Beauty and the Beast transfer... why did it switch theaters? — Page 2

"I am pretty sure though that Disney leased/bought rights to, whatever its technically called, the Minskoff for six years."

That's not true. They lease the Minskoff the same way any other producer would. Ditto the Lunt-Fontanne. There is no "6 year contract."

"As for the New Am, Disney's next Broadway venture will probably replace Mary Poppins there, unless TLM drowns within the next year or so."

Mary Poppins is gonna run a lot longer than the next year or so. Ditto The Little Mermaid. Both shows are making Disney very healthy profits, as they're both running near capacity at the moment. Lion King, of course, is still running at (and in the case of last week, above) capacity.

BwayJunkie, the amount of misinformation in all of your posts in this thread is astounding.

Updated On: 3/17/09 at 01:47 PM

Disney only came up with the "One Disney Princess on Broadway" rule just to justify them closing Beauty and the Beast for any other reason then that they were closing it to make room for Mermaid.

Disney never did anything special in terms of a leasing agreement to the Minskoff that is different then what any other producer would do. It wasn't like Disney did anything out of the norm of what is usually done when a producer is renting a theatre.

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