Young Frankenstein's marquees already up! (WITH PICTURES!)

[bjh2114]

Young Frankenstein's marquees already up! (WITH PICTURES!)#1

Posted: 7/12/07 at 2:46pm

I took phtotos, see below. Updated On: 7/12/07 at 02:46 PM

[B3TA07]

re: Young Frankenstein's marquees already up!#2

Posted: 7/12/07 at 2:49pm

Upload to tinypic.com and then put the image url where it says "Optional Image."

-Benjamin
--http://www.benjaminadgate.com/

[bjh2114]

re: Young Frankenstein's marquees already up!#2

Posted: 7/12/07 at 2:55pm

Updated On: 7/12/07 at 02:55 PM

[Freckles1329]

re: Young Frankenstein's marquees already up!#3

Posted: 7/12/07 at 2:56pm

There's a billboard up next to the Palace Theater, as well.

"For example, if I should paint my fingernails green - and it just so happens I do paint them green. Well, if anyone should ask me why, I say: 'I think it's pretty!'"

[bjh2114]

re: Young Frankenstein's marquees already up!#4

Posted: 7/12/07 at 2:57pm

[bjh2114]

re: Young Frankenstein's marquees already up!#5

Posted: 7/12/07 at 2:58pm

[bjh2114]

re: Young Frankenstein's marquees already up!#6

Posted: 7/12/07 at 2:59pm

[bjh2114]

re: Young Frankenstein's marquees already up!#7

Posted: 7/12/07 at 3:00pm

Thanks a lot Ben. The first 3 are clearly the entrance to the Hilton on 42nd Street, and the last 2 are the 43rd Street side of the theatre.

[ElFantasma14]

re: Young Frankenstein's marquees already up!#8

Posted: 7/12/07 at 3:01pm

That' actually really smart of them. People will see it, remember it, and buy tickets.

[B3TA07]

re: Young Frankenstein's marquees already up!#9

Posted: 7/12/07 at 3:02pm

No problem, thanks for posting!


This kind of makes me miss Peter Boyle.

And watch the video of the cast.

-Benjamin
--http://www.benjaminadgate.com/

[Born To Reign]

re: Young Frankenstein's marquees already up!#10

Posted: 7/12/07 at 3:02pm

Looks like it could be bigger. There's a lot of empty sign in that first one.

It's just a message board. Let's not take it too seriously.

[bjh2114]

re: Young Frankenstein's marquees already up!#11

Posted: 7/12/07 at 3:04pm

I was thinking that too Born. The front marquee is small in proportion to the actual frame. But yeah, clearly Mel wanted to get these up early so that the summer tourists would see it and want to buy tickets.

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

re: Young Frankenstein's marquees already up!#12

Posted: 7/12/07 at 3:05pm

That looks pretty nice actually. It was smart of them to put it up this early.

[wonderfulwizard11]

re: Young Frankenstein's marquees already up!#13

Posted: 7/12/07 at 3:06pm

I really don't like that logo.

I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.

[bjh2114]

re: Young Frankenstein's marquees already up!#14

Posted: 7/12/07 at 3:18pm

I like the "back door" marquee, but not the front one.

[Yankeefan007]

re: Young Frankenstein's marquees already up!#15

Posted: 7/12/07 at 3:20pm

Wasn't up the other day.

Odd.

[B3TA07]

re: Young Frankenstein's marquees already up!#16

Posted: 7/12/07 at 3:21pm

I'm probably wrong...but considering it's going up so early, maybe it's not the real/final marquee?

ETA: I liked the back door one better too. And for Pirate Queen's logo.

Yankeefan, you can actually see the people installing the front marquee in the photo soooooo it's pretty recent.

-Benjamin
--http://www.benjaminadgate.com/

Updated On: 7/12/07 at 03:21 PM

[bjh2114]

re: Young Frankenstein's marquees already up!#17

Posted: 7/12/07 at 3:21pm

They went up this morning. You can see the crane in the first picture. I saw them putting it up on the way back from Broadway in Bryant Park.

[popular_elphie]

re: Young Frankenstein's marquees already up!#18

Posted: 7/12/07 at 3:22pm

Why's the first one so tiny? It looks like someone just put a sticker up there.

[Born To Reign]

re: Young Frankenstein's marquees already up!#19

Posted: 7/12/07 at 3:23pm

That's probably the case. If it IS the final, I don't think it's very impressive.

It's just a message board. Let's not take it too seriously.

[TechEverlasting]

re: Young Frankenstein's marquees already up!#20

Posted: 7/12/07 at 3:52pm

I walked by the Hilton about a week after Pirate Queen closed and was surprised to see every trace of it gone. All the posters, marquees and everything else were nowhere to be seen. Usually when a show closes some of the materials remain for a month or two. The fact that Young Frankenstein's marquees are already up explains this.

The Hilton theater June 27:

"I have got to have some professional music!" - Big Edie

[B3TA07]

re: Young Frankenstein's marquees already up!#21

Posted: 7/12/07 at 4:00pm

The grungy, high-quality detail of that photograph mesmerizes me.

Off-Topic::Was an Off-Broadway Cast Recording of "In The Heights" made?

-Benjamin
--http://www.benjaminadgate.com/

[logan0215]

re: Young Frankenstein's marquees already up!#22

Posted: 7/12/07 at 4:02pm

I knew something was up when I was walking to work today!

I was late and didn't have the time to stop and explore what was on the truck holding that sign ...

[travtrev2]

re: Young Frankenstein's marquees already up!#23

Posted: 7/12/07 at 4:05pm

it does seem like such a tiny sign for such a giant show

[worrell4077]

re: Young Frankenstein's marquees already up!#24

Posted: 7/12/07 at 4:06pm

I actually thought that the front marquee would basically look like the one in back and just be The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein.

I was actually thinking about when the marquee was going to go up the other day when I went in to see Curtains. I remember walking by the Hilton and seeing that all The Pirate Queen stuff down.