A Tale Of Two Cities Theatre Problem

Can someone post the link to the sets


Cause they were so pretty, I wanna see them again.

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They're not that big they only look like maybe 200 pixels wide at the least.

They are also looking into the St. James, for after when Grinch closes obviously.

Also, Drowsy's SALES are destroying it, not the prospects of another tenant in the Marquis.

The show undoubtedly has some hurdles to jump, but it hasn't even started REHEARSALS yet, and already you are critiquing it? Let alone from a concept album that's 5 years old?

Personally, I don't think Rent's long for the cause. How big is the Nederlander?

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Okay, well, let's rule out the absolutely impossibles. They are most definitely not getting:

the Gershwin
the Eugene O'Neill
the Hilton
the Neil Simon
the August Wilson
the Ambassador
the Majestic

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the Nederlander is big but not big enough to hold such a mega musical. Plus In The Heights is looking at the nederlander. I agree with BrianIdol on the Imperial but A Tale Of Two Cities has it's heart on the Marquis. Unless Drowsy's sales pick up tremendously during the fall and winter A Tale of two Cities is almost set for the Marquis.

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They could take the Circle in the Square, maybe. Spelling Bee can't last much longer.

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Updated On: 7/24/07 at 10:43 PM

Speedjeans - i'm wondering what you mean by "heavy borrowing" from "Les miz" especially in regard to the song "until tomorrow". Do you mean to suggest they shouldn't tell a story that has the real French revolution as its backdrop (unlike Les miz' student uprising that most people mistake for the french revolution?) should they rewrite the story (and history) so it doesn't resemble Les miz? surely if you're that savvy to have recognized the greatness of Les miz and Nicholas Nickleby way back when - then you're savvy enough to know that on Les miz, Nunn and Caird were borrowing heavily from their earlier success with Nickleby - by Dickens! On a theatrical level, Les Miz the musical owes far more more to Dickens than to Hugo. From what I've seen, Tale is pretty faithful to its literary source(which pre-dated Les Miz by a year - interestingly enough.) if you don't like the show or the music - that's fine. But don't say they shouldn't have a first act finale anthem about the start of the french revolution and the storming of the bastille - when that's the bloody story! Yikes!

^ I seriously doubt Mermaid will go anywhere within the year... Tarzan lasted longer than a year, and I'm sure Disney would actually have to try to make anything worse than that!
I think it'll probably take the Marquis, unfortunately it doesn't seem like Drowsy has much life left in it...
I just hope we don't have another "Pirate Queen" on our hands here... although I'm really hoping for it to be successful!

Updated On: 7/25/07 at 12:08 AM

Yes, built to fit does seem rather obvious. Though the Drowsy people say it will at least run through the Fall, probably the Winter. After that, I suspect it will leave. Whose to say?

They are making money and it is a big Theater to fill? They have plans to bring in some new talent. Beth is great, it will depend on how much attention Mara brings in but I don't want to count her as nothing until she takes the stage.

Tale, sounds, well interesting. Nice sets. Yet the music is really the key. I don't think the Marquis is going to push out Drowsy while it is still making money for something that may be iffy? If they want the Marquis, it won't be until probably after Christmas. I can be wrong but from the article I read, it seems the Marquis is still happy to have them there and making money.