Can someone tell me why the Gershwin Theater is so large?
Can someone tell me why the Gershwin Theater is so large?
Dollypop
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#1Can someone tell me why the Gershwin Theater is so large?
Posted: 3/31/16 at 4:44pm
I ask you.
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#2Can someone tell me why the Gershwin Theater is so large?
Posted: 3/31/16 at 4:48pm
why is the circle in the sqaure so small?
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#3Can someone tell me why the Gershwin Theater is so large?
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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Updated On: 3/31/16 at 04:49 PM
#4Can someone tell me why the Gershwin Theater is so large?
Posted: 3/31/16 at 5:26pm
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#5Can someone tell me why the Gershwin Theater is so large?
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."
#6Can someone tell me why the Gershwin Theater is so large?
Posted: 3/31/16 at 5:36pm
Dollypop said: "I ask you."
It ate all its vegetables.
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#7Can someone tell me why the Gershwin Theater is so large?
Posted: 3/31/16 at 6:50pm
Because I'm has a.lot.of seats.
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Mr Roxy
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#8Can someone tell me why the Gershwin Theater is so large?
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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Updated On: 3/31/16 at 06:53 PM
#9Can someone tell me why the Gershwin Theater is so large?
Posted: 3/31/16 at 7:02pm
The Uris Brothers were compensating.
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Mr Roxy
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#10Can someone tell me why the Gershwin Theater is so large?
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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#11Can someone tell me why the Gershwin Theater is so large?
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?
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Mr Roxy
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#12Can someone tell me why the Gershwin Theater is so large?
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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#13Can someone tell me why the Gershwin Theater is so large?
Posted: 3/31/16 at 11:51pm
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#14Can someone tell me why the Gershwin Theater is so large?
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?
Mr Roxy
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#15Can someone tell me why the Gershwin Theater is so large?
Posted: 4/2/16 at 9:58am
I always wondered about that myself.
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#16Can someone tell me why the Gershwin Theater is so large?
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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