New Globe @ Governor's Island?

[B.B. Wolf]

Posted: 2/28/05 at 11:50pm

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/91441.html

Personally, any new theatre in New York based on the Old Globe would be friggin cool. Especially if they called it the New Globe Theatre. In a castle?!? Get outta here! That's awesome! I'd be there for the first show.

Thoughts?

[hak]

Posted: 3/1/05 at 4:47pm

when i was stationed on governor' island i went to that castle frequently. that would be kool if they went thru with this!

[TonyInATL]

Posted: 3/2/08 at 10:19pm

Hey folks-

If you have a second, please go to this website (http://www.newglobe.org/campaign/) to voice your support to the National Park Service for this worthwhile effort.

Thanks.

Updated On: 3/2/08 at 10:19 PM

[TonyInATL]

Posted: 3/4/08 at 1:06am

Here's the gist of the campaign, excerpted from the BWW news article:

New Globe Theater Calling on Community to Oppose National Park Service Plan

The National Park Service has released its Draft General Management Plan for Governors Island - and despite overwhelming public support for the inclusion of the New Globe Theater proposal in the national monument, the NPS alternatives unveiled do not include this project.

Off the tip of Manhattan, on Governors Island, sits a dilapidated military fort, built to defend America against the British during the War of 1812. That fortification – Castle Williams – happens to have the identical blueprint as Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London. The New Globe Theater (www.newglobe.org) proposes to re-imagine the fort into the vibrant education and cultural center, thus recasting this symbol of war into an icon of UK-US friendship.

The design by Lord Norman Foster restores this decaying national monument to its 1811 glory, creates a museum space, and incorporates an exciting stage for world-class productions of Shakespeare as well as works by modern playwrights, jazz performances, lectures and a wide range of other events.

The entire article can be found here: https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=25628.

The deadline for public feedback is March 18th.

[verynewyorkcurious]

Posted: 3/4/08 at 2:05am

Wow this looks awesome