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#26

re: Your Favorite Broadway Theater

Posted: 8/27/06 at 1:35pm

It's funny how Wicked, the most hated show on these boards, is in the most loved theater.

Or at least, it was funny in my head.

Anyway, I love the Nederlander. :)

#27

re: Your Favorite Broadway Theater

Posted: 8/27/06 at 1:39pm

Walter Kerr or Ethel Barrymore

Updated On: 4/14/07 at 01:39 PM

#28

re: Your Favorite Broadway Theater

Posted: 8/27/06 at 1:48pm

I love the Palace, Majestic, and Imperial theatre. The Marquis Theatre is kinda small but I like it.
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#29

re: Your Favorite Broadway Theater

Posted: 8/27/06 at 1:53pm

The Marquis isn't small. It has 1590 seats.

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#30

re: Your Favorite Broadway Theater

Posted: 8/27/06 at 1:58pm

The Marquis and The Vivian Beaumont.

#31

re: Your Favorite Broadway Theater

Posted: 8/27/06 at 2:12pm

I love all of them, because its Broadway!

The newly renovated Biltmore. They actually took out seats to make more room!

I also love the Lyceum. Simply beautiful sculptures inside.

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#32

re: Your Favorite Broadway Theater

Posted: 8/27/06 at 2:26pm

Gershwin. I love it.
Imperial's pretty nice also. Except the lobby...

#33

re: Your Favorite Broadway Theater

Posted: 8/27/06 at 2:33pm

I love the Palace and the Majestic. The Al Hirschfeld has an awesome womens bathroom.

#34

re: Your Favorite Broadway Theater

Posted: 8/27/06 at 2:41pm

I loved the Gershwin.

#35

re: Your Favorite Broadway Theater

Posted: 8/27/06 at 3:02pm

I love all of the old theatres for their interior architecture, and murals.I just wish there was more leg room.
The Shubert organization owns most of these old theatres and they really take care of them, refurbishing them when needed.
The Broadway Theatre was refurbished prior to the opening of GYPSY in May, 1959. There were huge faux windows which were back lit on both sides of the orchestra level. When the lights went down just prior to the overture, the drapes on both sides of these "windows" closed.They are no longer there.
As for the names of these theatres, there have been recent name changes over the past few years. It strikes me that the Imperial Theatre could have its name changed to the Ethel Merman
Theatre. She appeared there in so many shows: "Annie Get Your Gun", "Call Me Madam", and "Gypsy"(when it moved there from the Broadway) being three of them. Just a thought for "The First Lady of the Musical Theatre" as she was known.

#36

re: Your Favorite Broadway Theater

Posted: 8/27/06 at 4:09pm

I currently love the Imperial but I would like to see something in the Booth because it's supposed to have quite a few Edwin Booth artifacts.

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Pecry: But it's spelled J-A-V-E-R-T Javvurt.
Javert: Repeat after me Zsah...Zsah....
Percy: Oh! Zsa-Zsa! Like the Gabor sister! Well I personally have always prefered Eva.
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#37

re: Your Favorite Broadway Theater

Posted: 8/27/06 at 4:15pm

For leg room, the Gershwin of course, but overall my favorite theatre is the August Wilson Theatre. It's such a lovely little theatre and it's the theatre I've been at the most(LSOH-5 times, Little Women-1 time, and Jersey Boys-4 times).
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#38

re: Your Favorite Broadway Theater

Posted: 8/27/06 at 4:21pm

I haven't been to many, but from what I've seen in Pictures, the New Amsterdam and the Imperial are gorgeuous.

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#39

re: Your Favorite Broadway Theater

Posted: 8/27/06 at 4:25pm

New Amsterdam

Runner Ups

The Lyceum
The Belasco

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#40

re: Your Favorite Broadway Theater

Posted: 8/27/06 at 4:27pm

Gerswin or Imperial

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All the lights are misty in the river
In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight
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#41

re: Your Favorite Broadway Theater

Posted: 8/27/06 at 4:35pm

I lost my Broadway virginity at the Shubert, so that's my favorite.

#42

re: Your Favorite Broadway Theater

Posted: 8/27/06 at 4:44pm

Oh elphy3, you and your Broadway Virginity!

#43

re: Your Favorite Broadway Theater

Posted: 8/27/06 at 6:32pm

I haven't been in many, but my fav is the Nederlander.

#44

re: Your Favorite Broadway Theater

Posted: 8/27/06 at 6:45pm

From the one's I've been to, my favorites are the Majestic (for atmosphere), the New Amsterdam, and Marquis.

I'm actually a sucker for the more modern theatres...I like going up an escalator to the lobby and being in a black box (which is what I wish the Mqrwuis was)...

But at the same time I love the old theatres for their small sizes and atmosphere and beauty.

Well, then, I guess we'll have to say I love them all! :)

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#45

re: Your Favorite Broadway Theater

Posted: 8/28/06 at 3:06am

The Majestic is my favorite, followed by the Gershwin Theater.

#46

re: Your Favorite Broadway Theater

Posted: 8/28/06 at 9:07am

For sentemental reasons, the Majestic for me is my Fav. even if phantom wasnt there it is still a great house.

My other fav is the Winter Garden, I've never seen cats in there, but when i went to Mamma Mia it was so nice and "clean" looking, pluss it is strange looking because it is so wide.

The New Am certainly is the prettiest.

Hated the Nederlander, Imperial and Broadway.

Cant wait to see how the Minskoff looks now that Disney threw up all over it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27199361@N08/ Phantom at the Royal Empire Theatre

#47

re: Your Favorite Broadway Theater

Posted: 8/28/06 at 9:10am

I love the Imperial & the Neil Simon.

The Marquis was the comfiest.
I thought the most beautiful theatre was the Broadway Theatre.

#48

re: Your Favorite Broadway Theater

Posted: 8/28/06 at 9:30am

The Booth is also really nice, I love the intimacy.

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird

#49

re: Your Favorite Broadway Theater

Posted: 8/28/06 at 10:10am

I really didn't like the Imperial, mainly because it was so cramped.
But I loved Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Updated On: 8/28/06 at 10:10 AM

#50

re: Your Favorite Broadway Theater

Posted: 8/28/06 at 12:48pm

i'm not sure if i have a favorite, but i can tell you my least favorite. I do not like the Nederlander at all. Both times i was there it was freezing. I had to leave my coat and scarf on lol. And if you're in the back of the balcony you can feel a draft.

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