Howcome the following theaters are NOT considered Broadway house?
Howcome the following theaters are NOT considered Broadway house?
#1Howcome the following theaters are NOT considered Broadway house?
Posted: 7/24/08 at 10:21pm
1. New Victory Theater
2. Town Hall Theater
3. Lambs Theater
4. City Center
Its all around Broadway and more than 500 seats!
J*
Updated On: 7/24/08 at 10:21 PM
#2re: Howcome the following theaters are NOT considered Broadway house?
Posted: 7/24/08 at 10:26pm
The New Victory has under 500 seats, so it cannot be a Broadway theatre.
From the newvictory.org :
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Updated On: 7/24/08 at 10:26 PM
#2re: Howcome the following theaters are NOT considered Broadway house?
Posted: 7/24/08 at 10:29pm
hmm. I did not realize that New Victory has less than 500 seats. I have never been to the theater. thanks for the info!
J*
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#3re: Howcome the following theaters are NOT considered Broadway house?
Posted: 7/24/08 at 10:29pm
* New Victory
When the New 42nd Street project was being put together, it was decided that there wasn't a need for nine Broadway theatres, so the planners of the project decided to determine other uses for some of them. The New Victory, the first of the theatres to be restored, was earmarked to be a children's theatre early on, and so it has remained.
* Town Hall Theater
It's a concert venue and doesn't have the wing space to be a Broadway theatre.
* Lambs Theater
It has been gutted and is becoming a hotel.
* City Center
I suppose it could have been used or designated as a Broadway theatre, even though it is too large to house a show on a long-run basis. Some of the Jean Dalrymple limited run revivals of the late 50s and early 60s were even designated as Broadway" productions, if you search IBDB. But for decades, it has been used as a multi-purpose venue for dance companies, concerts, etc., and is not available for use for a commercial Broadway show.
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#4re: Howcome the following theaters are NOT considered Broadway house?
Posted: 7/24/08 at 10:31pm
Thanks smaxie! Sad that Lambs Theater was gutted & becoming a hotel now! 
J*
#5re: Howcome the following theaters are NOT considered Broadway house?
Posted: 7/24/08 at 10:33pm
Also I think the Lambs had under 500 seats as well.
"He found something that he wanted, had always wanted and always would want— not to be admired, as he had feared; not to be loved, as he had made himself believe; but to be necessary to people, to be indispensable."
-F. Scott Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#6re: Howcome the following theaters are NOT considered Broadway house?
Posted: 7/24/08 at 10:38pm
It did. It had around 300 seats, I think. They were hard wood and really uncomfortable, although it was a pretty little theatre.
The New Victory, though, used to have a higher seating capacity, when it was a Broadway theatre. If ever they wanted to make it a Broadway house again, it wouldn't take much to make it so.
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#7re: Howcome the following theaters are NOT considered Broadway house?
Posted: 7/24/08 at 10:40pmI really wish they would make the New Victory a broadway theatre again. I think it is so lovely inside.
"He found something that he wanted, had always wanted and always would want— not to be admired, as he had feared; not to be loved, as he had made himself believe; but to be necessary to people, to be indispensable."
-F. Scott Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise
#8re: Howcome the following theaters are NOT considered Broadway house?
Posted: 7/24/08 at 10:41pm
Helen Hayes used to have less than 500 before. Now its 597.
I think one of the theater at World Stages has more than 500 seats?
J*
#9re: Howcome the following theaters are NOT considered Broadway house?
Posted: 7/24/08 at 10:44pm
OOps. World Stages 1 & 3 has 499 seats! Can they just add 1 seat and make it a Broadway house? lol!
J*
Updated On: 7/24/08 at 10:44 PM
NSLV
Swing Joined: 7/11/08
#10re: Howcome the following theaters are NOT considered Broadway house?
Posted: 7/24/08 at 10:45pmNope J*, no theaters at New World Stages have over 500 seats, though a couple have 499.
#11re: Howcome the following theaters are NOT considered Broadway house?
Posted: 7/24/08 at 10:50pm
I saw LITTLE ME (1999 revival ) at Criterion Center Stage Right. That Theater is gone now, huh? Is that a cinema now ?
J*
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#12re: Howcome the following theaters are NOT considered Broadway house?
Posted: 7/24/08 at 10:52pmIt's gone. It's been usurped by Toys 'r' Us, Bond 45 and Foot Locker.
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#13re: Howcome the following theaters are NOT considered Broadway house?
Posted: 7/24/08 at 10:53pm
Nope, its the Mega Toys*R*Us now.
edit- Smaxie beat me to it.
"He found something that he wanted, had always wanted and always would want— not to be admired, as he had feared; not to be loved, as he had made himself believe; but to be necessary to people, to be indispensable."
-F. Scott Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise
Updated On: 7/24/08 at 10:53 PM
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