Palace Theatre: Home of WEST SIDE STORY
Palace Theatre: Home of WEST SIDE STORY
#2re: Palace Theatre: Home of WEST SIDE STORY
Posted: 1/5/09 at 7:09pm
Why are they still using the logo from the film?!
Wouldn't Laurents have done something about this by now? Why would he want his show to be connected to a film he hated?
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#2re: Palace Theatre: Home of WEST SIDE STORY
Posted: 1/5/09 at 7:13pm
Only the font is really the same. It's not like he's using the stairs and dancing people.
jacobsnchz14
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#3re: Palace Theatre: Home of WEST SIDE STORY
Posted: 1/5/09 at 7:13pm
Seeing that marquee, I am totally missing Legally Blonde and Aida.
It's alright but not great.
#4re: Palace Theatre: Home of WEST SIDE STORY
Posted: 1/5/09 at 7:15pmI know it was intentional, but I don't really like the way it looks like the font doesn't... fit on. It almost looks like an ill-fitting photoshop job. But really, the marquee doesn't matter. It's West Side Story!
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blaxx
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#5re: Palace Theatre: Home of WEST SIDE STORY
Posted: 1/5/09 at 7:17pm
Why are they still using the logo from the film?!
Movie logo = recognizable = tourists = money = good
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broadwayman17
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#6re: Palace Theatre: Home of WEST SIDE STORY
Posted: 1/5/09 at 7:29pm
Slightly off topic, but I wonder who's gonna take that Mel Brooks' spot where all the Producers/Young Frankenstein ads have been
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Brick
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#8re: Palace Theatre: Home of WEST SIDE STORY
Posted: 1/5/09 at 7:40pmLooks OK, i preferred Legally Blondes
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#9re: Palace Theatre: Home of WEST SIDE STORY
Posted: 1/5/09 at 7:41pmJeez, they sure got the Liza stuff down fast.
#10re: Palace Theatre: Home of WEST SIDE STORY
Posted: 1/5/09 at 7:43pmI think the Palace marquee is my least favorite in all of Broadway. I've always thought that if you were a tourist and had no real knowledge of Broadway you'd never be 100% sure which show was actually playing at the palace with the three ads so close together.
#11re: Palace Theatre: Home of WEST SIDE STORY
Posted: 1/5/09 at 9:00pmIt's so disturbing to read posts that say Legally Blonde is better than West Side Story. I know you mean the posters, but still, yikes.
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#12re: Palace Theatre: Home of WEST SIDE STORY
Posted: 1/5/09 at 9:13pm
erm no one has said that
i said i prefer the LB MARQUEE
I liked LB as a dumb fun piece pf fluff it was very entertaining however West Side Story is a masterpiece and one of my all time faves.
This is a thread about the marquee not the show, please read comments before commenting on them yourself.
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#13re: Palace Theatre: Home of WEST SIDE STORY
Posted: 1/5/09 at 9:21pm
It really all depends oh now they DO West Side Story. I haven't been overwhelmed yet, but I'll give it a fair shot (although I also loved seeing Legally Blonde up there.)
And, hey, Laura Belle Bundy looked swell at the Hairspray closing.
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#14re: Palace Theatre: Home of WEST SIDE STORY
Posted: 1/5/09 at 9:21pm
I know you mean the posters, but still, yikes.
Please read comments before commenting on them yourself.
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#15re: Palace Theatre: Home of WEST SIDE STORY
Posted: 1/5/09 at 9:40pmI sorta like it, and people will recognize the font instantly, which will draw a passerby audience.
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#16re: Palace Theatre: Home of WEST SIDE STORY
Posted: 1/5/09 at 9:46pmI actually really like it.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
ThankstoPhantom
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#17re: Palace Theatre: Home of WEST SIDE STORY
Posted: 1/5/09 at 9:51pmI think Beauty and the Beast used a lot more of the above-marquee space back in its day. I agree....right now it's very hard to properly distinguish which show is there from a distance.
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WiCkEDrOcKS
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#18re: Palace Theatre: Home of WEST SIDE STORY
Posted: 1/5/09 at 9:54pm
I agree with CATSNY.
The Palace marquee is very unrecognizable as it is literally squeezed between two other random marquees for shows that aren't playing at the Palace...
ThankstoPhantom
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#20re: Palace Theatre: Home of WEST SIDE STORY
Posted: 1/5/09 at 9:58pm
Here's an example of the marquee before they decided to rent out half of it.
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#21re: Palace Theatre: Home of WEST SIDE STORY
Posted: 1/5/09 at 10:11pmI like it. I'm SOOOOOOOOOOO excited for West Side Story.
KirbyCat
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#22re: Palace Theatre: Home of WEST SIDE STORY
Posted: 1/5/09 at 10:18pmIs it me, or is that just a tarp that's been printed on? Because, most shows use a thick peice of translucent plexiglass, or something... Right?
#23re: Palace Theatre: Home of WEST SIDE STORY
Posted: 1/5/09 at 10:51pm
!!!!
I love it! I've been waiting for the first pictures since the day the production was announced!
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#24re: Palace Theatre: Home of WEST SIDE STORY
Posted: 1/5/09 at 11:01pm
The Palace used to be a Palace and more visable from
Times Square, but Times and Perception have changed.
Let's see some pics of the Old Palace:
