Ahmanson Theater - LA
Ahmanson Theater - LA
#1Ahmanson Theater - LA
Posted: 12/23/17 at 7:45pm
now that CRAZY FOR YOU has been cancelled - anyone hear what might be going into the Ahmanson? it will be empty for almost 6 months after SOMETHING ROTTEN closes
UncleCharlie
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/26/16
#2Ahmanson Theater - LA
Posted: 12/23/17 at 7:56pm
In the Crazy for You announcement, I think they made it clear they're going to have a replacement. I can't imagine they'd say that if they were just going to bag it entirely let alone put themselves in a position of having to make refunds to subscribers. They just haven't announced it yet and I haven't heard any rumors other than the unsubstantiated speculation on here when Crazy For You was first cancelled.
#4Ahmanson Theater - LA
Posted: 12/23/17 at 8:34pm
Time will tell. I was really looking forward to seeing CFY.
UncleCharlie
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/26/16
#5Ahmanson Theater - LA
Posted: 12/23/17 at 9:36pm
VernonGersch said: "any idea of what it could be?"
None but if you'll recall, the last time they canceled a show a few years ago, the replacement was Angela Lansbury in Blithe Spirit, so I'm sure it will be first rate.
#6Ahmanson Theater - LA
Posted: 12/24/17 at 1:29am
Other replacements have been the Broadway revival of FOLLIES and GRY GARDENS with Rachel York and Betty Buckley, so they'll find something great. My pipe dream is Glenn Close in SUNSET BOULEVARD, but it'd have to be something rather soon.
"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop
UncleCharlie
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/26/16
#7Ahmanson Theater - LA
Posted: 12/24/17 at 2:56am
Brave Sir Robin2 said: "Other replacements have been the Broadway revival of FOLLIESand GRY GARDENS with Rachel York and Betty Buckley, so they'll find something great. My pipe dream is Glenn Close in SUNSET BOULEVARD, but it'd have to be something rather soon."
That's right. I had forgotten about Grey Gardens being a replacement for Titanic at the end of the 2015-16 season..
#9Ahmanson Theater - LA
Posted: 12/24/17 at 7:04am
I’m hoping for the London Follies production
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#10Ahmanson Theater - LA
Posted: 12/24/17 at 7:24am
I mentioned this in another thread but how about last season's "Sunday In The Park" - even if they couldn't get Jake. That would be one of my dreams. Or move "Falsettos" up to this season if at all possible.. As everyone has mentioned CTG has brought in some exciting replacement shows so I have some hope they are hard at work on choices.
Updated On: 12/24/17 at 07:24 AM#12Ahmanson Theater - LA
Posted: 12/24/17 at 4:58pm
Let's hope Center Theatre Group taught about "Sunday" when looking over productions already mounted last season 
#13Ahmanson Theater - LA
Posted: 12/24/17 at 5:17pm
I can't imagine NT production of FOLLIES would ever go in - the last revival just played a few years ago..and any cast would be HUGE - and at great expense.
#14Ahmanson Theater - LA
Posted: 12/24/17 at 6:53pm
I have just came back from LA, where I saw Hamilton, Rotten, Spamilton and A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum.
The OP says that the Alhmanson is going to be dark for 6 months, which I find strange and sad, by which I mean LA has only 2 large theatres to fill and has a massive population, it is America’s second largest city after all and it struggles to fill both houses. Same as San Francisco with the Golden Gate empty for 9 months.
Sunset Boulevard would be an absolute coup.
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#15Ahmanson Theater - LA
Posted: 12/25/17 at 10:46am
VernonGersch said: "I can't imagine NT production of FOLLIES would ever go in - the last revival just played a few years ago..and any cast would be HUGE - and at great expense.
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And it did poorly at the box office . Sunset would be great. Glenn’s show did not get a pickup from Amazon. So anything is possible.
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DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#16Ahmanson Theater - LA
Posted: 12/25/17 at 10:46am
VernonGersch said: "I can't imagine NT production of FOLLIES would ever go in - the last revival just played a few years ago..and any cast would be HUGE - and at great expense.
"
And it did poorly at the box office . Sunset would be great. Glenn’s show did not get a pickup from Amazon. So anything is possible.
HUSSY POWER!
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#17Ahmanson Theater - LA
Posted: 12/25/17 at 11:51am
I would loose my mind in the best way possible if Glenn Close did SUNSET BLVD
I never got the chance to see that show - wow, I would loose my mind. Please Santa!
#18Ahmanson Theater - LA
Posted: 12/25/17 at 3:35pm
I'm an Ahmanson subscriber so I would love for them to replace a musical with a musical. But reading another one of your threads about London transfers, VernonGersch - OSLO would be a prime candidate for the Ahmanson. It has a large cast but a very simple set and would fit that stage well.
Phantom of London - I'm hoping you're not right. I'm hoping they'll announce a replacement soon. It would be a shame, as you said, for the Ahmanson to be dark for months. BTW - what does OP stand for? I'm wracking my brain but maybe it's too much eggnog
#19Ahmanson Theater - LA
Posted: 12/25/17 at 4:14pm
StageDoor3 said: "I'm an Ahmanson subscriber so I would love for them to replace a musical with a musical. But reading another one of your threads about London transfers, VernonGersch - OSLO would be a prime candidate for the Ahmanson. It has a large cast but a very simple set and would fit that stage well.
Phantom of London - I'm hoping you're not right. I'm hoping they'll announce a replacement soon. It would be a shame, as you said, for the Ahmanson to be dark for months. BTW - what does OP stand for? I'm wracking my brain but maybe it's too much eggnog
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I hate empty theatres, they just look no different to a graveyard.
OP = Original Poster.
#21Ahmanson Theater - LA
Posted: 12/25/17 at 5:31pm
OP is original poster if I'm not mistaken
OSLO would also be amazing. OSLO, SUNDAY or SUNSET
UncleCharlie
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/26/16
#22Ahmanson Theater - LA
Posted: 12/25/17 at 5:58pmI think Oslo would be perfect for the Taper but would get lost in the Ahmanson. It's so large, they normally try with a few exceptions, to stick to musicals which do a better job of filling the house. A show like Oslo with so much intricate dialogue would be a mistake. With time so short, I think they'll probably look to an existing tour or one that is about to launch that could be rerouted for 6 weeks rather than trying to reconvene a show that finished its Broadway run 6 months ago. But I'd love to see Sunday so I hope I'm wrong.
#23Ahmanson Theater - LA
Posted: 1/2/18 at 8:59pm
I just heard from a friend who doesn't think SUNSET BLVD with Glenn Close will be going in. Sigh.
conealpetterson
Stand-by Joined: 1/17/16
#24Ahmanson Theater - LA
Posted: 1/2/18 at 11:22pm
I just wish they would let us know what is replacing Crazy for You.
#25Ahmanson Theater - LA
Posted: 1/2/18 at 11:28pm
I had high hopes that Sunset would be going back to LA with Glen as a sort of coming full circle thing, since the closing on Broadway certainly did not feel like an ending for Glenn with the show - her speech just didn't seem like it was the last time she was playing that role. (One rumor from the Australian press was that it was going down under with her??? )
At any rate, I'd book my first flight to LA to see Glenn in Sunset again... just thinking back to a year ago when I was counting the days to see it for the first of 4 times in the Broadway revival on Feb 4, 2016
BTW - if you guys got Sunday with Jake that would be equally as thrilling. Truly a theatre highlight for me last year
