I've been fascinated by this play announcement, first made in the summer and then revived with more casting a few weeks ago. What theatre is Glengarry Glen Ross going to?!
The 2024/25 Broadway season only has four and a half months left until the Tony nominations cutoff - meaning previews likely need to start in early April, if not sooner. But they haven't even started selling tickets because they don't have a venue!
Almost certainly, the (likely) Shuberts are waiting for one of their currently scheduled to play productions to close so they can put it somewhere. But if no show posts a closing notice and no show gets evicted early, the only available venue on Broadway would be...the Palace Theatre? That probably isn't happening.
So where the heck is this play going? Guesses? Buzz? Predictions? Where will Glengarry "always be closing" in the next few months?
I know that there is so much that goes on behind the scenes. But, I'm really surprised that Real Women Have Curves was able to get in front of Glengarry for a theatre. It's not beginning performances until April (I believe the EPA for Glengarry said it's planning to come in earlier) and, I'm gonna be honest, I don't see much of a future for it whereas Glengarry will probably do very well.
I think we've probably crossed the threshold for potentially at-risk long-runners announcing closure. Hadestown just announced new casting and SIX, Moulin, and &Juliet would want to milk the combo of final months and holiday season if they were closing in the Winter. So, that rules out those theatres. Oh, Mary just announced a huge extension, so the Lyceum is out too.
That leaves the Belasco, the Longacre, and Studio 54 as theatres with struggling shows likely to announce a Winter closing. If I had to guess, it'll be the Longacre.
Jeffrey Richards is a producer on Maybe Happy Ending, so I doubt he'd kick his own show out of the Belasco without good reason.
He rents Studio 54 frequently (Pictures From Home, The Minutes, Sound Inside, Lifespan of a Fact) so if Wonderful World closes I wouldn't be surprised if Glengarry went there.
witchoftheeast2 said: "Maybe the Winter Garden since Good Night and Good Luck is a limited run?"
It was announced for this Spring/this season. There are almost a dozen theatres with limited runs that end in June, but that is next season. This discussion is moot if the show end sup delaying to next season. This is about trying to figure out how to work with the space crunch that exists in Spring 2025.
I was trying to wait til they announced dates and a theater for this to plan my next NYC trip, because I want to see it, but with other stuff already on sale (Streetcar & Othello specifically), I didn't think it'd be smart to wait any longer, so I just booked for early April. I'd love if they managed to get into a theater by then, but I guess I wouldn't be mad if they pushed to next season, either. What's gonna kill me is if they open in like... May.
I cannot imagine that an intimate play will take the Palace, but you never know. With the upswell of support from the community and excellent word of mouth, I suspect Maybe Happy Ending will stick it out in the Belasco for as long as possible to better its Tony chances. I am predicting, loosely, that GGGR will take the Longacre as Swept Away continues to think, Ragtime will take the Palace as it has been rumored to. and Dead Outlaw or Cats will circle Studio54 if Wonderful World blows its last horn in January.