I believe Disney wants to address the backlot as well. But their hands are tied because of the monorail and transportation hub behind Monsters. One Disneyland Forward gets approved I think we will start to hear the rumor mill churning out what Disney wants to do this this troubled leftover area from DCA 1.0
Its the revival of the Eastern Gateway project that needs to happen, not Disneyland Forward. While maybe they'll try to combine the two projects together for city approval, one is not likely dependent on the other.
From what I read some form of a spiritual successor to the Eastern Gateway is in Forward.
This is not really the thread for this. But...
There's also the musical number written by Alan Menken for the original Captain America movie. I suspect that will be part of this, and is another 3 minutes.
Just the stairs might not be too difficult, but enclosing the rest of the space at ground level could be significantly more complicated. The stairs would likely have to lead directly to an exterior space, not a big lobby.
Why? I would assume you could enclose the stairs in a transitional space and have another free-standing building where the Pym additional seating is now. Enter lobby building, go through enclosed stairs into theatre.
Exits are required to discharge directly to the exterior. Stairs are typically designed to be part of an exit so while you could enclose the exterior stairs and convert them into interior stairs, they would would have to discharge to the exterior. It might be possible to design the stairs in a way that they are not part of an exit, but that is doubtful given the maximum required travel distances to an exit (250' max in a sprinklered Assembly occupancy).
Is that just a theme park thing? I have worked in many theatres, old and new, in California with grand lobbies that lead to stairs to the balcony/mezzanine levels.
It’s all new buildings. It’s not that you can’t have the lobby stair, but how they’re designed. Those existing stairs are designed as an exit so changing that comes with challenges.
There are many musicals which are 'sung through' with little to no dialogue: Les Miserables, Sweeney Todd, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Cats. (Not to mention opera...)
I'm well aware; you're talking to a theater kid here.
I'm moreso surprised at the potential book to music ratio given they highlighted the book as being written by a Tony nominee.
My first thought about the length was that getting the audience seated and evacuated will cumulatively take almost as long as the show itself!
