What's next for all of these empty theaters?

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 7/13/07 at 3:18pm

Does anyone have any predictions?

Could 'A Catered Affair' go here?
Updated On: 7/13/07 at 03:18 PM

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 7/13/07 at 3:23pm

The Grinch has it starting in November, Guys and Dolls most-likely after that.

Catered Affair wants (or has?) the Kerr.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 7/13/07 at 3:28pm

Oh, right, I forgot about the Grinch...

What about the Ford Center? Is anything scheduled to open there yet?

[bjh2114]

Posted: 7/13/07 at 3:31pm

Darling, the Hilton is the new name of the Ford Center.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 7/13/07 at 3:32pm

Ford Center = Hilton = Young Frankenstein

[popular_elphie]

Posted: 7/13/07 at 3:52pm

Grinch for November. Not sure what after.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 7/13/07 at 3:56pm

There's still the theater Company was in - is any ideas there? Or now that the Rodgers is vacant - anything for there?

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 7/13/07 at 4:02pm

Last I heard (through grapevines and speculation), In the Heights is looking at the Rodgers and the producers of November (the new David Mamet play with Nathan Lane) are looking at the Barrymore.

How In the Heights would fill up the 1500 seat Rodgers since it couldn't fill up the, what, 100 seat place where it was before, is beyond me. Updated On: 7/13/07 at 04:02 PM

[bjh2114]

Posted: 7/13/07 at 4:05pm

Yankee beat me to it. As of yesterday the rumor backstage at In the Heights was that they were getting the Rodgers.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 7/13/07 at 4:05pm

Very true, but with Broadway comes more exposure and more acclaim. And it opens up other oppurtunities as well.

But If I were the producers, I'd wait and open the show in March or something right before the Tonys. I don't see this show being able to open in the fall and last until next June. But I guess we'll see. I didn't think Drowsy could sell out the Marquis but it did.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 7/13/07 at 4:06pm

Ha! Sorry, I was looking at the empty theaters listed on Playbill.com and the Ford Center and Hilton are two seperate entities on there...sorry about that.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 7/13/07 at 4:09pm

Drowsy had lots going for it - primarily great word-of-mouth from Los Angeles, as well as recognizable names like Sutton Foster, Georgia Engel, Edward Hibbert, et al.

In the Heights has none of that. It's a niche show. Let's hope they market it properly.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 7/13/07 at 4:09pm

Sort of OT but this coming theater season looks really promising...

I, for one, can't wait for Mauritius...and I honestly am not sure why. Haha...

But, I thought In the Heights was doing well financially off-bway hence the move to Broadway...is it just moving because it got such good reviews?

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 7/13/07 at 4:13pm

There's no such thing as doing "financially well" Off-Broadway in this day-and-age (unless you're a non-profit).

I, also, can't wait for Mauritius....if only for the cast.

[Sondheim_Geek]

Posted: 7/13/07 at 4:22pm

Just thinking now, there are SO many empty theatres at the moment popping into my head. I know that a bunch of them have plans, but still. Per Talkin' Broadway:

Dark Broadway Theaters

Barrymore Theatre
Belasco Theatre
Biltmore Theatre
Booth Theatre
Brooks Atkinson Theatre
Hilton Theatre
Imperial Theatre
Longacre Theatre
Lyceum Theatre
Richard Rodgers Theatre
St. James Theatre
Vivian Beaumont Theatre

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 7/13/07 at 4:24pm

The Belasco has been empty for quite some time now, has it not?

And the Brooks Atkinson won't be empty for long...I hope GREASE proves to be another first-rate revival from Marshall...

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 7/13/07 at 4:26pm

The Belasco has been empty for just over a month now.

[popular_elphie]

Posted: 7/13/07 at 4:27pm

Only since the Tonys.

Don't forget to add more once these limited engagements come out. Late August/early September will be extremely dead for Broadway.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 7/13/07 at 4:27pm

Upcoming shows, as I've heard (how true they prove to be remains to be seen)

Barrymore Theatre - November, prospectively
Belasco Theatre - Treasure Island, eventually
Biltmore Theatre - Mauritius
Booth Theatre - The Seafarer
Brooks Atkinson Theatre - Grease
Hilton Theatre - Young Frankestein
Imperial Theatre - Billy Elliot in Fall, 08 (room for a Gypsy transfer...)
Longacre Theatre
Lyceum Theatre
Richard Rodgers Theatre - In the Heightes, prospectively
St. James Theatre - Grinch, followed prospectively by Guys and Dolls
Vivian Beaumont Theatre - Cymbeline, followed by South Pacific

[DRSisLove]

Posted: 7/13/07 at 4:28pm

IMPERIAL's gonna be occupied by a musical closing this Sunday...

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 7/13/07 at 4:29pm

I'm terrible at remembering what shows are in what theaters...sorry.

[Sondheim_Geek]

Posted: 7/13/07 at 4:29pm

I think that they should just turn the Belasco into a haunted house.

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

Posted: 7/13/07 at 4:35pm

"IMPERIAL's gonna be occupied by a musical closing this Sunday..."

Are you saying that In The Heights is headed for the Imperial?!?!

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 7/13/07 at 4:36pm

YF should have taken Belasco if only for the atmosphere.

and DRS what are you talking about?

[mightydog]

Posted: 7/13/07 at 4:55pm

Where is Pinter's "Homecoming" going?

edited Here to Where
Updated On: 7/13/07 at 04:55 PM