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#126

re: PROMISES, PROMISES Starring Hayes and Chenoweth to Play Broadway Theatr

Posted: 1/1/10 at 3:01am

Well, now that it's the end of the year, and SHREK is closing on Sunday, we'll see if they slap a marquee up there or not.

Has any other casting been announced yet?

#127

re: PROMISES, PROMISES Starring Hayes and Chenoweth to Play Broadway Theatr

Posted: 1/1/10 at 3:15am

Yeah- Brooks Ashmanskas, Katie Finneran and Tony Goldwyn.

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

#128

re: PROMISES, PROMISES Starring Hayes and Chenoweth to Play Broadway Theatr

Posted: 1/1/10 at 4:59am

I saw "Promises Promises" early in the run in 1969 at the Shubert Theater (god it was great!!!!!) which has, if I'm not mistaken, about the same seating as The Neil Simon. Since the Simon was home to "Annie" and so many other great musicals when it was the Alvin, I think it would be great for promises (although I think the wing space is VERY limited. We were backstage during the run of Annie and boy, was it crowded.)

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#129

re: PROMISES, PROMISES Starring Hayes and Chenoweth to Play Broadway Theatr

Posted: 1/1/10 at 1:14pm

Tickets for Promises are already on sale. If they were to move to the Neil Simon, they'd be switching ticket providers from Telecharge to Ticketmaster. I could see them switching from one Telecharge house to another, but to completely change providers seems like a big inconvenience.

#130

re: PROMISES, PROMISES Starring Hayes and Chenoweth to Play Broadway Theatr

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

But being in a Theatre they can't sell is also a big inconvenience

#131

re: PROMISES, PROMISES Starring Hayes and Chenoweth to Play Broadway Theatr

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

Telecharge is owned and operated by the Shubert Organization in conjuction with the Jujamcyn Organization, so switching from Telecharge to Ticketmaster is the same as switching from a Shubert or Jujamcyn house to a Nederlander house.

Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.

#132

re: PROMISES, PROMISES Starring Hayes and Chenoweth to Play Broadway Theatr

Posted: 1/1/10 at 2:14pm

I think the Broadway is an awful theater though. If you're not in the front mezz or the orchestra you feel so far removed from the show.

#133

re: PROMISES, PROMISES Starring Hayes and Chenoweth to Play Broadway Theatr

Posted: 1/1/10 at 2:50pm

iT WAS DESIGNED AS A MOVIE THEATER (tHE cOLONY) AND LET'S FACE IT, BEING CLOSE TO THE SCREEN WAS NEVER A PLUS.

wITH THE EXCEPTION OF eVITA (WHICH LOOKED GREAT IN THERE WHEN i SAW IT. tHE INTERIOR WAS BLUE-AND-WHITE LIKE rOYAL dALTON CHINA) THE PLACE HAS BASICALLY BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER HOUSE.

(Damn caps key. Sorry. Too lazy to fix on New Years Day)

Happy New Year.

#134

re: PROMISES, PROMISES Starring Hayes and Chenoweth to Play Broadway Theatr

Posted: 1/1/10 at 2:50pm

My God, I am getting forgetful. The theater has one more important piece of history:

I saw my first show on Broadway there. Gypsy in 1961. The show had transferred from the Imperial. (I thought I saw it at the Imperial but we have programs from The Broadway. So much for memory.)

Updated On: 1/1/10 at 02:50 PM

#135

re: PROMISES, PROMISES Starring Hayes and Chenoweth to Play Broadway Theatr

Posted: 1/1/10 at 3:43pm

Just a cavil -- the original Gyspy did open at the Broadway -- we saw it in the summer of '59. It did transfer to the Imperial for the end of its run in March 1961.

BroadwayEd

#136

re: PROMISES, PROMISES Starring Hayes and Chenoweth to Play Broadway Theatr

Posted: 1/1/10 at 3:56pm

I really don't think the show will switch.

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