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.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
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.
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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.
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#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.
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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.
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#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.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
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?
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#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?
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#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.
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#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...
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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.
Scratch and claw for every day you're worth!
Make them drag you screaming from life, keep dreaming
You'll live forever here on earth.
#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
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Updated On: 5/19/11 at 05:42 PM
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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