Sullivan Street Playhouse

[ilovespamalot]

Sullivan Street Playhouse#0

Posted: 8/6/05 at 11:35am

In 2000 i went to NY to see the Fantasticks and I absolutely loved the theatre it was in. I was wondering after the Fantasticks closed, what happened to the Sullivan Street Playhouse? Is it still a working theatre or did it close after the show left?
Thanks

[Mr Roxy]

re: Sullivan Street Playhouse#1

Posted: 8/6/05 at 9:07pm

I thought it was being converted to something other than a theater.

Poster Emeritus

[wildcat]

re: Sullivan Street Playhouse#2

Posted: 8/6/05 at 9:12pm

A REALLY tiny parking lot...?

[Gothampc]

re: Sullivan Street Playhouse#3

Posted: 8/6/05 at 11:02pm

It has not had a tenant since The Fantastiks closed. I think the landlord probably wants too much rent.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[NativeNewYorker]

re: Sullivan Street Playhouse#4

Posted: 8/6/05 at 11:08pm

Don't make me cry...

I think there were rumors that it was going to be converted into a Sushi house a few years ago, but it still has the "Sullivan Street Playhouse" sign on it...I feel sad every time I walk past it...that show has a very very special place in my heart.

[billyweeds]

re: Sullivan Street Playhouse#5

Posted: 8/7/05 at 8:56am

I was in the final cast of "The Fantasticks." When we closed in January 2002 there was talk of converting the theater into a restaurant. It seems pretty clear that was all talk and just a way of easing the show out of the theater. "The Fantasticks" had been operating on a very special rent scale due to its position as "longest running show in the history of the American theater," and the landlord was apoplectic. There was some sort of a deal made and the show closed. Now the theater is dark and it's a crying shame. It's a great space and should be used!

[Mr Roxy]

re: Sullivan Street Playhouse#6

Posted: 8/7/05 at 10:19am

For forcing it to close, may the landlord be cursed with an empty space forever

I think with land being gold, it will probably be torn down & replaced with another bank which we need (not)

Poster Emeritus

[Gothampc]

re: Sullivan Street Playhouse#7

Posted: 8/7/05 at 11:48am

I walked past the theater this morning. It's a sad sight because it needs a bit of a cleanup. It's a very intimate theater and I don't think many shows could make it in there.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[nolatheatre]

re: Sullivan Street Playhouse#8

Posted: 8/7/05 at 7:13pm

I loved that theatre! and i promise myself when i grow up i will build and exact replica of the Sullivan Street Playhouse in New Orleans (my hometown).