Palace Theatre construction- Page 4

[Robbie2]

Posted: 10/30/23 at 9:36pm

BroadwayFanatic454 said: "Broadway Flash said: "This is opening up next spring."

As in 2024?"

Spring '24 hearing from a Nederlander source

[Broadway Flash]

Posted: 10/30/23 at 9:42pm

Yes, that's what I heard as well.  I heard a rumor that Beauty and the Beast will open it up.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 10/30/23 at 9:48pm

Broadway Flash said: "Yes, that's what I heard as well. I heard a rumor that Beauty and the Beast will open it up."

Makes sense, it’s the 30th anniversary. 

[Robbie2]

Posted: 10/31/23 at 2:57pm

Broadway Flash said: "Yes, that's what I heard as well. I heard a rumor that Beauty and the Beast will open it up."

Hmmmmmmmmm haven't heard about Beauty and the Beast reopening the Palace but I'll have to ask around and see??????

[Theatrefanboy1]

Posted: 10/31/23 at 4:32pm

Now I know this is just a rumor - I heard today that it sounds likely Barbra will in fact be reopening the Palace. With a string of shows (something like 4 a week for 12 weeks). A retrospective of her career (coinciding with the release of her memoir) and take place in 2024. These will serve as her “adieu” to the concert setting.   
 

Take it for what it’s worth. I don’t know if they are in negotiations or where the offer is at. (I myself am not sold entirely. But the source was confident it would be announced in the coming months).   But I think that would be a brilliant swan song 

[Robbie2]

Posted: 10/31/23 at 7:39pm

Theatrefanboy1 said: "Now I know this is just a rumor - I heard today that it sounds likely Barbra will in fact be reopening the Palace. With a string of shows (something like 4 a week for 12 weeks). A retrospective of her career (coinciding with the release of her memoir) and take place in 2024. These will serve as her “adieu” to the concert setting.


Take it for what it’s worth. I don’t know if they are in negotiations or where the offer is at. (I myself am not sold entirely. But the source was confident it would be announced in the coming months). But I think that would be a brilliant swan song"

 

Barbra Streisand’s manager wants Babs to re-open Broadway’s Palace Theatre

https://www.nydailynews.com/2017/04/11/barbra-streisands-manager-wants-babs-to-re-open-broadways-palace-theatre/

That was then but the time is almost here so I wonder if................

[EvanHansen]

Posted: 11/20/23 at 7:42pm

https://www.playbill.com/job/dear-england-broadway-nyc-epa-11-30-23-12-01-23/dbe83583-7e98-4cf7-a91e-153e97da661e

[ACL2006]

Posted: 11/20/23 at 8:17pm

EvanHansen said: "https://www.playbill.com/job/dear-england-broadway-nyc-epa-11-30-23-12-01-23/dbe83583-7e98-4cf7-a91e-153e97da661e"

odd they'd have a play reopen the Palace. if this is going there. I could see this going elsewhere.

[jkcohen626]

Posted: 11/20/23 at 10:21pm

I would have totally thought that Dear England would go somewhere small, namely the Golden. But, apparently it's playing a 1,700 seat theatre on the West End? Is it really that big of a show or that popular?

I have such a hard time imagining the Nederlanders reopening the Palace with a random English play. I think they know that this has the power to be a big event and that Dear England would be them giving up that power unless they have some sort of MEGAstar attached (FWIW, it does say they have 4 roles cast already, so I suppose this is possible).

If Dear England is going to go to a big theatre, I'd guess the Shubert. It seems unlikely that either of that theatre's rumored future tenants will make it in this season and it's also been theorized that the Shuberts don't like leaving the Shubert empty for long periods of time. 

[Broadway Flash]

Posted: 11/21/23 at 3:59am

You’re right, it seems so odd they would want this to open up the palace. I would have thought they would have wanted to do something big with a superstar like Barbra Streisand, or a flashy musical like Beauty and the Beast.

[GiantsInTheSky2]

Posted: 11/21/23 at 6:48am

It’s it completely out of the ordinary - the New Amsterdam reopened in May 1997 with the oratorio King David, which only ran for about a week. The Lion King wouldn’t move in until the fall. 

[RippedMan]

Posted: 11/21/23 at 9:01am

jkcohen626 said: "I would have totally thought that Dear England would go somewhere small, namely the Golden. But, apparently it's playing a 1,700 seat theatre on the West End? Is it really that big of a show or that popular?

I have such a hard time imagining the Nederlanders reopening the Palace with a random English play. I think they know that this has the power to be a big event and that Dear England would be them giving up that power unless they have some sort of MEGAstar attached (FWIW, it does say they have 4 roles cast already, so I suppose this is possible).

If Dear England is going to go to a big theatre, I'd guess the Shubert. It seems unlikely that either of that theatre's rumored future tenants will make it in this season and it's also been theorized that the Shuberts don't like leaving the Shubert empty for long periods of time."

If you watch the trailer for it, it does seem like a big show. The set looks rather complicated too with lots of elevators and moving pieces. I love British shows because they tend to be tech heavy. So, it makes sense it needs a big space. Will the audience care? I don't know.

[Broadway Flash]

Posted: 11/24/23 at 1:34am

Maybe this will go into the Broadway Theatre.

[lopside]

Posted: 11/24/23 at 9:42am

From an audience size perspective, they should look at a reasonably sized theater and it absolutely has the potential to be a flash-in-the-pan, contained hit. It's a pretty good play. 

[nealb1]

Posted: 11/24/23 at 10:36am

The Barbra rumors of her playing The Palace, Carnegie Hall, Sydney Opera House, etc....have been around for many, many decades now.  Yes, Barbra's Manager said several years ago that he would love for her to play there.  

We'll revisit this thread in a year or so and get a good chuckle about it, from when it didn't happen.  

[QueenAlice]

Posted: 11/24/23 at 11:59am

Barbra has said in interviews promoting her new book that she hopes to never do live concerts again. I think we can cross her off the speculation list. 

[Dylan Smith4]

Posted: 1/14/24 at 9:37am

Looks like Dear England is teasing a Broadway transfer per their Instagram.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C2FMGdOtBqF/?igsh=cGowdzJxdjF3YTNk

[theatergoer3]

Posted: 2/25/24 at 9:35am

I walked by the theater this week and the scaffolding is down and a Broadway direct digital marquee is up. 

[Fosse76]

Posted: 2/25/24 at 5:29pm

It's been up for a few weeks now.

[nealb1]

Posted: 3/18/24 at 11:34am

Ben Platt will play The Palace in May for several weeks

https://broadwaydirect.com/show/ben-platt-live-at-the-palace/#overview

[TheaterBoy7777]

Posted: 3/21/24 at 12:06pm

A little glimpse inside the theatre https://youtu.be/lpfcTLLXBO0?si=sFBiwNxvrvxcYukI

Snapped these outside yesterday