Favorite Theater in NYC
Favorite Theater in NYC
#1Favorite Theater in NYC
Posted: 6/28/10 at 4:25pmLunt-Fon, Marquis
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Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#2Favorite Theater in NYC
Posted: 6/28/10 at 4:38pmMark Hellinger
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#4Favorite Theater in NYC
Posted: 6/28/10 at 4:41pm
On Broadway: The Belasco, The Booth, The Brooks Atkinson, The Music Box, The Vivian Beaumont
Off Broadway: The Delacorte, The Mitzi Newhouse, The Lucille Lortel
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#5Favorite Theater in NYC
Posted: 6/28/10 at 4:55pm
Circle in the Square
Most Intimate
To seek revenge may lead to hell yet everyone does it but seldom as well......
#6Favorite Theater in NYC
Posted: 6/28/10 at 5:03pm
New Amsterdam- that has to be my absolute favorite!
Lunt-Fontanne
Henry Miller's (I refuse to call it the Sondheim)
Al Hirschfeld
Formerly: WishingOnlyWounds2 - Broadway Legend - Joined: 9/25/08
#7Favorite Theater in NYC
Posted: 6/28/10 at 7:49pm
Winter Garden
Belasco
St. James
Walter Kerr
Shubert
Plymouth
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
Broadway Joe
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/15/10
jo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
Scott Briefer
Broadway Star Joined: 5/3/04
#10Favorite Theater in NYC
Posted: 6/28/10 at 9:01pm
I am so confused by this thread... Some of those listed are the worst Broadway houses. (There are some of my favorites listed, too)
I just don't understand the taste of some people.
#11Favorite Theater in NYC
Posted: 6/28/10 at 9:02pmI love the Palace. It was the first Broadway theatre I was ever in and I still think it's beautiful.
#12Favorite Theater in NYC
Posted: 6/28/10 at 9:07pmRichard Rodgers - for its sightlines.
Faced with these Loreleis, what man can moralize!
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#14Favorite Theater in NYC
Posted: 6/28/10 at 9:16pmTo quote Jordan, "I love the Palace. It was the first Broadway theatre I was ever in and I still think it's beautiful".
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#15Favorite Theater in NYC
Posted: 6/28/10 at 10:02pm
The Delacorte...nothing beats outdoor theatre.
On Broadway, though, the O'Neill, because Sweeney Todd was the production that made me fall in love with Sondheim, and inspired me to actually pursue theatre professionally. I saw that show so many times, and the theatre still feels like home.
"We don't value the lily less for not being made of flint and built to last. Life's bounty is in it's flow, later is too late. Where is the song when it's been sung, the dance when it's been danced? It's only we humans who want to own the future too."
- Tom Stoppard, Shipwreck
#16Favorite Theater in NYC
Posted: 6/28/10 at 11:59pm
I have fallen in love with the Vivian Beaumont and am convinced that it has as much to do with the theater as it does with the beautiful productions I have seen there.
Other than that, the Booth is another favorite, but I have by no means been in all of the Broadway theaters.
#17Favorite Theater in NYC
Posted: 6/29/10 at 12:12amIt was the St James but now that people feel they have the right to write on the walls it has lost some of its luster.
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#19Favorite Theater in NYC
Posted: 6/29/10 at 12:22amNew Amsterdam for the interior design. Richard Rodgers for viewing a show because even the last row is a great view.
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"Jayne just sat there while Gina flailed around the stage like an idiot."
MusicAngel
Stand-by Joined: 9/26/08
#20Favorite Theater in NYC
Posted: 6/29/10 at 12:49am
It's more interesting when peeps are explaining why it's their favorite theatre. Personally I would love to see peeps describe their favorite theatre in terms of size, nostalgia, interior, experience, etc. Since I'm in LA, I've only gone to like 18 theatres there but here's my small list:
1st Broadway show in NY: Ambassador
Nostalgic/Memorable: Richard Rodgers
More than a show, it was an experience: Daryl Roth Theatre
Small size: All NY theatres!
Although, in terms of decor/interior, unfortunately I haven't yet been to one in NY that is more breathtaking than ours which is Pantages. However, I will admit the size sucks.. 2700 seats?!?!?! Way too big!!
#21Favorite Theater in NYC
Posted: 6/29/10 at 1:19am
I have a great deal of love for the St. James and the Eugene O'Neill, partly because some of the productions I've seen in those theaters were really special to me (Gypsy with Patti LuPone and Finian's Rainbow in the St. James, Sweeney Todd and Spring Awakening at the O'Neill). They're also beautiful houses in their own right.
The Lunt-Fontanne is also gorgeous, and I love the Neil Simon and the Beaumont as well.
nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#23Favorite Theater in NYC
Posted: 6/29/10 at 2:32amThe Shubert and The Walter Kerr I've had some of my best theater experiences in those two.
PReeves2
Leading Actor Joined: 3/20/10
#24Favorite Theater in NYC
Posted: 6/29/10 at 3:21amhow can you pick one? Love the Nederlander, St. James, Booth and Richard Rogers. Can't help but adore Radio City Music Hall and nothing is like The Metropolitan Opera House. I'm guessing this thread was about broadway theaters though.
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