Gypsy marquee- Page 2

[DrTheatre]

Posted: 1/27/08 at 4:21pm

I find it boring...what cracks me up is I can still hear the average guy or woman say "What is Patti Lupone Gypsy?" At least put a small "in" before Gypsy...because to me it reads like one word. If I was not a theater person I wouldn't know the difference...since I am a theater person, I do.

I wish there was some picture or something....

[blaxx]

Posted: 1/27/08 at 4:31pm

With that marquee, she better not miss a single performance and be the best thing since sex!

[ashbash1990]

Posted: 1/27/08 at 4:53pm

I'm really excited for this, don't get me wrong, but, why are they reviving it so soon after the Bernadette Peters revival?

[eden fan]

Posted: 1/27/08 at 4:59pm

Previews begin on my Birthday! Maybe I'll ask my parents if we can see this for my birthday...

[Testing1232]

Posted: 1/27/08 at 5:01pm

It really does like awful from close up. Very plain, and that fuzzy look on the lettering - (where lights SHOULD be)

I dont know, I just have a hard time trying to imagine it as the final work. I understand that it could be the final artwork, but they COULD place lights where the letters are now.

It just looks like a 3-year old could tear it right down.

Looks like cheap wallpaper.

[logan0215]

Posted: 1/27/08 at 5:13pm

Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't the Drowsy Chaperone marquee matte like that through most of the previews and possibly into the run before the flashy lit up one premiered?

Nothing's permanent.

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 1/27/08 at 5:14pm

Underwhelming like Patti.

[Testing1232]

Posted: 1/27/08 at 5:16pm

And on the opposite end of the spectrum, you could always look right across the street at the "Cat...." marquee !!

Wow, does Anika Noni Rose look good !!!

[logan0215]

Posted: 1/27/08 at 5:39pm

As per my earlier post:

https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=13964

Opened:

May 1, 2006

New fully lit marquee:

November 22, 2006

6 months into the run.

[SDav 10495]

Posted: 1/27/08 at 5:40pm

Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't the Drowsy Chaperone marquee matte like that through most of the previews and possibly into the run before the flashy lit up one premiered?

Nothing's permanent.

Well, you're right-ish..."Drowsy" started previews in April 2006 with a "matte" marquee, but they weren't exactly quick about putting up a new one. The fancy lighted marquee didn't go up until Thanksgiving of that year, around the time the show recouped its original investment (which it did amazingly quickly, I thought). So it seems that the matte marquee wasn't so much a "fill-in" as it was the only feasible option until finances allowed for lights. Don't look for the producers of "Gypsy" to upgrade the marquee a few weeks into the run just because this one seems shoddy. Most likely it's here to stay.

EDIT: Yeah, you got it. I still say 6 months is a long time, and likely an exception to the rule anyway since most shows don't upgrade marquees like "Drowsy" did.

Updated On: 1/27/08 at 05:40 PM

[withoutlovewithoutU]

Posted: 1/27/08 at 5:54pm

It looks like a bad combo of the Company revival and the the Chorus Line revival.
Oh well. I still want to see it, but I wish it had more sparkle to it.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 1/27/08 at 6:05pm

I have seen this show 3 times with 3 Gypsys

If & when it turns up on TDF I may see it again.

Someone mentioned Drowsy. I walked by the theater yesterday. All signs of it are gone but there is still a large picture of Bob Saget in the window. I have no idea why.

[postergirl]

Posted: 1/27/08 at 6:20pm

He's just too handsome to be taken down

[Junior]

Posted: 1/27/08 at 6:30pm

Yeah, this marquee doesn't seem like "Gypsy" to me at all, but you can't judge a show by it's marquee. I thought the "Tarzan" marquee was cool and well... didn't care for the show... at all really.

But anyway. It seems to me like the producers aren't putting TONS of money into the show, and probably for good reason. Don't get me wrong, I love Patti and LOVE "Gypsy" and wish this production all the best, but this show DID just have a revival, and as much as I loved that production, in my opinion it didn't do THAT well... As excited as I am about this show, I'm not expecting it to stick around too long. I hope I'm wrong though. I've wanted to see Patti in the role for some time now. Best of luck!

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 1/27/08 at 6:33pm

It has been well-publicized that Arthur Laurents was very dissatisfied with the Peters production and didn't want that to be people's lasting impression of the show. Since he's 90 (or very close to it) and LuPone is no spring chicken either, the thinking might have been let's do it before it's too late. But having seen it last year at Encores!, I can vouch that it's no rushed job -- LuPone sings it better than anyone since Merman.

[everythingtaboo]

Posted: 1/27/08 at 7:49pm

I was actually really suprised how shabbily the signs were posted, it's not smoothly done at all. That's why it strikes me they might be temporary, to have something up since the box office opens this weekend. Whether the artwork will change on the permanent signage, I dunno.

I will tell you that Friday and yesterday, I saw a lot of interest at people looking up, and I saw at least couple of people try to buy tickets, so I guess it doesn't really matter how the sign looks.

[winston89]

Posted: 1/27/08 at 10:00pm

When I saw it while walking down 44th st, it looked as if it was all one word.

I do agree with Dr. Theatre that I can see someone reading this as one word.

[antiandrewx]

Posted: 1/27/08 at 10:00pm

This is up too:

[lakezurich]

Posted: 1/27/08 at 10:23pm

Ok, I know this is a little off topic, and I am sorry if this has been asked already (I did search and did not find anything) but do you think that they are planing on recording this version?

[RyToast1]

Posted: 1/27/08 at 10:25pm

A source in the production says that it hasn't been decided yet.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 1/27/08 at 10:39pm

tsk, that signage makes me worry.
that seems an awful lot of pressure.

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Posted: 1/27/08 at 10:46pm

I agree with those who say it doesn't seem to stand out. Would some technically savvy person demonstrate how this marquee could (should) be improved? from RC in Austin, Texas...

[RyToast1]

Posted: 1/27/08 at 10:53pm

...Norn?

hehe

[DrTheatre]

Posted: 1/27/08 at 10:54pm

Thanks Winston89...all I am saying is that there is no real difference to knowing the star to the title of the show. Patti Lupone is much bigger than the title and I just feel that the average tourist will see that the title is one word or that Patti Lupone is the name of the show....I just wish they made it different to show the difference between star and show! And I think this is hard, because they are both title stars in their own right!

[H.Higgins]

Posted: 1/27/08 at 11:08pm

Sadly, this marquee and the poster we saw on Broadway.com (also formatted for the show's website) are probably permanent, but then again, maybe not. It's interesting to note that Playbill does not have artwork from the production yet. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that that means something else is coming soon to replace what we've seen.