'Curtains' to Broadway- Page 2

[Villiy]

Posted: 7/24/06 at 6:07pm

Finally a new musical to look forward to next season!

[ljay889]

Posted: 7/24/06 at 10:05pm

I know it's exciting it's an original musical.

BUT the most exciting part is that it's another KANDER & EBB show. Yes! new K&E!

This is very special, and bitter-sweet after the passing of Ebb.

And Chicago and Curtains on Broadway at once? Double dose of K&E equals amazing.

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 7/25/06 at 4:01am

I see "Curtains" taking the O'Neill.

Updated On: 7/25/06 at 04:01 AM

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 7/25/06 at 4:21am

"I know it's exciting it's an original musical."

Didn't someone earlier say it was based on a book?

[Smaxie]

Posted: 7/25/06 at 5:00am

Someone said it, but they're wrong. It's an original musical.

[Jon]

Posted: 7/25/06 at 7:06am

There have been numerous books, plays, movies, TV movies, etc. with the same basic premise. No idea is completely original anymore.

[Christoph]

Posted: 7/25/06 at 9:17am

I am really looking forward to this. A great cast and Kander & Ebb. If the book is truly the lark everyone says, then this should be terrific.

By the way, why are so many certain that The Wedding Singer will be the show that closes to accomodate? I see so many people on here espousing doom and gloom for the box office of shows like TWS and now the re-cast Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (both filling the theaters at @ 75%) and even Tarzan, which is filling the theater at @ 98% capacity, but Sweeney Todd which has been running for some time at only 40 - 60% capacity is treated with kid gloves because it is a darling for the posters on the board. Looking at it from a purely business point-of-view, it would seem that ST would be the next to close of the ones mentioned so far.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 7/25/06 at 9:26am

PIRATE QUEEN won't run, but CURTAINS isn't going to go into a theatre like The Hilton. The O'Neil sounds more like it.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 7/25/06 at 10:05am

This is fantastic news. A new Kander and Ebb musical!

[Smaxie]

Posted: 7/25/06 at 10:18am

With 1,100 seats, the O'Neill is probably a bit too small for Curtains. It probably needs a house in the 1,400-1,600 range.

[ThankstoPhantom]

Posted: 7/25/06 at 10:45am

If they decide not to push through the end of LuPone and Ceveris' contracts, ST will probably close at the end of August, unfortunately. I find it likely that they'll close then.

Depending on how DRS does in the next few weeks will likely determine its fate for the current season.

TWS may have the same situation as DRS, but we'll have to see what happens in the autumn/winter.

Updated On: 7/25/06 at 10:45 AM

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 7/25/06 at 10:47am

I wonder if we will ever get to see The Visit & Over and Over ?

[Smaxie]

Posted: 7/25/06 at 10:57am

Over and Over has a new name: All About Us. It may be staged in 2007 at Westport Country Playhouse with an eye toward Broadway, according to Playbill.com

The Visit seems to be in mothballs though.
All About Us

[jv92]

Posted: 7/25/06 at 11:05am

I don't trust Riedel, but didn't he say a while back that Hairspray was closing? I don't think that'll happen for at least a year or so, but the Neil Simon could be an option.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 7/25/06 at 11:23am

He had a speculative piece that Hairspray would close some time in 2007 to make way for the Evita revival at the Neil Simon Theatre. But I have no idea if the Broadway plans for Evita are as hot now that the show received a downbeat notice in the NY Times. At any rate, Hairspray is probably safe for a while.

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 7/25/06 at 11:45am

I think Chicago should close and they should move Curtains in to the ambassador

[Smaxie]

Posted: 7/25/06 at 11:50am

The Ambassador also has 1,100 seats and is too small. And plus, there's an appeal of having TWO Kander & Ebb shows on Broadway at the same time. I wouldn't wish Chicago to close.

[ljay889]

Posted: 7/25/06 at 11:51am

The Ambassador is a very crappy theatre. NO new show wants that theatre. The Ambassador is very lucky they got Chicago. Because no producers want that terrible theatre.

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 7/25/06 at 11:52am

I don't get the appeal of two Kander and Ebb shows on at the same time. It's not like you can see them both at the same time.

Did people freak out when Cabaret and Chicago where playing at the same time?

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 7/25/06 at 11:59am

The owners of the Ambassador thank their lucky stars that Chicago moved in

In their ( & everyone elses) wildest dreams did they think it would run this long

Updated On: 7/25/06 at 11:59 AM

[Smaxie]

Posted: 7/25/06 at 12:07pm

The Ambassador's original decor was really beautiful. At some point, much of it was slathered over with white paint. It's still an interesting house though, although it has often been labeled as undesirable (probably due to its somewhat bizarre egg-shaped layout, with truly extreme side seating). If the house had a first class restoration inside and out (including recreating the large scale sign facing Broadway that was identical to the sign on the Ritz/Walter Kerr), it might go a ways toward making the theatre a little more popular.

Updated On: 7/25/06 at 12:07 PM

[ljay889]

Posted: 7/25/06 at 12:10pm

I agree with a restoration, the Ambassador could be more appealing.

But before Chicago many considered it the slaughter house for a Broadway musical.

Chicago fits quite good in it now though. And I think Chicago can remain open and in the Ambassador for another good 3-5 years.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 7/25/06 at 12:20pm

Like the kerr, it was in use as a TV studio for awhile so probably a lot of the original decor went than

The balcony is not that big so if fixed up it could be a medium size musical house. It's location is a small drawback being located where it is but after Chicago closes they should take some of the money they made from having such a long tenant & totally refurbish it

[ThankstoPhantom]

Posted: 7/25/06 at 12:22pm

It's usually considered agreat accomplishment to have more than one of your shows on Broadway at once.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 7/25/06 at 12:22pm

I've been seeing shows since the early '70s. In all of that time, the Ambassador's exterior has always had that dirty, grimy look. I don't think the facade has ever been cleaned. By contrast, the Shubert Organization really did a lovely job recently with the Cort's facade. And the Lyceum's facade seems to be getting some sort of overhaul for the past year. Even the Longacre got a touch-up prior to Virginia Woolf. But not much seems to have ever been done to the Ambassador...perhaps when Chicago eventually closes...