Favorite Marquee?- Page 2

[Madame X]

Posted: 4/15/05 at 6:30pm

and I think the Shubert theater is one of the very few left where you can truly have your name in actual LIGHTS.

I'm pretty sure the Booth and Al Hirschfeld have the actors names in light bulbs also.

[stylinbohemian]

Posted: 4/15/05 at 6:55pm

okay everyones using theater names....so im gonna feel so dumb...
i really liked the chicago marquee...okay now laugh at my non theater knowing mind

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 4/15/05 at 7:46pm

I really like the Winter Garden. When I saw Mamma Mia last March, the huge billboard poster above the theater was just awesome. If i were a Broadway producer, I think that's the theater where I'd want my show to be. I like the theater where doubt is now playing too. I love the way the lights and stuff look.

[apdarcey]

Posted: 4/16/05 at 4:27am

the hirschfield has the names in real lights (currently ms. applegate's) above the theatre.

[bjivie2]

Posted: 4/16/05 at 5:22am

I applaud the photoshop job done on the Hirschfeld.

[bostonbroadwayfan]

Posted: 4/16/05 at 7:55am

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Well, it is on Broadway:)

[ikmbway]

Posted: 4/16/05 at 9:05am

The Winter Garden has the best marquee its so big and you can't miss whats playing there. I mean sometheaters if you don't look you don't know whats playing. Well i miss them sometimes.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 4/16/05 at 9:20am

To Stylin

You are not dumb. The Chicago theater has a great Marquee. The old Paradise had a great one as well

My favorite marquee was not a Broadway one but a movie one. The french curve marquee of the NY Paramount. It has been sort of replicated when they renovated the building for the failed WWF restaurant & its reincarnation Hard Rock. Planet Hollywood would have been more appropos having their restaurant in the space previous occupied in the Paramont where Sinatra had his bobbysoxers enthralled

[Princeton78]

Posted: 4/16/05 at 9:52am

I believe my favorite theatre in the world is Her Majesty's in London. As you can see, there is very little decoration as far as a marquee.

[timote316]

Posted: 4/16/05 at 10:04am

I love the gothic look of some of the London theaters, especially that one.

[Princeton78]

Posted: 4/16/05 at 10:21am

I love the marquee at the Strand in London also.

[Tiny-Toon]

Posted: 4/16/05 at 11:32am

"I applaud the photoshop job done on the Hirschfeld."

Thanks! :)
I made it..

[Carl Magnum]

Posted: 4/16/05 at 11:37am

Good job on it Tiny Toon. For your next photoshop job can you put a good show on the Plymouth Marquee?

[Princeton78]

Posted: 4/16/05 at 12:16pm

Maybe bring Cats back? It would fit so nicely into the Plymouth..or the Booth even!

[Matt_G]

Posted: 4/16/05 at 12:22pm

I agree that the Walter Kerr is the best marquee in town. I have more pictures from that theatre than any other.

[magruder]

Posted: 4/16/05 at 12:33pm

Matt, the cool thing about the Walter Kerr's marquee is that it is a virtual replica of the theatre's original 1921 marquee. Jujamcyn obviously went to great care to recreate it when the theatre received its multimillion dollar renovation in 1990. One interesting thing is that from historical photos, the Ambassador had the exact same marquee - the same design and everything. It would be nice if the Shubert Organization gussied up the poor little Ambassador (including restoring the theatre's interior to its original dazzling splendor) whenever Chicago ends its run - but I won't hold my breath.

[Princeton78]

Posted: 4/16/05 at 1:11pm

OOOOOH...so the Ambassador will be redone in 2023 right after Dakota Fanning ends her triumphant run as Roxie!

[gavrochegirl]

Posted: 4/16/05 at 2:44pm

CATS and Les Miz are my favorites,even though I haven't seen CATS yet. I saw it on PBS for this special, in which I forgot the name of.

[EponineThenardier]

Posted: 4/16/05 at 2:48pm

I miss Les Miz being at the Palace. It's such a nice theater a magnificant looking. Then they had to move it to the Queen's which at the end of the street and much smaller. Grrrr.

[whatyouown223]

Posted: 4/16/05 at 3:54pm

Hairspray, Wicked, Brooklyn...actually. It doesn't reflect the show, sadly.

[apdarcey]

Posted: 4/16/05 at 6:29pm

i think the palace in london is one of the best in the world.

[maybethistime]

Posted: 4/16/05 at 6:37pm

[BroadwayNick]

Posted: 4/16/05 at 8:48pm

Somehow I like the Imperial's...it stuck out to me when I was there, and I especially like the DRS on it now...

[Princeton78]

Posted: 4/16/05 at 11:48pm

[meagan9848]

Posted: 4/17/05 at 1:54am

"Good job on it Tiny Toon. For your next photoshop job can you put a good show on the Plymouth Marquee?"

Are you kidding? Tiny would never cover up his beloved BKLYN...