What's next for the Music Box?
What's next for the Music Box?
Cupid Boy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/5/13
#2What's next for the Music Box?
Posted: 9/6/16 at 10:49pm
Can you give any hints as to what it'll be?
#3What's next for the Music Box?
Posted: 9/6/16 at 10:51pm
Someone said gotta dance in a thread a while back. I wonder if that's still the case. It's now called half time.
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10086sunset
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#4What's next for the Music Box?
Posted: 9/6/16 at 10:51pm
PThespian said: "Expect a very surprising announcement shortly. "
Tease...
#5What's next for the Music Box?
Posted: 9/6/16 at 10:56pm
Call_me_jorge said: "Someone said gotta dance in a thread a while back. I wonder if that's still the case. It's now called half time."
A dance heavy show would make sense there. The sightlines are really amazing, I was just over the moon even with my rear mezz seat during Shuffle Along.
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#6What's next for the Music Box?
Posted: 9/6/16 at 10:57pm
I really, really hope Indecent takes a theater. And a small one.
#7What's next for the Music Box?
Posted: 9/6/16 at 10:59pm
p.s. Valentina3, check your private messages!
AntV
Broadway Star Joined: 12/23/12
#8What's next for the Music Box?
Posted: 9/6/16 at 11:23pm
Someone on ATC says Dear Evan Hansen is moving there.
#9What's next for the Music Box?
Posted: 9/6/16 at 11:28pm
They have the Belasco though...
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#10What's next for the Music Box?
Posted: 9/7/16 at 12:02am
^They have also sold tickets for the Belsaco, so that would really be screwing up a lot.
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Liza's Headband
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/13
#11What's next for the Music Box?
Posted: 9/7/16 at 12:24am
PThespian said: "Expect a very surprising announcement shortly. "
As someone who claims to be gainfully employed in the business, I'm kind of shocked you're teasing extremely sensitive (AND CONFIDENTIAL) info on a public message board. The announcement should be coming anytime tomorrow - it's related to another show already slated for Broadway; not a new one!
FlySkyHigh
Understudy Joined: 4/17/16
#12What's next for the Music Box?
Posted: 9/7/16 at 12:28am
Does anyone still think Pirates of Penzance might transfer? Or, as alluded above, what shows have been announced for Broadway but don't have a theatre yet?
JVJ93
Featured Actor Joined: 3/27/16
#13What's next for the Music Box?
Posted: 9/7/16 at 12:50am
Ugh now I'm so curious. The anticipation..
#14What's next for the Music Box?
Posted: 9/7/16 at 1:03am
Liza's Headband said: "PThespian said: "Expect a very surprising announcement shortly. "
As someone who claims to be gainfully employed in the business, I'm kind of shocked you're teasing extremely sensitive (AND CONFIDENTIAL) info on a public message board. The announcement should be coming anytime tomorrow - it's related to another show already slated for Broadway; not a new one!"
Um Liza, I'm shocked that you told us some extremely sensitive and seemingly confidential information too (previously announced vs unannounced). That leaves us with very few shows now, doesn't it?
Anyway... what about Prince Of Broadway? Is that showing up in NYC anytime soon? I want it before Hal passes away.
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LightsOut90
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/2/14
#17What's next for the Music Box?
Posted: 9/7/16 at 5:04am
Could EVAN HANSEN be switching venues AND pushing back performances? Previews are (were?) slated to start mid-November.
Very odd were it to be true.
10086sunset
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/16
#18What's next for the Music Box?
Posted: 9/7/16 at 5:55am
Would this make all tickets for the Belasco purchased null and void?
How would this all play out ticket wise?
#19What's next for the Music Box?
Posted: 9/7/16 at 6:35am
Maybe they'd equate rows in the balcony of the Belasco to new rows in the mezz of the Music Box? And likewise for Belasco mezz seats to the orchestra? Not sure how they would work that out with the prices and people feeling they've been moved to worse seats. And of course, issue new tickets to everyone. I feel like that would be the best way to go ahead, but what do I know!
#20What's next for the Music Box?
Posted: 9/7/16 at 6:43am
While I don't know if this is actually true, I'd love a move to the Music Box. It's my favorite theatre, and I don't think there's a bad seat in the house.
#21What's next for the Music Box?
Posted: 9/7/16 at 8:09am
When Evan Hansen moves they'll just move people to the same seats, they did the same for when The Humans kept selling tickets for the Hayes for like a month even though the move to the Schoenfeld was already announced. Is there a reason they would push back performances though? I have tickets for the first week.
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#22What's next for the Music Box?
Posted: 9/7/16 at 8:18am
Since Shuffle Along announced its closure shortly after the Tonys, I'm curious to know why they'd wait so long to announce this switch.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
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Stand-by Joined: 12/30/14
#23What's next for the Music Box?
Posted: 9/7/16 at 8:18am
While I prefer the Music Box to the Belasco, we have great seats for the second weekend of DEH previews, have already purchased train tickets, etc. It will be a real inconvenience if the dates change. If this is true, I am glad I held off buying tickets to other shows for that weekend, and we are going to have to do some scrambling if the show's opening is pushed back. Argh...
Cupid Boy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/5/13
#24What's next for the Music Box?
Posted: 9/7/16 at 8:32am
wonderfulwizard11 said: "Since Shuffle Along announced its closure shortly after the Tonys, I'm curious to know why they'd wait so long to announce this switch."
Perhaps the Shuberts thought they had another tenant lined up, and they fell through.
#25What's next for the Music Box?
Posted: 9/7/16 at 8:37am
well, it was being rumored that GOTTA DANCE(now HALF TIME) was going into the Music Box. Maybe it's not coming over after all.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 2/11/14
#26What's next for the Music Box?
Posted: 9/7/16 at 9:14am
Maybe Shuffle Along is reopening. Audra was scheduled to return in the Fall, right? 
(I'm KIDDING, for anyone who doesn't have a sense of humor.)
The easy thing about The Humans was that they were moving to a slightly larger theater with the same structure... orchestra and mezzanine.
The tricky thing here is that DEH is slightly downscaling and to a venue without a balcony coming previously from one with a balcony.
I'll truly be surprised if the DEH rumor is true.
ETA: Didn't realize the Music Box only has seven fewer seats than the Belasco. So maybe it won't be a major change after all.
#27What's next for the Music Box?
Posted: 9/7/16 at 9:22am
If Evan Hansen transfers, what does that mean for Belasco? It's a gorgeous venue, one which I hope plush period pieces would make a better use of. Blackbird, for instance, sounded all sorts of wrong for it; but they ended up turning off almost all ceiling and column Tiffany lights to extend that dark gloomy office cube feeling.
Amelia could be interesting there, but I was under the impression it has a very modern feel to it.
Afterthought - Bandstand would be amazing there too, I'd say. Except for the sightlines from rear balcony seats.
Caption: Every so often there was a rare moment of perfect balance when I soared above him.
Updated On: 9/7/16 at 09:22 AM
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