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Brigadoon Cancelled
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
NDR
Leading Actor Joined: 11/16/06
#51brigadoon cancelled
Posted: 7/30/08 at 2:32pm
It really is too bad that there aren't any theatre available.
Smaxie - any idea what has been converted that could be converted back to a Broadway house. Almost every time I pass the Hard Rock Cafe, I think about what a shame it is that that isn't a Broadway house (was it ever? movie house? vaudeville?)
Dolly_Levi
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/8/04
#52brigadoon cancelled
Posted: 7/30/08 at 2:35pm
I hope all the crazies that were screaming when this was first posted have relaxed. It has been confirmed.
For me, part of the fun of this msg board community is finding out news right before it breaks. There are many peeps here who are very connected and know inside info, often they share it before playbill, broadway.com, etc have posted.
Now, I realize there are some people who simply make up things, or think that if they start a false rumor it will come true and perhaps more than a few of you have been burned by them and therefore are so demanding of sources or links.
But again, I'll say - it's fun to find out before the masses - and most times that will mean that there will not yet be a link.
#53brigadoon cancelled
Posted: 7/30/08 at 2:44pm
So if there's NO theaters available..
So where's WEST SIDE STORY going? or supposedly rumored to be playing..Palace?
how about VANITIES?
J*
walkedthroughmany
Leading Actor Joined: 3/25/07
#54brigadoon cancelled
Posted: 7/30/08 at 2:44pmIf they try to replace this with "Grease" or something...I'm moving.
joe5
Broadway Star Joined: 5/17/06
#55brigadoon cancelled
Posted: 7/30/08 at 2:47pmWhat will you do if it's "Happy Days" or "Chitty". I'm hoping they bring the Guys and Dolls tryout to Boston. We have a theatre free for months now.
#56brigadoon cancelled
Posted: 7/30/08 at 2:47pm
Oh... you can always take the Chinatown bus to NYC? REMEMBER : You have a choice to go to NYC and you dont need to see the shows in Boston! I dont see all the TOURING COMPANIES that goes to Boston. That's the beauty of the Northeast States-we are close enough to one another- Boston- New York- Philadelphia & DC~ A day trip is possible!
J*
Updated On: 7/30/08 at 02:47 PM
#57brigadoon cancelled
Posted: 7/30/08 at 2:49pm
We still have not seen JERSEY BOYS!
Well.. I saw it in August Wilson Theater ...I am talking about "in general"!
How about CATCH ME IF YOU CAN try-out? I hope so... 
J*
BrianS
Broadway Star Joined: 10/8/07
#59brigadoon cancelled
Posted: 7/30/08 at 3:03pm
The original poster is still an ass in my book for choosing that inflammatory headline. Why make it seem more dramatic than it is? Next time, give us less histrionics are just share the facts since if you were in the loop enough to know what was happening out of town, then you were in the loop enough to know that everything is still ok (just pushed back a bit) in NYC.
They are working out the venue stuff, all the funding is still there and everything will move forward when it's sorted.
#60brigadoon cancelled
Posted: 7/30/08 at 3:10pm
How is he an ass? He just stated... BRIGADOON CANCELLED.
It is not like he said That Lame Ass City Boston won't get the boring musical Brigadoon since it has been sent packing for another 100 years EVEN BEFORE IT OPENED....
Nope... just Brigadoon Cancelled. Simple and to the point.
btw. I love Boston, I spen 15 summers near Boston and the regon and I like Brigadoon. I was just making a point so please don't jump me for saying bad things about boston and brigadoon.. unless the jumping involves one of us being naked.
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#61brigadoon cancelled
Posted: 7/30/08 at 3:15pm
"No I believe you will be the idiot in about 48 hours...millie..."
Well my apologies ShowOff.
Next time, though, it'd be nice if you posted your source before "announcing" things.
In other news - I'll be suceeding Bailey Hanks in Legally Blonde! I don't have a source yet...
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#62brigadoon cancelled
Posted: 7/30/08 at 3:28pm
>Almost every time I pass the Hard Rock Cafe, I think about what a shame it is that that isn't a Broadway house (was it ever? movie house? vaudeville?)<
It was the Paramount Theatre, a 3,600 seat movie theatre/concert hall. It was gutted years ago, with the space being used for office space and for the New York Times next door.
But as far as Broadway theatres that are serving other purposes, the two biggies are the Mark Hellinger and the Hudson. The Hellinger, on West 51st Street across the street from the Gershwin, is currently the Times Square Church, but it is one of the best Broadway theatres for big Broadway musicals. It was sold outright to the Times Square Church in 1989, and who knows if we'll see it back again anytime soon. It seated around 1,600 and is an incredibly beautiful theatre.
The Hudson is on West 44th Street, near the Belasco. It is part of the Millennium Hotel and used for events. I think it has limited wing or fly space, and was mostly used for plays, but it's a gorgeous house. It was recently restored, with beautiful Tiffany mosaic glass work uncovered. No idea if it could feasibly house a Broadway show again, but I'd love to see it happen.
In the category of pipe dream, The Ed Sullivan Theatre, home of the David Letterman Show, was briefly the Hammerstein Theatre when it originally opened. It only served as a Broadway house for maybe 8 years at most, but has spent most of its existence as a TV studio. I'm curious what its fate will be whenever Letterman hangs up his hat.
#63brigadoon cancelled
Posted: 7/30/08 at 3:30pm
Millie- Too bad that we are ALL planning for a BWW Boston's posters get-together at BRIGADOON (1st weekend preview) I was even thinking of a post discussion at Starbuck's near the Colonial.That would be a good oportunity for all of us to get-together... plus weather wise it would be perfect bec. its still not cold! you know? we can all stage door together and all that jazz.. oh well! there's still DIRTY DANCING! lol!
J*
Updated On: 7/30/08 at 03:30 PM
#64brigadoon cancelled
Posted: 7/30/08 at 3:36pm
We just need to get back Mark Hellinger Theater!
btw...so what theater does VANITIES eyeing? I am just wonderin'?
J*
Updated On: 7/30/08 at 03:36 PM
#65brigadoon cancelled
Posted: 7/30/08 at 3:39pmJay*, I say that all the time (regarding the Mark Hellinger).
walkedthroughmany
Leading Actor Joined: 3/25/07
#66brigadoon cancelled
Posted: 7/30/08 at 4:02pm
jay* -- I love day trips to NYC, even Goodspeed, but nothing beats shows arriving in the town I live in. I like to save day trips for the shows that will probably never come to Boston ([title of show], etc.). Otherwise I'd be broke!
Even if we don't get any great shows to replace our try-outs, I have to admit we do have some pretty solid seasons this year from Lyric, Speakeasy, Huntington, etc.
Wasn't there also a rumor about Jersey Boys coming to the Wang? Or did I make that up completely?
#67brigadoon cancelled
Posted: 7/30/08 at 4:09pm
"If they try to replace this with "Grease" or something...I'm moving."
Literally LOL, if they do that, I'm going with you. Sheesh.
esparza 333
Broadway Star Joined: 7/24/07
#70brigadoon cancelled
Posted: 7/30/08 at 4:57pmthis is terrible. I had friends who were in it. it would have been wonderful. Hopefully it will make it to broadway some time later.
#71brigadoon cancelled
Posted: 7/30/08 at 5:01pmI just got an e-mail. They are sending refunds for both Brigadoon and the Connick one to subscribers.
#75brigadoon cancelled
Posted: 7/30/08 at 7:49pm
Hello. Nick Adams comments on Brigadoon and more news... from RC in Austin, Texas
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
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I am to begin work on An Englishman in New York this September. Its a feature film starring John Hurt that centers around the later years of Quentin Crisp. I am looking forward to making my film debut!
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Brigadoon Postponed
The Broadway Revival of Brigadoon is postponed at this time. I am very excited and grateful to be a part of another glorious piece of musical theatre and look forward to when the project begins in the future.
Posted by Nicholas Adams at 2:30 PM 2 comments
Nick Adams' Blog
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#76brigadoon cancelled
Posted: 7/30/08 at 8:23pm
In reference to the original posts and Lic's post, I wish people would just post their sources and stop posting random "news stories" on a whim. Some anonymous person is NOT a source!
Legally Blonde is doing too well now to determine whether or not it will close in December. I think it'll wait till there is some major slump to decide on a closing date.
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#77brigadoon cancelled
Posted: 7/30/08 at 8:41pm
>Legally Blonde is doing too well now to determine whether or not it will close in December. I think it'll wait till there is some major slump to decide on a closing date.<
But that's not how these things really work. Sometimes, producers take a risk and hope that a theatre will become available, as when The Drowsy Chaperone was able to take the Marquis when The Woman in White fell off a cliff in January. But particularly with big musicals, the deal is made months in advance. In other words, I'm sure that West Side Story has its theatre already. Productions budgets have to be set, sets need to be designed, financial figures need to be analyzed with an eye toward operating cost, capitalization, recoupment.
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