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** Some Broadway producers have also complained about the Foxwoods Theatre ( formerly known as the " Hilton Theatre " and " Ford Center for the Performing Arts ").

Completed in 1998, the main complaint is that the 1829 seat theatre's cavernous auditorium has poor sight lines and acoustics, making it difficult for audience members in distant seats to see or hear the actors.

Mel Brooks ( whose Young Frankenstein ran for 14 months there ) made a different complaint about the theatre's acoustics, stating that its size also makes it difficult for performers to hear the laughter of the audience.

The theatre opened with the two-year, 834 performance run of the original production of the musical Ragtime.

This was followed in 2001 by the four-year, 1524 performance run of the revival of the musical 42nd Street.

Normally, this would have given the theatre a good reputation, but its poor reputation grew exponentially in 2010-11 with the seemingly endless production problems of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, which had already set the record for most preview performances five months before it officially opened on 14 June 2011.

See also the Lyric Theatre under " Ghosts of Broadway Theatres " above.