Book of Mormon taking the Marquis?
Book of Mormon taking the Marquis?
walkedthroughmany
Leading Actor Joined: 3/25/07
#1Book of Mormon taking the Marquis?
Posted: 5/19/11 at 12:04pm
Someone here has to know the truth behind this --
http://www.broadwayspace.com/forum/topics/broadway-rumor-is-book-of
-- is there any? I know it has more seats, but I love the O'Neill for this show. Don't know how they would figure out the ticket logistics, with O'Neill seats on sale through April 2012. Or am I just gullible and this is all fake? Seems too smart a move for it to be completely made up.
#2Book of Mormon taking the Marquis?
Posted: 5/19/11 at 12:08pmConsidering the O'Neill is a Jujamcyn house and the Marquis is a Nederlander house, this is highly unlikely.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
walkedthroughmany
Leading Actor Joined: 3/25/07
#2Book of Mormon taking the Marquis?
Posted: 5/19/11 at 12:10pmDid not even think to check who owned the houses. That is a good point -- probably isn't real, then.
sbflyfan
Broadway Star Joined: 4/12/07
#3Book of Mormon taking the Marquis?
Posted: 5/19/11 at 12:38pm
Slightly off-topic: How does one pronounce "Jujamcyn," and more importantly, is there anywhere I can hear Patti LuPone say it? Thanks.
Dave516
Chorus Member Joined: 9/19/08
#4Book of Mormon taking the Marquis?
Posted: 5/19/11 at 12:50pmI don't know about the Patti part, but it's pronounced "Jew-Jam-Sin."
Patti4President
Understudy Joined: 2/8/11
#5Book of Mormon taking the Marquis?
Posted: 5/19/11 at 12:50pm
It's pronounced Jew-Jam-Sin.
Ju, Jam and Cyn are abbreviations of people's names.
#6Book of Mormon taking the Marquis?
Posted: 5/19/11 at 12:59pmIt could do with moving to another theatre - some of the seats in the Eugene O'Neill have very poor leg room and the lack of restrooms makes the queues at imtermission very long. I almost missed the start of the 2nd act as a result when I saw it on Tuesday.
walkedthroughmany
Leading Actor Joined: 3/25/07
#7Book of Mormon taking the Marquis?
Posted: 5/19/11 at 1:25pmJust out of curiosity, what are the logistics of moving from, say, a Jujamcyn house to a Nederlander house? Has that sort of thing ever happened before?
#8Book of Mormon taking the Marquis?
Posted: 5/19/11 at 1:26pmMoving is such a costly and complicated thing, particularly for a show that's basically sold out for months. I don't see this materializing.
#9Book of Mormon taking the Marquis?
Posted: 5/19/11 at 2:38pmNot to mention that in a smaller theater with less seats, tickets remain a hotter commodity. More seats would be great, but yeah, for many reasons, I don't see this being legit.
Hank
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#10Book of Mormon taking the Marquis?
Posted: 5/19/11 at 3:10pmAnd not to mention, the Marquis is in a Marriott property, with a Book of Mormon inside every room.
#11Book of Mormon taking the Marquis?
Posted: 5/19/11 at 3:15pmI figured with the roat of Follies at the Kennedy center right now that they would try and bring it in there for a run.
ahhrealmonsters
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/10
#12Book of Mormon taking the Marquis?
Posted: 5/19/11 at 3:42pmIf it were to move, it would probably go to the St. James, also a Jujamcyn.
#13Book of Mormon taking the Marquis?
Posted: 5/19/11 at 3:48pm
I don't know how much the theatre owners figure into it unless they are also producers of a show. If the producers of "Mormon" are just renting the O'Neill then what is there to stop them from renting another available theatre?
Chicago went from a Nederlander to a Shubert. 42nd Street went from a Shubert to Shubert to Jujamcyn. Tap Dance Kid went from Shubert to Nederlander. There are many, many more.
#14Book of Mormon taking the Marquis?
Posted: 5/19/11 at 3:53pmahhrealmonsters, ON A CLEAR DAY... has the St. James booked for the fall.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#15Book of Mormon taking the Marquis?
Posted: 5/19/11 at 4:04pmThe Marquis is a cursed theatre, you could move 'Mormon' there and the gross would drop 50% and the show would close.
#16Book of Mormon taking the Marquis?
Posted: 5/19/11 at 4:20pm
I don't believe in theatre curses, but the Marquis is one of the most heinously ugly and personality-less theatres out there. I hope it doesn't move, if only because I despise that venue. The St. James on the other hand.... UPGRADE.
Didn't White Christmas play there to success though?
#17Book of Mormon taking the Marquis?
Posted: 5/19/11 at 4:32pmWhat is it about the Marquis that has allowed so few shows to be successful there?
#18Book of Mormon taking the Marquis?
Posted: 5/19/11 at 4:46pm
Bwayphreak - The only legitimate reason I can think of is that the place is freakin' huge. The angles are pretty awful. The balcony is scary high and really far from the stage. I sat there for Priscilla, pretty bad.
I'm imagining the rent is also pretty high there too.
#19Book of Mormon taking the Marquis?
Posted: 5/19/11 at 4:48pmAnd the shows that have been at the Marquis lately have been terrible...
walkedthroughmany
Leading Actor Joined: 3/25/07
#20Book of Mormon taking the Marquis?
Posted: 5/19/11 at 4:57pmbroadwaydevil - are you thinking of the Palace?
#21Book of Mormon taking the Marquis?
Posted: 5/19/11 at 5:23pm
Walkedthroughmany - good point. Yes, yes I was, LOL.
The only show I saw at the Marquis was Peter Pan and that was too long ago to remember many details haha.
#22Book of Mormon taking the Marquis?
Posted: 5/19/11 at 5:27pmJudy, James, Cynthia - Rocco's kids.
#23Book of Mormon taking the Marquis?
Posted: 5/19/11 at 5:42pm
It was not named after Rocco's kids. I believe it was named after James Binger's children. The Jujamcyn organization existed before Rocco Landesman was brought in the mid-1980's.
The August Wilson Theatre used to tbe the Virginia which was named after Virginia Binger.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jujamcyn_Theaters
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#24Book of Mormon taking the Marquis?
Posted: 5/19/11 at 6:12pmI believe there was an interview a couple weeks back in which a Book of Mormon producer said that they had considered moving to another, larger theatre, but ultimately decided against it because they rightly wanted to keep their show a "hot ticket".
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