets to her opening night.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 11/10/10 at 3:51pm

To be fair, I'm not sure how many tickets she asks for to opening night, but asking for one more ticket to the Tonys is hardly asking for much.

[KirbyCat]

Posted: 11/10/10 at 4:53pm

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/02/12/nyregion/20090212-beacon-pano.html

Beautiful.

[Sleeper2]

Posted: 11/10/10 at 6:14pm

At Radio City, nominees got one free ticket and had the option to buy more near them at about $900 - 1000 a seat.
Updated On: 11/10/10 at 06:14 PM

[uncageg]

Posted: 11/10/10 at 6:22pm

According to the article the Beacon holds 2,894 people.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 11/10/10 at 8:39pm

The Beacon was once dubbed The Little Roxy as the rotunda is a much smaller version of the original Roxy's . Both theaters were designed by the same architect W. W. Auschlager

It is a shame about the 175 th ST losing it but I never understood the logistics of it.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 11/10/10 at 10:20pm

"what if someone is seated in the balcony and wins LOL...they have to fly them down to accept the award...we shall see... "

Julie Taymor is working on that as we speak! :)

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 11/10/10 at 11:02pm

She will fly them in on a Spiderman rig

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 11/10/10 at 11:05pm

Zip line to the stage. Should be an interesting ceremony.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 11/10/10 at 11:06pm

Onstage seats.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 11/10/10 at 11:18pm

One thing to make the Tony Awards complete - late comers. We need people arriving late & climbing over people while other people are trying to get out to accept awards. Make it a true Broadway experience.

[Fosse76]

Posted: 11/10/10 at 11:28pm

"One thing to make the Tony Awards complete - late comers. We need people arriving late & climbing over people while other people are trying to get out to accept awards. Make it a true Broadway experience."

And a cell phone going off during a heart-wrenching acceptance speech.

[TulitaPepsi]

Posted: 11/11/10 at 10:39am

Thank you, KirbyKat! The news makes me incredibly happy - It was my # 1 choice.

The backstage is very shallow, so it will be interesting to see how the designers will work with relatively limited space.

The Beacon is my dream house for any future FOLLIES revival...
More restored Beacon pix

[averagebwaynut]

Posted: 11/12/10 at 1:27am

For what it's worth, the place still seats about 900 more than the Gershwin, which is where the last non-RCMH Tonys were held in 1999.

I think they will cut back significantly on the seats made available to the general public, as well as the discounted seats that are typically made available to the casts and crews of currently running Broadway shows. But otherwise, I don't think the smaller capacity will have much effect on how the whole shindig is put together.