#1
Posted: 3/31/16 at 4:44pm
I ask you.
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Can someone tell me why the Gershwin Theater is so large?
#2
Posted: 3/31/16 at 4:48pm
why is the circle in the sqaure so small?
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#3
Posted: 3/31/16 at 4:49pm
They had a big plot of land so they put a big monster theater on it.The powers that be wanted a big Broadway theater to accommodate big musicals and a small intimate theater. They got both.
Before it was built, the skyscraper in front of it was the site of the Loew's Capitol theater. It was almost 3 times bigger with over 5,000 seats.
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#4
Posted: 3/31/16 at 5:26pm
Good to have you back, Dollypop
#5
Posted: 3/31/16 at 5:27pm
These boards are not the place to make fun of theaters for their size. Gershwin is very self-conscious. Pull the snark levels back down to "light."
#6
Posted: 3/31/16 at 5:36pm
Dollypop said: "I ask you."
It ate all its vegetables.
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#7
Posted: 3/31/16 at 6:50pm
Because I'm has a.lot.of seats.
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#8
Posted: 3/31/16 at 6:53pm
I am not making fun of its size. It is a big theater and I accept it and am not dissing it in any way.
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#9
Posted: 3/31/16 at 7:02pm
The Uris Brothers were compensating.
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#10
Posted: 3/31/16 at 9:40pm
I remember when it was called the Uris. It's first show was Via Galactica .The original title before Via was Up. The Uris was being sarcastically called the Urine. The joke going around was see Up @ The Urine. It was thought to be hilarious but I never got the joke.
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#11
Posted: 3/31/16 at 9:47pm
No, Ken Mandelbaum writes about the joke in "Not Since Carrie." The Marquis said "Up" / "Uris." ...UP...YOURIS.....UP URAS....get it?
#12
Posted: 3/31/16 at 9:49pm
Aha. Now I get it. I had the general idea but did not get the pronunciation. Thanks for the correct info.
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#13
Posted: 3/31/16 at 11:51pm
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#14
Posted: 4/2/16 at 7:46am
Why is it called "Circle in the Square" when it is never set up as a circle -- usually an oval. Why not call it "Oval in the Square?
#15
Posted: 4/2/16 at 9:58am
I always wondered about that myself.
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#16
Posted: 4/3/16 at 11:43pm
Circle in the Square was an off-Broadway theater company that moved uptown to the new theater under the Uris.
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