Season of Closings — Page 2

Oops! How did I forget GYPSY in my list? Slava's Snowshow will close on 1/4/2009. I didn't include it since it hasn't begun performances yet. That will leave the Helen Hayes empty in January.

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That's right... I completely forgot THE 39 STEPS was moving there. And, Will Ferrell's show will be going into the Cort. But, his show closes 3/15/2009. Anything going into the Cort after that or will that leave it empty?

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Well as we loose 5 shows we get 5 more.

The Story of My Life was just announced for a February 19 opening at the Booth.

And the O'Neill has a tenant that I think is being announced tomorrow.
Story of My Life in the NY Times

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so sad...

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while theres no doubt that Bush did NOTHING to help the situation, and is feckless fool of a leader, this economic mess is not his fault. it was bound to happen in the absence of any real economic regulation- and unfortunately that mess is largely due to Clinton's time, not Bush's. It was Clinton and Greenspan who presided over the seeds of this, not Bush.

and as someone who works right in the middle of this, let me tell you, it is NOT getting better anytime soon. I'm kinda shocked that producers are still putting up these shows and cant fathom who will be paying to see them as most of wall street and big law (not to mention the middle america, middle class) wont be able to afford $120 seats.

i mean, i dunno if id go that far- i dont he "concentrated on our safety"- he just blindly blundered along, doing whatever this or that advisor told him to do, without any actual agenda. its a crime.

i just find it dangerous when people blame him for the current state of the economy because a) its just not fair but b) it implies that Obama will Save Us All! and he cant, wont, and shouldnt be expected to... its going to be a long few years...

Sorry Ole Chum, the election is over. We can quit pretending that the current administration had its hands tied for 8 YEARS by a FORMER president who presided over a relatively prosperous period.

The president doesn't make all the decisions, but he is damn well responsible for them -- sorry but that's how it goes. Well at least we still have Brownie "doing a great job" (probably in Alaska overseeing some bridge construction project) and CEOs wall papering their villas with our 750 BILLION dollars!

I don't know whether to laugh, cry, or call The Onion! Republicans blaming deregulation on the Democrats, rich!

We now return you to our regularly scheduled entertainment commentary...

your boring old Bushbashing gets no argument from me- i agree completely that everything our dear President touched turned to sh*t. this is not a defense of Bush economic policy. there wasnt any really, except to help his friends.

but pretty much anyone with any educated perspective on this current crisis (and I dont necessarily consider myself an expert) would tell you that this crisis is based on the bursting of a housing market, that was inflated to a ridiculous degree by Clinton and Greenspan. That the sheer lack of regulation was something some Democrats started complaining about three years ago, but it was way too late at that point. The huge finance firms are big political donors to both parties and enjoyed complete ignorance from BOTH sides of the Congressional aisle.

I obviously don't know who you are or what you do for a living, but take it from someone who works in the New York corporate world: were devastated by whats going on, but intelligent enough to not just blame Bush and think Obama is gonna fix it all.

Just curious because I haven't been checking grosses lately but do you think the wave of closes is at an end for now or do you think there is more to come soon?

Here's a list of Broadway theatres and their current/upcoming shows:

Ambassador - Chicago
American Airlines - A Man for All Seasons closes Dec 14/Hedda Gabler opens Jan 25
Atkinson - Grease
Barrymore - Speed-the-Plow closes Feb 22/NO INCOMING SHOW
Beaumont - South Pacific
Belasco - American Buffalo closed yesterday/NO INCOMING SHOW
Booth - Dividing The Estate closes Jan 4/The Story of My Life opens February 3
Broadhurst - Equus closes Feb 8/Mary Stuart opens April 19
Broadway - Shrek
Circle in the Square - currently empty/NO INCOMING SHOW
Cort - The 39 Steps leaves Jan 11/Will Ferrell's show opens Feb 5
Eugene O'Neill - Spring Awakening closes January 18/NO INCOMING SHOW
Friedman - currently empty/The American Plan opens Jan 22
Gershwin - Wicked
Golden - Avenue Q
Helen Hayes - currently empty/Slava's Snowshow opens Dec 7/The 39 Steps transfers Jan 20
Hirschfeld - currently empty/Hair opens Mar 5
Hilton - Young Frankenstein closes Jan 4/NO INCOMING SHOW YET
Imperial - Billy Elliot
Jacobs - 13 closes Jan 4/NO INCOMING SHOW
Kerr - The Seagull closes Dec 21/NO INCOMING SHOW
Longacre - Boeing Boeing
Lunt-Fontanne - Little Mermaid
Lyceum - currently empty/Vanaties opens Feb 26
Majestic - Phantom of the Opera
Marquis - White Christmas closes Jan 1/9 to 5 opens Apr 30
Minskoff - Lion King
Music Box - August: Osage County
Nederlander - currently empty/Guys and Dolls opens Mar 1
New Amsterdam - Mary Poppins
Palace - currently empty/Liza opens Dec 3/West Side Story opens Mar 19
Rodgers - In The Heights
Schoenfeld - All My Sons closes Jan 11/Impressionism opens Mar 12
Shubert - Spamalot closes Jan 11/Blithe Spirit opens Feb 26
Simon - Hairspray closes January 4/NO INCOMING SHOW
St. James - Gypsy closes Mar 1/NO INCOMING SHOW
Studio 54 - Pal Joey closes Feb 15/Waiting For Godot opens Apr 30
Wilson - Jersey Boys
Winter Garden - Mamma Mia

So far the theatres with no shows coming in are the Ethel Barrymore, the Belasco, the Circle in the Square, the Eugene O'Neill, the Hilton, the Bernard Jacobs, the Walter Kerr, the Neil Simon and the St. James.

Thats 9 theatres empty!!! How sad

Updated On: 11/26/08 at 03:20 AM

Several of those empty theatres are spoken for. Just sit tight. Yes, many of them will be dark in January, but by spring, most of them will have tenants.

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