ALMOST FAMOUS To Open On Broadway Fall 2022

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 6/2/22 at 10:06am

Previews begin September 13, opening night October 11 at a Shubert theatre to be announced!

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/ALMOST-FAMOUS-Musical-is-Headed-to-Broadway-This-Fall-20220602

[Dylan Smith4]

Posted: 6/2/22 at 10:10am

Which theatre are we thinking for this show?

[nophibbing]

Posted: 6/2/22 at 10:13am

It's going to be the Barrymore. If you look at the seating chart on Telecharge, although it doesn't show you the seating map you can find that the orchestra ends at row Q, and that it's in a two level theatre (which rules out the Belasco and Longacre). It also has a center, left, and right mezzanine (rules out the Imperial because it has that 4 section mezzanine). 

[barcelona20]

Posted: 6/2/22 at 10:14am

The cast looks really diverse...

[Dylan Smith4]

Posted: 6/2/22 at 10:16am

So Paradise Square is closing this summer if that is the case. 

[PeterC6482]

Posted: 6/2/22 at 10:21am

Someone has deep pockets, that's all.

[EmmaCifront]

Posted: 6/2/22 at 10:34am

nophibbing said: "It's going to be the Barrymore. If you look at the seating chart on Telecharge, although it doesn't show you the seating map you can find that the orchestra ends at row Q, and that it's in a two level theatre (which rules out the Belasco and Longacre). It also has a center, left, and right mezzanine (rules out the Imperial because it has that 4 section mezzanine)."

I wouldn't go 100% by the seating chart. Shubert has a habit of using a false seating chart initially to keep the theatre a secret and then change it once they officially announce.

[n2nbaby]

Posted: 6/2/22 at 10:47am

It 100% is the Barrymore. They just aren't selling the rear mezz just yet.

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 6/2/22 at 10:51am

EmmaCifront said: "nophibbing said: "It's going to be the Barrymore. If you look at the seating chart on Telecharge, although it doesn't show you the seating map you can find that the orchestra ends at row Q, and that it's in a two level theatre (which rules out the Belasco and Longacre). It also has a center, left, and right mezzanine (rules out the Imperial because it has that 4 section mezzanine)."

I wouldn't go 100% by the seating chart. Shubert has a habit of using a false seating chart initially to keep the theatre a secret and then change it once they officially announce."

They don't have a habit of doing that. In recent memory, the only time they've done it was for The Music Man. Everyone could tell it was the Winter Garden anyway, and they were just waiting to announce Beetlejuice's closing. In this case, I think it's pretty clear that it's the Barrymore, and they're waiting for Paradise Square. 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 6/2/22 at 11:04am

Dylan Smith4 said: "So Paradise Square is closing this summer if that is the case."

Obviously. That it lasted two weeks past opening night is nothing short of a miracle.

[PeterC6482]

Posted: 6/2/22 at 11:10am

Seating chart doesn't match the Barrymore.  The mezzanine is tiny.  Perhaps it's the Golden?

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 6/2/22 at 11:24am

PeterC6482 said: "Seating chart doesn't match the Barrymore. The mezzanine is tiny. Perhaps it's the Golden?"

They're just not selling the rear mezzanine. It precisely matches the front mezzanine of the Barrymore, and it's not even close to matching the Golden, which only has 2 sections. 

[PeterC6482]

Posted: 6/2/22 at 11:35am

Agreed ... correct!

 

What if Paradise square just never closes and wants to stay for months, money be damned?

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 6/2/22 at 11:43am

PeterC6482 said: "Agreed ... correct! What if Paradise square just never closes and wants to stay for months, money be damned?"

The Shuberts will invoke a stop-clause if Garth & whoever is paying for the losses won't close it on their own. I imagine it's been in stop-clause territory for every playing week on Broadway.

[PeterC6482]

Posted: 6/2/22 at 11:49am

Shubert must have invoked the stop clause already.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 6/2/22 at 11:55am

PeterC6482 said: "Shubert must have invoked the stop clause already."

The stop clause is a legal term and it's rarely ACTUALLY used. "It's time to close" is usually a conversation between the landlord (Bob Wankel in this case) and the producer, with the landlord basically saying "you need to play your final performance by X date and announce by X date, because we have another tenant coming in." And it doesn't need to be as dire as stop-clause territory to do that.

A threat of "we will use the stop clause if needed" is enough for most producers to post closing, but it usually doesn't have to get that extreme. More often than not, the producer and landlord are on the same page. Producers don't want to piss off the landlord –– and they also don't want to bleed money. Beetlejuice and Side Show were unique situations because high-profile shows were booked.

In this biz, a LOT of business is done by handshakes, phonecalls, and lunches at Orso.

Updated On: 6/2/22 at 11:55 AM

[PeterC6482]

Posted: 6/2/22 at 12:20pm

Thank you!

 

I wasn't aware of most of this...

Updated On: 6/2/22 at 12:20 PM

[VotePeron]

Posted: 6/2/22 at 12:32pm

*Edit

Whoops got my theaters mixed up, but they have the Longacre and are hoping for the Barrymore.

Updated On: 6/2/22 at 12:32 PM

[PeterC6482]

Posted: 6/2/22 at 12:35pm

Broadhurst is booked by the Neil Diamondmusical?

Updated On: 6/2/22 at 12:35 PM

[barneyschreibercpa2]

Posted: 6/2/22 at 12:42pm

I’m guessing it’s the longacre, I don’t think this will play the Barrymore, and the seating chart may just be temporary 

[nophibbing]

Posted: 6/2/22 at 12:56pm

barneyschreibercpa2 said: "I’m guessing it’s the longacre, I don’t think this will play the Barrymore, and the seating chart may just be temporary"

I disagree. You pick your seat when you purchase tickets and the mezzanine goes through row E. The Longacre mezz is through J and I don't foresee them eliminating mezzanine rows F-J AND the entire balcony. 

Also the accessible seating locations match the Barrymore which is more of a give away. 

[OhHiii]

Posted: 6/2/22 at 1:24pm

Lol at all the people saying with such certainty that this isn't going to the Barrymore.

There's exactly zero reason for them to be selling tickets without mentioning the building name if it were the Golden or Longacre as those currently have limited engagements with closing dates already.

It's going to the Barrymore, they were probably under the assumption Paradise Square would have announced closing already, but they haven't, yet Almost Famous needs to put their tickets on sale now, which is 3 months out from their first performance. They had the Barrymore for Fall 2020 as well. 

[PeterC6482]

Posted: 6/2/22 at 1:27pm

why are some orchestra seats missing from the Barrymore seating chart? Was this done to disguise the actual theatre?

[OhHiii]

Posted: 6/2/22 at 1:38pm

PeterC6482 said: "why are some orchestra seats missing from the Barrymore seating chart? Was this done to disguise the actual theatre?"

Can either be production kills for the purposes of making room for the physical production, or yes to disguise. When they did this for Music Man before the public knew the Winter Garden would be vacant, I seem to recall they left out the back row at first.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 6/2/22 at 1:42pm

An interesting inside-baseball development: Joey Parnes (and his former employees John Johnson & Sue Wagner who spun off into their own company) appear to be no longer involved as producers, after shepherding it through development alongside Lia Vollack.

Updated On: 6/2/22 at 01:42 PM