Favorite and least favorite broadway venues

[Fiyero13]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 12:04pm

I couldn't find where this was posted before but I was wondering what people's favorite broadway and least favorite broadway venues are regardless of the show.

[scooter38432]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 12:52pm

Favorites:
Richard Rodgers Theater
Vivian Beaumont Theater


Least Favorites:
Minskoff
Gershwin
Marquis

[Fiyero13]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 12:54pm

Favorites: Nederlander

Least Favorites: Circle in the Square

[little_sally]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 12:56pm

Favorite: Booth and Lyceum

Least Favorite: Marquis

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 12:57pm

Favorite: Marc Hellinger

Least Favorite: Minskoff

[bjh2114]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 12:58pm

Favorites:
Al Hirschfeld
August Wilson
Walter Kerr
Eugene O'Neill

Least Favorites:
Booth
Hilton
Neil Simon
Richard Rodgers

[Wicked63]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 1:01pm

Mark Hellinger by fare one of the most beatiful in the world!
The Minskoff, Maquis and Gershwin should be bulldozed.
The Palace is pretty gorgeous too

[obsessedjb]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 1:04pm

Favorites
August Wilson
Barrymore

Least Favorite
Walter Kerr
Marquis

[jordangirl]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 1:12pm

Favorites:
Music Box
Booth
Studio 54

Least Favorites:
Hilton
Longacre

[RockabyeHamlet]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 1:17pm

Favorite: Music Box
Biltmore

Least Favorite: Belasco

[Wicked63]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 1:20pm

...thats how much i hate The Hilton- i forgot about it! Straight to the top of the bull dozing list now.

[SeanMartin]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 1:25pm

Like everything else, it depends on what's playing on the stage and how well the director and designer have worked *with* the space instead of *against* it. I dont have a favourite or least favourite because I've seen shows that worked in theatres we would consider barns and shows that died in theatres we would consider intimate.

[Mother's Younger Brother]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 1:55pm

Favorite:
New Amsterdam

Least favorite:
Gershwin

[popular_elphie]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 1:59pm

Favorites:
Belasco (I don't care if people say it's too old - it just feels homey to me)
Eugene O'Neill (love those purple seats)
Majestic (It feels so wonderful in there before they let all the patrons in)

Least Favorites:
Hilton (It just gives off a "plastic" feel to me)
August Wilson (love the show that's in it right now, hate the theater)

[Wicked63]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 2:04pm

i know its been mentioned elswhere on the site but every one should go and take a look at the stunning Mark Hellinger theatre.

[GYPSY1527]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 7:37pm

Favorite: Shubert and New Amsterdam
Least favorite: Minskoff and Marquis

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 7:43pm

I do love the Eugene O'Neil. And the New Amsterdam is gorgeous.

[Blue-Eyed Wonder]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 7:46pm

Favorites:
Schubert Theater
St James Theater
New Amsterdam Theater

Least Favorites:
Minskoff
Marquis
Gershwin

The problem with the more modern theaters is that modern architects do not understand what needs to go into a theater. I mean, just acoustics alone, not even getting into the visual element--you can be sitting eighth row, center in the Gershwin and not hear a thing. And to not hear any of what goes on in Wicked is quite a tribute to some designer's inability.