In a recent New York Times article, numerous Broadway producers discuss the demand for theatres and the impact on their upcoming productions.
"I've never seen it more competitive, or the supply-and-demand imbalance more stark," said [Philip] Smith, whose Shubert group owns 17 theaters. "For the next Broadway season, which begins after Labor Day 2010, we don't have a single theater available. Not one. Everything is committed, and several theaters already have one or two backup shows if a commitment falls through."The piece also discusses the acclaimed Signature Theatre Company production of "The Orphans’ Home Cycle," currently running Off-Broadway. The show had been rumored to transfer to Broadway, but plans have yet to be finalized. “We couldn’t get the right theater,” one of its producers, Daryl Roth, said in January when the decision was made. (Her team is now aiming for the fall.) “Real estate is really difficult to come by on Broadway these days. And it’s too bad, because some great shows aren’t being seen.”
To read the entire NY Times article, click here.THE ORPHANS' HOME CYCLE, the world premiere of a three part theatrical event by the late Academy Award and Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Horton Foote, is now in its final two weeks at Off-Broadway's Signature Theatre Company. Following two extensions, the production's critically acclaimed run ends Saturday, May 8. The world premiere production of THE ORPHANS' HOME CYCLE, a three part theatrical event by the Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award-winning playwright Horton Foote, is co-produced by Signature Theatre Company (James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director; Erika Mallin, Executive Director) and Hartford Stage (Michael Wilson, Artistic Director; Michael Stotts, Managing Director). Wilson directs a 22-member company in the historic, sweeping work. THE ORPHANS' HOME CYCLE has been nominated for three Lucille Lortel Awards, including Outstanding Play, and five Outer Critics Circle Awards, including Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play.
