YvanEhtNioj said: "Mike Barrett said: "YvanEhtNioj said: "A couple nights ago I was talking to someone who works for the Schubert Organization, and he said West Side Story is more than likely going into the Barrymore. **shrugs**"
Mustve missed this the other day. Barrymore is a bit too small for WSS isn't it? Id imagine it at the Winter Garden or the Broadway."
He said right now nothing is confirmed , but that's the main choice at the moment. Who knows though.. King Kong may close by December, but I'm not sure about Beetlejuice"
The Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway remains empty while the Shubert Organization plays vying shows off against each other
It was rumored that Jagged Little Pill would be heading into the Barrymore theatre, but they just announced that they upgraded to The Broadhurst Theatre, with its 1186 seats, which was probably a wise idea, as an extra 100 seats can make or break a show when it comes to the investors. This leaves a slew of other shows vying to be the tenant at the Barrymore, which currently include: Becoming Nancy, Company, Dreamgirls, Empire Records, Glen Garry Glen Ross,, Some Like It Hot, Tea At Five, Titanic and West Side Story.
Becoming Nancy, Tea at Five and Some Like It Hot are not anywhere close to opening and would play better in smaller houses. The big shows of Dreamgirls and Titanic will need a bigger stage to be able to bring their kind of magic. So this leaves the gender-bending Sondheim revival of Company, the 1980's coming of age story Empire Records, the classic play Glen Garry Glen Ross and the redo of the redo of West Side Story.
And the winner is? We are placing bets on West Side Story will be the show heading into The Barrymore theatre in 2019
https://www.nytix.com/news/ethel-barrymore-theatre-remain-empty
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