What's Next for the Cort?

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 6/14/16 at 8:37pm

Sadly, Bright Star will be gone later this month. What could be next?

[Dollypop]

Posted: 6/14/16 at 8:39pm

Ben-Hur:  the musical

[backwoodsbarbie]

Posted: 6/14/16 at 8:42pm

It's that east of Broadway curse. 

[pupscotch]

Posted: 6/14/16 at 8:57pm

Bandstand? Is that even still happening?

[JBroadway]

Posted: 6/14/16 at 9:36pm

Dollypop said: "Ben-Hur:  the musical"

 

I know you're joking, but when I was in London I saw the Tricycle Theatre Company do Ben Hur as a 4-person comedy play a la The 39 Steps (same people), which also happened to play at the Cort. Not saying it's going to transfer, but it's funny that you'd mention that. 

 

Updated On: 6/14/16 at 09:36 PM

[10086sunset]

Posted: 6/14/16 at 10:15pm

The Master Builder?

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 6/14/16 at 10:21pm

Come from away? Or that could take the Lyceum.

[mailhandler777]

Posted: 6/15/16 at 5:23am

pupscotch said: "Bandstand? Is that even still happening?"

 

It is indeed happening. I went to a benefit on Monday night and one of the guys in the show was performing. 

[_IrisTInkerbell]

Posted: 6/15/16 at 6:30am

Probably not happening so soon though. When Paper Mill won the special Tony they said in the Press Room that Bronx Tale is further along in development that Bandstand, and that is coming in in December. So if it's coming this season, I think it will more likely be in the spring.

Updated On: 6/15/16 at 06:30 AM

[mailhandler777]

Posted: 6/15/16 at 7:07am

This fall for The Bandstand. 

[CindersGolightly]

Posted: 6/15/16 at 7:25am

I also think it'll be home to "The Bandstand", but what Iris said is interesting.

[_IrisTInkerbell]

Posted: 6/15/16 at 7:35am

I don't have the link at hand, but Broadway.com reported that from the Press Room, it's in their Tony Odds and Ends, if you wanna look it up! Actually, there might even be video of that?

[Smaxie]

Posted: 6/15/16 at 7:53am

The Cort will also be taken out of commission soon for a gut renovation.  It will be shut down while a lot to the construction takes place on that block. 

[bandit964]

Posted: 6/15/16 at 8:24am

The Cort needs it BADLY.  It perhaps has the saddest facade of all the theatres.  It and The Ambassador.  The inside of the Cort isn't in great shape either, and I've heard not so stellar reviews of the backstage areas as well.

[ChiTheaterFan]

Posted: 6/15/16 at 9:28am

Hopefully they can fix that downstairs ladies' room so it's not such a colossal cluster.  There are quite a few stalls but it's always so hard to get past everyone to get in and out.  

[Petrichor]

Posted: 6/15/16 at 10:03am

Is the Cort theatre the only theatre in NY with such an odd layout? Of course the double-sided downstairs bathrooms being a noticeable one, but I've never walked into a theatre so small(again, is it really small or just a weird layout?) where the seats and stage area are just a couple of steps beyond the entrance door. 

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 6/15/16 at 10:17am

Smaxie said: "The Cort will also be taken out of commission soon for a gut renovation.  It will be shut down while a lot to the construction takes place on that block. "

 

Oh, that's right. Thanks for the reminder.

 

[BroadMagTech]

Posted: 6/15/16 at 12:43pm

Smaxie said: "The Cort will also be taken out of commission soon for a gut renovation.  It will be shut down while a lot to the construction takes place on that block."

 

Really? Awesome! 

 

[BroadMagTech]

Posted: 6/15/16 at 12:43pm

 

Updated On: 6/15/16 at 12:43 PM

[Anthony12]

Posted: 6/15/16 at 1:42pm

A Bronx Tale is going to the Longacre

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 6/15/16 at 1:48pm

No one said a Bronx tale was going into the Cort. Iris just mentioned that papermill playhouse said a Bronx tale was in further developement. This could mean that they are putting all their focus on a Bronx tale and not bandstand.

[broadwayrocks2]

Posted: 6/15/16 at 2:21pm

I wonder which will be next for renovation Lyceum or Cort ? I have heard one of them will be 2017 . They both need it

 

[RippedMan]

Posted: 6/15/16 at 3:33pm

Hope they spruce up that boring, tired marquee! But the facade I love! I don't know why someone said it was cursed? Fish in the Dark did just fine there. As did Fences. I think it's been proven that if it's a show someone wants to see, then they will find the theater. I mean look at Stomp or Blue Man Group. 

[ChiTheaterFan]

Posted: 6/15/16 at 3:33pm

Petrichor said: "Is the Cort theatre the only theatre in NY with such an odd layout? Of course the double-sided downstairs bathrooms being a noticeable one, but I've never walked into a theatre so small(again, is it really small or just a weird layout?) where the seats and stage area are just a couple of steps beyond the entrance door. 

 

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The Golden is the same cramped layout. (Haven't been to the bathroom by referring to the seats just past the door.)

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 6/15/16 at 3:35pm

I think the Cort needs a renovation more than the Lyceum does. Just my opinion.