biggest theatre?

[Justin D]

biggest theatre?#0

Posted: 5/18/05 at 9:36am

Now i know what the biggest broadway theatres are, interms of audience, does anyone know which one has the biggest stage area?

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

[DancerGirl16]

re: biggest theatre?#1

Posted: 5/18/05 at 9:38am

I assume the Gershwin...it's huge.

When someone blunders, we say that he makes a misstep. Is it then not clear that all the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill our history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill in dancing. - Moliere

[Thesbijean]

re: biggest theatre?#2

Posted: 5/18/05 at 9:39am

I dunno, I think it is either the Palace or the Hilton

[Sant]

re: biggest theatre?#3

Posted: 5/18/05 at 10:04am

When it comes to the capacity of the auditorium, the biggest Broadway theatres are

* GERSHWIN (1809 seats)
* HILTON (1807 seats)
* NEW AMSTERDAM (1801 seats)
* BROADWAY (1761 seats)
* PALACE (1706 seats)
* ST. JAMES (1706 seats, same as Palace)
* MINSKOFF (1691 seats)
* MAJESTIC (1607 seats)

These figures were found at Playbill.com.

[~FloweryFriend~]

re: biggest theatre?#4

Posted: 5/18/05 at 11:14am

I would guess the Hilton or the Gershwin... but that's purely a guess.

I starred in a short film called Magnetic Personality. Check it out!

[jasobres]

re: biggest theatre?#5

Posted: 5/18/05 at 12:09pm

Tie between Gershwin and City Center.

"Ev'ry-buddy wants ta get into de act!" - Jimmy Durante "Breathe from your hoo-hoo." -Kristin Chenoweth

[sassypanz]

re: biggest theatre?#6

Posted: 5/18/05 at 4:41pm

Radio City!

[StephanietheStar]

re: biggest theatre?#7

Posted: 5/18/05 at 4:44pm

The gershwin for shows...It actually is more the size of a Chicago theatre and I sat in the LAST row center for wicked..:/

The friggin Radio City Music STATE..geez..i wouldn't never wanna go there for a show unless I was the first 15 rows...I wouldn't be able to see ANYTHING!

and all that I could do because of you was talk of love...

[RentBoy86]

re: biggest theatre?#8

Posted: 5/18/05 at 4:47pm

anyone know how big the Wintergarden is?

[jjdude2000]

re: biggest theatre?#9

Posted: 5/18/05 at 5:07pm

city Center isn't all that huge.

Grace: I just gave a quarter to a homeless man. I think it was Johnny Depp.

[sassypanz]

re: biggest theatre?#10

Posted: 5/18/05 at 6:01pm

What`s the smallest??

[Unknown User]

re: biggest theatre?#11

Posted: 5/18/05 at 6:13pm

wouldnt it be hard to pin down stage area because any given show could make adjustments to the stage (which is often why seats are removed)?

[TGIF]

re: biggest theatre?#12

Posted: 5/18/05 at 6:17pm

The Beaumont looks pretty big.

I want to write music. I want to sit down right now at my piano and write a song that people will listen to and remember and do the same thing every morning...for the rest of my life. - Jonathan Larson. Tick, Tick...BOOM!

[noahrp3]

re: biggest theatre?#13

Posted: 5/18/05 at 6:19pm

I think the Virginia is the smallest. I could be wrong though.

[defy_gravity]

re: biggest theatre?#14

Posted: 5/18/05 at 6:26pm

The Wintergarden is pretty small... I saw Mamma Mia! there... but it's not the smallest.

We can't all come and go by bubble...

[RentBoy86]

re: biggest theatre?#15

Posted: 5/18/05 at 6:38pm

Well I saw Mamma Mia and thought the theater was beautiful. And then i saw Phantom and thought that theater was pretty big too, but not as nice as the Wintergarden. I like how the Wintergarden felt sorta intiminte, but not overly intimite. How big is the Walter-Kerr? I mean I know it houses Doubt, but didnt Urinetown play there as well? I'm alwasy surprised at the versitility (sp?) of some of the these theaters. The fact that they can hold musicals and still hold a good size for a regular play.

[jjdude2000]

re: biggest theatre?#16

Posted: 5/18/05 at 6:42pm

The Phantom stage isn't very large. The Marquis is pretty large though.

Grace: I just gave a quarter to a homeless man. I think it was Johnny Depp.

[morosco]

re: biggest theatre?#17

Posted: 5/18/05 at 7:49pm

A lot of posts are about seating capacities but the original post asked:
"...does anyone know which one has the biggest stage area?"

When it comes to stage area, I still think it's The Hilton.

[broadwayguy2]

re: biggest theatre?#18

Posted: 5/18/05 at 7:58pm

Gershwin has the largest house.
Hilton has the largest stage.