When seeing Venus in Fur a few weeks back, I fell in love with its interior. Dark cherry wood everywhere. What do you believe are the most beautiful and (on the opposite end of the spectrum) least beautiful Broadway theaters?
I'm with Joe Dee. The Lyceum is my hands-down favorite. Also, fond of the Brooks Atkinson, the Nederlander and the Booth. For exterior, I love the Music Box.
I have always really liked the Imperial and the O'Neil. I also like the Booth. I like the Palace, but the Balcony seats are up in the stratosphere, and the stage is the highest on Broadway, which is problematic if you are in the first half dozen rows. The Netherlander has some really crappy sight-lines.
My favorite would have to be the Stephen Sondheim, and my least favorite is probably the Minskoff.
I like the Winter Garden. Circle in the Square isn't that great, in my opinion, look wise. I just don't recall anything worth mentioning it as being pretty. The Ambassador I think was pretty beat looking the last time I went. The sight lines on the edges in the mezzanine were horrible and the seats were in bad shape.
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I always thought the New Amsterdam was gorgeous! Hate the Minskoff!! I thought the Stephen Sondheim was a bit too modern, same with Marquis. (obviously). I thought the Lunt-Fontanne was pretty.
For me, the prettiest: Lunt-Fontanne, New Amsterdam, Belasco, Lyceum, Studio 54, Imperial and the Al Hirschfeld (I love the Sondheim- just not for a theatre)
IMO, most beautiful, the one that has in the times square church, cant remember it's previous name. followed closely by the New Amsterdam.
I dont find the Maruquis that bad, it just needs some sprucing up
for me the ugliest are Gershwin and Minskoff, Lion King did brighten up the place a bit with the murals on the sides of the boxes (or where boxes would usually be) but the gershwin looks like some extruded concrete spaceship.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27199361@N08/ Phantom at the Royal Empire Theatre