Next at the Neil Simon?

[Famebroadway2]

Posted: 1/6/10 at 8:44pm

Anyone know what the next show at the Neil Simon will be?

Doesnt "Love Never Dies" already have it booked for the fall?

[tking001]

Posted: 1/6/10 at 8:45pm

Ragtime should Extend till Love Never Dies comes in.

[wdwfreak]

Posted: 1/6/10 at 8:47pm

Love Never Dies is going into the Neil Simon. Most likely a limited engagement show will fill the 10 month break in between, unless Love Never Dies decides to change theaters for whatever reason.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 1/6/10 at 8:48pm

But it cant. It won't be staying empty too long.

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 1/6/10 at 8:57pm

Well orphan's...just booked it for fall....
Maybe theyll pull what WAS gonna be the plan for young frankenstein and close Phantom and put LND at the Majestic....The plan in 2007 was to close Producers and put Young Frankenstein in the St. James....anywho

[bway1261]

Posted: 1/6/10 at 9:02pm

^^I don't think that they would ever close Phantom. It's still doing really well and will continue to do so for many years to come.

[wdwfreak]

Posted: 1/6/10 at 9:22pm

Um, Orphans DID NOT book the Neil Simon. The article said they were looking at the Neil Simon for a spring opening, but it never said that it was taking that theatre in the fall.

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 1/6/10 at 9:56pm

Was Fences supposed to go into the Neil Simon? Just asking.

[Pgenre]

Posted: 1/6/10 at 10:12pm

Wow, this thread is FILLED with misinformation and crap that isn't true. POTO closing? ORPHANS? Really?!

ALW has the theatre and is planning to open LND there in 9 months. RAGTIME is not extending or re-opening. That's all we know for sure at this point.

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[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 1/6/10 at 10:31pm

Wishful thinking, but wouldn't it be nice if the Blanchett STREETCAR could slide into the Neil Simon for a limited run?

[theaterkid1015]

Posted: 1/6/10 at 10:35pm

frogs_fan, that would be amazing, but I feel like it's definitely wishful thinking.

[fanadu1996]

Posted: 1/6/10 at 11:13pm

they are trying to move Streetcar, and Fences is going into the Cort.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/6/10 at 11:16pm

If STREETCAR would transfer here it wouldn't be until late summer, due to Blanchett's conflicts in Australia.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 1/6/10 at 11:18pm

They closed Ragtime to move it into the Gershwin so that Sweet Charity starring Britney Spears could move in to the Neil Simon. Wicked is moving into Yankees Stadium.

[jonmbway4652]

Posted: 1/6/10 at 11:26pm

"Well orphan's...just booked it for fall....
Maybe theyll pull what WAS gonna be the plan for young frankenstein and close Phantom and put LND at the Majestic....The plan in 2007 was to close Producers and put Young Frankenstein in the St. James....anywho"

Phantom is not going anywhere... I don't know why some people think they are going to close it... Phantom is doing wonderful and its weekly grosses are pretty good. Anyways, this is NOT going to happen.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 1/6/10 at 11:27pm

Wicked is moving into Yankees Stadium.

And it would probably sell out there on a nightly basis too, lol.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 1/7/10 at 12:01am

The next show is Love never dies. Nothing else.

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 1/7/10 at 12:22am

...yet.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 1/7/10 at 5:48am

Unless LND plans on doing MAJOR rennovations to the theater, they will try their hardest to book a limited run. They don't make any money if the theater stays empty for 9 months.

And I hate when anyone says they are planning to close one show FOR another. THAT'S ridiculous. They aren't going to close any show that is making money just to bring in another show that is guaranteed of anything. (Limited runs are the only thing that closes even though it does well: ie Steady Rain -- and if that weren't two movie stars, it wouldn't have stayed open as long as it did.)

[Dagobert]

Posted: 1/7/10 at 1:45pm

sometimes people make mistakes...

[Yero my Hero]

Posted: 1/7/10 at 3:52pm

The plan in 2007 was to close Producers and put Young Frankenstein in the St. James.

Yes, but that was only the plan because the theater the producers and creative team REALLY wanted wasn't available. When it became available, they switched to the theater they really wanted all along.

As far as I know, the Neil Simon is the first choice for the LND team, so there is no reason for them to switch because another theater opened.

Also, I think the contract for LND at the Neil Simon has already been signed. Nothing had been officially agreed upon with the St. James when YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN switched.

Also, Playbill lists a first preview date for LND as November 11, 2010.