The Harold Prince Theatre?

[jv92]

Posted: 1/26/11 at 12:04pm

According to Michael Riedel, the Shuberts are thinking of naming a theatre for Hal Prince. It's about time!
Link to article

[Pippin]

Posted: 1/26/11 at 12:08pm

A theater has already been named for Hal Prince. It's called the Prince Musical Theater, (or at least it was, before it died a slow death ending last year).

Anyway- Hal Prince was on the board, and it was created in 2000.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Music_Theater


There is also another one in Philly at the

Annenberg.http://www.phillyfunguide.com/venue/detail/652

[jv92]

Posted: 1/26/11 at 12:10pm

I should have been more specific--

A BROADWAY theatre may be named after Hal Prince. Apologies.

[BroadwayBound115]

Posted: 1/26/11 at 12:19pm

Maybe the Majestic?? Seeing as he directed Phantom. It would be kind of cool.

[Pippin]

Posted: 1/26/11 at 12:21pm

A-ha!

Posted: 1/26/11 at 12:33pm

or The Broadway Theater!

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 1/26/11 at 12:48pm

I'm all for it but The MERMAN should come first.

[fashionguru_23]

Posted: 1/26/11 at 1:29pm

My only issue is if its the Broadway, Imperial, or Majestic Theatres, is that they are infamous names of theatres already. I'd hate to loose one of those names.

[Justin D]

Posted: 1/26/11 at 1:50pm

Thats what I was thinking too, I'm all for it, but the Majestic and Broadway are rather iconic names (as is something like the New Amsterdam and Palace, although not Shurbert houses)

Chances are if it happens it will be done to one of the smaller "play" houses.

But I must admit that it is a nice theatre name. drop the Hal (or I assume it would be Harrold) and just call it the Prince Theatre.

[QuiteSo]

Posted: 1/26/11 at 1:57pm

What about Fosse?

Updated On: 1/26/11 at 01:57 PM

[WOSQ]

Posted: 1/26/11 at 2:49pm

Of the five Shubert owned musical houses the only really non-iconic name is the Broadway. While that is a recognized name, there really isn't an association that the other four (Winter Garden, Majestic, Imperial Shubert) have in theatre folks' heads. And let's be frank, renaming a theatre for anybody is for the people in show business. Most people don't know or care who Harold Prince might be, much less the name of any theatre they are in.

As for Prince shows that have played the Broadway, Evita was there for its whole run, West Side Story (I think), Fiddler and Cabaret closed their original runs there and Candide played its 1974-75 engagement there. There could be others.

Then again Prince has associations of one kind or another with just about every house.

[KirbyCat]

Posted: 1/26/11 at 3:26pm

...I thought West Side was at the Winter Garden?

[WOSQ]

Posted: 1/26/11 at 3:43pm

West Side Story was bumped out of the Winter Garden and I know went to the Alvin (Simon), but I thought it may have ended up at the Broadway. Not sure. I need a 'real estate maven'.

The Broadway was a place where shows went to die just like the 54th Street (Abbott).

[gcal]

Posted: 1/26/11 at 3:44pm

Follies played the Winter Garden.

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 1/26/11 at 4:47pm

According to IBDB the original production of West Side Story was briefly moved over to the Broadway in March of 1959 only to return to the Winter Garden in May of 1959 to run for another two months.

It's return engagement opened at the Winter Garden April of 1960, which then moved to the Alvin in October where it ended up closing in December.

[Phantom of London]

Posted: 1/26/11 at 8:36pm

Don't like theatres named after people or even sponsored names, such as American Airlines or the Foxwood.

Bring back the Virginia, Royale and Plymouth.

[theatreguy]

Posted: 1/26/11 at 9:06pm

The Virginia was named for Virginia Binger, wife of James H. Binger who owned the theater. The original name was the Guild (after The Theatre Guild).

The Royale and Plymouth weren't named after anyone, though.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 1/26/11 at 9:11pm

Wait - we're not getting the Taymor Theater first?

[After Eight]

Posted: 1/26/11 at 10:02pm

Depressing.

Shouldn't Cole Porter, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Jerome Kern be honored before him?

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 1/27/11 at 2:36am

Not to mention the Hammerstein!

[chewy5000]

Posted: 1/27/11 at 4:14am

I like the sound of "The Alvin"

[Justin D]

Posted: 1/27/11 at 7:27am

well there 'technically' is a Hammerstein theatre, where they film either Letterman I believe.

[Pippin]

Posted: 1/27/11 at 11:48am

Per Wikipedia, so take that at face value

"The 13-story, brown brick and terra cotta office building[3] with a ground-floor theater was designed by architect Herbert J. Krapp.[1] It was built by Arthur Hammerstein between 1925 and 1927,[1] and was named Hammerstein's Theater after his father, Oscar Hammerstein I.The original neo-Gothic interior contained pointed-arch stained-glass windows with scenes from the elder Hammerstein's operas; during a 1993 renovation, these windows were removed and stored by CBS in an arrangement with the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.[3] Its first production was the three-hour musical Golden Dawn, the second male lead of which was Cary Grant, then still using his birth name, Archie Leach.[3] Arthur Hammerstein went bankrupt in 1931, and lost ownership of the building.[3]

It later went by the name Manhattan Theater, Billy Rose's Music Hall, and the Manhattan once again.[citation needed] In the 1930s, it became a nightclub.[citation needed] After CBS obtained a long-term lease on the property, the radio network began broadcasting from there in 1936, moving in broadcast facilities it had leased at NBC Studios in Radio City.[3] Architect Williams Lescaze renovated the interior, keeping nearly all of the Krapp design but covering many walls with smooth white panels, his work earning praised from the magazine Architectural Forum.[3] The debut broadcast was the Major Bowes Amateur Hour.[3] The theater had various names during the network's tenancy, including Radio Theater #3 and the CBS Radio Playhouse.[citation needed] It was converted for television in 1950, when it became CBS-TV Studio 50.

Ed Sullivan theater

[jv92]

Posted: 1/27/11 at 12:50pm

After Eight, I understand what you're saying, but at least they may be naming it for a true legend of the theatre, and not after a corporate sponsor, investor, or lawyer-turned-producer.

What about The Broadhurst? It's a nice theatre. Cabaret originally opened there.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 1/27/11 at 1:05pm

I would vote for the Booth.