Annie Is Papering
Annie Is Papering
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#1Annie Is Papering
Posted: 12/11/15 at 4:54pm
Not surprising as the theater itself is as big as Grand Central station. The seating is great with a huge orchestra & a shallow wrap around mezzanine. Not mentioning what site but people can figure it out for themselves. Mentioning it would result in my summary execution.
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#2Annie Is Papering
Posted: 12/11/15 at 4:59pm
Where? I'm not seeing this on the usual suspects you normally discuss. PM me.
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#3Annie Is Papering
Posted: 12/11/15 at 6:15pm
It seems they really misread the market by charging a $600 weekend top ticket price for a non-Equity Tour of Annie playing in Brooklyn when an Equity Production just played Broadway two years ago with actual stars being paid large salaries.
Such greed.
Updated On: 12/12/15 at 06:15 PM
jimmycurry01
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/05
#4Annie Is Papering
Posted: 12/11/15 at 11:53pm
Mike Costa said: "It seems they really misread the market by charging a $600 weekend top ticket price for a non-Equity Tour of Annie playing in Brooklyn when an Equity Production just played Broadway two years ago with actual stars being paid a large salaries.
Such greed.
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$600, really? Who in their right mind would spend that kind of money on Annie?
#5Annie Is Papering
Posted: 12/12/15 at 12:15am
Unless they've changed it, $95 appears to be the top price? Ticket sales for next Saturday night (19th) are ABYSMALLY low. What an embarrassment.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"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
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#6Annie Is Papering
Posted: 12/12/15 at 12:19am
They really did not think this out. The theater is immense, it is off the beaten track and may not be the safest place to go at night. Not a good formula for success. Charnin needs to stop all Annie revivals for at least 10 years to give the public time to want to see it again
The theater is about 1/2 the size of Radio City.
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Updated On: 12/12/15 at 12:19 AM
jimmycurry01
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/05
#7Annie Is Papering
Posted: 12/12/15 at 12:25am
Annie is a cute show, but I don't think it is the type of show that I would ever pay top dollar for. It has a great and well deserved life in regional, community, and school theatres. It is way to overplayed to warrant a big budget tour or Broadway production.
Theater3232
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#8Annie
Posted: 12/12/15 at 12:27am
The theater is in a high-crime area with a high number of shootings, robberies and murders over the last 30 day period (scroll to the Beverly Road/Flatbush Ave part of the map at http://spotcrime.com/ny/brooklyn) There was even a shooting on the same block as the theater within the past 30 days.
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Mr Roxy
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RippedMan
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#11Annie
Posted: 12/12/15 at 3:47am
Well. the show will get out at, what?, 10:30pm? I think you'd be fine on the crime-end of it. I guess there is no guarantee, but why would I NOT see a Broadway show, and see this? The last revival didn't do well. So why would someone spend the same type of money for a show with lesser production values? Not to mention, I can't imagine they're paying the cast anymore or insuring their safety at night. SKIP IT.
Mr Roxy
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#14Annie
Posted: 12/12/15 at 9:08am
Wrong re the crime aspect. Once it gets dark, watch out. They will take a major financial bath on this. I wondered why they renovated the theater. Yes it is beautiful and I am glad they did. It is a huge white elephant and will continue to be until the neighborhood turns around. I do not see that happening any time soon.
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Theater3232
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#15Annie
Posted: 12/12/15 at 10:10am
The Flatbush Avenue/Beverly Road corridor has gone way downhill in the past year or two. I no longer feel safe there.
- The shooting on the block of the theater occurred on Sun 11/15 at 8:37pm, right when the show would be going on.
- Two armed robberies occurred at Flatbush Ave/Beverly-Cortelyou Roads on Sat 11/19 at 6:30pm and 7:01pm, right when many people might be walking from the Q train stop at Beverly Road or Cortelyou Road to get to the theater.
- During the daytime, the shootings continue. On Tues 11/10 at 1:21pm, there was a shooting on the 1800 block of Beverly Road (along the route you'd walk from the Q train stop).
- Early in the morning on Wed 10/14 at 2am, at Beverly Road and East 19th St (a block away from the theater and along the walk from the Q train), a 25-year-old man was fatally shot in the chest.
Mr Roxy
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#16Annie
Posted: 12/12/15 at 10:28am
The theater owners should either have paid security personnel in and around the theater to patrol. This may wind up as a big mistake on the part of those who renovated the theater. The crime aspects trumps everything. No matter what goes in there, unless you feel safe you are not going.
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#18Annie
Posted: 12/12/15 at 10:36am
even if you ignore safety concerns, this venue is not well located to the subway and is a pricey taxi ride, which is how I think most of the target audience would travel. We can all understand how iconic buildings are the foundation of revitalization, but this is no carbon copy of BAM Harvey.
Mr Roxy
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Mr Roxy
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#24Annie
Posted: 12/12/15 at 12:46pm
Better off going to view the theater when they have an open house during the day. Safer at this point and you just go for the theater which is well worth it
Another theater worth visiting is Rev Ike's old haunt the old Loews 175 th Street. Looks like it did on opening day even down to the pipe organ. Still has services on weekends but smartly they rent it out for concerts. It was also featured in an episode or two of Smash.
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