Would Hamilton consider moving to a bigger theater?

I live in CA and am not very up-to-speed on the NY scene, so forgive me if this is a dumb question or has been asked before. But just thinking out loud, with Hamilton tickets being so impossible to get, would the producers consider moving it to a larger theater the next time they put up tickets for sale?

Looks like the Richard Rodgers is about mid-sized for Broadway at 1400 seats and there are more than a dozen theaters with larger capacities. Would this help the ticket scarcity problem? Would the show still be sold out for months in advance if they had to fill closer to 2000 seats every night?

How easy would it be to switch theaters? I know it has been done in the past (Mamma Mia, Chicago), but as I have yet to see it, I don't know all the intricacies of the set.

HIghly unlikely. It is usually very expensive to do as they'd need to re-design & build the set, as well as retech. The examples I know of that a show has moved are usually to go to a smaller theater and even that is a pretty rare.



And no, it really wouldn't make a difference in ticket availability. And even if it did, that's not what the producers want....they WANT to be in high demand as that drives popularity and prices up. (People talked about this a lot with Book of Mormon as well.)

Hamilton is perfect where it is.

It's falling out of favor, but it's not uncommon or unheard of for shows to switch houses over the course of its run. Les Miz moved from the Broadway to the Imperial, Annie went from the Alvin to the ANTA to the Eugene O'Niell to the Uris. Mamma Mia went from the Winter Garden to the Broadhurst.



It's possible and has established precedent, but it's unlikely (for now) because the buzz it's creating at the Richard Rodgers is a producer's dream.

You never know if it would happen a few years down the line. Never say never. Many shows have done it. One example that quickly comes to mind is Annie. Towards the end of its original run it moved a few times. And that is just one example..... Lion King, Chicago, and Miz are others. I also remember August Osage moving to the theater next door. Never say never. Ever.

Updated On: 4/12/16 at 10:04 PM

They're actually planning on doing the opposite and transferring the show to The Booth so they can charge $1,000 per ticket. All seats are premium seats

Call_me_jorge said: "^the lion king? Or is the minskoff smaller than the new Amsterdam?



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New Amsterdame is slightly larger at 1702 compared to Minskoff at 1621.

@DAME-the OP was not asking about ever. s/he said "the next time they put up tickets for sale." Could the show downsize in 2030? sure, but that's silly to even prognosticate about.

they won't be moving because they specifically wanted THAT theater, its resonate to LMM for several reasons, so it wasn't even a capacity issue.

As someone said, Lin likes the Richard Rodgers quite a bit. Among many things he practicly lived there during In the Heights.

Larger theater only means there will be more crappy seats. People are already paying $800 for a rear mezz seat ---- imagine paying that same amount for a rear balcony seat in a larger theater?

Wee Thomas2 said: "Or they could keep it at the Rodgers AND expand to other theaters and have simultaneous productions running in NYC at the same time! "

As also rehearsed in prior threads on this very subject, yes they could but no they won't. They could also move the show to Yankee Stadium and just get the whole thing over with before first frost.

Auggie27 said: "I've told a number of people waiting to see the show: in many ways it's very intimate, scaled to be performed for a smaller house, devoid of spectacle (in the way that word has come to be used to describe musical theater). "

"When you must wait 15 months to see any show, it will never be the one you see in your head, sitting with the recording. A syndrome that predates HAMILTON."

I couldn't have said it better than these two points, right here. I think Hamilton is meant to be an intimate experience, especially considering the historical timeline. There's a sense of exclusivity in being part of some of these moments that at the time were exclusive to 20 or 30 people cramped into a room. The show is designed to make it feel like you're a fly on the wall in the... room where it happens!

And like Auggie said, it's inevitable that a show with the buzz of Hamilton will disappoint those who are ready to experience it as some sort of life changing spectacle. I remember experiencing the same feeling when I finally got to see Rent on Broadway. The show had HUGE buzz, I knew every note of the cast recording and then you finally walked into the Nederlander and all you see is basically a bare set with Christmas lights and chairs, your first impression is utter disappointment, until the room does light up and the performances bring the show to life. The turntable makes the staging in Hamilton, imo, it could definitely travel to a different theater, so I don't think the idea of moving Hamilton to a different space would be based on "set limitations" or tech issues. The producers are smart and exclusivity builds hype. No need to change that!