Sheffield to Come to the New Victory Theatre

The musical version of The Full Monty is returning to the London stage for the first time since its West End debut in 2002, running for a month at the New Players Theatre from 3 December 2009 to 2 January 2010 (preview 2 December) .

The musical is based on Peter Cattaneo's hit 1997 film The Full Monty, although the story about out of work steelworkers is transplanted from Sheffield to the American city of Buffalo, New York. It was first seen in San Diego, California, before opening at Broadway's Eugene O'Neill Theatre in October 2000, where it ran for 770 performances.

POL, your getting your Broadway and West End mixed up.
The New Players is in London and the New Victory is in New York!

The New Players Theatre (under the arches near Embankment tube station) is a lovely quite intimate theatre. It's where Jason Robert Brown did his last two series of fantastic concerts accompanied by a group of West End Divas as guest stars. Also, last year the William Finn revue MAKE ME A SONG was staged there.

I don't know too much about the history of the theatre though - but I'm sure Mama has all the appropriate info!

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Everyone knows The Full Monty is a fallacy, that it's set in Sheffield, it really comes from Buffalo, New York!

Cheers Mama.

How big is the New Players theatre please?

And is the New Victory Theatre, New York, the one behind the Hilton Theatre is a off Broadway house?

I totally agree Phantom. Quite how this mediocre musical has come to be associated with Michael Grandage's stomping ground and the place that will either make or break Daniel Evans' career is beyond me.

I couldn't even point to Buffalo on the score of 42nd Street, let alone a map.

They sell Buffalo milk in the branch of Waitrose at the bottom of Ecclesall Road but Sheffield still has no connection to this musical.

So why are not both theatres part of the West End/Broadway scene?

"So why are not both theatres part of the West End/Broadway scene?"

Basically - seating capacity. Theatres classed as "Broadway" houses have to have a minimum seating capacity of 500 seats. The West End does not have such a rigid rule but the New Players is certainly small and intimate enough to be a Fringe house rather than West End.

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