WHERE is Glengarry 2025 show gonna play?

[Lumiere2]

Posted: 12/3/24 at 3:18pm

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?

[jkcohen626]

Posted: 12/3/24 at 4:08pm

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. 

[Fordham2015]

Posted: 12/3/24 at 4:34pm

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]

Posted: 12/3/24 at 5:15pm

Maybe the Winter Garden since Good Night and Good Luck is a limited run?

[jkcohen626]

Posted: 12/3/24 at 5:25pm

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. 

[sm33]

Posted: 12/3/24 at 5:37pm

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. 

[Amy Archer]

Posted: 12/3/24 at 5:39pm

It's heading to the Palace. 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 12/3/24 at 6:48pm

witchoftheeast2 said: "Maybe the Winter Garden since Good Night and Good Luck is a limited run?"

Meow.

[BJR]

Posted: 12/3/24 at 7:06pm

EDSOSLO858 said: "witchoftheeast2 said: "Maybe the Winter Garden since Good Night and Good Luck is a limited run?"

Meow."

LOL. Exactly.

[ChairinMain]

Posted: 12/3/24 at 8:49pm

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.

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 12/3/24 at 11:24pm

Belasco or Longacre.

Updated On: 12/4/24 at 11:24 PM

[Lumiere2]

Posted: 12/6/24 at 3:21pm

Well, with Swept Away's closing notice as of last night, the suddenly now available Longacre Theatre seems preeeeeetty likely as Glengarry's new home.

https://playbill.com/article/swept-away-sets-closing-date-on-broadway

New bets: how long until it's made official?

[witchoftheeast2]

Posted: 12/6/24 at 3:31pm

BJR said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "witchoftheeast2 said: "Maybe the Winter Garden since Good Night and Good Luck is a limited run?"

Meow."

LOL. Exactly."

There's a lot happening with shows closing and opening and I got the seasons mixed up. There's zero reason to be rude or sarcastic. 

[ACL2006]

Posted: 12/6/24 at 3:54pm

Lumiere2 said: "Well, with Swept Away's closing notice as of last night, the suddenly now available Longacre Theatre seems preeeeeetty likely as Glengarry's new home.

https://playbill.com/article/swept-away-sets-closing-date-on-broadway

New bets: how long until it's made official?"

There's no rush to announce it. Probably nothing until after to actually closes next Sunday.

 

[ChairinMain]

Posted: 12/6/24 at 4:08pm

According to the tiktok gossipmonger the Sweaty Oracle, Glengarry has signed the Palace. Which is crazy, but it was the only theatre available at the time. 

[BJR]

Posted: 12/6/24 at 4:23pm

Wow, that's a massive house for a play.

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 12/6/24 at 4:31pm

ChairinMain said: "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 takethe Palace as it has been rumored to. and Dead Outlaw or Cats will circle Studio54 ifWonderful World blows its last horn in January."

I just don't see Cats: the Jellicle Ball coming in this season. Even without being lead producers on either, I can't imagine Lloyd Webber and RUG would want to have two of their shows competing head to head for Best Revival

[Amy Archer]

Posted: 12/6/24 at 5:09pm

Here's why it would make sense economically, if not necessarily artistically. The Palace has approximately 800 seats in its orchestra level and around 560 seats in the mezzanine. If you don't sell the balcony, you can treat the Palace as a 1400-seat theatre. A sizable portion of that orchestra level would be dynamically priced so the gross potential could be huge, like $2M a week or more. Presuming it's a limited run, you could recoup and generate a pretty substantial profit in a short amount of time. I think the show's producer - who, it should be remembered, put August: Osage County in the Imperial Theatre for its first five months - is hoping for the same sort of potential volume for Kieran Culkin etc., as Good Night, and Good Luck with George Clooney at the Winter Garden. 

By contrast, the Longacre has 500 seats in the orchestra, 320 seats in the mezzanine and 250 (mostly terrible) seats in the balcony. One quarter of the Longacre's seating is in that balcony. Looking at the orchestra level alone, would you rather be able to sell 500 seats at your top tier price, or 800? 

Plans may have changed now that the Longacre became available, but as I said up thead, I heard the Palace, and there is a financial model that could work for Glengarry at the Palace.

[theatergoer3]

Posted: 12/6/24 at 5:45pm

Odd but lines up with other rumors

Palace - limited Glengarry then Queen of Versailles

Longacre - Motive

LCT next Fall for her first show - Ragtime

Updated On: 12/6/24 at 05:45 PM

[BJR]

Posted: 12/6/24 at 9:50pm

AEA AGMA SM said: "I just don't see Cats: the Jellicle Ballcoming in this season. Even without being lead producers on either, I can't imagine Lloyd Webber and RUG would want to have two of their shows competing head to head for Best Revival"

You're right, it's not.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 12/6/24 at 10:27pm

BJR said: "Wow, that's a massive house for a play."

unless they get a big name for this, we're looking at another flop at the Palace. Why would any play want the Palace?

[jkcohen626]

Posted: 12/6/24 at 10:50pm

ACL2006 said: "BJR said: "Wow, that's a massive house for a play."

unless they get a big name for this, we're looking at another flop at the Palace. Why would any play want the Palace?"

They have the big names signed on already. 

https://playbill.com/article/kieran-culkin-bob-odenkirk-bill-burr-to-star-in-broadway-revival-of-glengarry-glen-ross 

[ACL2006]

Posted: 12/6/24 at 10:52pm

jkcohen626 said: "ACL2006 said: "BJR said: "Wow, that's a massive house for a play."

unless they get a big name for this, we're looking at another flop at the Palace. Why would any play want the Palace?"

They have the big names signed on already.

https://playbill.com/article/kieran-culkin-bob-odenkirk-bill-burr-to-star-in-broadway-revival-of-glengarry-glen-ross"

"big names"? not really.

[BoringBoredBoard40]

Posted: 12/6/24 at 10:54pm

ACL2006 said: "BJR said: "Wow, that's a massive house for a play."

unless they get a big name for this, we're looking at another flop at the Palace. Why would any play want the Palace?"

This prodution is stacked with names, what are you talking about....

[BOM]

Posted: 12/6/24 at 11:26pm

You have a star from Succession and two stars from Better Call Saul. You also have one of the hottest comics around in this show. This will have no issues selling tickets for a limited run.

Updated On: 12/6/24 at 11:26 PM