Scandals and Secrets: Stories Behind Broadway's Haunted Theatres

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Scandals and Secrets: Stories Behind Broadway's Haunted Theatres#1

Posted: 10/30/14 at 4:57pm

This is an interesting article in Playbill.com that details stories about ghosts that inhabit certain theatres on Broadway. FAscinating.
Haunted Theatres

"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)

[After Eight]

Scandals and Secrets: Stories Behind Broadway's Haunted Theatres#2

Posted: 10/30/14 at 9:43pm

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Thank you for posting this fascinating article.

Redheaded ghosts at the Richard Rodgers? The musical Redhead played that theatre.

I can certainly understand Henry Miller's consternation at what they did to the name of his theatre. Poor ghost. Poor theatre.

I wonder what happens to the ghosts of theatres that are demolished. Do they take up residence in whatever is built on the site? Did the ghosts of the beautiful old Helen Hayes and Morosco Theatres move into the Marquis? Mary, Mary played in both of those theatres! A cruel, double whammy for its delightful ghosts. I can't imagine their being happy in the cold, soulless space that replaced their lovely homes. They deserve better. So do we! The most recent revival of Follies played that theatre, and the ghosts in that show didn't seem all that comfortable being there. Or, perhaps, in that show!

A Halloween toast to the ghosts of beautiful theatres everywhere.

[Fantod]

Scandals and Secrets: Stories Behind Broadway's Haunted Theatres#2

Posted: 10/30/14 at 10:31pm

Thanks for posting. It just reminds you of how much rich history there is in the theatres of Broadway. I wonder what life was like back in the early 1900's when Victor Herbert and vaudeville dominated Broadway. It certainly gives you something to think about.