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[Merkin2]

Posted: 1/27/26 at 1:21pm

Ensemble1698878795 said: "Let's not pretend there is a community on here. There's a lot of wolves who think they decide who is allowed to speak on what and when. Be for-real with yourself. Anyone is allowed to come on this board and say what they want, when they want, period. If there wasn't so much policing maybe it would feel like a community."

This is exactly the culture that Kad has created on here that many of us have been speaking out against for a very long time.  And yet his enablers give him back up every time, further emboldening him to target and suppress certain posters he disapproves of, and make them out to be “trolls.”  Why do you think this board has been dead these past couple months?  It’s way past due he’s getting a slap down 

[Kad]

Posted: 1/27/26 at 1:29pm

Ensemble1711444445 said: "And you are a mean girl. I was on this board for few years before I slowly started commenting. And even now you cant stop attacking.
"

I never attacked you. I am saying that the response you got- and it was unfair- was because of several factors, particularly when the board has been plagued with trolls creating scores of new accounts in recent years. You clearly do have information, but you get upset when you are not immediately believed even if there is decent reason for folks to be incredulous. 

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 1/27/26 at 1:32pm

Jesus Christ, get back to the topic of this thread or shut up. Enough already.

Anyway!

I hope another show is in the cards. One last minute addition to the season would at least add some seasoning to a pretty bland year.

[Jarethan]

Posted: 1/27/26 at 2:13pm

Call_me_jorge said: "I heard a rumor that Bug was extending and transferring to the Shubert, similar to what Appropriate did a few seasons ago. Only caveats are Coon has Gilded Age to film and Smallwood is scheduled for a play at Steppenwolf that begins in April. If Coon can somehow work out a 6 performance week schedule and if they get someone like Michael Shannon to step in for Smallwood, then I can absolutely see this happening."

I would be shocked if it is Bug, for several reasons:

• The Shubert is a very large theatre.  While I am pleased that Bug is doing very well at MTC, that theatre is very small and Bug is not selling out.
• The cost of moving alone would be prohibitive for a show that, even if extended, will only be extended for a short time, due to Coon's availability alone.
• Michael Shannon did nothing to sell tickets to Frankie and Johnnie awhile back.  HE is not going to do any better here.
• We're going to be blessed with a lot more dramas than usual in the coming months.  I doubt that Bug would benefit from that.

I have been wrong before, so I may be again.  I just don't see it.

[nativenewyorker2]

Posted: 1/27/26 at 2:25pm

Galileo is the musical here in the Fall.

wanted to come in the spring but Hells Kitchen told them they were staying open

Updated On: 1/27/26 at 02:25 PM

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 1/27/26 at 2:41pm

I don't know what they will bring in, but I think everyone agrees they won't allow it to sit empty come Spring, yes? 

[MadsonMelo]

Posted: 1/27/26 at 3:07pm

Another limited run for a play? wow

[Ricey2]

Posted: 1/27/26 at 3:44pm

I’m really hopeful for The Heart to swoop in. I liked Bug and it makes sense, but I don’t like the idea. 

[Merkin2]

Posted: 1/27/26 at 4:14pm

It’s their signature theater, of course it’s going to booked for the spring.  Ensemble1711444445 said a limited run from the uk is coming in, so unless he wants to tell us what it is, we can speculate. Is it All My Sons?

[RippedMan]

Posted: 1/27/26 at 8:41pm

They wouldn't kick out HK if there wasn't something coming in. HK wasn't doing poorly and Feb is a random time to close the show. 

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 1/27/26 at 10:17pm

It would be fast, but the revamped & sold out Goold American Psycho ends mid March across the pond.  Broadway before West End?  Either way, the UK production ends up here, Broadway or similar in NYC.

The Lloyd Much Ado revival could be a nice add to the season if schedules permit.

Updated On: 1/27/26 at 10:17 PM

[Dolly80]

Posted: 1/28/26 at 2:39am

CoffeeBreak said: "It would be fast, but the revamped & sold out Goold American Psycho ends mid March across the pond. Broadway before West End? Either way, the UK productionends up here, Broadway or similar in NYC.

The Lloyd Much Ado revival could be a nice add to the season if schedules permit."

There is no way American Psycho will do that. Look how well the original run went in New York. 

[Merkin2]

Posted: 1/28/26 at 6:50am

I don’t really understand why HK is closing but &Juliet continues to run?

[Shoreline Star]

Posted: 1/28/26 at 8:04am

Much Ado is going into the Winter Garden after Death of a Salesman. 

[The8re phan]

Posted: 1/28/26 at 8:50am

I guess a 50th Anniversary Revival of A Chorus Line is not in the cards.

No, not the one-night concert that many didn't get to see - an actual production.

Either is a 51st anniversary, or even a 52nd anniversary...................... 



 

Updated On: 1/28/26 at 08:50 AM

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 1/28/26 at 8:56am

Merkin2 said: "I don’t really understand why HK is closing but &Juliet continues to run?"

&Juliet has already recouped.

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 1/28/26 at 11:14am

Dolly80 said: "CoffeeBreak said: "It would be fast, but the revamped & sold out Goold American Psycho ends mid March across the pond. Broadway before West End? Either way, the UK productionends up here, Broadway or similar in NYC.

The Lloyd Much Ado revival could be a nice add to the season if schedules permit."

There is no way American Psycho will do that. Look how well the original run went in New York."

PYSCHO is coming in - it's when.  Since it's initial run it has a legion of old and new fans.  May not be Broadway but it will sell well when it does on Broadway or similar venue in NYC....

[tacotheatrelover]

Posted: 1/28/26 at 11:27am

Dolly80 said: "CoffeeBreak said: "It would be fast, but the revamped & sold out Goold American Psycho ends mid March across the pond. Broadway before West End? Either way, the UK productionends up here, Broadway or similar in NYC.

The Lloyd Much Ado revival could be a nice add to the season if schedules permit."

There is no way American Psycho will do that. Look how well the original run went in New York."

I will purchase every ticket to American psycho for a month if it transfers. All will see american psycho and It will make a americanpsycillion dollars.

[Ensemble1711444445]

Posted: 1/28/26 at 11:48am

I really enjoyed what they did creatively with the show. However,  then and now, I worry that a show about rich white men sexually abusing and murdering women for sport is not necessarily a good look. 

There is no way American Psycho will do that. Look how well the original run went in New York."

I will purchase every ticket to American psycho for a month if it transfers. All will see american psycho and It will make a americanpsycillion dollars."

 

[Merkin2]

Posted: 1/28/26 at 12:10pm

Ensemble1711, can you tell us what’s coming into the Shubert?  

[quizking101]

Posted: 1/28/26 at 12:21pm

This thread is a messssssss.

I will personally attest to the fact that I was not a believer of Ensemble1711 for the same reason Kad cited - the generic username created relatively recently (compared to most of us old guard who’ve been here since dial-up and DSL) at a time where there is a particular user who continues to regenerate with different usernames, creating inane threads and making comments that are meant to inflame as oppose to contribute to the conversation. For that and any offense, I apologize to Ensemble1711 since I also can relate to posting insider information to disbelieving masses, but have withheld quite a bit because of it.

Going back (kinda) to the topic at hand, Hell’s Kitchen is a MUCH harder show to run than simply finances. It’s a show that requires a very high caliber performer who can sing complicated R&B/Gospel/Hip Hop infused songs, while executing very complicated choreography and spending a good chunk of the show running up and down stairs and scaffolding. As a result, the performers have been pushed to their limits and there has been quite a bit of turnover and use of emergency swings to cover injuries for extended periods. It is also an extremely hard show to star/stunt cast because even the more stationary roles (Davis, Miss Liza Jane) require vocal stamina that not many performers have.

[Ensemble1711444445]

Posted: 1/28/26 at 1:02pm

 

Updated On: 1/29/26 at 01:02 PM

[inception]

Posted: 1/28/26 at 2:32pm

I'm guessing whatever is going in there will officially announce and try to sell tickets?  They wouldn't secretly open a show and not let anyone buy tickets would they?  So even if someone doesn't tell us here what advance info they might have, it will eventually be made public, right?

[Famebroadway2]

Posted: 1/29/26 at 1:13pm

Updated On: 1/29/26 at 01:13 PM

[pablitonizer]

Posted: 1/29/26 at 5:55pm

Burlesque maybe? I just saw Christina Aguilera announcing something big is coming 

Updated On: 1/29/26 at 05:55 PM