Broadway house size

#1

Broadway house size

Posted: 5/22/06 at 11:08pm

What are the htop five largest houses on Broadway?

Thanks

#2

re: Broadway house size

Posted: 5/22/06 at 11:10pm

#1 - the hilton

#2 - the gershwin


some one else can take it from there.

#3

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Posted: 5/22/06 at 11:18pm

#3 The New Amsterdam
#4 The Broadway
#5 The St. James

#4

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Posted: 5/22/06 at 11:19pm

Isn't the Marquis up there?

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#5

re: Broadway house size

Posted: 5/22/06 at 11:21pm

The Marquis is 7th, right under the Minskoff at 6th.

Edit: The Majestic is at 8th right now, but was at 7th when Woman in White was open at the Marquis cause they removed a few seats for the Lloyd Webber musical.

Updated On: 5/22/06 at 11:21 PM

#6

re: Broadway house size

Posted: 5/23/06 at 1:41pm

The Gershwin has 1940 seats
The Hilton has 1815

So #1 is the Gershwin
#2 is the Hilton

#7

re: Broadway house size

Posted: 5/23/06 at 1:56pm

No, you're wrong:

Hilton - 1813
Gershwin - 1809
Amsterdam - 1801
Broadway - 1718
St. James - 1706
Marquis - 1611
Majestic - 1607
Palace - 1591
Fontanne - 1509
Winter G. - 1498
Shubert - 1441
Imperial - 1435
Simon - 1428
Hirschfeld - 1422
Rodgers - 1315
Wilson - 1222
Nederlander - 1181
Broadhurst - 1160
O'Neil - 1104
Cort - 1102
Longacre - 1095
Ambassador - 1080
Schoenfeld - 1079
Atkinson - 1077
Jacobs - 1074
Barrymore - 1058
Beaumont - 1041
Music Box - 1009
Studio 54 - 1006
Belasco - 1004
Walter Kerr - 924
Golden - 796
Booth - 780
Airlines - 724
Lyceum - 706
Circle - 684
Biltmore - 650
Hayes - 586

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#8

re: Broadway house size

Posted: 5/23/06 at 1:58pm

According to ibdb.com the Gershwin hold 1940 seats.

#9

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Posted: 5/23/06 at 1:59pm

Well at it's current WICKED capacity, it stands at 1809.

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#10

re: Broadway house size

Posted: 5/23/06 at 2:55pm

I'd say the Gershwin is larger simply for the space outside the actual seating area! That place is like a giant barn!

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#11

re: Broadway house size

Posted: 5/23/06 at 3:12pm

Well as far as just huge, I think the New Amsterdam has more square feet.

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#12

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Posted: 5/23/06 at 3:54pm

Wicked took out the theatre's front row, AA, and also selected seats from the sides of the orchastra. Hence the reason for the number change.

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#13

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Posted: 5/25/06 at 12:18am

Munk, my order was the same as yours, except you forgot the Minskoff. Let's not forget it even though there is no show currently there.

#14

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Posted: 5/25/06 at 12:24am

The Palace actually has 1706 seats. Lestat didnt use the balcony which gave it a total of 1591 seats.

#15

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Posted: 5/25/06 at 12:29am

Numbers do change because when Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was at the Hilton Theater, they removed seats from the balcony for a sound or light booth. Those seats were placed back for Hot Feet.

#16

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Posted: 5/25/06 at 12:30am

When I saw Lestat I was in the balcony.

#17

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Posted: 5/25/06 at 12:36am

"The Palace actually has 1706 seats."

Yes, that's true. I was basing my numbers on current shows.

#18

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Posted: 5/25/06 at 1:33am

Yes, me too. The numbers - mostly with musicals - always change, but the order will generally stay the same.

Sorry about the Minskoff!

The Palace did, in fact use the balcony for LESTAT...where did you get that it didn't?

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#19

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Posted: 5/25/06 at 11:50am

The Gershwin interior was redone several years ago and that is when they lost 130+ seats. At the time, the theatre had never had a long-running sell-out hit.

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#20

re: Broadway house size

Posted: 5/27/06 at 2:29pm

Was there a reason Lion King changed theatres? maybe for a smaller house capacity, and a larger one for Mary Poppins?

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#21

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Posted: 5/27/06 at 2:47pm

From what I understand, it's because the Minskoff isn't a Disney theatre, and they wanted to open up the newest Disney show in a Disney theatre. They decided to move Lion King instead of Beauty and the Beast because the Lunt-Fontaine is smaller than the Minskoff, so Beauty and the Beast would probably suffer money-wise. I could be wrong though.

#22

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Posted: 5/27/06 at 2:54pm

If MP flops, Disney doesn't lose as much because it owns the theater. Lion King will do well anywhere.

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#23

re: Broadway house size

Posted: 5/27/06 at 2:57pm

Well its really becasue Lion King is not selling out anymore, its usually only at 60% and sometimes goes up to 80%. So they'll make the most money the way their doing it with the new show in the biggest theater.

#24

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Posted: 5/27/06 at 3:05pm

Lion King has been 90%-over 100% nearly the whole year... It has only been in the 60%s once this year..

#25

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Posted: 5/27/06 at 5:02pm

^ You are right. It's more prone to close-to-sold out.

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