HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD Set for April 2018 Opening at the Lyric — Page 2

BroadwayNYC2 said: "If they could do it in an old theater in London, they could have easily done the same here.

Nothing to do with age, it has everything to do with space."



Exactly. Not to mention there...

Fosse76 said: "sorano916 said: "BroadwayNYC2 said: "If they could do it in an old theater in London, they could have easily done the same here.

Nothing to do with age, it has everything to do with space."

Exactly. Not to mention...

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I'm sure the Imperial would be free by then. The Hirschfeld isn't the only theatre on Broadway."



I was just using the Hirsch as brian1973 had mentioned it in their reply.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Confirmed-HARRY-POTTER-AND-THE-CURSED-CHILD-Finds-Broadway-Theater-20170410

haterobics said: "Hasn't it been confirmed for a while now?"

Yup. I think this was just a statement that comes well after the Oliviers to remind people that they're coming to Broadway.

How exactly would they decrease the capacity of the theatre? Would they make the house tighter? And expand the lobby or something?

Is Harry Potter that immersive? I thought it was playing in a proscenium staging. I haven't seen it, so I could be wrong. But from looking at Instagram pictures it doesn't seem like it's in a similar style of Great Comet.

TheQuibbler said: "It's not immersive at all, very traditional proscenium staging, with one exception.

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A character walks down the aisle, too.



But no, it's not like the Great Comet. However, while it's a big production with some big elements, it still needs to feel intimate as it's a play not a musical. They're taking out 500 seats. From where - orch, mezz or balcony - who knows yet.

I'm really curious to know what the new marquee and everything will look like. and what the 42nd street entrance will look like.

In an interview on Thursday, the producers, Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender, said they had been looking for a Broadway theater, but had been avoiding the 1,900-seat Lyric because it was too big. But they said that Ambassador expressed a willingness to reimagine the space completely, and that that was persuasive; the show’s designer will be allowed to reconfigure the theater and bring it down to 1,500 seats.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/01/theater/broadway-home-looks-likely-for-harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child.html

I feel like this will no doubt be a sell out hit, with great reviews etc. But I'm wondering if it will be as much as an award sweep come Tonys next year. Will be interested to see what it ends up being in competition with. What else is on the plays radar for next season at the moment?

neonlightsxo said: "adamgreer, I'm well aware. I didn't type "interview from Thursday", that's copied directly from the article. I'm sorry I didn't edit it to your liking. I was simply sharing it as confirmation that this story had already been reported and they had already confirmed they were reconfiguring it.



Why are you so nasty?

How many times are they going to announce this? I guess the Opening Night info is new, but they word every article as if it's the first time they're announcing the transfer. Ha!

I saw this in London last week and was actually quite surprised at how small it was. The set isn't all that massive. There's lots of trap doors and things, but it's just a big turntable with set pieces that roll on and off. I was expecting some major, grand thing. They do some cool stuff with it, but it could have played at most of the theaters here. But curious to see what they do with the space and how they "Hogwarts" it.