Venue Swap

[mjohnson2]

Posted: 12/28/13 at 8:22pm

Hello all,
If you could take a show currently playing on Broadway and transfer it into a different theatre, no matter whether or not a show is running there or not, which would you change and where to?
I would move Pippin into the Circle in the Square theatre and Wicked into the Vivian Beaumont theatre.

Updated On: 12/28/13 at 08:22 PM

[jnb9872]

Posted: 12/28/13 at 11:49pm

You have chosen to take two shows that are staged in conventional prosceniums and transferred them to Broadway's two thrust stages. Are you supposing that the shows would be modified for such a transfer? Pretty sure they're both pretty happy with how they use their proscenium stages...

[slmlbl]

Posted: 12/29/13 at 1:21am

I would move Cinderella to the Palace because i think they can do some clever advertising with 'Cinderella at the Palace'

[promisespromises2]

Posted: 12/29/13 at 1:24am

Not sure where I'd move it, but I would move Cinderella. Saw it today and was astonished at how small the theatre was! Albeit a ton of seats were empty. :/

[Lavieboheme3090]

Posted: 12/29/13 at 10:49am

You thought the Broadway Theater was small? The only theaters bigger than the Broadway are The Gershwin Theater and The Foxwood.

[steven22]

Posted: 12/29/13 at 11:15am

The Winter Garden seems to be a bigger venue as well.

[MarkBearSF]

Posted: 12/29/13 at 12:25pm

One of my wishes came true in 2013. Mama Mia! vacated the Winter Garden. Not crazy about the prospect of Rocky, but hopefully something else will come in so I can see the theater. Likewise, I'd love Phantom to vacate the Majestic and something other than Disney shows I'm unlikely to see to play the New Amsterdam.

Although the Book of Mormon is best in a smaller venue like its current home, it would be interesting to see what would happen to their sales and premium pricing in a large house like the Palace.