Eugene O’Neil Theatre on fire!!- Page 4

[Nettik]

Posted: 5/5/26 at 11:25am

Looking at the DOB Now page for the theatre, it looks like there was extensive construction being done on the roof the past few months. I'm curious if the construction went wrong or if they were trying to get ahead of a known issue. 

[Cape Twirl of Doom]

Posted: 5/5/26 at 2:57pm

Photo of the damaged light booth. Yeah that's not reopening any time soon.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Broadway/comments/1t4nsuo/the_light_booth_at_the_eugene_oneill/

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 5/5/26 at 3:01pm

Something tells me they won't have their still scheduled Thursday show. Good Lord.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 5/5/26 at 3:08pm

Cape Twirl of Doom said: "Photo of the damaged light booth. Yeah that's not reopening any time soon.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Broadway/comments/1t4nsuo/the_light_booth_at_the_eugene_oneill/"

That'll take awhile to repair. So now we have to ask, do they attempt to reopen in a few months? Or is the show done? Or do they hope another theater becomes available and they can relocate?

[Kad]

Posted: 5/5/26 at 3:28pm

ACL2006 said: "Cape Twirl of Doom said: "Photo of the damaged light booth. Yeah that's not reopening any time soon.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Broadway/comments/1t4nsuo/the_light_booth_at_the_eugene_oneill/"

That'll take awhile to repair. So now we have to ask, do they attempt to reopen in a few months? Or is the show done? Or do they hope another theater becomes available and they can relocate?"

You keep asking and the answer remains: nobody knows yet. 

[Fred Mason]

Posted: 5/5/26 at 4:48pm

I guess the bright side is that they get back in the news?

[CJRochester]

Posted: 5/5/26 at 5:12pm

That Reddit photo of the projection booth was deleted, as were many of the comments. 

[suicidalmickeymouse]

Posted: 5/5/26 at 5:17pm

Can someone describe the level of damage?

[Kad]

Posted: 5/5/26 at 5:23pm

suicidalmickeymouse said: "Can someone describe the level of damage?"

The room was absolutely destroyed beyond recognition as anything, let alone technical space of a theater. There looked to be nothing salvageable. 

Updated On: 5/5/26 at 05:23 PM

[ACL2006]

Posted: 5/5/26 at 5:47pm

Kad said: "ACL2006 said: "Cape Twirl of Doom said: "Photo of the damaged light booth. Yeah that's not reopening any time soon.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Broadway/comments/1t4nsuo/the_light_booth_at_the_eugene_oneill/"

That'll take awhile to repair. So now we have to ask, do they attempt to reopen in a few months? Or is the show done? Or do they hope another theater becomes available and they can relocate?"

You keep asking and the answer remains: nobody knows yet."

I'm sure the cast and crew would like to know if they'll be getting paid if the show can't reopen.

[Nettik]

Posted: 5/5/26 at 5:53pm

Is it true that if performances are cancelled due to fire that actors and stage management don't get paid? I keep seeing this brought up in the comments sections of places posting the image, Reddit included. 

[THDavis]

Posted: 5/5/26 at 5:54pm

Did anyone happen to snag the photo or a screen capture of it? I wouldn't mind taking a look.

[TheatreMonkey]

Posted: 5/5/26 at 6:01pm

ACL2006 said: "Kad said: "ACL2006 said: "Cape Twirl of Doom said: "Photo of the damaged light booth. Yeah that's not reopening any time soon.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Broadway/comments/1t4nsuo/the_light_booth_at_the_eugene_oneill/"

That'll take awhile to repair. So now we have to ask, do they attempt to reopen in a few months? Or is the show done? Or do they hope another theater becomes available and they can relocate?"

You keep asking and the answer remains: nobody knows yet."

I'm sure the cast and crew would like to know if they'll be getting paid if the show can't reopen."

I'm sure they would, too -- but I'm also sure that as of 36 hours after this all happened, they (the producers) are still waiting on inspections, assessing their options, and figuring everything out. Yes, it must be terribly nerve wracking to not know what's become of your job, but I don't think -- at this point -- any information is being held maliciously from the cast and crew. 

[JSquared2]

Posted: 5/5/26 at 6:13pm

ACL2006 said: "Kad said: "ACL2006 said: "Cape Twirl of Doom said: "Photo of the damaged light booth. Yeah that's not reopening any time soon.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Broadway/comments/1t4nsuo/the_light_booth_at_the_eugene_oneill/"

That'll take awhile to repair. So now we have to ask, do they attempt to reopen in a few months? Or is the show done? Or do they hope another theater becomes available and they can relocate?"

You keep asking and the answer remains: nobody knows yet."

I'm sure the cast and crew would like to know if they'll be getting paid if the show can't reopen."

 

And you think they are all constantly refreshing BWW Chat to find out what's happening with the show??

 

[MezzoDiva47]

Posted: 5/5/26 at 6:48pm

ACL2006 said: "Cape Twirl of Doom said: "Photo of the damaged light booth. Yeah that's not reopening any time soon.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Broadway/comments/1t4nsuo/the_light_booth_at_the_eugene_oneill/"

That'll take awhile to repair. So now we have to ask, do they attempt to reopen in a few months? Or is the show done? Or do they hope another theater becomes available and they can relocate?"


chill out

its way too early for these types of decisions to be made

but u can rest assured they are starting to consider all of these options already

just moving to another theatre is not as simple as you seem to believe

the set was not built for portability and depends on modifications made specifically for the oneill 

it is very expensive for a broadway show to move

which is why it is so rare

recently they have not been making the grosses necessary to justify such an expense

my guess is they will max out their insurance policy and attempt to make a comeback at the oneill

using the fire as a publicity stunt to goose grosses

maybe they will even add a joke about this in the script

until then

relax

 

Updated On: 5/5/26 at 06:48 PM

[Islander_fan]

Posted: 5/5/26 at 7:43pm

MezzoDiva47 said: "ACL2006 said: "Cape Twirl of Doom said: "Photo of the damaged light booth. Yeah that's not reopening any time soon.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Broadway/comments/1t4nsuo/the_light_booth_at_the_eugene_oneill/"

That'll take awhile to repair. So now we have to ask, do they attempt to reopen in a few months? Or is the show done? Or do they hope another theater becomes available and they can relocate?"


chill out

its way too early for these types of decisions to be made

but u can rest assured they are starting to considerall of these options already

just moving to another theatre is not as simple as you seem to believe

the set was not built for portability and depends on modifications made specifically for the oneill

it is very expensive for a broadway show to move

which is why it is so rare

recently they havenot been making the grosses necessary to justify such an expense

my guess is they will max out their insurance policy and attempt to make a comeback at the oneill

using the fire as a publicity stunt to goose grosses

maybe they’ll evenadd a joke about this inthe script

until then

relax

"

Are you positive that you passed basic English in school ? Unless you’re E.E. Cummings, please use proper lower and upper case letters as well as spelling words their proper way. Things like replacing the word “you” with just the letter “u” itself. Doesn’t look good 

[Islander_fan]

Posted: 5/5/26 at 7:44pm

MezzoDiva47 said: "ACL2006 said: "Cape Twirl of Doom said: "Photo of the damaged light booth. Yeah that's not reopening any time soon.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Broadway/comments/1t4nsuo/the_light_booth_at_the_eugene_oneill/"

That'll take awhile to repair. So now we have to ask, do they attempt to reopen in a few months? Or is the show done? Or do they hope another theater becomes available and they can relocate?"


chill out

its way too early for these types of decisions to be made

but u can rest assured they are starting to considerall of these options already

just moving to another theatre is not as simple as you seem to believe

the set was not built for portability and depends on modifications made specifically for the oneill

it is very expensive for a broadway show to move

which is why it is so rare

recently they havenot been making the grosses necessary to justify such an expense

my guess is they will max out their insurance policy and attempt to make a comeback at the oneill

using the fire as a publicity stunt to goose grosses

maybe they’ll evenadd a joke about this inthe script

until then

relax

"

Are you positive that you passed basic English in school ? Unless you’re E.E. Cummings, please use proper lower and upper case letters as well as spelling words their proper way. Example, replacing the word “you” with the letter “U.”

[GottaGetAGimmick420]

Posted: 5/5/26 at 8:06pm

MezzoDiva47 said: "ACL2006 said: "Cape Twirl of Doom said: "Photo of the damaged light booth. Yeah that's not reopening any time soon.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Broadway/comments/1t4nsuo/the_light_booth_at_the_eugene_oneill/"

That'll take awhile to repair. So now we have to ask, do they attempt to reopen in a few months? Or is the show done? Or do they hope another theater becomes available and they can relocate?"


chill out

its way too early for these types of decisions to be made

but u can rest assured they are starting to considerall of these options already

just moving to another theatre is not as simple as you seem to believe

the set was not built for portability and depends on modifications made specifically for the oneill

it is very expensive for a broadway show to move

which is why it is so rare

recently they havenot been making the grosses necessary to justify such an expense

my guess is they will max out their insurance policy and attempt to make a comeback at the oneill

using the fire as a publicity stunt to goose grosses

maybe they will evenadd a joke about this inthe script

until then

relax

"

the specificity of this rant confirms to me that Mezzo is that annoying memelord from the co-pro community.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 5/5/26 at 8:19pm

The cast and crew found out about the fire and the cancelled performances via the show's Instagram. Several cast members commented when the show posted about the cancellations saying "would have been nice to find out through management". I don't think management is being transparent enough with the cast and crew.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 5/5/26 at 8:53pm

ACL2006 said: "The cast and crew found out about the fire and the cancelled performances via the show's Instagram. Several cast members commented when the show posted about the cancellations saying "would have been nice to find out throughmanagement". I don't think management is being transparentenough with the cast and crew."

What exactly is there to be transparent about? There's been a fire and until their Insurance says they can do differently, it's two days of canceled performances. Likely to be many more long term. I'm not exactly sure what kind of word they can give at this juncture barely 24 hours after the fire when there's not been a thorough inspection. 

People are demanding answers for something no one has an answer for yet...

Like the reality is just looking at what has happened, you should jump into as many auditions as you can because there's no reality where they're paying you to sit this out long term. 

 

Updated On: 5/5/26 at 08:53 PM

[ACL2006]

Posted: 5/5/26 at 9:33pm

Management doesn't seem that straight forward with the cast & crew about ths situation. If my company was on the verge of no longer paying me in 2 weeks, it would be nice to have some answers.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 5/5/26 at 9:43pm

ACL2006 said: "Management doesn't seem that straight forward with the cast & crew about ths situation. If my company was on the verge of no longer paying me in 2 weeks, it would be nice to have some answers."

Your company will not do that because it must comply with the insurance policy they have for the fire that just burned down the business. So whether you know the future immediately or in 72 hours, it makes no difference for 2 weeks down the road. At some point, you need to be an adult and deal with what the likely outcome is going to be and make your own decision about your future. Being actors, this specific circumstance is unique but the situation of being out of work with short notice is very much not. Again, you've got time off now. Try and bank some auditions.

[TheatreMonkey]

Posted: 5/5/26 at 10:17pm

ACL2006 said: "Management doesn't seem that straight forward with the cast & crew about ths situation. If my company was on the verge of no longer paying me in 2 weeks, it would be nice to have some answers."

Yet again, you're operating under the assumption that management has figured it out -- which after less than 48 hours, they sure as hell haven't! You can't get structural surveys, repair estimates, equipment replacement estimates, building inspector sign-offs, water-damage mitigation quotes, etc in that amount of time. All of that is needed to make a determination if, and when, the show will return -- and only then they'll let the cast know! Would you rather get constantly changing, or most likely incorrect information, or wait until things can be properly assessed? 

Updated On: 5/5/26 at 10:17 PM

[kdogg36]

Posted: 5/5/26 at 10:21pm

TheatreFan4 said: "What exactly is there to be transparent about? There's been a fire and until their Insurance says they can do differently, it's two days of canceled performances. Likely to be many more long term. I'm not exactly sure what kind of word they can give at this juncture barely 24 hours after the fire when there's not been a thorough inspection."

If you or I were out of a job because of a fire at our place of work, we'd expect our boss to be communicating with us at least daily about the situation. The question isn't about what they're announcing to the public, but how well they're keeping employees informed about what they know.

[kdogg36]

Posted: 5/5/26 at 10:27pm

TheatreMonkey said: "Yet again, you're operating under the assumption that management has figured it out -- which after less than 48 hours, they sure as hell haven't!"

If management is telling employees that they don't know yet how things will play out, and giving them options accordingly, they're doing their job. If they're not saying anything at all because they don't know what's going on, they're definitely not doing their job. (I have no idea what is going on in this particular case. I just think it's weird that everyone is jumping to defend management without further information.)