Eugene O’Neil Theatre on fire!! — Page 3

ColorTheHours048 said: "I wonder what“indefinite” ultimately ends up meaning. Obviously, this is all developing, but I have to imagine they have some kind of loose timeline for what the building repairs will entail. “Indefinite” could mean the difference between reopening at the O’Neill and trying to relocate the show to another theater, not to mention closing altogether if it proves too costly."

It just happened a few hours ago. I doubt the timeline for building repairs and re-opening has been discussed. They are still investigating the fire. People can imagine all these scenarios but we will know when an official statement comes out. 

 

 

Everything in the production would have been damaged and everything will need renewing. The producers have the decide whether to close the show or move theatre. Don’t know if there is a spare tour set if they decide to move? This could be the Australian or UK one if no American one isn’t available.

Will the insurance pay out the pay cheques for cast and crew?

As of right now (Monday 5/4 at 4pm) tickets are still on sale for all future performances (including tomorrow night). I wonder why they are taking so long to take at least some of the immediate performances offsale?

ACL2006 said: ""the building will be out of service for some time"... Doesn't sound good. Will the cast and crew keep getting paid if the show is dark long-term?



Again, do they consider changing theaters, especially if the set isn't damaged?"

You clearly don't understand the costs of loading in and loading out a set that was not designed to be portable. Also, the FDNY isn't going to allow anyone into the building until it's inspected. 

morosco said: "As of right now (Monday 5/4 at 4pm) tickets are still on sale for all future performances (including tomorrow night). I wonder why they are taking so long to take at least some of the immediate performances offsale?"

 

That probably has to be done remotely since they probably are not letting box office staff in the building. I suspect that will happen later today.

 

It is not going to close. 
Feel free to come back here quote me and kick me if I’m wrong, but the show is still running on London, on the road, and multiple international tours. It’s made more money than God or the Angel Moroni and they’re not going to let the Broadway production close overnight because of an insurance accident. (Let alone on the eve of what was to be The biggest celebration of the show since its opening.)

There’s no way to guess what the extent of the damage is at this point- for all we know it will be back up and running by Labor Day, or even sooner. But even if they can’t get it back by the holidays, between insurance, money made from other productions, and yes, if need be, a small temporary infusion from the creators, they can ride this out.  (To say “they don’t need it” when talking about Stone and Parker is technically true but tone-deaf – the creators of South Park can easily afford a negligible investment to ensure it doesn’t close like this.)

In fact even in the worst case scenario I can easily imagine a timeline where the show reopens a year from now, with the 15th-anniversary celebration reconstituted in some way (with an asterisk next to the “15”), and because of the circumstances and savvy marketing and audiences being ready to see it again, it suddenly becomes one of the hottest tickets in town again for a year or two, which alone would make the reopening worthwhile. 
Hopefully it doesn’t take half that long however. (And yes my hearts go out to the current cast and crew, likely to be the ones most affected by this for the near future.)

Ceej said: "This Tuesday night's show is now gone from the ticketing page. No other performances have been taken down as of now."

 

And they may possibly do it day by day until they get a timeline for re-opening.

 

Kad said: "uncageg said: "Ceej said: "This Tuesday night's show is now gone from the ticketing page. No other performances have been taken down as of now."



And they may possibly do it day by day until they get a timeline for re-opening.

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That was my thought. If there's even a chance the show could go on this week, producers are going to leave that possibility open as much as they can (as doubtful as it is)."

 

Exactly. I have worked with box offices there and that's usually what happens. When they get the timeline they can just pull everything up by credit/debit card types and send out refunds. Cash sales get refunded at the window and 3rd party sales are responsible for doing their own refunds. In their hearts the producers probably know it is going to be closed for a while, but you are right on target about the producers!

 

Updated On: 5/4/26 at 06:02 PM

Seems BOM cast found out the indefinite closure via social media. No one kept them posted on anything at any time since all of this was unfolding earlier this morning. 

Fordham2015 said: "Tuesday and Wednesday Mormon performances just canceled

https://www.instagram.com/p/DX7xTs_SErU/"

It'll be longer than that. if any tech equipment is damaged, that's something that can't be quickly replaced.

on the plus side

with 1000 ppl every night suddenly left without a show to attend

beaches is saved?

 

uncageg said: "Calm down people until an official announcement is made."

Wtf is with this board lately? “Calm down”? All I see is people discussing this on a discussion board.

ColorTheHours048 said: "uncageg said: "Calm down people until an official announcement is made."

Wtf is with this board lately?“Calm down”? All I see is people discussing this on adiscussion board."

BUT I HAVE TO HAVE A BIG, CONTROLLING REACTION TO OTHERS!!!!