Old Broadway Rehearsal Studio

[PalJoey]

Posted: 8/30/06 at 4:04pm

Does anyone remember the name of the rehearsal studio that used to be on the northeast corner of 56th and 8th? I believe it was the inspiration for the rehearsal studio Fosse used in All That Jazz. A post on the OT board made think of it, but I can't remember the name.

[subtly]

Posted: 8/30/06 at 5:16pm

the inspiration for the All That Jazz rehearsal room was room D at Broadway Arts, which was on the 5th floor of the Cadillac dealership on the west side of Broadway, just above 56th Street.

they recreated the room down to handwritten phone numbers on the wall near the phone.

And on the 8th avenue side of the same block, Showcase Studios.
Updated On: 8/30/06 at 05:16 PM

[PalJoey]

Posted: 8/30/06 at 9:50pm

Thanks, Subtly. So I must be thinking of Showcase Studios, because that would be the NE corner or 56th 8th...although the story I told on the OT board was about meeting Fosse there once in 1979.

Is it possible he also rehearsed or auditioned sometimes at Showcase Studios?

[subtly]

Posted: 8/30/06 at 10:18pm

entirely possible. in fact, likely, as they were owned by the same people. i know that all the new york ALL THAT JAZZ sequences rehearsed at Broadway Arts, then moved to Astoria to film.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 8/30/06 at 10:30pm

And, if I remember correctly, Showcase was the seedier of the two.

But I could be mixing them up.