The Promenade Theatre, the uptown Off-Broadway venue that is currently playing host to Tryst, will shutter on Sunday, June 11th, according to Variety.
Co-owner Ben Sprecher said that the 399-seat theatre will be converted for alternate use, "adding that there is indeed truth to the whispers that the venue will make way for a branch of the cosmetics chain Sephora," according to the article.Before Tryst, Karoline Leach's drama about an Edwardian love affair, the Promenade housed such shows as Almost Heaven: The Songs of John Denver, Woman Before a Glass, The Thing About Men and The Shape of Things. Other shows to have played the theatre include In Trousers, The Lisbon Traviata, Hurlyburly and Three Tall Women.Sprecher stated that the "economics of a 399-seat Off Broadway do not work. Period. Categorically." He now plans to devote his efforts to the Little Shubert Theatre, which he runs, as well as the possibly Broadway-bound diva showcase Legends and the upcoming A Moon for the Misbegotten, starring Kevin Spacey, at the Old Vic in London. He is involved with both plays as a producer.Videos