Favorite/least favorite Broadway Theater- Page 2

[jnb9872]

Posted: 8/6/13 at 11:12am

Oh yes, good call on the Belasco. The restoration of that one is plum gorgeous.

[theatregeek6]

Posted: 8/6/13 at 11:47am

Favorites - Belasco (just a beautiful restoration) -of the larger houses - Hirschfeld and the Broadway

Least favorite - Golden (That place is hideous). Of course, Gershwin, Sondheim, Marquis, Minskoff barns have no stylr at all.

Oh - and I LOVED the inside of the Lily Hayes when I saw "Bombshell" there-the outside belies the enormous size of the interior. Amazing.



Updated On: 8/6/13 at 11:47 AM

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 8/6/13 at 5:37pm

I love the O'Neill and the Booth. Music Box too. The Lunt mezzanine is terrifyingly steep, and I hate the Lyceum.

[jv92]

Posted: 8/6/13 at 10:42pm

I am so pleased to see the Booth get mentioned a few times. The Booth is probably my favorite theater on Broadway, too. It's the perfect type of intimate. I don't care much for what's been playing there for 25 years, but the Majestic is a gorgeous house. And I think the Broadway is a gorgeous big musical house too.

The Kerr has a gorgeous interior, and I have fond memories of some of the shows that have played there, but BOY(!) are those seats uncomfortable. Perhaps my memory is hazy, but the Lunt-Fontanne had the worst legroom I've ever experienced on Broadway, too.

As for least favorites- I find the Gershwin to be more like a theater on a cruise ship or at a casino than a Broadway house. And the Marquis basically IS a theater on a cruise ship or casino...well, it's a hotel, but you get my point.

I don't get the extreme dislike for the Lyceum. It might be old, it might not have ever had a hit for years, and it might have that separate balcony entrance, but at least it has charm, and elegance.

[TheGingerBreadMan]

Posted: 8/8/13 at 7:02pm

My least favorite is Circle in the Square. Just something about theater in the round bugs me.

[FishermanBob]

Posted: 8/8/13 at 8:08pm

Although far from the rest of Broadway, I actually love the Vivian Beaumont. The way the seats curve around the stage and the terrific sight lines have appealed to me whenever I have seen a show there. Also love the smaller theaters like the Music Box and the Helen Hayes. Don't really actively dislike any but if I were to stack rank, the Marquis would probably be at the bottom for the same reasons many others have already stated.

[jnb9872]

Posted: 8/8/13 at 10:40pm

I can't resist being that guy, but Ginger Circle in the Square isn't a theatre in the round, it's a three-quarter thrust.

The Beaumont is also a thrust stage, and (in my and probably many others' opinions) a better example of how to pull it off well. But with any non-proscenium house the devil's in the details and how each production chooses to utilize it, or not.

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 8/8/13 at 10:48pm

"I can't resist being that guy, but Ginger Circle in the Square isn't a theatre in the round, it's a three-quarter thrust."

Depending on the show that is true. It is reconfigurable to work as either a theatre in the round or a three-quarter thrust.

[jnb9872]

Posted: 8/8/13 at 10:49pm

Ah, that's great to know. I've not seen it that way, but for whatever reason I've seen very few shows there relative to the other theatres.

[MarkBearSF]

Posted: 8/8/13 at 10:57pm

Fave - Booth
Hate - Foxwoods

Sentimental favorites that are runners-up (often for shows seen) - Imperial, St. James, Barrymore

For beauty - New Amsterdam, Belasco






Updated On: 8/8/13 at 10:57 PM