Nederlander renovation

[italianpride888]

Nederlander renovation#1

Posted: 8/23/10 at 9:34pm

I got a chance to see all the photos from the renovation at work today. I must say, it was pretty crazy. Apparently the investors of the show are in the charge of the restoration of the theater back to it's original condition. I always thought it was the theater owner who paid for that.

When RENT closed, the rentheads had to be shooed away from the dumpsters because they were taking everything, from a drum stick all the way to pieces of the chopped up metal sculpture. And the back autograph wall was NOT saved.. which is pretty sad considering it had Stevie Wonder's autograph on it.

[aasjb4ever]

Nederlander renovation#2

Posted: 8/23/10 at 9:45pm

Um...that was 2 years ago...

[two ladies tickets]

Nederlander renovation#2

Posted: 8/24/10 at 1:54am

The autograph wall was ABSOLUTELY saved, it's still there.

[italianpride888]

Nederlander renovation#3

Posted: 8/24/10 at 8:23am

As I understood, most recently that was taken out and it was attempted to be to saved. The guy I work with has a few random decals and pieces of wall and what not.

It's a little nutty for people to try and save a chopped up metal sculpture though.

[backwoodsbarbie]

Nederlander renovation#4

Posted: 8/24/10 at 8:54am

People will save anything that has to do with Broadway, either for their personal collections or with the hope of selling it. There was a thread on here last week about somebody taking pieces of Broadway posters from closed shows out of the garbage in Shubert Alley.

http://backstagebarbie.blogspot.com

[CONAries]

Nederlander renovation#5

Posted: 8/24/10 at 9:17am

Yea, a few times there have been old, bashed bin lids out for the garbage in the alley next to Stomp in London, i've picked one up once, and have also seen people walking around the West End with them in there hands!!!

[Justin D]

Nederlander renovation#6

Posted: 8/24/10 at 6:56pm

Ok so really I should have asked this in the last thread at the time, but I didnt think of it at the time.

Those broken plates and stuff around the pros-arch in rent, that was done by some artist (cant remember his name)

Was that considered part of the rent set?
Was something similar used on the tour if it was considered part of the set?
If it was not part of rent, was it part of the theatre and still there today?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27199361@N08/ Phantom at the Royal Empire Theatre

[italianpride888]

Nederlander renovation#7

Posted: 8/24/10 at 7:15pm

I know for a fact it's not a part of the theater. Anything that was "RENT" is now sitting in a land fill somewhere on Staten Island. The theater has to be restored to how it was when it was found when a production ends. For example, Nathan Lane had a steam room put in his dressing room. It has to be removed after Addams Family is done, unless the next production wants to keep it. Than in which case they are responsible for the removal.

[Dollypop]

Nederlander renovation#8

Posted: 8/24/10 at 7:18pm

Thanks for the trenchant information. I'll sleep better tonight.

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[aasjb4ever]

Nederlander renovation#9

Posted: 8/24/10 at 9:59pm

That was more comforting than my stuffed bunny rabbit

[AwesomeDanny]

Nederlander renovation#10

Posted: 8/24/10 at 10:08pm

"There was a thread on here last week about somebody taking pieces of Broadway posters from closed shows out of the garbage in Shubert Alley."

That just reminded me... does anybody remember the poster a year ago who took the 9 to 5 marquee after its closing and tried to sell it on ebay for $300? Does he/she still post here? I remember that person also supposedly had the marquee of the Sweeney Todd revival.

[italianpride888]

Nederlander renovation#11

Posted: 8/25/10 at 8:37am

HAHA! Good for them. We have so much "9-5" stuff floating around the office (cups, mugs etc) it's ridiculous.