The Schoenfeld...Any guesses as to what the next tennant is?

Play or Musical?

Perhaps an Off-Broadway transfer like THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED?

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Trip to the Bountiful?

Since "Taboo" this house seems to have been jinxed. Maybe since Hasselhoff??

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The Plymouth.

I still call it the Plymouth.

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Times 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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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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Short isn't till August.

With all the shows clammoring for a theatre...I doubt they'd wait.

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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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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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Said location did naff all for Woman In White though.

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ooh, could A Chorus Line work at the Plymouth? (i hate calling it the Schoenfeld too)

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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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"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.