What's Next For The Eugene O'Neill Theatre?- Page 2

[Elke]

Posted: 10/24/08 at 2:11am

fanadu, could you tell us more about the Minsky's reading? Maybe in the Minsky's thread? Cast? Songs?

I am SO curious about that show!


Minsky's thread

[inlovewithjerryherman]

Posted: 10/24/08 at 2:15am

HAIR would be phenominal in the Eugene O'Neill, but my bets are that it will go to the Lyceum.

Fela! is most certainly headed to the O'Neill.

[Bobby Maler]

Posted: 10/24/08 at 2:16am

What are those shows that can't find financing going to blame it on now? (It's been "No Empty Theatres" for awhile.)
Now, they're going to be forced to say "Hey, No Money!"

ZuggyCringe, they already have. Those were the reasons cited for the scrapping of the Godspell revival and For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 10/24/08 at 4:54am

Again, Hair is playing the Shubert.

[broadwaybelter]

Posted: 10/24/08 at 1:05pm

And where is Vanities headed?

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 10/24/08 at 2:59pm

I'd guess Vanities would go into the Lyceum.

[dg22894]

Posted: 10/24/08 at 5:20pm

I think Hair could go in there or Dirty Dancing maybe

[perfectliar]

Posted: 10/24/08 at 5:25pm

I think Vanities is going into the Booth, unless they're going into the Lyceum and not selling the balcony.

[fromthecity]

Posted: 10/24/08 at 5:34pm

Fela looks like it sucks. Does it?

ETA: Spring Awakening will not extend. Updated On: 10/24/08 at 05:34 PM

[jv92]

Posted: 10/24/08 at 6:06pm

Fela! was entertaining, but unfocused.

[chrysler99]

Posted: 10/24/08 at 6:14pm

yeah, no extension for SA. if Hunter is signed through Jan. 18th, there's no way they hire and train and promote someone new. way too expensive. sad but true.

[bwayfan9]

Posted: 10/24/08 at 7:14pm

I still think Guys and Dolls really complicated things by not going in to the Neil Simon. I would have done it like this-

Guys and Dolls- Neil Simon
Hair- Nederlander
Vanities- Lyceum
Fela!- Eugine O'Neil

[bwayfan9]

Posted: 10/24/08 at 7:14pm

OH!!!

Road Show- Shubert

[wickedfan]

Posted: 10/24/08 at 7:45pm

I thought that Vanities was going into the Barrymore after Speed-the-Plow.

[coolkid11776]

Posted: 10/24/08 at 7:47pm

Guys & Dolls is confirmed for the NEDERLANDER

[bwayfan9]

Posted: 10/24/08 at 7:57pm

uh, I not that coolkidd, I was just saying it SHOULD'VE gone into the Neil Simon

[Smaxie]

Posted: 10/24/08 at 8:30pm

>I was just saying it SHOULD'VE gone into the Neil Simon<

But you are basing that decision, bwayfan9, on what the Nederlander Theatre used to look like when it was housing Rent. Seems like it will be a great house when they get through with the restoration. And as I've said before, now that the Nederlander's neighbors include The New York Times, the 42nd Street Hilton, McDonalds, New York Sports Club, the 41st Street exit for Mary Poppins, Red Lobster, Ruby Tuesday's, a boutique hotel right next door, the NY headquarters for Ernst & Young and Reuters, and a revitalized 42nd Street subway hub, as well as street traffic to and from the Port Authority, the Nederlander Theatre may now have even more going for it as a venue for a show than the Neil Simon, way up on 52nd Street, where the district quiets down.

[BRDWYrobb]

Posted: 10/24/08 at 9:55pm

so guys and dolls is nederlander
dirty dancing is neil simon....
i think hair should go into the cirle in the square
but theres that black girl show wit the long name going there right

[Smaxie]

Posted: 10/25/08 at 7:19am

Hair already has a theatre - the Shubert.

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 10/25/08 at 7:57am

Shubert - HAIR
Nederlander - GUYS AND DOLLS
Neil Simon - DIRTY DANCING
Lyceum - VANITIES
Eugene 'O Neill - FELA!

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 10/25/08 at 8:09am

Wasn't G&D cancelled?

[Smaxie]

Posted: 10/25/08 at 8:13am

The transfer of the Donmar production was cancelled last season. This is a new production, to be directed by Des McAnuff, with choreography by Sergio Trujillo, and interestingly, produced by the West End producers of the Donmar production. Guys & Dolls opens March 1 at the Nederlander Theatre. So far, Oliver Platt as Nathan is the only casting that has been announced.

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 10/25/08 at 8:29am

I severely doubt HAIR will touch the Lyceum. It's a bit small, and quite frankly, out-of-the-way.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 10/25/08 at 8:48am

>I severely doubt HAIR will touch the Lyceum. It's a bit small, and quite frankly, out-of-the-way.<

Plus the facts that -
- The Lyceum has the smallest orchestra level on Broadway, meaning the least amount of full-priced, most desirable seats a producer can sell
- Hair has a cast of 27, and no musical that large has played the Lyceum since The Chocolate Soldier in 1940
and
- HAIR HAS THE SHUBERT

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 10/25/08 at 9:15am

Smaxie, don't you often wonder if any of the posters here can read?