Empty Broadway Houses Summer 2023 Edition — Page 2

I’d love to see Studio 54 be home to Frecknall’s Streetcar Named Desire with Paul Mescal. Hope it does transfer!

I know KARATE KID is certainly aiming for Broadway and has undergone revisions since its out of town premiere, but that would depend on a landlord giving them a house.

Would LCT produce CRAZY FOR YOU, or is it a rental situation?

jkcohen626 said: "Yeah they were selling tickets for an "unidentified" theatre that was very clearly the Barrymore minus a few rows at the back to obscure it. Garth refused to announce Paradise Square's closing, so they couldn't say that's what they had booked.

When Company announced their closing, they switched over to the Jacobs."

That's right. And there were posts on the forum during that time about how seat locations changed for people who bought tickets for what was clearly the Barrymore but then had different seats at the Jacobs.

OHH I'd love for that to transfer!!!

Dylan Smith4 said: "If the designers want to recreate the set design like at the Gillian Lynne (which is a thrust stage), they need a large theatre to do so. The Beaumont is the only thrust stage on Broadway, so it would make sense to put it there. Didn’t Lincoln Center co-produce War Horse with the National?"

I haven't seen the London production but have seen many production photos and it looks like the set stays upstage of the proscenium and the thrust is just empty stage space (set wise). Is there something I'm missing, or couldn't the set still work in a regular proscenium theatre?

pethian said: "Chaz Hands said: "Didn’t John Leguizamo say Kiss My Aztec had a theater lined up for this season??"

Recently? I heard him say something to that effect last year but not since."

I thought he said at the end of 2022 that it’ll open in 2023. It didn’t really sound like wishful thinking. I thought he treated it like an announcement, but maybe I’m wrong??

For me, there’s a big difference in saying musicals are Broadway-bound/have a Broadway trajectory (Karate Kid, Boop, Lempicka etc.) versus saying it will open on Broadway in 2023. One is hypothetical and the other sounds more authenticated, but maybe he made the whole thing up and he’s a really big manifester. Anything is definitely possible haha

The Walter Kerr will be available next season

I thought An Enemy of the People was going into the Hudson after Merrily closes, but Merrily just extended for two more months, so I guess Enemy will have to go somewhere else. I'm trying to remember where I heard the Hudson, so I don't know how accurate that information is/was.

I hate the idea of discussing shows closing merely because I never want to see people lose work. Not just actors, but the crews, musicians, Front-of-House staff but it is the circle of Broadway life. Based on today's grosses, my predictions are:

New York, New York by August 6.

Here Lies Love by August 13 (Salonga's last day). Could stretch to September 3.

Some Like it Hot by September 3.

Shucked by September 3 but I think could push though the fall if they continue to at least break even.

Beautiful Noise by September 3 unless they want to give their new schedule a try in the fall.

OUAOMT by September 3 at the latest.

Kimberly Akimbo by January 7.

Hadestown by January 7.

The principals are all leaving, and audiences are thinning out. Say goodbye.

Dylan Smith4 said: "Broadway Flash said: "The principals are all leaving, and audiences are thinning out. Say goodbye."

Bro, the show is not struggling financially. They haven’t even started stunt casting it. Hopefully that’s doesn’t happen. Just because Eva is leaving, that doesn’t mean the show is bound to close. You really need to get your facts straight when it comes to this."

Right. Replacement casts are a thing. I'd say it's a sign of great success if you reach the point where you need replacements.

Also, the "audiences are thinning?" They might be paying less than a couple years ago, but the show still fills up every night.

A Beautiful Noise has tickets on sale through June 2024. I don't think they'd have tickets on sale that far in advance if it was in danger of closing. Their advance for the Fall looks pretty solid with their new, 4 matinee/week schedule. Their target audience likely won't be in NYC this summer, but will return in the Fall when the city is quieter.

The tour is making quick, one week stops. I think the show just has run its course. It's a terrific show, everyone made money, won awards, but it is probably time to close it up.