WAR HORSE To Take The St. James Theatre
WAR HORSE To Take The St. James Theatre
#1WAR HORSE To Take The St. James Theatre
Posted: 5/9/12 at 12:26pmThought you's guys would wanna know.
#2WAR HORSE To Take The St. James Theatre
Posted: 5/9/12 at 12:31pmThat surprises me. I feel like they would need more wing space for the horses.
#2WAR HORSE To Take The St. James Theatre
Posted: 5/9/12 at 12:32pmI dunno. Heard from my "reliable" source.
#3WAR HORSE To Take The St. James Theatre
Posted: 5/9/12 at 12:35pmI think Warhorse would feel different on a proscenium stage. I loved the staging at the Beaumont. You felt like a part of the action.
#4WAR HORSE To Take The St. James Theatre
Posted: 5/9/12 at 12:36pmnot sure why they would take a larger theater since they haven't been filling the Beaumont lately. they're looking at a theater with 300 extra seats to fill each for each performance.
#5WAR HORSE To Take The St. James Theatre
Posted: 5/9/12 at 12:37pmThey can easily close off the balcony though, right? They've done that before at that theater for some shows.
winston89
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/18/06
#6WAR HORSE To Take The St. James Theatre
Posted: 5/9/12 at 12:47pmFor what it's worth, War Horse is playing in Toronto on a proscenium stage. And, the production has gotten great write ups and word of mouth. So, clearly, it is adaptable.
#7WAR HORSE To Take The St. James Theatre
Posted: 5/9/12 at 12:57pmI can see this working on a proscenium. And the move to Times Square from Lincoln Center may help fill those extra seats.
roadmixer
Leading Actor Joined: 7/28/07
#8WAR HORSE To Take The St. James Theatre
Posted: 5/9/12 at 1:30pmNot coming to the St. James... another Jujamcyn house. Take a guess.
bwayfan7000
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/09
#9WAR HORSE To Take The St. James Theatre
Posted: 5/9/12 at 1:46pm
Wasn't it originally staged on a proscenium stage at the National anyway? Sure, they made it look gorgeous on the thrust at the Beaumont, but as shown at the National and in the Toronto/tour version, it can be great on a proscenium stage as well.
winston89
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/18/06
#10WAR HORSE To Take The St. James Theatre
Posted: 5/9/12 at 1:54pmI am not sure about the staging at The National, But, I do know that the staging at The New London is a thrust stage.
sbflyfan
Broadway Star Joined: 4/12/07
#11WAR HORSE To Take The St. James Theatre
Posted: 5/9/12 at 2:03pmWell, either way, it will be playing proscenium stages when it's out on tour. Deal with it.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#12WAR HORSE To Take The St. James Theatre
Posted: 5/9/12 at 5:44pmI don't know why they are trying to keep it going, but I suppose it must be making money? I mean, the movie did nothing to help its ticket sales. I think it needs a new logo/design. The one at Lincoln Center makes it look so dated.
GoshGeeGolly
Chorus Member Joined: 1/5/12
#13WAR HORSE To Take The St. James Theatre
Posted: 5/9/12 at 5:58pmPeople seem to like this WarHorse.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#14WAR HORSE To Take The St. James Theatre
Posted: 5/9/12 at 5:58pmAlso, I think it's kind of amusing that no one wanted the St. James to sit empty all summer, and yet....it is...
broadwayman17
Broadway Star Joined: 10/27/07
#15WAR HORSE To Take The St. James Theatre
Posted: 5/9/12 at 6:39pmRoadmixer, so you think it's going to take the Hirschfeld (which has roughly 300 more seats than the St. James)? The only other option is waiting out Clybourne and taking the Kerr
theatreguy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/31/03
#16WAR HORSE To Take The St. James Theatre
Posted: 5/9/12 at 7:02pmNo way it could fit in the Kerr. And the Hirschfeld has 1424 seats compared to the St. James' 1709.
#17WAR HORSE To Take The St. James Theatre
Posted: 5/9/12 at 7:04pm
The show played at The Olivier theatre at The National which also has a thrust stage.
bwayfan7000
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/09
#18WAR HORSE To Take The St. James Theatre
Posted: 5/9/12 at 7:17pmAh, my mistake. I thought I'd heard it was a proscenium at the National. But it's definitely playing many proscenium houses across the country on tour.
#19WAR HORSE To Take The St. James Theatre
Posted: 5/9/12 at 7:36pmThe Kerr has 118 less seats than the Beaumont. It makes sense to downgrade the theater size than go up by another 300 or so, especially when you consider that the 6,412 tickets WAR HORSE sold less week would only be about an 85% capacity at the Kerr.
Jonwo
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/16/06
#20WAR HORSE To Take The St. James Theatre
Posted: 5/9/12 at 7:37pmSeems a bit of a risk moving War Horse from the Beaumount to a bigger theatre, the National must think it has a commericial future on Broadway.
roadmixer
Leading Actor Joined: 7/28/07
theatreguy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/31/03
#22WAR HORSE To Take The St. James Theatre
Posted: 5/9/12 at 7:57pmfrogs_fan - Yes, the Kerr has 188 fewer seats than the Beaumont. It also has a MUCH smaller stage. There's no way it could fit a production the size of War Horse.
broadwayman17
Broadway Star Joined: 10/27/07
#23WAR HORSE To Take The St. James Theatre
Posted: 5/9/12 at 8:00pmI meant 300 less, my bad
#24WAR HORSE To Take The St. James Theatre
Posted: 5/10/12 at 1:42am
@Theaterguy
I completely agree there is no way War Horse could fit in the Kerr, A Little Night Music seemed like barley fit there...I mean couldn't take more than five steps forward and be at the edge of the stage. There is no way the puppets that are like ten feet long can fit on that stage. I also hate the Kerr because it is so crampt.
THe only theaters of a similar size with a stage that would be large enough for the production that I can think of would be the Schoenfeld or the Brooks Atkinson
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