Rosie to buy the Helen Hayes?
Rosie to buy the Helen Hayes?
FranziaRebel
Chorus Member Joined: 4/26/05
#0Rosie to buy the Helen Hayes?
Posted: 2/16/06 at 8:47am
On Rosie O'Donnell's blog today there is a very ambiguous post that seems to imply she's purchasing the Helen Hayes theater?
Is this true?
http://www.rosie.com/
Updated On: 2/16/06 at 08:47 AM
CurtainPullDowner
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bwayondabrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/05
#2re: Rosie to buy the Helen Hayes?
Posted: 2/16/06 at 8:56amwhoa, her blog is confusing... but her jumble of words sort of does imply that
BrianWilsonFan
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#3re: Rosie to buy the Helen Hayes?
Posted: 2/16/06 at 10:05am
She says it was sold last week so she must be the buyer. In her blog a couple of weeks ago she was talking about doing a weekly Variety Show. She has the funds and now she has a venue, sweet...
#4re: Rosie to buy the Helen Hayes?
Posted: 2/16/06 at 10:14amShe's talking about the one in Nyack that was recently sold. If she did I think it would do wonders. The children's theatre there put on some fabulous productions.
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#5re: Rosie to buy the Helen Hayes?
Posted: 2/16/06 at 10:31am
A weekly variety show? I'm intrigued. This has potential.
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FranziaRebel
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#7re: Rosie to buy the Helen Hayes?
Posted: 2/16/06 at 10:55am
That doesn't imply that Rosie bought the theatre at all - and her words aren't all that ambiguous.
She lives in Helen Hayes' house, that's what the first reference is to.
The theatre was sold - she was not the buyer. She, and other town people are obviously worried about what's to become of the theatre with the new buyers, and she doesn't want to see the theatre get run down, so she said she will buy it and make it work if that's what it will take to keep theatre in Nyack.
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Thesbijean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/9/04
#8re: Rosie to buy the Helen Hayes?
Posted: 2/16/06 at 11:05amThat was a nice theatre, a little cramped, but a nice theatre. The same owners that just sold it also own the new theatre in White Plains, no?
bwayondabrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/05
#10re: Rosie to buy the Helen Hayes?
Posted: 2/16/06 at 11:35amAbout and hour north of the city, in Rockland County.
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#11re: Rosie to buy the Helen Hayes?
Posted: 2/16/06 at 11:35am
North of the city.
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Updated On: 2/16/06 at 11:35 AM
bwayondabrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/05
#12re: Rosie to buy the Helen Hayes?
Posted: 2/16/06 at 11:38am
oh i see
i thought you guys were talking about the helen hayes where bridge and tunnel is playing...
gotcha 
wickedrentq
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/6/04
#13re: Rosie to buy the Helen Hayes?
Posted: 2/16/06 at 5:07pmWell, there was an article in the paper this morning about the new landlord of Helen Hayes plans to lower the rent cost for the theatre to help ensure it can meet its costs and stay open, so that's a good sign. Helen Hayes' Youth Theatre program was moved to Rockland Community College for the summer, and I hope they continue their high school theatre awards, though it really could use some revamping.
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Scottie310
Stand-by Joined: 5/24/04
#14re: Rosie to buy the Helen Hayes?
Posted: 2/16/06 at 6:29pm
Yeah there was an article in the Journal News (Rockland County newspaper) about this. I think she would be wonderful with running this theater. I hope she is able to bring it out of the hard times it went through and bring back the quality productions the theater used to put on.
And just a little nitpicky thing-Rosie used to live in "Pretty Penny", Helen Hayes's old house, but sold it a few years ago and now lives somewhere else in Nyack
bwayfan3
Broadway Star Joined: 10/11/04
#15re: Rosie to buy the Helen Hayes?
Posted: 2/16/06 at 8:12pm
And she left out the best part of that story about Helen Hayes and her husband. When they met, he gave her that handful of peanuts and said, "I wish they were emeralds" as he was a struggling playwright. At their 50th anniversary party (or maybe 40th, I'm not sure...a lot of happy years later), he gave her a handful of emeralds and said, "I wish they were peanuts."
the most romantic and poignant story
