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How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?
#100How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?
Posted: 5/21/13 at 11:18pm
ALL OF 'EM + SOME TORN DOWN NOW (old Helen Hayes, Morosco, Rialto, New Apollo) or made into something else (Mark Hellinger, Century/Paramount), Edison.) The theatre that I haven't had a return visit to for the longest time? Lunt-Fontanne (since early 90's).
Updated On: 12/16/14 at 11:18 PM
#101How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?
Posted: 5/22/13 at 1:28pm
The current menu/map at Joe Allen's lists 40 theaters, and I know I've been to 39 of them. I had to do some research because several have been renamed. The only one listed that I've never been to is the New Victory, though in checking I doubt it's considered a Broadway house because I couldn't find any Broadway show that's ever run there. So either the Joe Allen's map is off by one or I miscounted.
It might be the Bijou, which is not on the map, and I don't think I've been there, or whether or not it's considered a Broadway house.
CZJ at opening night party for A Little Night Music, Dec 13, 2009.
#102How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?
Posted: 5/22/13 at 2:04pm
The New Victory was built as a Broadway house and is in fact the oldest standing one-time Broadway theater, but it has since been a burlesque house, a movie house, and is currently an off-Broadway children's/family theater. It has not been a legit Broadway house since 1930.
According to IBDb, there were two Bijou theaters, both long since demolished.
Just a guess, the map at Joe Allen's is probably missing either the Sondheim, since it just reopened a couple years ago, or the Beaumont, since it is left off many maps due to its location.
Use this site: http://www.broadwayleague.com/index.php?url_identifier=broadway-theatres-in-nyc-1
That lists all currently operating Broadway theaters, with links to their IBDb pages so you can see all the shows that have played there.
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#103How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?
Posted: 5/22/13 at 3:04pm
35/40
I've never been to these:
Belasco
Broadhurst
Cort
Lyceum
Winter Garden
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#104How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?
Posted: 5/22/13 at 3:24pmI've been to all 40.
#105How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?
Posted: 5/22/13 at 3:37pm
"Just a guess, the map at Joe Allen's is probably missing either the Sondheim, since it just reopened a couple years ago, or the Beaumont, since it is left off many maps due to its location."
Thanks, yero. It has the Sondheim, but not the Beaumont (I assume the Vivian Beaumont at Lincoln Center.) Which means I've been to all 40.
CZJ at opening night party for A Little Night Music, Dec 13, 2009.
Updated On: 5/22/13 at 03:37 PM
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#106How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?
Posted: 5/22/13 at 5:33pm
Both my daughter and I have been to 38 out of the current 40.
But get this: our remaining pairs are different. She hasn't been to either the American Airlines or the Longacre, and I haven't been to either the Broadway or the New Amsterdam.
I went with a friend to Chinglish and The Big Knife, and she went with her mom to Shrek and Mary Poppins. Almost everything else we've seen together.
Update: We saw Violet and First Date last season so my daughter has now been to all 40 theaters. I think I'll go see Cinderella when Judy Kaye goes in, but that still leaves the New Amsterdam unvisited on my list.
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#107How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?
Posted: 5/22/13 at 8:14pm
The American Airlines Theatre typically has 3 new productions every year. It says something about Roundabout that so many people seem to have that theater on their small list of theaters they've never been to. Since The Pajama Game back in 2006, they've had 20 productions. Only 3 (The Importance of Being Earnest, Everyday Rapture, and The 39 Steps) have gotten really good reviews. And all 3 were transfers. Their home-grown programming has stunk for several years.
But I guess we all knew that already.
#108How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?
Posted: 5/23/13 at 2:04am
22 of 40--
Brooks Atkinson-Hands on a Hardbody
Ethel Barrymore-An Evening with Patti Lupone and Mandy Patinkin
Vivian Beaumont-South Pacific & WarHorse
Booth-Next to Normal
Broadway-Promises, Promises & Sister Act
Foxwoods-Young Frankenstein & Spiderman-Turn Off the Dark (twice)
Gershwin-Wicked
Al Hirschfeld- Curtains; Hair; How to Succeed (twice-Radcliffe & Jonas)
Imperial-Billy Elliot (twice) & Nice Work (twice)
Walter Kerr-A Little Night Music; Lysistrata Jones; & The Heiress
Longacre-La Cage Aux Folles
Lunt-Fontanne-The Addams Family & Ghost the Musical (twice)
Marquis-Follies (twice) & Evita
Music Box-One Man,Two Guvnors & Pippin (twice)
Nederlander-Newsies
New Amsterdam-Mary Poppins
Eugene O’Neill-Book of Mormon
Palace-Legally Blonde & Priscilla (14 times)
Richard Rogers-Porgy & Bess
St James –Gypsy & On a Clear Day
Stephen Soundheim-Bye,Bye, Birdie & Anything Goes
Studio 54-Harvey & Drood
#109How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?
Posted: 5/23/13 at 10:33am
I've been to 6:
Stephen Sondheim Theatre
Anything Goes
Nederlander Theatre
Newsies
New Amsterdam Theatre
Mary Poppins
Eugene O’Neil Theatre
The Book of Mormon
Ambassador Theatre
Chicago
Majestic Theatre
The Phantom of the Opera
And I'm seeing these two shows next week!
Broadway Theatre
Cinderella
Sam S. Shubert Theatre
Matilda the Musical
#110How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?
Posted: 5/23/13 at 7:22pmThanks to this posting I finally figured out the 3 theatres that got torn down with the building of the Marriott Marquee. The old Helen Hayes which used to be across from the Lunt Fontaine & the Bijou & Morosco which sat next to the Music Box & across the street from the Booth, right? I feel very fortunate to have seen shows at every theatre except the Bijou which I only remember from their Mummunchanz marquee. "Happy New Year" Cole Porter revival at Morosco & "Strider" at the old Helen Hayes. I also remember seeing "Blues in the Night" at the old Rialto (the old cinema space that last had the World Wrestling Foundation & Criss Angel's Mindfreak before he headed W. to greater pastures in Las Vegas.) I'm sure most of this thread is based on when we moved here or began becoming a theatre geek, right? I first visited in 78 & moved here in 81.
#111How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?
Posted: 5/23/13 at 10:48pm
I have been to 26! That's way more than I would have thought. i always feel like I go to the same Theaters!
I still need to see shows in
American Airlines
Ethal Barrymore
Vivian Beaumont
Belasco
Broadway
Court
Golden
Hays
Kerr
Lyceum
Minskoff
Soundheim
August Wilson
Jacobs
Now my new goal is to be in every house!
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#112How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?
Posted: 5/24/13 at 7:00ameveryone but the New Amsterdam
#113How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?
Posted: 5/24/13 at 9:04am
33 out of 40; still haven't been to:
Vivian Beaumont
Samuel J. Friedman
Walter Kerr
Longacre
Lyceum
New Amsterdam
Gerard Shoenfeld
#114How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?
Posted: 5/25/13 at 2:26amI actually made a map of the theater district that hangs on my wall, and with every show I check off the theater till I get to all 40. Still have 26 to go, but have just recently moved to the city, so it should go a lot faster now. I love seeing each new theater. It's a great part of the experience.
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#115How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?
Posted: 5/25/13 at 2:50am
21..which I think is pretty good considering I live in Australia.
Al Hirschfeld Theatre (How to Succeed)
Ambassador Theatre (Chicago)
Booth Theatre (next to normal)
Broadway Theatre (Promises Promises; Sister Act)
Eugene O'Neill Theatre (Book of Mormon)
Foxwoods Theatre (Spiderman)
Longacre Theatre (La Cage)
Lunt Fontanne Theatre (Addams Family)
Lyceum Theatre (Scottsboro Boys)
Marquis Theatre (Follies)
Music Box Theatre (Jerusalem)
Neil Simon Theatre (Catch me if you can)
New Amsterdam Theatre (Gypsy of the Year)
Palace Theatre (West Side Story)
Samuel J Friedman Theatre (Master Class)
Shubert Theatre (Memphis)
St. James Theatre (Hair)
Stephen Sondheim Theatre (Anything Goes)
Studio 54 Theatre (Sondheim on Sondheim)
Vivian Beaumont Theatre (War Horse)
Walter Kerr Theatre (A Little NIght MUsic)
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"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#116How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?
Posted: 8/22/13 at 10:46amBUMP!!! Since I went to see Soul Doctor Tuesday (really liked the show) I now only need the Cort to complete my goal of going to all forty theaters!!!
#117How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?
Posted: 8/22/13 at 11:23am
5 to go:
Ambassador (I'll have to wait until Chicago moves or closes)
American Airlines
Beaumont
Kerr
Lyceum
However, I can count in the Mark Hellinger and Edison. Also, the Mayfair (Dance With Me in the 70s) is listed in ibdb although I always thought it was too small to be considered a Broadway house.
#118How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?
Posted: 8/22/13 at 11:29am
Finally did the math and I have six to go:
Ethel Barrymore
Belasco
Circle in the Square
Majestic
August Wilson
Winter Garden
I was surprised at the houses that were my most frequented - Marquis, St. James, Palace, and Studio 54.
#119How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?
Posted: 8/22/13 at 11:42am
I'm now up to 36/40 after seeing The Nance at the Lyceum.
Only these left:
Belasco
Broadhurst
Cort
Winter Garden
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#120How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?
Posted: 8/22/13 at 12:16pmI've been to all 40 but I have no idea where the original Fiddler with Zero Mostel and the original Hair. Can anyone help?
#121How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?
Posted: 8/22/13 at 12:19pmAs I have never seen PHANTOM, which has been playing since I was five years old, The Majestic is the sole Broadway theatre where I've never seen a show.
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#122How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?
Posted: 8/22/13 at 12:31pm
Fiddler played at the Imperial then moved to the Majestic in 67, and finally the Broadway in 70
Hair played at the Biltmore (now the Samuel Friedman)
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#123How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?
Posted: 8/22/13 at 12:42pm
Sadly only two:
1. New Amsterdam-The Lion King
2, Nederlander-Newsies(2X)
Updated On: 8/22/13 at 12:42 PM
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#124How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?
Posted: 8/22/13 at 1:12pm
I'd encourage the many here who haven't been to the New Amsterdam or the Belasco to do whatever they can to attend a show at either of those theatres. I'd place both of them, along with the (hopefully not lost forever?) Hellinger, at the top of the list of Broadway's most beautiful theatres. There's a sense of grandeur and wonder about them, with a recognition of the fact that the act of stepping into a theatre is as much a part of the experience as whatever is playing on stage. Since the New Amsterdam and the Belasco are of approximately the same era (1903 and 1907 respectively), they are as close an approximation as it must have been like to attend a show at the turn of the 20th century. Both theatres make some of the plain jane vintage theatres look spartan by comparison, not to say anything of the antiseptic experience of seeing a show at the joyless, soulless modern monstrosities, the Gershwin, Minskoff and the Marquis.
New Am: 
Belasco: 
(c) Whitney Cox
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