The Tonys find its home!

[ljay889]

Posted: 7/9/10 at 1:40am

Kind of random....

http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/theater/show_gets_tony_new_digs_f39JAv8QKzUJeSrFPO263L
Updated On: 7/9/10 at 01:40 AM

[adamgreer]

Posted: 7/9/10 at 1:42am

The Tonys have now been relegated to handing out the awards at a church in Washington Heights.

Will there be donuts, coffee, and fellowship in the basement afterwards?

Updated On: 7/9/10 at 01:42 AM

[CapnHook]

Posted: 7/9/10 at 1:53am

Whoa.

[gypsy4]

Posted: 7/9/10 at 1:55am

weird

[Mildred Plotka]

Posted: 7/9/10 at 2:02am

I'd also like to know if Angela Lansbury is going to take the Subway.

I assume they declined the offer to hold the Tony Awards in Hunter Foster's imagination?

[WayTooBroadway]

Posted: 7/9/10 at 2:10am

Hunter personally sought out theatres that Hollywood cognoscenti wouldn't dare visit. Donuts or not. (Hello Aretha Franklin!)

Stamp this with the Hunter Foster Seal of Approval (the HuFSA).

Updated On: 7/9/10 at 02:10 AM

[adamgreer]

Posted: 7/9/10 at 2:11am

I assume they declined the offer to hold the Tony Awards in Hunter Foster's imagination?

WIN.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 7/9/10 at 2:14am

Well, this is just awful.

[BrianS]

Posted: 7/9/10 at 2:24am

Now that the economy isn't in a free-fall, there are a lot more workshops in the pipe which means upcoming seasons that are a lot more vibrant than the last few years (and good shows are THE biggest factor in TONY viewership). That said, until they let critics vote again, the process is just too skewed to the most "tourable" show. I don't know how they can say with a straight face that the Tony currently represents excellence in the theater. Add to that a new podunk location and there is a chance of adding a chintzy feel to some already questionable integrity.

Updated On: 7/9/10 at 02:24 AM

[willep]

Posted: 7/9/10 at 2:31am

What a gorgeous venue. Not sure why everyone is complaining.

[Mildred Plotka]

Posted: 7/9/10 at 2:34am

BECAUSE ANGELA LANSBURY WILL HAVE TO TAKE THE SUBWAY!!!

Updated On: 7/9/10 at 02:34 AM

[gypsy4]

Posted: 7/9/10 at 2:45am

Could we have a big Red carpet at the subway?

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 7/9/10 at 2:47am

It is a beautiful venue, however it is nothing compared to Radio City. This cirque show better be pretty darn good.

[gypsy4]

Posted: 7/9/10 at 2:50am

I've always thought the New amsterdam would be a perfect Venue for the Tonys!

[CapnHook]

Posted: 7/9/10 at 3:02am

Yes but then we'd have to watch Supercalifragilisticexpealidious and then Circle of Life perform for a third time.

[alterego]

Posted: 7/9/10 at 3:44am

At Angela's age she'll be lucky to still be around next year.

[BwayTday]

Posted: 7/9/10 at 3:54am

Oh. No. You. Didn't.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 7/9/10 at 4:07am

That theater is a treasure. It was built as a theater originally about the time of the stock market crash; it's just owned by a church and has been used for that purpose since they bought it for a song at maybe $250,000 in perhaps the 1970's.

It is one of the most beautifully designed theaters in the city, by Charles Lamb, easily more beautiful than many Broadway houses. It has a grandeur all its own.

The acoustics are excellent, though I hope they've carpeted the floor now, which was just painted concrete under the seats when I saw and explored it . They have concerts there.

I don't agree with Reidel that its architecture is Moorish. I found it more Byzantine than anything in its main architectural style. Perhaps Reidel is thinking of the Christian Byzantine churches which were both seized and copied by the invading Turks. Notice the similar use of Romanesque arches and design as in Lamb's theater. The Islamic invaders copycatted the Byzantine style Christian Churches, as in the "Blue" mosque. There are other styles of architecture which are more original to the Moors/Islamics and are considered Moorish, like some of the castles in Spain including the Alhambra.

Incidentally, a beautiful example of Byzantine architecture in New York City is St. Bartholomew's Church, well worth a visit.
Look down to see St. Sophia Byzantine Christian cathedral seized and usurpt by the Turks as a mosque and another copycat mosque

[phantom39]

Posted: 7/9/10 at 4:36am

Seats will still be very limited at the United Palace, which has a capacity of 3,330 compared to Radio City's 6,015.

[tazber]

Posted: 7/9/10 at 6:01am

Well 3,000 seats is plenty to accommodate the producers and Hollywood folk. Who else really matters?

[dramamama611]

Posted: 7/9/10 at 7:55am

My favorite quote: The Tonys are movin' up town.

Broadway's tarnished, conflict-riddled awards -- which once honored excel lence in the American theater but now honors "Memphis"! Bwahahahaha.

[iflip4musicals]

Posted: 7/9/10 at 8:01am

dramamama I loved that too! I spit out my coffee when I read it!

[Edna Turnblad]

Posted: 7/9/10 at 9:19am

I think it's pretty in an interesting way. I was getting a little tired of the same set on either side of the stage every year at Radio City, so maybe we'll have a nice change. I wonder if, since it has almost half the seats, if they will cut the number of producers able to go,or cut the number of Broadway fans who can go. Probably the second one.

[Kad]

Posted: 7/9/10 at 10:05am

I think that in order to be able to attend the Tonys, you must be no more well-known than Hunter Foster.

[madbrian]

Posted: 7/9/10 at 10:15am

"I think that in order to be able to attend the Tonys, you must be no more well-known than Hunter Foster."

Well, that leaves me out.