Broadway Real Estate for the 2019-2020 season

[jonah3500]

ETAJ: Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
GFTNC: Girl From the North Country

[Robbie2]

jonah3500 said: "Could ETAJ be going to Broadway this season? If so, where?
I could see going into the Booth after Gary closes."

Nobody is talking about a transfer and the Booth is prime for star driven plays usually...heard the Faye Dunaway play -Tea at Five ~ is considering the Booth this fall

[Mike Barrett]

Maybe The Barrymore for The Lehman Trilogy then? Wasn’t aware it was playing that theatre in London.

[JON111699]

Robbie2 said: "Nothing confirmed obviously yet but what I heard from my idustry friend on theaters being considered:

Girl from the North Country - CITS

I can't even put into words how desperately I want this to happen.

[YvanEhtNioj]

Robbie2 said: "

Nobody is talking about a transfer "

I see what you did there 

[SomethingPeculiar]

ALMOST FAMOUS opens out-of-town at the Old Globe this September and has commercial producers attached. If that has a good response, it could hit Broadway next Spring.

[Mike Barrett]

Circle In The Square is now boomed thru January 2020. I suspect that will be the last extension for Oklahoma but after tony wins the box office may really hit.

[SomethingPeculiar]

A tidbit from Michael Riedel's post-Tonys column this morning:

"Word on the street last night was that Hugh Jackman will be taking “The Music Man” to the Winter Garden next season."

Ordinarily, I would just think this is Michael stirring the pot, but he's close to Rudin, who probably fed him that. Jackman's next movie (the Lisa Joy thriller) starts shooting in late October after his concert tour, so there's a world in which that wraps in January, MM rehearsals start in early Feb, and it starts previews mid-March.

I still wonder if West Side is dead (I know I sound like a conspiracy theorist).

[frogs_fan85]

The initial announcement for MM stated a preview start date of 9/9/20 with an opening of 10/22/20.

[SomethingPeculiar]

frogs_fan85 said: "The initial announcement for MM stated a preview start date of 9/9/20 with an opening of 10/22/20."

Correct. That's why I was a little surprised to read this. Unless they're actively trying to move the show up by 6 months.

[CT2NYC]

SomethingPeculiar said: "A tidbit from Michael Riedel's post-Tonys column this morning:

"Word on the street last night was that Hugh Jackman will be taking “The Music Man” to the Winter Garden next season."

Ordinarily, I would just think this is Michaelstirring the pot, but he's close to Rudin, who probably fed him that. Jackman's next movie (the Lisa Joy thriller)starts shooting in late October after his concert tour, so there's a world in which that wraps in January, MM rehearsals start in early Feb, and it starts previews mid-March.

I still wonder ifWest Sideis dead (I know I sound like a conspiracy theorist)."

March 2020 would be this season, not next. There's been no indication that it's being moved up.

[Bobmortton]

With Who's Afraid announcing the Booth, rather than the expected Golden, what does this mean for the spring in the Golden? Will slave play extend? Are we still waiting on something to come in? Am I just overlooking something? 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Can’t imagine Slave Play will have the grosses to warrant an extension. There are a dozen+ shows looking for Shubert play-sized houses right now. It won’t go dark.

The Booth is a perfect house for Woolf, and much more desirable than the Golden; it’s a win for Rudin to get the Booth. Can’t wait for a Page Six fabrication about Metcalf walking through the Stage Door of the Golden instead of the Booth.

[bandit964]

Looks like the following are definitely open for the spring:

-Barrymore

-Circle...

-Cort

-Golden

-Lyceum

-Neil Simon

-Sondheim

 

Does anyone have any scoop?

[chrishuyen]

Barrymore might be a tight turnaround time since I think The Inheritance ends March 1. If the Tony cutoff is the end of April that's not a lot of time to do rehearsals, load in, and previews, though not necessarily impossible either.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

I’m sure The Inheritance will extend, unless it’s numbers are completely abysmal.

[GreasedLightning]

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Can’t wait for a Page Six fabrication about Metcalf walking through the Stage Door of the Golden instead of the Booth."

LOL -- this is good. Very good. 

 

[troynow]

Booth -
Of course the word is out but Virginia Wolf

Golden
American Buffalo with Laurence Fishbourne

Cort Theatre
BLUE with Leslie Uggams

Lyceum
The Minutes

That’s what I know..

[ACL2006]

I believe Billy Crystal's show is eyeing the Neil Simon.

[CT2NYC]

troynow said: "Booth -
Of course the word is out but Virginia Wolf

Golden
American Buffalo with Laurence Fishbourne

Cort Theatre
BLUE with Leslie Uggams

Lyceum
The Minutes

That’s what I know.."

Word isn't just out about Virginia Woolf at the Booth. Tickets have been on sale for a couple of days, so, it's official.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

ACL2006 said: "I believe Billy Crystal's show is eyeing the Neil Simon."

The Simon would make sense, with the Nederlanders producing (and the Nederlander now being occupied by Lehman Tril)

[BJR]

K POP has been circling Circle.

[JBroadway]

BJR said: "K POP has been circling Circle."

 

How can KPOP possibly transfer to Broadway? It's an immersive show, and not in the same way as something like Great Comet or The Jungle. The action is divided between three interactive segments happening simultaneously in different room across the building. Even if you consolidated the audience so that everything took place in a set linear order, the script would have to be overhauled to put less emphasis on the interactive nature of the show, because there's no way they give that experience to 600 audience members. And the show could no longer be structured as a "tour" or the KPOP factory. 

It wouldn't just require re-staging, the whole show would have to be so drastically re-conceived that it would essentially be an entirely different piece of theatre from what played at Ars Nova. 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

BJR said: "K POP has been circling Circle."

Have heard the same.

[Mike Barrett]

What show is K POP? I’ve heard of K Pop before, is it a show with K Pop music?