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Who deserves to have a theater named after them?
#25re: Who deserves to have a theater named after them?
Posted: 11/9/06 at 12:17amWell, the Ethel Barrymore Theatre was so named because it was really for her to perform in.
#26re: Who deserves to have a theater named after them?
Posted: 11/9/06 at 12:18amHmm... it's because they will going to be "Lansbury Theatre" and Rivera Theatre", though I agree that performers hardly had their own theatre for decades...
#27re: Who deserves to have a theater named after them?
Posted: 11/9/06 at 12:19amHmm... it's because they will going to be "Lansbury Theatre" and "Rivera Theatre", though I agree that performers hardly had their own theatre for decades...
SweMozArt
Leading Actor Joined: 7/31/06
#28re: Who deserves to have a theater named after them?
Posted: 11/9/06 at 12:46am
It's quite logical (if unfair) that the great composers and lyricists are remembered for a longer time than the great performers. An old musical can be revived and enjoyed by new generations while a performer can't be enjoyed live after his/her death. With every new generation there will be new stars performing the classics which will keep the name of the composers and lyricists alive, but rather do the opposite for the original performers. It's a little bit different in the pop industry where the performers get all the attention and the original performances are the most commonly played.
That's why a composer with an ego but with no singing talent is wiser to choose the musical business instead of the pop industry.
Since every generation breads new iconic stars who are considered by that generation to be worthy of having their name put on a theater, there will soon be no theaters left to name. What will probably happen is that some theaters will be renamed with great controversy when the honored persons name has somewhat faded from the public conciousness.
#29re: Who deserves to have a theater named after them?
Posted: 11/9/06 at 1:20am5 time Tony Award winner for Best Actress plus one special Tony.......SIX TIME TONY AWARD WINNER MISS JULIE HARRIS.
COOOOLkid
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/15/05
#30re: Who deserves to have a theater named after them?
Posted: 11/9/06 at 1:31amWhat about Hal Prince?
#31re: Who deserves to have a theater named after them?
Posted: 11/9/06 at 7:28amI like the Lansbury Theater
ElFantasma14
Broadway Star Joined: 9/26/06
#32re: Who deserves to have a theater named after them?
Posted: 11/9/06 at 12:13pmThere are plans to build the "Stephen Sondheim Theatre" on top of the Queen's theatre in London, which is one of the reasons why Les Miz may be moving again. I'd second the Hal Prince Theatre, would love to see that.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#33re: Who deserves to have a theater named after them?
Posted: 11/9/06 at 12:18pmRosie O' Donnell- Champion for Broadway.
#34re: Who deserves to have a theater named after them?
Posted: 11/9/06 at 12:42pm
Ethel Merman
Cole Porter
Rodgers/Hart/Oscar Hammerstein II
Stephen Sondheim
Andrew Lloyd Webber(Just rename the Majestic you big show off)
Bob Fosse
#35re: Who deserves to have a theater named after them?
Posted: 11/9/06 at 1:00pm
Suzanne Somers, without a doubt. Oh, and Julia Roberts. Both had runaway success on Broadway.
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#36re: Who deserves to have a theater named after them?
Posted: 11/9/06 at 1:49pmThe Sutton Foster Circus Pony Dinner Theatre
#37re: Who deserves to have a theater named after them?
Posted: 11/9/06 at 1:57pm
Michael Bennett, Jerome Robbins, Bob Fosse, Agnes DeMille
I'd love to see a theatre named after one of our best choreographers
ErinDillyFan
Broadway Star Joined: 7/14/06
SorryGrateful
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/05
#39re: Who deserves to have a theater named after them?
Posted: 11/9/06 at 1:58pmSondheim should get a theatre, but it should be sponsored by Snapple. It'll be the Snappleheim Majesty Theatre.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#40re: Who deserves to have a theater named after them?
Posted: 11/9/06 at 2:01pm
Ethel Merman
Stephen Sondheim
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rodgers
Bob Fosse
Michael Bennet
Hal Prince
#41re: Who deserves to have a theater named after them?
Posted: 11/9/06 at 2:08pm
I wish the Richard Rodgers had been named Rodgers & Hammerstein, but never mind.
I do think Brooks Atkinson is a particularly ungainly name.
There is a fast food stand at the corner of 41st dishing out re-heated, unimaginative slop that only tourists ever go for- perhaps this could be re-named in honour of ALW?
JBSinger
Broadway Star Joined: 11/12/04
#42re: Who deserves to have a theater named after them?
Posted: 11/9/06 at 2:16pm
Stephen Sondheim
Harold Prince (though he does have one in Philly)
Oscar Hammerstein II
as long as we don't get corporate names like the Hilton or the Marriot.
#43re: Who deserves to have a theater named after them?
Posted: 11/9/06 at 2:16pmI know there are much stronger cases for folks like Sondheim, but if it were up to me, I'd name a theater after Elaine Stritch.
Trekkie2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/7/06
#44re: Who deserves to have a theater named after them?
Posted: 11/9/06 at 2:34pm
"Ladies and gentlemen, presenting: 'The David Schwimmer's Ego Theater'!
Clap*clap*clap*clap
#45re: Who deserves to have a theater named after them?
Posted: 11/9/06 at 3:00pm
I think theatres are named after the chumps with the bread to buy or sponsor them. I think talent or accomplishment doesn't always mean anything.
I think the Brooks Atkinson is a weird name that hasn't had a great track record with recent shows. Suzy Somers show was there. Actually, Suzanne probably could have her own theatre since she is multi-millionaire. She may need to build her own if she ever wishes to grace a stage again.
#46re: Who deserves to have a theater named after them?
Posted: 11/9/06 at 3:04pm
Sondheim, Fosse and Jerry Orbach. Playbill? 
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#47re: Who deserves to have a theater named after them?
Posted: 11/9/06 at 3:19pmI'm going to see Anna Nicole Smith starring in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas at the Barry and Fran Weissler.
#48re: Who deserves to have a theater named after them?
Posted: 11/9/06 at 3:33pm"It's just a litty bitty piss-ant...huh, what that's word again Howard? country...country...wait, like my body? like my body? TRIMSPA baby!"
JustABroadwaybaby2
Broadway Star Joined: 4/6/06
#49re: Who deserves to have a theater named after them?
Posted: 11/9/06 at 4:05pm
Martin Short makes fun of the fact that he's in the Bernard B. Jacobs theater. It doesn't exactly have an attractive name. Rename it the Steven Sondheim theater, please!
Oh, and the Majestic should be renamed the Lloyd Webber just because Phantom will never close and so it seems like he should have a theater to call his own.
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