#1
Posted: 2/4/06 at 12:37am
I'll be the first to start this thread.
Discuss.
Discuss.
Next up for the MARQUIS?
#2
Posted: 2/4/06 at 12:38am
well Jimmy Jr is producing
The Times They Are A Changing
The Times They Are A Changing
#3
Posted: 2/4/06 at 12:39am
*crosses fingers for The Drowsy Chaperone to go in*
What the puck?!
#4
Posted: 2/4/06 at 12:42am
Why does the Marquis have 'bad luck' with shows? It seems that there are so many shows that go through that theatre.
2008 European Tour
London: Les Mis, Lion King, Sound of Music, Joseph, Hairspray, Billy Elliot
France: Le Roi Lion, Cabaret
Germany: Der Konig der Lowen
Holland: Tarzan & Les Mis
London: Les Mis, Lion King, Sound of Music, Joseph, Hairspray, Billy Elliot
France: Le Roi Lion, Cabaret
Germany: Der Konig der Lowen
Holland: Tarzan & Les Mis
#5
Posted: 2/4/06 at 12:43am
There is actually a theatre legend that the MARQUIS is cursed -- based on the fact that two theatres were torn down to build the Marriott Marquis hotel. I'm sure someone else can elaborate on the story...
#6
Posted: 2/4/06 at 12:54am
Thoroughly Modern Millie had a good run...
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#8
Posted: 2/4/06 at 1:09am
I was so surprised that Millie ended that fast. I didn't even get a chance to see it on Broadway. I saw the tour and I thought it was great.
2008 European Tour
London: Les Mis, Lion King, Sound of Music, Joseph, Hairspray, Billy Elliot
France: Le Roi Lion, Cabaret
Germany: Der Konig der Lowen
Holland: Tarzan & Les Mis
London: Les Mis, Lion King, Sound of Music, Joseph, Hairspray, Billy Elliot
France: Le Roi Lion, Cabaret
Germany: Der Konig der Lowen
Holland: Tarzan & Les Mis
#9
Posted: 2/4/06 at 1:18am
How long was The Woman in White there for? When I was there in Oct. it hadn't even opened yet.
#10
Posted: 2/4/06 at 1:20am
Millie was actually my first show that I saw in New York. I fell in love with it, and it still is one of my favorites. Can someone please elaborate on the legend about the Marquis?
Which theatres were torn down?
Which theatres were torn down?
that's a really big mic...
#11
Posted: 2/4/06 at 1:22am
I'm crossing my fingers, too, for Drowsy Chaperone.
Does PIRATE QUEEN have a theatre in mind?
Does PIRATE QUEEN have a theatre in mind?
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--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#12
Posted: 2/4/06 at 1:24am
Is it just me, or does Pirate King have flop written all over it? The days of the British blockbuster are long over.
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#13
Posted: 2/4/06 at 1:26am
"In the 1980s, the Gaiety, Astor, Helen Hayes (46th St), Morosco, and Bijou theatres were razed--amidst a storm of protest--to build the Marriott Marquis hotel and theatre. "
-IBDB
I'm still disappointed that WiW closed... Can't Chorus Line come in sooner or later?
-IBDB
I'm still disappointed that WiW closed... Can't Chorus Line come in sooner or later?
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#14
Posted: 2/4/06 at 1:36am
They name a theatre after you, but if you are dead they take it away, I guess those with houses named for them should enjoy it now, one day it will be the "Shell Oil Theatre". I guess they will eventually name the Gershwin the "Menzel" too - and "Wicked" will still be playing there.
Rosie - You feel like opening another show, We have a dark house!!! (She could bring back "Taboo", LOL! Now that has never been done!)
Rosie - You feel like opening another show, We have a dark house!!! (She could bring back "Taboo", LOL! Now that has never been done!)
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#15
Posted: 2/4/06 at 2:13am
The Marquis is also the theater that during "Shogun".. a set peice came down and injured Phillip Casnoff.
HUSSY POWER!
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#16
Posted: 2/4/06 at 2:52am
It's a ways off, but remember Princesses? They're looking for a November opening, says IBDB.
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#17
Posted: 2/4/06 at 4:21am
I am so brokenhearted about WIW closing...i can't believe anyone is talking about this. I feel like i just got a divorce and people want me to date right after i came back from filing for divorce. I can't even think of any show at the Marquis anymore. I was also very sad when La Cage closed last year. After winning the Tony for best revival!
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-Felicia Finley-
#18
Posted: 2/4/06 at 6:01am
I said in the WIW closing thread that I wouldn't be surprised if Drowsy Chaperone nabbed the Marquis.
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#19
Posted: 2/4/06 at 6:52am
People forget that the first tenant at the Marquis was a hit (Me and My Girl). Don't forget that both the revival of Damn Yankees and Annie Get Your Gun had healthy runs as well.
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#20
Posted: 2/4/06 at 7:07am
i think MILLIE had a healthy run too
but that is a cool legend! :P
so if the legend is true, neither CHAPERONE or CHORUS LINE can go there because i want them both to run for a long time! :)
but that is a cool legend! :P
so if the legend is true, neither CHAPERONE or CHORUS LINE can go there because i want them both to run for a long time! :)
#21
Posted: 2/4/06 at 7:41am
Chorus Line is a ways off yet. That would mean the Marquis being dark for a fair few months. Given the bottleneck of shows waiting for a theatre, I think it's a safe bet it won't be playing there. I have a theory about where Chorus Line will end up.
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#22
Posted: 2/4/06 at 8:47am
The theater is just too big. It takes a mega popular hit like "Mamma Mia", "Wicked" and "Lion King" to really suceed in those huge theatres like the Gershwin, Marquis, Palace, New Amsterdam. Not that I am personally a fan of those shows but I definitely think that is part of the reason shows have a hard time lasting at the Marquis.
#23
Posted: 2/4/06 at 10:35am
I think it was "The Little Dog Laughed" that was looking to rent a Broadway theatre but there were no openings. Maybe they'll take WIW's place.
#24
Posted: 2/4/06 at 10:38am
Not gonna happen.
"I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about." - Oscar Wilde
#25
Posted: 2/4/06 at 10:41am
Drowsy is taking the Marquis, though I think they are hoping the Schoenfeld still opens up.
Times They Are A-Changing is the next tenant at the Palace.
Times They Are A-Changing is the next tenant at the Palace.
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