HEIGHTS to Broadway

[Smartful Dodger]

Posted: 5/23/07 at 7:18pm

Nice.
New York Times Confirmation of HEIGHTS Transfer

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 5/23/07 at 7:23pm

I hope this also means we will be getting a cast recording...I really enjoyed this show.

[wickedfan]

Posted: 5/23/07 at 7:24pm

Good to see their making revisions. It was a pretty good show that had a lot of potential. A diamond in the rough.

Hope they re-cast Mandy Gonzalez though. She's got a nice voice, can dance, and is pretty. But she hasn't mastered the art of singing and acting at the same time, as well as placing yourself onstage in a number.

[little_sally]

Posted: 5/23/07 at 7:25pm

That's really cool, considering I'd like to see it. Question is...which theatre is this going to go into?

[Smartful Dodger]

Posted: 5/23/07 at 7:27pm

I'm with you, WAT -- I want a recording!

[bjh2114]

Posted: 5/23/07 at 7:28pm

I just hope they keep Karen Olivo as Vanessa. She was great. My guess is that it will probably go into either the Longacre after Talk Radio closes or into the Cort if Radio Golf closes sometime in the near future.

[wickedfan]

Posted: 5/23/07 at 7:29pm

^Loved Olivo too. GREAT voice.

[Smartful Dodger]

Posted: 5/23/07 at 7:29pm

To the question of which theatre -- my money is on a closing announcement for RENT, a slight rehab of the Nederlander, and then the transfer. Same producing team, similar but not exact audience target.

[little_sally]

Posted: 5/23/07 at 7:31pm

Oh, I hope it's not the Cort. What about the Music Box or the Jacobs?

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[Lauren_T]

Posted: 5/23/07 at 7:31pm

flop flop flop flop flop flop flop flop flop..oh and I think it is going to flop!

[purpleprince101]

Posted: 5/23/07 at 7:35pm

The Jacobs {not Jacobson} has the london transfer of Rock 'n roll after Frost/Nixon

[Trish2]

Posted: 5/23/07 at 7:35pm

I'll believe it when i see it.

[usmma2010]

Posted: 5/23/07 at 7:37pm

all i have to say is this show needs to find the smallest theater possible if it wants a chance

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 5/23/07 at 7:39pm

It is playing to half sold houses Off-Broadway in a theater half the size of a Broadway theater- do they expect it to do better on Broadway?

And there is no way RENT is closing this next year.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 5/23/07 at 7:44pm

I suppose they could open at the Booth or Lyceum, which are both really small. But that's assuming nothing is booked into them yet.

[AC126748]

Posted: 5/23/07 at 7:58pm

A less than mediocre show with no stars that can't even sell out a 500 seat theatre off-Broadway is going to move to a 1000+ seat theatre on Broadway. Wouldn't it just be easier to burn a pile of money?

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 5/23/07 at 8:00pm

Didn't they say the same thing about Avenue Q (though it was great material from the get-go)?

[gustof777]

Posted: 5/23/07 at 8:02pm

whatever people said the same about Spring Awakening when they announced a transfer. I wish it well!

edit- exactly yankee!

Updated On: 5/23/07 at 08:02 PM

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 5/23/07 at 8:02pm

I'm down with any show featuring Andrea Burns.

[WiiCKED x3]

Posted: 5/23/07 at 8:47pm

"A less than mediocre show with no stars that can't even sell out a 500 seat theatre off-Broadway is going to move to a 1000+ seat theatre on Broadway. Wouldn't it just be easier to burn a pile of money?"

I have to agree with you on that one.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 5/23/07 at 8:48pm

But didn't SA do better off-Broadway than In the Heights?

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 5/23/07 at 8:50pm

Their best (and only IMO) shot at success would be to wait for "Xanadu" to close and grab the Helen Hayes, which would probably mean a spring opening.

[AC126748]

Posted: 5/23/07 at 8:51pm

SPRING AWAKENING played at a non-for-profit, 250 seat theatre off-Broadway. Same with AVENUE Q and GREY GARDENS. IN THE HEIGHTS is playing at a large (500+) seat theatre in a commercial run and it's not doing overly well. It just doesn't make sense to me.

Updated On: 5/23/07 at 08:51 PM

[everythingtaboo]

Posted: 5/23/07 at 8:55pm

Maybe it's selling to half-full houses it's in Siberia...but I for one am really excited about it. It's a great show that could clean up great for Broadway. IMO, they should open in Spring 2008 to catch the spring/summer and tony buzz, which I'm sure it will have. I think the Hayes is too small for the show. I wish it could take the Nederlander.

[ItsCalledHistory]

Posted: 5/23/07 at 8:59pm

I agree with those that think it should go into a small theatre (i.e. the Helen Hayes) and that the show is good and with a little tweaking it will be great... But I think that a RENT closing may just happen -- perhaps after Anthony and Adam leave. Hope I'm wrong.