Smallest number of B-way houses filled at any time?

IMO i believe there are 17 shubert houses 9 nederlander houses and 5 jujamcyn(they are the most unfriendly).then you have independents biltmore ,hayes,hilton,new am,american airlines,beaumont,mitzi. im sure i missed one or two but the number is around 40 to 42 theaters . There are alot of shows going out cuz of economy ! Even Radio City cut there Hit christmas show down by a week cuz of light ticket sales . You may start to see smaller shows that have a lower operating cost and no man power . Im sure there will be one or two dark houses but they have a way of filling up even when the economy is down !! Riedel better start looking for a new job LOL

Updated On: 11/5/08 at 09:37 AM

There are 39 Broadway houses. 40 when Henry Miller's Theatre reopens.

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Shubert
Ambassador Theatre · Ethel Barrymore Theatre · Belasco Theatre · Booth Theatre · Broadhurst Theatre · Broadway Theatre · Cort Theatre · John Golden Theatre · Imperial Theatre · Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre · Longacre Theatre · Lyceum Theatre · Majestic Theatre · Music Box Theatre · Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre · Shubert Theatre · Winter Garden Theatre

Nederlander
Brooks Atkinson Theatre · George Gershwin Theatre · Lunt-Fontanne Theatre · Marquis Theatre · Minskoff Theatre · Nederlander Theatre · Neil Simon Theatre · Palace Theatre · Richard Rodgers Theatre

Jujamcyn
Al Hirschfeld Theatre · Walter Kerr Theatre · Eugene O'Neill Theatre · St. James Theatre · August Wilson Theatre

Roundabout
American Airlines Theatre · Studio 54

Other
Vivian Beaumont Theatre (LCT) · Friedman Theatre (MTC) · Circle in the Square Theatre (independent) · Helen Hayes Theatre (independent) · Hilton Theatre (Live Nation) · New Amsterdam Theatre (leased by Disney)

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I don't have any hard stats & I confess that I cannot remember the year, but I do recollect one dark, horrid winter about 10 years ago in which there were but 8 houses open at one point. That # is burned into my brain because so many of us were out of work. It lasted only about a month, though, & then spring came & things got better.

It might have been 1996? There was a massive three day blizzard that year, and about 14 snow storms total that winter.

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Winter with only 8 shows open, you may be thinking of last Thanksgiving.

All seriousness, that number is frightening. Wow, the 90's did suck.