Here Lies Love to Transfer To Broadway But Only If...

Spoke with a trusted source today, The Public would very much like to transfer Here Lies Love to broadway, but ONLY if they can secure Circle In The Square. If that falls through they are looking at several off site options to keep it open past the summer including doing something in the vain of Sleep No More or Comet of 1812.

This sounds exciting...I hope it works out! We need a Filipino Broadway musical!

Honestly, this show sounds terrific.

I just don't want to disco dance for 90 minutes.

I'm not sure (though I'd love to see them try) that you could successfully ask an entire Broadway audience (1200 people) to stand for an entire performance. My guess is that if they did this at Circle, most of the audience would remain seated and there would be hundred or so 'floor' tickets.

I can't wait to see the show, but it saddens me a little bit that Broadway HAS to be the goal for everything --

Frankly, I hope this resurgence of environemental theatre does the opposite -- and makes the case for more commercial Off Broadway (site specific) productions. This and NATASHA/PIERRE would definitely loss some of their magic trying to 'conform' to a Broadway house.

Agree. Why not do what EMPIRE did, and build a little site up in the Theater District and have the show up there. Could be a fun little summer/fall destination thing.

I'm sure Equity would find a way to squash that.

It would be interesting to keep the outter rim of seats and keep the floor area for the show. Might be nice to have both options. Make the student rush tickets the "floor" seats, etc.

I'm just not sure this would turn a profit on Broadway. It's cool but I think it's a little too "out there" for most tourists. But it could probably survive for a few months on NYers. It would just be a horrible show to see at 40% capacity.

My friend worked at Arena Stage and said they only way they'd bring their Oklahoma to Broadway was if they could get the Circle in the Square. But I guess that never happened.

I wish Broadway had at least one more theater that was interesting and could be used as a large black box.

Interesting. I doubt Edison Ballroom would still qualify as a Broadway house?

Not sure Edison Ballroom would still qulaify as a Broadway house, though it would seem (assuming they were able to meet the current union Broadway rules regarding number of seats, etc) that a case could potentially be made for it.

I would love to see more producers taking this type of approach. If these things need to be on Broadway, then why not petition for more unique Broadway theatrical spaces.