Riedel on Mean Girls and Harry Potter

[10086sunset]

Posted: 1/2/18 at 9:02pm

https://nypost.com/2018/01/02/mean-girls-and-harry-potter-are-set-to-rule-broadway/

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 1/2/18 at 9:35pm

No one pulls the wool over his eyes!

[newintown]

Posted: 1/3/18 at 11:47am

As even the most casual Follies fan knows, Michael Bennett did not stage "Who's That Woman" in Boston. There are plenty of photos of him and the gals working on it in the rehearsal studio here in NY before they headed up to Massachusetts for the tryout.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 1/3/18 at 11:56am

Wow, he’s really going out on a limb there, predicting that Harry Potter is gonna be a box office smash. What insight!

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 1/3/18 at 12:04pm

I notice he doesn’t mention Carousel at all. Is there any insight on how it’s doing? Like how many tickets has it sold?

[smidge]

Posted: 1/3/18 at 1:38pm

Isn’t the Lyric technically on 42nd Street? Honestly, most posters on this board show more knowledge, insight and wit than Riedel will ever have.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 1/3/18 at 1:45pm

Smidge, they are changing the entrance for the Lyric for Harry Potter - and I assume all other shows after it. So therefore it's the only theater on that side of 43rd. I'm excited to see what they do with it. I hope they do something as "picture worthy" at the London set up. And curious to see what they do the 42nd street side as well.

[JSquared2]

Posted: 1/3/18 at 1:57pm

smidge said: "Isn’t the Lyric technically on 42nd Street? Honestly, most posters on this board show more knowledge, insight and wit than Riedel will ever have."

 

Correction -- most posters on this board show like to THINK they possess more knowledge, insight and wit than Riedel will ever have.  And on this issue, he is correct --- they are making the West 43rd street entrance the primary entrance for this production. 

 

[ACL2006]

Posted: 1/3/18 at 6:17pm

maybe it's just me, but I'm seeing MEAN GIRLS as the next Legally Blonde. It'll run for a few years, but that's about it.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 1/3/18 at 6:24pm

^they should definitely do something similar to the legally blonde mtv performance.

[amoni]

Posted: 1/3/18 at 6:29pm

When it was a movie theater, the entrance was on 42nd Street. Ever since the new theater opened the main entrance has always been 43rd Street where the box office is. There is a small  entrance/exit  on 42nd.

 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Ny-lyric-theatre.jpg/1200px-Ny-lyric-theatre.jpg

[RippedMan]

Posted: 1/3/18 at 7:39pm

it's never been a movie theater? Maybe WAY back in the day. And the box office is on 42nd.

[perfectliar]

Posted: 1/3/18 at 7:44pm

amoni said: "When it was a movie theater, the entrance was on 42nd Street. Ever since the new theater opened the main entrance has always been 43rd Street where the box office is. There is a small entrance/exit on 42nd.



https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Ny-lyric-theatre.jpg/1200px-Ny-lyric-theatre.jpg"

That's a photo of 43rd. The box office is on 42nd, through this main entrance:

http://c8.alamy.com/comp/JCJ4GD/lyric-theatre-new-york-city-usa-JCJ4GD.jpg

[BroadwayNYC2]

Posted: 1/3/18 at 10:32pm

 the main entrance has always been 43rd Street where the box office is.

And not it hasn't. The main address is 42nd street, so the main entrance is 42nd second street. Thats like saying your address is 123 Smith Road, but its fine, you can enter through the back if you want Mr. Mailman, we have a bucket to put the mail.