HAIR at the Circle in the Square?

[Yankeefan007]

HAIR at the Circle in the Square?#1

Posted: 10/13/08 at 10:19am

Wouldn't surprise me.

You? Updated On: 10/13/08 at 10:19 AM

[CurtainPullDowner]

re: HAIR at the Circle in the Square?#2

Posted: 10/13/08 at 10:22am

too small.

[adamgreer]

re: HAIR at the Circle in the Square?#2

Posted: 10/13/08 at 10:23am

With a cast that large, they'd never make a dime in there. Mind you, it's the ideal venue for that show, but economically, it wouldn't work.

[Yankeefan007]

re: HAIR at the Circle in the Square?#3

Posted: 10/13/08 at 10:25am

See, that's the pitfall of this production. They just did a 3-month run that made $0.00 (though was funded through sponsors and funding and grants, etc.).

[PiraguaGuy2]

re: HAIR at the Circle in the Square?#4

Posted: 10/13/08 at 10:30am

I thought it was all but confirmed for the Belasco.

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[WithoutATrace]

re: HAIR at the Circle in the Square?#5

Posted: 10/13/08 at 10:31am

i don't think it should transfer...it wouldn't make sense in this economy. sure, people flocked to see it for free in the park, but will people be willing to shell out $120 for it? i'm not so sure...

[Trekkie2]

re: HAIR at the Circle in the Square?#6

Posted: 10/13/08 at 10:33am

With the economy the way it is, I won't be convinced it's transferring until opening night.

"I think of avant-garde as downtown shows where you rub waffles and chocolate on yourself."- Hunter Bell

[Mealz1042]

re: HAIR at the Circle in the Square?#7

Posted: 10/13/08 at 10:35am

why oh why couldn't [title of show] have gone there?

<-- Gwen Stewart, SOLoist at the last show of RENT
Cages or wings? Which do you prefer? Ask the birds. Fear or love, baby? Don't say the answer Actions speak louder than words. (Tick, Tick... BOOM!)

Updated On: 10/13/08 at 10:35 AM

[Unknown User]

re: HAIR at the Circle in the Square?#8

Posted: 10/13/08 at 10:43am

sad to say, I agree with Trekkie.

it did well at the park, but that was FREE! at $120 a ticket you are dealing with a whole different monster.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

re: HAIR at the Circle in the Square?#9

Posted: 10/13/08 at 10:44am

Thats what's confusing about this production. Sure it was absolutely fantastic, but were people waiting in line for hours to see HAIR or to see a show (any show) for free...?

Guess we'll find out when it transfers and starts selling full-price tickets.

[Drunk Chita Rivera]

re: HAIR at the Circle in the Square?#10

Posted: 10/13/08 at 10:48am

I think the Circle in the Square you would great but it's too small. If the stage were twice the size and there were more seats.

[RentBoy86]

re: HAIR at the Circle in the Square?#11

Posted: 10/13/08 at 10:48am

There were plenty of people in the line who had seen the show multiple times. I think if they price their tickets well, it could do fine. They def. will need some sort of student rush, and cheap balcony seats.

[Unknown User]

re: HAIR at the Circle in the Square?#12

Posted: 10/13/08 at 10:51am

agreed. and they would have to pick a small enough house (not circle small) to fill it. The good things are production values aren't that high...

Hoping for the best for them. but at the end of the day, with the way the world is...theater is a luxury. And they, sadly, are the first to be cut from peoples budget.

good luck on the transfer though...fingers crossed.

[winston89]

re: HAIR at the Circle in the Square?#13

Posted: 10/13/08 at 10:52am

WiCkEDrOcKS, I think it was a little bit of both. That this was a free show but a very good production.

I do agree that this show was a bit too big for the Circle in the square. As for the reason why Title of Show didn't go there. I think that is because Title Of Show needed a proscenium which Circle in the square does not have.

"If you try to shag my husband while I am still alive, I will shove the art of motorcycle maintenance up your rancid little Cu**. That's a good dear" Tom Stoppard's Rock N Roll

[Dollypop]

re: HAIR at the Circle in the Square?#14

Posted: 10/13/08 at 10:55am

I would love to see PLAY IT COOL! move into the Circle-in-the-Square. It was terrific at the NYMF.

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[Mealz1042]

re: HAIR at the Circle in the Square?#15

Posted: 10/13/08 at 10:56am

The nederlander really would have been the perefect venue... i pretty much refuse to see guys and dolls there.

<-- Gwen Stewart, SOLoist at the last show of RENT
Cages or wings? Which do you prefer? Ask the birds. Fear or love, baby? Don't say the answer Actions speak louder than words. (Tick, Tick... BOOM!)

[RentBoy86]

re: HAIR at the Circle in the Square?#16

Posted: 10/13/08 at 11:07am

What about "Nerds"?

[somethingwicked]

re: HAIR at the Circle in the Square?#17

Posted: 10/13/08 at 11:09am

HAIR was already offered The Circle in the Square.

Liz McCann wants to put it somewhere where it has a shot at making money. I'd place my bet on The Neil Simon.

Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.

[perfectliar]

re: HAIR at the Circle in the Square?#18

Posted: 10/13/08 at 11:31am

I thought the revival of For Colored Girls... still has the Circle in the Square booked until they can get a new backer?

[Smaxie]

re: HAIR at the Circle in the Square?#19

Posted: 10/13/08 at 11:48am

>The nederlander really would have been the perefect venue... i pretty much refuse to see guys and dolls there.<

You do know that the Nederlander - despite its checkered history in the late '80s and early '90s - had some noteworthy productions long before Rent? In addition to the original productions of Inherit the Wind, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, the legendary Peter Brook production of A Midsummer Night's Dream and the acclaimed Private Lives with Tammy Grimes, it also housed the US premieres of Betrayal and Whose Life Is It Anyway?, and the sensational Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music.

The Nederlander had a life before Rent and thank goodness, it will have a whole new lease on life after Rent. I'm thrilled that that theatre survived the '90s real estate boom that has changed the entire landscape of the theatre district and that a full-scale renovation is going to make it a viable Broadway house again, now that the area surrounding it has changed so dramatically in the time that Rent came and went.

Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.

Updated On: 10/13/08 at 11:48 AM

[adamgreer]

re: HAIR at the Circle in the Square?#20

Posted: 10/13/08 at 11:56am

What about "Nerds"?

Nerds is going into the Walter Kerr.

[PiraguaGuy2]

re: HAIR at the Circle in the Square?#21

Posted: 10/13/08 at 12:02pm

Well, if they can pull some strings to make this the "hot" show (get some mainstream press coverage, Tony nominations, appeal for all ages) then they won't have that problem. However, I'm afraid "West Side Story" and "Billy Elliot" will probably fill those slots this season, but if they pump up the fact that it's still relevant today, it could have a chance.

Formerly SirNotAppearing - Joined 3/08

[Mealz1042]

re: HAIR at the Circle in the Square?#22

Posted: 10/13/08 at 12:21pm

Of course I know that the Nederlander had a life before Rent, and before it was the Nederlander it was the National.

I was just insinuating that Hair would be a fitting show to take Rent's spot.

<-- Gwen Stewart, SOLoist at the last show of RENT
Cages or wings? Which do you prefer? Ask the birds. Fear or love, baby? Don't say the answer Actions speak louder than words. (Tick, Tick... BOOM!)

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

re: HAIR at the Circle in the Square?#23

Posted: 10/13/08 at 12:23pm

Is NERDS really coming to Broadway this season? Ditto to VANITIES.

[somethingwicked]

re: HAIR at the Circle in the Square?#24

Posted: 10/13/08 at 12:33pm

WiCkEDrOcKS, both are indeed coming to Broadway this season.

NERDS has a preliminary commitment for The Walter Kerr following THE SEAGULL.

VANITIES starts previews February 2nd at a Shubert house in advance of an opening tentatively scheduled for February 26th (group tickets are already on sale.)

Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.