What’s next for The Broadway Theatre?

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 11/7/23 at 1:07pm

The Broadway theatre will likely be ready for a new tenant by the spring. Are there any large musicals that are looking to come in as soon as this spring? Just a couple ideas off the top of my head: The Great Gatsby(Papermill Playhouse version), Come Fall in Love - The DDLJ musical, Sunset Boulevard, and Boop.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 11/7/23 at 1:11pm

It should probably stay vacant for a while - it’s a huge house and tough to fill up.

Maybe a concert residency should be next?

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 11/7/23 at 1:22pm

Convert it to a thrust stage, pull the mezz forward a bit, kill 200 seats in the rear mezz, and add an elevator.

(((I know that's not happening)))

Updated On: 11/7/23 at 01:22 PM

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 11/7/23 at 1:35pm

Either Guys & Dolls or Paper Mill Playhouse's The Great Gatsby will probably transfer.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 11/7/23 at 1:50pm

Old Friends? 

[Dylan Smith4]

Posted: 11/7/23 at 1:53pm

EDSOSLO858 said: "Old Friends?"

Too big for that show. I can see Old Friends going to a smaller house. It would be great if that went to the Sondheim, but it doesn't look like & Juliet is going anywhere. Maybe the Golden?

Updated On: 11/7/23 at 01:53 PM

[abcdefg3]

Posted: 11/7/23 at 5:40pm

I still hope they'll keep the current configuration for a bit: "They Shoot Horses Don't They" co-directed by Marianne Elliott and Steven Hoggett and adapted by Paula Vogel was supposed to open at the Bridge Theater in London in an immersive production during covid. This is an amazing team and I'd love to see this show. It's not a musical so they could hire some big name actors. There are so many musicals opening this spring; a cool, exciting play with some major star power would be a great compliment to the rest of the season. 

[ACL2006]

Posted: 11/7/23 at 5:53pm

Let Adele reopen the Palace and have Gaga play the Broadway. They can alternate nights they perform.

[chrishuyen]

Posted: 11/7/23 at 5:54pm

I doubt they'd go for it, but it would be cool to keep the Broadway Theatre as a semi-modular space for shows that would still be considered Broadway shows but may not have a traditional setup, maybe like a scaled up version of Circle in the Square.

[dan94]

Posted: 11/7/23 at 6:03pm

Dylan Smith4 said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "Old Friends?"

Too big for that show. I can see Old Friends going to a smaller house. It would be great if that went to the Sondheim, but it doesn't look like & Juliet is going anywhere. Maybe the Golden?"

The Old Friends Sondheim concert is not coming to Broadway. Some people got confused a while back because the current Merrily revival is financially filed as "Old Friends Broadway Limited Partnership". It is Merrily on that filing. Not a transfer of anything CamMac.

[Dylan Smith4]

Posted: 11/7/23 at 9:32pm

I have friends in the UK who have said that Old Friends is looking to transfer in the Spring with Bernadette and Lea. Unless you have heard something else, it's probably gonna transfer. 

[BETTY22]

Posted: 11/9/23 at 4:37pm

The transformation cost millions. Now producers will have to spend a fortune restoring it.

How much money did this show lose? 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 11/9/23 at 5:23pm

BETTY22 said: "The transformation cost millions. Now producers will have to spend a fortune restoring it.

How much money did this show lose?"

It had a $22 million capitalization. But I assume someone threw in some extra funds to keep it going.

Closing Costs are built into the capitalization for every show. For HLL, those costs just happen to be more than the average musical.

[quizking101]

Posted: 11/9/23 at 11:58pm

jacobsnchz14 said: "Either Guys & Dolls or Paper Mill Playhouse's The Great Gatsby will probably transfer."

I can’t imagine any show wanting to transfer in during an already crowded season. G&D would be smart to wait until the dominoes of this years’ revivals fall so it doesn’t draw unfavorable comparisons to Cabaret.

GATSBY is in dire need of some re-evaluation and the Broadway Theatre is roughly 500 seats larger than Papermill - No way would they scale up this production without it looking more absurdly garish

[Broadway Flash]

Posted: 11/10/23 at 3:49am

If guys and dolls wanted to come in, wouldn’t this be the time to do it? While the orchestra seats aren’t there?  I don’t think this production would ever win best revival, this season or next. next season has things like spiderwoman, chess, sunset boulevard, next to normal, and tik tik boom coming in. 

[QueenAlice]

Posted: 11/10/23 at 10:18am

Guys and Dolls would have to be completely re-imagined to work in any Broadway house. None havef the massive floor elevators the curent production is built around.  

If I were the lead producer of CABARET, I'd be trying to move the production to the Broadway to split the theatre demo costs with HLL.

Updated On: 11/10/23 at 10:18 AM

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 11/10/23 at 12:05pm

I don’t think y’all get how this all works. Cabaret isn’t going to “share” with Here Lies Love. It’s a totally different configuration. A totally different vibe. The money is already in place. Same for Guys and Dolls. It relies on floor elevators so it needs a big stage with a big basement. I think the only thing on Broadway that would work would be Lincoln Center. 

[Broadway Flash]

Posted: 12/13/23 at 9:04am

Any updates?

[OhHiii]

Posted: 12/13/23 at 9:05am

Seems most likely Papermill Gatsby is going into the Broadway (what a mistake lol).

Updated On: 12/13/23 at 09:05 AM

[ACL2006]

Posted: 12/13/23 at 9:13am

OhHiii said: "Seems most likely Papermill Gatsby is going into the Broadway (what a mistake lol)."

 Gatsby going to the Broadway has major flop written all over it. It'll be lucky to last 6 months there.

[BoringBoredBoard40]

Posted: 12/13/23 at 1:26pm

According to people inovlved with Here Lies Love, BOOP is the next tenant 

[Dylan Smith4]

Posted: 12/13/23 at 1:52pm

Please no! Let Nicole come over with Sunset first! Plain and simple!

[BoringBoredBoard40]

Posted: 12/13/23 at 2:01pm

Dylan Smith4 said: "Please no! Let Nicole come over with Sunset first! Plain and simple!"

people really need to accept that Sunset is not coming this season for a variety of reasons including it would be a THIRD revival by the same lead producers in the same season which would make zero sense for them financially, with regards to awards season ect...

[Voter]

Posted: 12/13/23 at 2:29pm

BoringBoredBoard40 said: "According to people inovlved with Here Lies Love, BOOP is the next tenant"


Announcement coming after their Chicago engagement or after the holidays (January 2 or beyond)

[BETTY22]

Posted: 12/13/23 at 4:00pm

"Boop" has Imperial after Water for Elephants