Miss Saigon

[BroadMagTech]

Posted: 8/30/15 at 2:02pm

Any ideas where Miss Saigon will play? Imperial? Palace? 

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 8/30/15 at 2:33pm

well the palace has an American in Paris which will probs be a long run. So no to the palace.

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 8/30/15 at 2:46pm

And Cameron Mackintosh does normally have a great business relationship with the Shuberts.

[BroadMagTech]

Posted: 8/30/15 at 3:05pm

I've heard that although the show is successful now, the producers are waiting for the right time to pull the plug.

[BroadMagTech]

Posted: 8/30/15 at 3:06pm

So what theater could make a good match?

[BroadMagTech]

Posted: 8/30/15 at 3:12pm

I've looked at the seating for Prince Edward theater which has 1618 seats. I then looked at theaters owned by the Shuberts with similar seating and likely to be empty. Currently, the Imperial looks like the best match with only 200 less seats than the Prince Edward theater. Any thoughts? I will also look at shows that could possibly close in the future and check out their theaters

[BroadMagTech]

Posted: 8/30/15 at 3:19pm

How about the Shubert or Majestic? Do you think they will want to be in a bigger theater than the one in England, smaller, or about the same size? Because if the same, then it will be slim pickings. I just read that although this product is smaller than the original, it will need significant wing space so that narrows down the selections even more. I did just read that the Winter Garden, Lyric, and Broadway would work so now we have to wait and see how the upcoming shows do.

Updated On: 8/30/15 at 03:19 PM

[BroadMagTech]

Posted: 8/30/15 at 5:53pm

So I think it's down to Imperial, Shubert, Winter Garden, and Broadway.  

 

------ I am moving he discussion onto the other Miss Saigon board. -------

Updated On: 8/30/15 at 05:53 PM

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 8/30/15 at 5:55pm

BroadMagTech said: "I've heard that although the show is successful now, the producers are waiting for the right time to pull the plug."

The show has already announced a closing date of February 27, 2016.

 

[BroadMagTech]

Posted: 8/30/15 at 6:18pm

I was talking about An American in Paris

[Dave13]

Posted: 8/31/15 at 1:18am

BroadMagTech said: "So I think it's down to Imperial, Shubert, Winter Garden, and Broadway.  

 

 

 

------ I am moving he discussion onto the other Miss Saigon board. -------

 

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I think Winter Garden is out. School of Rock is opening at the Winter Garden and with Andrew Lloyd Webber, it should last awhile. 

 

[BroadMagTech]

Posted: 8/31/15 at 11:00am

Would the Broadway be TOO big?

[BwayinVan]

Posted: 8/31/15 at 11:35am

What do you think is the likelihood of bringing the production to Broadway this season? I mean I'd love to see it on my epic April trip but just wondering when we will hear yay or nay

[MichelleCraig]

Posted: 8/31/15 at 12:48pm

From an article published last Spring:

Mackintosh, according to the Times, plans to open Saigon in Toronto, prior to a Broadway transfer — a similar path that the current Les Miz revival, playing the Imperial Theatre, took to Broadway.

 

The producer told the Times that a Broadway transfer of Saigon is "only speculative gossip," but said, "Of course I would like to bring the show to both cities if it proves to be the success it's shaping up to be – indeed the Princess of Wales in Toronto was built specially to house the original production of Saigon. However with our incredibly busy international openings of several different titles over the next two years, and the very limited number of theatres that could house a production as big as Saigon on Broadway, lining up a theatre and production slot is going to be very difficult particularly as many ofSaigon's creative team are working on my other shows as well."

 

According to the Times, Broadway theatres with the wing space to accommodate the famed helicopter — as well as other scenic elements —  are The Broadway, Miss Saigon's original home, the Winter Garden and the Lyric.

 

Updated On: 8/31/15 at 12:48 PM

[BroadMagTech]

Posted: 8/31/15 at 4:31pm

Do you think those are the only theater possibilities?

[Phillypinto]

Posted: 8/31/15 at 4:39pm

BroadMagTech, what are you talking about??? American in Paris is making money, why would the producers look for the right time to close it?

[BroadMagTech]

Posted: 8/31/15 at 4:45pm

Never mind, I just had some theory in my head.

[BroadMagTech]

Posted: 8/31/15 at 4:48pm

Now what would be the ideal theater for Saigon out of those three previously mentioned? It needs to be something that's not too big, not too small and has enough wing space. Also, are there any other possibilities besides the Lyric, Winter Garden, and Broadway? All three of them have faults 

[Phillypinto]

Posted: 8/31/15 at 4:50pm

It is going into the Imperial after Les Mis closes. 

[broadwayboy223]

Posted: 8/31/15 at 4:51pm

I guess you came back

[Phillypinto]

Posted: 8/31/15 at 4:55pm

is there a problem broadwayboy? were the boards to fabulous after i left? because from what it seemed to me, they were dead as **** and boring