Work at the Nederlander- Page 2

[The Ghost of Kringas]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 10:41pm

Smaxie rocks.

WickedOldMan so doesn't,

[Justin D]

Posted: 9/25/08 at 11:14am

Shame they can't make a bigger stage area, it has a great auditorium and a lovely steep balcony.

[NGD2225]

Posted: 9/25/08 at 2:01pm

Justin Johnson shows the work going on in the Nederlander now.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/videoplay.cfm?colid=33082

[Smaxie]

Posted: 9/25/08 at 3:41pm

I remember the stage looked really big to me when Our Country's Good played there. It doesn't have a huge amount of wing space, but then again, the Richard Rodgers has almost no wing space, and they manage to make musicals work in there.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 10/6/08 at 6:17pm

Walked past the Nederlander today. What a pleasure to see the years of caked-on red paint cleaned off the west side of the facade, exposing beautiful pristine red brick. Also, walking near the box office doors, a doric column motif on the facade that must have been covered up with plaster years ago was exposed.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 10/6/08 at 6:37pm

I'm sure it's going to look beautiful after it's all done, and I can't wait to see what the new marquee looks like (as was for the Henry Miller). I thought the proscenium seemed so huge when I saw RENT there in March.

[MamasDoin'Fine]

Posted: 10/6/08 at 7:08pm

Smaxie! I loves ya!

[sally1112]

Posted: 10/6/08 at 7:16pm

Those pictures made me a little emotional. That was the first Broadway theater I ever attended.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 10/6/08 at 7:32pm

Wow. I never realized how little wing space there is. If Guys and Dolls takes the Nederlander it looks like all the larger set pieces would have to either come on from above or below.

[TheActr97J]

Posted: 10/6/08 at 7:34pm

Anyone have any updated pictures of the construction on the outside of the theater?

Is the marquee up at the new Henry Miller?

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 10/6/08 at 7:39pm

I passed by a week or so ago, and I didn't see the marquee up yet - on either.

[feline0favenueQ]

Posted: 10/6/08 at 8:46pm

When I first watched the Justin video....it made me cry. Hard.

[tommigyrl5]

Posted: 10/6/08 at 9:08pm

I used to do merch for Rent and the word was that they were renovating it to look like it used to when it first opened.

[lstbutifulgrl2]

Posted: 10/6/08 at 9:10pm

from what i've heard from random crew they are restoring the pit and the new seats will be green. it depresses me too much to walk past the theater so i usually try to avoid it. last time i walked past they had taken down the OBC facade but the final performance banners were still up and it made me a bit teary. a friend took a bunch of pictures once the seats and everything were out, i'll see if i can find some more.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 6:17pm

Today's update... lots of drilling on the lower level of the facade, breaking through the concrete pillars to get to the ornamentation that was boxed up underneath. The cast iron fixture on the front of the facade is now stripped down to its base. The lower marquee has been dismantled and they seem to be taking it down to the metal work that holds it up. Also saw a primer coat going on the mezzanine overhang, and major scaffolding throughout the house.

[[tos]fan999]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 11:43pm

This is really exciting.

I can't wait to see Guys and Dolls when I come up to NYC this summer!

[James885]

Posted: 10/10/08 at 12:01am

Wow, they really don't have a lot of wing space there. I guess they'll probably fly most of the set pieces for Guys and Dolls.

[broadwayboy522]

Posted: 10/10/08 at 7:47am

So do we know if "the wall" was kept intact or was it painted over?

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 10/10/08 at 7:57am

Unless they make Times Square entirely 3D and the have the sewer take over the entire theater, GUYS and DOLLS doesn't need a terribly massive set...Most recent productions achieve everything with drops.

[jazzicat]

Posted: 10/13/08 at 8:55pm

It was my day off and I hadn't walked by in a while. I just needed to see what, if anything, was left. In short, not much. Does anyone now what happened to the pictures of the OBC from the facade? Why didn't they auction the seats?

The best part of my trip today was that I wasn't alone. There were two young men my age - early 30's totally doing the same thing I was. Just visiting the Nederlander one more time. They were taking pictures and one was even tracing the writing on the wall. It felt so awesome to know that I wasn't the only one. At one point one of them started to chip away at the paint with something.. I guess he wanted a piece of it. So this old guy on a ladder got down, took end of a hammer and chipped away a piece of the wall for the man. I wanted to talk, to him, ask questions.. but I couldn't. I just wanted it to stay the same. I know NYC is a changing city. But why couldn't they have saved it. Kept the doors. I just really feel so sad about it. It makes no sense.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 10/13/08 at 9:09pm

Why would they put stuff over the original facade? What does that achieve?

[NGD2225]

Posted: 10/13/08 at 9:14pm

The doors were auctioned off at the Flea Market's Grand Auction.

[ljay889]

Posted: 10/13/08 at 9:16pm

Some of these Rentheads need to get a grip.

[NGD2225]

Posted: 10/13/08 at 9:18pm

Amen. It just a theatre. It isn't the RENT theatre it's the Nederlander. I don't see why you needs a piece of a wall. Sure take something that you will be able to identify in 20 years but a chip of a wall?

[LeaGirl]

Posted: 10/13/08 at 9:18pm

I freaked out in a good way when I saw them pulling that... I don't know.. plaster? off and revealing the original facade. It is so beautiful! I can't wait to see what the theater looks like when it is done.

Jazzicat I understand why you are sad but I don't understand what you are saying... what makes no sense?... a new show is going into that theater... why the heck would they keep the rent doors on it? It has nothing to do with NY being a changing city - the theater is actually being restored back more or less what it used to look like...

Rent isn't there anymore, the next show isn't going to want to play in a theater still decorated for it!

And I TOTALLY want to know whose idea it was to plaster over that facade and when that happened - it must have been years ago because I am pretty sure Rent didn't plaster the lower facade.