Next tenant for the Marquis?

Yesterday, someone on here claimed that the next tenant was a Jukebox musical. Michael Riedel had said months ago that the UK revival of JOSEPH was looking at the Marquis for a summer run.

hmmm..would &Juliet AND Once Upon A One More Time both be on Broadway at the same time? They're kinda the same concept

Theatrefanboy1 said: "Honestly I would have expected beetle juice to have jumped in it. I wonder though if it’ll remain open for a while with limited runs coming in to it."

The issue Beetlejuice has when it comes to moving theaters is that the Winter Garden is one of the more uniquely shaped theaters on Broadway. The Winter Garden has the third widest stage of any of Broadways proscenium theaters (this excludes the Circle in the Square, as its in the round, and the Beaumont as its a thrust stage), but it also has the 5th shortest proscenium. Add to that the theater is the 10th largest theater in terms of capacity. In terms of a way to think about it as a metaphor think of Broadway theaters as a piece of paper, nearly all theaters are set up in a portrait design, but the Winter Garden, and the Gershwin are set up in landscape. This is also likely why Scott Rudin was not willing to move The Music Man, to a different theater despite being over a year out from its first preview when tickets went on a sale in September, and the negotiations between Warner Brothers Theater Group and him began in an attempt to allow Beetlejuice to stay at the Winter Garden.

Yes I know Mamma Mia moved to the Broadhurst, but Mamma Mia was not a tech heavy musical production. The production was essentially a unit set on a turn table, that was moved off stage during the finale, allowing for a deck/pier to rise out of the stage. Beetlejuice on the other hand has a full house built on the stage that is thrust forward and backward to make way for other sets including the attic, the facade of the house, the multiple locations netherworld, and the graveyard. Al of these sets were built to specifically frame the stage, unlike other productions such as a Tootsie, Mean Girls, The Book of Mormon, which have smaller set pieces move on and off stage to more so symbolize locations and its the backdrop thats instead used to frame the stage.

I also find it hard to believe that Marriott would allow Timbers to redesign the theater lobby to transform it into the world of Tim Burton, as it would be an "eye sore" for hotel and conference guests. Part of the magic of Alex Timber's direction is the fact that the audience enters the world of Tim Burton as soon they enter the theater, not simply the auditorium.

I don't think it will be Almost Famous. At the Light in the Piazza stage door in Chicago Solea Pfeiffer said it was aiming for the fall.

Theatrefanboy1 said: "Honestly I would have expected beetle juice to have jumped in it. I wonder though if it’ll remain open for a while with limited runs coming in to it. "

Speaking the other day to a friend who works at the show about the possibility of moving theatres, he basically said “who knows what’ll happen but no, it’s gonna happen”.

ACL2006 said: "I also think the Marquis would be a terrible choice for Beetlejuice. Maybe if Mean Girls shutters this Spring it could move to the August Wilson? Or if SIX bombs, Not gonna happen maybe the Brooks? The Barrymore is likely too small, even if The Inheritance closes early. The Longacre is also likely too small and has limited wing space, even if DIANA bombs will definitely happen.."

bdn223 said: "ACL2006 said: "I also think the Marquis would be a terrible choice for Beetlejuice. Maybe if Mean Girls shutters this Spring it could move to the August Wilson? Or if SIX bombs, maybe the Brooks? The Barrymore is likely too small, even if The Inheritance closes early. The Longacre is also likely too small and has limited wing space, even if DIANA bombs."

IfSIXbombs its producers need to stop working in theater. The show will have some of the smallest running costs in recent Broadway memory, and unless there is something I am not thinking about its a cast of 9 relatively unknowns, with a 4 member band,on a small unit set that mostly uses lights, and no costume changes.... The running costs will likely be at most $450K a week, and I would assume even less and running costs closer to $350-$400."

The Broadway set is going to be much 'bigger' than the usual set, but still you are correct.

If they stuff this up they shouldn't really be allowed to work in theatre again.

It won’t, but The Music Man should go to the Marquis. Guaranteed smash hit while Jackman is in it, bigger theatre than the WH, bigger grosses, etc. Rudin may love the Shubert’s, but if he is going to lose interest in MM as soon as Jackman leaves, why not have even bigger grosses at the Marquis until then.

Updated On: 1/7/20 at 04:01 PM

Jordan Catalano said: "Sorry for the confusion. It was very much like “I might win the lottery tomorrow and move to Italy and marry a supermodel...but it’s not gonna happen” if that makes sense. "

Got it! Thanks for the clarification. For a second there I thought he was giving us some sort of riddle