The Schoenfeld...Any guesses as to what the next tennant is?
The Schoenfeld...Any guesses as to what the next tennant is?
#0The Schoenfeld...Any guesses as to what the next tennant is?
Posted: 2/14/06 at 12:30am
Play or Musical?
Perhaps an Off-Broadway transfer like THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED?
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#1re: The Schoenfeld...Any guesses as to what the next tennant is?
Posted: 2/14/06 at 12:41amim willing to bet a play. but if "The Times are-a changin'" is desperate to get a theatre well that just opened up
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Broadway Legend Joined: 12/9/04
#2re: The Schoenfeld...Any guesses as to what the next tennant is?
Posted: 2/14/06 at 12:56amTrip to the Bountiful?
#3re: The Schoenfeld...Any guesses as to what the next tennant is?
Posted: 2/14/06 at 1:02am
TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN!!!!
*crosses fingers for putting Michael Arden on Broadway NOW!!*
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#4re: The Schoenfeld...Any guesses as to what the next tennant is?
Posted: 2/14/06 at 1:18amSince "Taboo" this house seems to have been jinxed. Maybe since Hasselhoff??
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alterego
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
#5re: The Schoenfeld...Any guesses as to what the next tennant is?
Posted: 2/14/06 at 1:21amWaht was this theatre before the name change to Schoenfeld?
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#6re: The Schoenfeld...Any guesses as to what the next tennant is?
Posted: 2/14/06 at 1:30am
The Plymouth.
I still call it the Plymouth.
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alterego
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#7re: The Schoenfeld...Any guesses as to what the next tennant is?
Posted: 2/14/06 at 1:33amI know the NY theatres by their old names which I prefer. Thanks Margo.
Smaxie
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#8re: The Schoenfeld...Any guesses as to what the next tennant is?
Posted: 2/14/06 at 3:48amTimes They Are a Changin' will go to a Nederlander house, and the Schoenfeld/Plymouth is owned by the Shuberts. (Nederlanders were producers of Movin' Out). Variety and the LA Times were both pretty tough on Times, so I imagine Tharp might take a little more time with it before bringing it in. Rumor that I heard was that she wants a smaller-sized house and that the Brooks Atkinson was under consideration, after Odd Couple departs this summer.
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#9re: The Schoenfeld...Any guesses as to what the next tennant is?
Posted: 2/14/06 at 9:43amMe too, Margo.
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#10re: The Schoenfeld...Any guesses as to what the next tennant is?
Posted: 2/14/06 at 10:02am
Martin Short seems the logical next tenant for the Plymouth.
The Little Dog Laughed ought to think a 499 seat house somewhere off-Bway, like one of the large Dodger theatres or the Minetta Lane. It would have a real problem bringing in the carriage trade at 80-100 a pop.
Obviously I call it the Plymouth too. I was the stage doorman there many years ago. I'm still territorial about the place.
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popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#11re: The Schoenfeld...Any guesses as to what the next tennant is?
Posted: 2/14/06 at 10:15amIsn't Martin Short like many months off though? With the gridlock of shows circling right now, I would doubt they'd take something so far away, certainly not without a limited run of something in between.
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#12re: The Schoenfeld...Any guesses as to what the next tennant is?
Posted: 2/14/06 at 10:20am
Short isn't till August.
With all the shows clammoring for a theatre...I doubt they'd wait.
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popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#13re: The Schoenfeld...Any guesses as to what the next tennant is?
Posted: 2/14/06 at 10:24amI FULLY agree! If the rumors of Drowsy wanting the Schoenfeld are true, they mst be kicking themselves.
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WOSQ
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#14re: The Schoenfeld...Any guesses as to what the next tennant is?
Posted: 2/14/06 at 10:36am
The problem with shows circling at this time of year is that unless the scenery and lighting plots have already been redesigned for a larger space, February until Tony time isn't that long to redesign and then build the scenery and redo the lights, plus get the show back on its feet.
Also actor's contracts have to be renegotiated.
The lead in Dog Laughed is set for the next show at Manhattan Theatre Club which granted, might be comparatively easy to get out of, but the other actors may be contracted elsewhere.
Martin Short looks ready to go, albeit not until August.
Let's wait and see. Miracles happen.
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#15re: The Schoenfeld...Any guesses as to what the next tennant is?
Posted: 2/14/06 at 10:55am
The lead in Dog Laughed is set for the next show at Manhattan Theatre Club which granted, might be comparatively easy to get out of, but the other actors may be contracted elsewhere.
They COULD recast. Or move up understudies. They have understudies, right?
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#16re: The Schoenfeld...Any guesses as to what the next tennant is?
Posted: 2/14/06 at 10:58am
Drowsy at the Schoenfeld might have been a cozier fit for the show, but it would have been hell financially.
Jekyll & Hyde had a slightly larger cast than Drowsy, and about the same-sized orchestra, and a smaller capitalization (Jekyll was capitalized at $7 million, Drowsy at $8 million). Because of the Schoenfeld's small size (less than 1100 seats) and the comparatively large weekly running cost of a mid-sized musical, the profit margin at that theatre is extremely narrow. Once you factor in the operating cost, you are left paying off $7 million or $8 million at, at best,$50,000-$75,000 a week. So despite an almost four year run and generally respectable grosses, Jekyll couldn't do it. If Drowsy is a success on Broadway, it has a better chance of payback at the Marquis.
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#17re: The Schoenfeld...Any guesses as to what the next tennant is?
Posted: 2/14/06 at 12:47pm
wow thanks Smaxie.
Plus the Marquis has a better location in Times Square.
Updated On: 2/14/06 at 12:47 PM
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#18re: The Schoenfeld...Any guesses as to what the next tennant is?
Posted: 2/14/06 at 12:50pmSaid location did naff all for Woman In White though.
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#19re: The Schoenfeld...Any guesses as to what the next tennant is?
Posted: 2/14/06 at 12:51pmA Chorus Line revival
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#20re: The Schoenfeld...Any guesses as to what the next tennant is?
Posted: 2/14/06 at 1:00pmooh, could A Chorus Line work at the Plymouth? (i hate calling it the Schoenfeld too)
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#21re: The Schoenfeld...Any guesses as to what the next tennant is?
Posted: 2/14/06 at 3:33pm
I call this theatre the Plymouth Theatre too, and I also still call the Bernard B. Jacobs the Royale.
Hm... I think maybe ACL might work well in that theatre. But would they keep the theatre dark until September?
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#22re: The Schoenfeld...Any guesses as to what the next tennant is?
Posted: 2/14/06 at 3:36pm
Yes but...again...with all the shows in need of a theatre...why would they hold that one off until summer for ACL?
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MargoChanning
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#23re: The Schoenfeld...Any guesses as to what the next tennant is?
Posted: 2/14/06 at 3:44pm
I think The Schoenfeld is WAY to small for ACL. The show would have a hard time making a profit in that theatre, with a cast of 30 (including swings) and a full orchestra. Remember it played its original run at the 1500+ seat Shubert Theatre.
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Updated On: 2/14/06 at 03:44 PM
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#24re: The Schoenfeld...Any guesses as to what the next tennant is?
Posted: 2/14/06 at 4:46pm
"I still call it the Plymouth."
That's not its name though. It's too bad if you don't like it. But that's life, and you seem likeyou've been around for a long time so you should really accept the fact that things change, and it's stupid to form a little mock protest (which is what you are doing by not calling it by its correct name) over the mundane.
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