St. James renovations
St. James renovations
St. James renovations#1
Posted: 9/24/17 at 6:05am
NY 1's On Stage covered a story this weekend on the expansion of the stage renovation at the St. James.
They mentioned the expansion of restroom facilities but I am wondering if I will have the luxury of seating in a new seat for Frozen. Anyone know if the renovation plans include new seats?
St. James renovations#2
Posted: 9/24/17 at 7:46am
Yes. Check this out. https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/PHOTO-Renovations-Now-Underway-at-St-James-Theater-20170714
St. James renovations#3
Posted: 9/24/17 at 7:56am
Yes, I saw that photo which is what made me wonder about this in the first place. If they remove the seats to get the equipment in for the stage renovation would they return the old seats later?
Hopefully not but that info was explicitly missing from the articles and NY1 piece. You'd think that if they were installing new seats that they would be hyping that too.
St. James renovations#4
Posted: 9/24/17 at 8:57am
Is this story online somewhere?
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St. James renovations#5
Posted: 9/24/17 at 4:53pm
I saw at the broadway flea today they were selling seat cushions from the theater at the St James booth. I take it they’ve already started ripping out old seats for new ones. Obviously not a very official source, but one can presume.
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St. James renovations#6
Posted: 9/24/17 at 5:17pm
It can be assuming from that photo, and the lack of regard for the seat cushions, that you'll be seeing new ones once Frozen opens.
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St. James renovations#7
Posted: 9/24/17 at 5:56pm
I could swear I noticed today the St. James is now outfitted with LED screens on the marquee, which would explain why they never put up a Frozen poster when they hung up the rest of the signage. Excited to see them turn it on!
St. James renovations#8
Posted: 9/24/17 at 7:37pm
raddersons said: "I saw at the broadway flea today they were selling seat cushions from the theater at the St James booth. I take it they’ve already started ripping out old seats for new ones. Obviously not a very official source, but one can presume."
Ewww! Who would one a theater seat cushion that's been sat on by thousands of...people?
St. James renovations#9
Posted: 9/24/17 at 8:09pm
They also sold the St. James box seats for $500 a piece.
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St. James renovations#10
Posted: 9/24/17 at 10:26pm
David10086 said: "raddersons said: "I saw at the broadway flea today they were selling seat cushions from the theater at the St James booth. I take it they’ve already started ripping out old seats for new ones. Obviously not a very official source, but one can presume."
Ewww! Who would one a theater seat cushion that's been sat on by thousands of...people?"
I wasn't at the flea market today but people would presumably want them because it's a piece of theatre history. The same reason people spent thousands for Yankee Stadium seats (which were in pretty terrible shape).
St. James renovations#11
Posted: 9/24/17 at 10:35pm
Hairspray0901 said: "David10086 said: "raddersons said: "I saw at the broadway flea today they were selling seat cushions from the theater at the St James booth. I take it they’ve already started ripping out old seats for new ones. Obviously not a very official source, but one can presume."
Ewww! Who would one a theater seat cushion that's been sat on by thousands of...people?"
I wasn't at the flea market today but people would presumably want them because it's a piece of theatre history. The same reason people spent thousands for Yankee Stadium seats (which were in pretty terrible shape)."
Yes, but at least those were not cloth. I agree with David10086 (despite the fact that some of my friends bought the seats)
St. James renovations#12
Posted: 9/25/17 at 12:20am
During the day St. James was removing the chairs, some girl went dumpster diving and brought home one of the cushions. She was hugging it in her picture on twitter.
St. James renovations#13
Posted: 9/25/17 at 12:26am
Is there a way to view the NY1 video without being a subscriber? I can’t subscribe since im not an NY resident.
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St. James renovations#14
Posted: 9/25/17 at 12:49am
VotePeron said: "I could swear I noticed today the St. James is now outfitted withLED screens on the marquee, which would explain why they never putup a Frozen poster when they hung up the rest of the signage. Excited to see them turn it on!"
This is very exciting news!
St. James renovations#15
Posted: 9/25/17 at 5:54am
@Call_Me_Jorge: I tried to link the story but unfortunately you do need to a subscriber.
St. James renovations#16
Posted: 9/25/17 at 1:03pm
theater_tech said: "During the day St. James was removing the chairs, some girl went dumpster diving and brought home one of the cushions. She was hugging it in her picture on twitter."
Double Ewwww! I can only imagine what's been on those cushions and what I'd be bringing 'home' with me - especially with the bedbug scare in NYC a few years ago (and warnings about theater seats).
The stadium seats - like someone else pointed out - is different. Not made of cloth and stuffing.
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