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)"
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."
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.
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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