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| JUJAMCYN THEATERS CELEBRATES WALTER KERR THEATRE’S 100TH ANNIVERSARY WITH INTERACTIVE DIGITAL TIMELINE SHOWCASING LANDMARKED THEATER’S STORIED HISTORY | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 10:39 am EDT 03/22/21 | |
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| JUJAMCYN THEATERS CELEBRATES THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WALTER KERR THEATRE WITH INTERACTIVE DIGITAL TIMELINE SHOWCASING LANDMARKED THEATER’S STORIED HISTORY FEATURING MEMORIES FROM STEPHANIE J. BLOCK, CRYSTAL DICKINSON, TOVAH FELDSHUH, LEWIS FLINN, JOHN EARL JELKS, CHERRY JONES, KENNY LEON, ADRIANE LENOX, ANDREW LIPPA, OMAR METWALLY, RUBEN SANTIAGO-HUDSON, JEREMY SHAMOS, JASON TAM, FREDERICK WELLER AND MORE… New York, NY (March 22, 2021) – Jujamcyn Theaters celebrates the 100th Anniversary of the historic Walter Kerr Theatre, with a just-released interactive timeline. The timeline, a definitive history of the building, features a century’s worth of history: from the earliest shows, musicals, and revues, through its history as a television and radio studio, brief spans as an adult film theater and later a children’s theater, and finally as one of the most beloved houses on Broadway. The timeline features a lovingly curated collection of seldom seen ephemera including old production photos, Playbill covers, sheet music, and press clippings. In addition, the people who have made the Walter Kerr their home over the last century – actors, directors, designers, writers, house and crew members – have contributed memories of their time at the Kerr. Contributors include Stephanie J. Block, Crystal Dickinson, Tovah Feldshuh, Lewis Flinn, John Earl Jelks, Cherry Jones, Kenny Leon, Adriane Lenox, Andrew Lippa, Omar Metwally, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Jeremy Shamos, Jason Tam, Frederick Weller, and more. The interactive timeline can be viewed at www.jujamcyn.com/walterkerrtimeline Audiences are invited to join the centennial celebration by sending Kerr memories either as short videos (under 3 minutes), photos, and/or short written statements to walterkerrtimeline@jujamcyn.com Jordan Roth, president of Jujamcyn Theaters, said, “It is no coincidence that this 100th anniversary of the Walter Kerr is also the beginning of spring. The theater’s current show Hadestown affirms that however deep in our personal, communal, societal darkness we may feel, spring will indeed come again. As much as we have all lost in this past year, we can place ourselves in this long legacy and see that we are at a turning point, that we are the turning point. To mark this milestone, we offer some moments of reminiscence, solace, celebration by revisiting the first hundred years of the Kerr – and by extension Broadway as a whole – and recommitting to the next hundred years. We join everyone who has found their own personal spring in these hundred years of the Walter Kerr in looking forward to the spring that is to come.” Designed by Herbert J. Krapp, and built in 1921, as the Ritz Theatre and renamed the Walter Kerr Theatre in 1990 after the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York theater critic, the Kerr has been home to over 150 Broadway productions including four plays by August Wilson, his Pulitzer Prize winning The Piano Lesson, as well as Two Trains Running, Seven Guitars, and Gem of the Ocean. Seven winners of the Tony Award for Best Play have played the Kerr, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches; Angels in America: Perestroika; Love! Valour! Compassion!; Proof; Take Me Out; Doubt; and Clybourne Park, and two Tony Award-winning Best Musicals A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder and its current show, Hadestown. In October 2017, Bruce Springsteen made his Broadway debut at the Walter Kerr in a solo show that was extended three-times and to this day holds the box office record for the theater. Jujamcyn Theaters is recognized as a theatrical innovator for championing shows that push the boundaries of Broadway and for creating uniquely welcoming experiences for audiences and artists. Jujamcyn's five Broadway theaters are the St. James, Al Hirschfeld, August Wilson, Eugene O'Neill, and Walter Kerr. Current productions include the Tony Award-winning Best Musicals Hadestown and The Book of Mormon, and the currently Tony-nominated Moulin Rouge! The Musical. Jujamcyn's proud legacy includes Springsteen on Broadway, Angels in America (original and revival), Falsettos, Jersey Boys, The Producers, Clybourne Park, Spring Awakening, Fela!, and six plays by August Wilson. jujamcyn.com |
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| Link | http://www.jujamcyn.com/walterkerrtimeline |
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| The Most Treacherous Balcony on Braodway | |
| Posted by: Jax 01:44 pm EDT 03/22/21 | |
| In reply to: JUJAMCYN THEATERS CELEBRATES WALTER KERR THEATRE’S 100TH ANNIVERSARY WITH INTERACTIVE DIGITAL TIMELINE SHOWCASING LANDMARKED THEATER’S STORIED HISTORY - Official_Press_Release 10:39 am EDT 03/22/21 | |
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| Bring a pick axe and a rope if you're in the balcony | |
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| re: The Most Treacherous Balcony on Braodway | |
| Posted by: carolinaguy 02:05 pm EDT 03/22/21 | |
| In reply to: The Most Treacherous Balcony on Braodway - Jax 01:44 pm EDT 03/22/21 | |
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| I wandered up there during the HADESTOWN intermission just to see what it was like. I got major vertigo and had to come right back down, lol. | |
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| re: The Most Treacherous Balcony on Braodway | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 03:53 pm EDT 03/22/21 | |
| In reply to: re: The Most Treacherous Balcony on Braodway - carolinaguy 02:05 pm EDT 03/22/21 | |
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| I sat up there for "Proof". Tickets were cheap, and it wasn't bad for the price, but anything happen upstage was completely cut off - which in this case meant that we couldn't actually see Catherine's father in the doorway at the end of Act 1. | |
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| re: The Most Treacherous Balcony on Braodway | |
| Posted by: ryhog 05:35 pm EDT 03/22/21 | |
| In reply to: re: The Most Treacherous Balcony on Braodway - Singapore/Fling 03:53 pm EDT 03/22/21 | |
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| I'd be inclined to blame John Lee Beatty for that. Maybe with Sullivan as an accessory after the fact. | |
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| re: The Most Treacherous Balcony on Broadway | |
| Last Edit: BroadwayTonyJ 05:22 pm EDT 03/22/21 | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 05:17 pm EDT 03/22/21 | |
| In reply to: re: The Most Treacherous Balcony on Braodway - Singapore/Fling 03:53 pm EDT 03/22/21 | |
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| I sat up there for Doubt. I was with my partner and at the time, that was what we could afford. I didn't have any problem with it being too high or too steep. Jones, O'Byrne, Goldenhersh, and Lenox did a great job of making eye contact with us up there from time to time. I think there are (or were) worse balconies for me. I would say the St. James, the Belasco before the renovation, and possibly the Palace. |
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| re: The Most Treacherous Balcony on Broadway | |
| Posted by: Roman 09:32 pm EDT 03/22/21 | |
| In reply to: re: The Most Treacherous Balcony on Broadway - BroadwayTonyJ 05:17 pm EDT 03/22/21 | |
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| OMG, the Palace balcony — it’s legit scary. | |
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| re: The Most Treacherous Balcony on Broadway | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 05:56 pm EDT 03/22/21 | |
| In reply to: re: The Most Treacherous Balcony on Broadway - BroadwayTonyJ 05:17 pm EDT 03/22/21 | |
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| Looks like you're thinking of "Doubt", which I still regret not seeing. The problem with the "Proof" set - which ryhog referred to - is that it had the roof overhanging the porch, which created sightline issues. And yes, that St. James balcony feels like you're in a different theater than everybody else. The Kerr at least doesn't feel so far away from the stage, just high above them. It reminds me of some of those London theaters where there's a third(!) balcony and you're staring down on the actors' heads. |
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| re: The Most Treacherous Balcony on Broadway | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 06:15 pm EDT 03/22/21 | |
| In reply to: re: The Most Treacherous Balcony on Broadway - Singapore/Fling 05:56 pm EDT 03/22/21 | |
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| That's correct. I was actually on the main floor for Proof, probably in one of the first 5 rows. It was the replacement cast and I must have gotten a really cheap rush ticket. Neil Patrick Harris was Hal so it was probably in Sept., 2002. Because of my financial situation in 2008, I sat in the St. James balcony for Gypsy with LuPone. It was the only way I could afford to see her performance, which I'm glad I did not miss. I experienced vertigo problems going up and down the balcony stairs -- there was no railing or anything to grab on to (at least according to my recollection). I never sat up there again after that experience. However, (all things considered) I do consider it a positive experience. |
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