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New Broadway Theater

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New Broadway Theater#51
Posted: 12/21/19 at 9:55pm

Cora Hoover Hooper said: "AEA AGMA SM said: "RippedMan said: "Do we think the Liberty will ever come back? Doesn't seem like they can get anything to stick in that house - restaurant/store - so why not convert it back? Or is it too far gone?"

From what I was told the way the Liberty was boxed in by the developments around it they ended up cutting off too many of their emergency exits to have a capacity of 500+. Assuming that's true, it could be redeveloped into an Off-Broadway space (there was that immersive burlesque show that ran there a few years back, but I'm guessing they also kept their capacity well under 500)
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Isn't street access blocked for the Liberty now? (I mean having any lobby). How could people even get in if it were rehabbed? It's a shame it just sits there surrounded.
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Well, the backside on 41st is still exposed, but I always thought one could take the former diner space, store, whatever, and use that -- modified -- as a new lobby.

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New Broadway Theater#52
Posted: 12/21/19 at 10:36pm

I agree with the idea of a theater that is more easily reconfigured. That's why I always love going to see stuff in London because a lot of those non-profits - Old Vic, National - do some clever and ingenious things. 

I wonder how much something like Stage 42 cost to build? It's a relatively new theater? 

What's the newest theater in Manhattan to be built from the ground up? The Marquis? 

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Posted: 12/21/19 at 11:06pm

Other than the facade, the Stephen Sondheim is a brand new theater.


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