Book of Mormon taking the Marquis?

[walkedthroughmany]

Someone here has to know the truth behind this --

http://www.broadwayspace.com/forum/topics/broadway-rumor-is-book-of

-- is there any? I know it has more seats, but I love the O'Neill for this show. Don't know how they would figure out the ticket logistics, with O'Neill seats on sale through April 2012. Or am I just gullible and this is all fake? Seems too smart a move for it to be completely made up.

[somethingwicked]

Considering the O'Neill is a Jujamcyn house and the Marquis is a Nederlander house, this is highly unlikely.

[walkedthroughmany]

Did not even think to check who owned the houses. That is a good point -- probably isn't real, then.

[sbflyfan]

Slightly off-topic: How does one pronounce "Jujamcyn," and more importantly, is there anywhere I can hear Patti LuPone say it? Thanks.

[Dave516]

I don't know about the Patti part, but it's pronounced "Jew-Jam-Sin."

[Patti4President]

It's pronounced Jew-Jam-Sin.
Ju, Jam and Cyn are abbreviations of people's names.

[theatrepaul]

It could do with moving to another theatre - some of the seats in the Eugene O'Neill have very poor leg room and the lack of restrooms makes the queues at imtermission very long. I almost missed the start of the 2nd act as a result when I saw it on Tuesday.

[walkedthroughmany]

Just out of curiosity, what are the logistics of moving from, say, a Jujamcyn house to a Nederlander house? Has that sort of thing ever happened before?

[Kad]

Moving is such a costly and complicated thing, particularly for a show that's basically sold out for months. I don't see this materializing.

[luvtheEmcee]

Not to mention that in a smaller theater with less seats, tickets remain a hotter commodity. More seats would be great, but yeah, for many reasons, I don't see this being legit.

[Hank]

And not to mention, the Marquis is in a Marriott property, with a Book of Mormon inside every room.

[JRybka]

I figured with the roat of Follies at the Kennedy center right now that they would try and bring it in there for a run.

[ahhrealmonsters]

If it were to move, it would probably go to the St. James, also a Jujamcyn.

[MissAnneThrop]

I don't know how much the theatre owners figure into it unless they are also producers of a show. If the producers of "Mormon" are just renting the O'Neill then what is there to stop them from renting another available theatre?

Chicago went from a Nederlander to a Shubert. 42nd Street went from a Shubert to Shubert to Jujamcyn. Tap Dance Kid went from Shubert to Nederlander. There are many, many more.

[somethingwicked]

ahhrealmonsters, ON A CLEAR DAY... has the St. James booked for the fall.

[Phantom of London]

The Marquis is a cursed theatre, you could move 'Mormon' there and the gross would drop 50% and the show would close.

[Katurian2]

I don't believe in theatre curses, but the Marquis is one of the most heinously ugly and personality-less theatres out there. I hope it doesn't move, if only because I despise that venue. The St. James on the other hand.... UPGRADE.

Didn't White Christmas play there to success though?

[bwayphreak234]

What is it about the Marquis that has allowed so few shows to be successful there?

[broadwaydevil]

Bwayphreak - The only legitimate reason I can think of is that the place is freakin' huge. The angles are pretty awful. The balcony is scary high and really far from the stage. I sat there for Priscilla, pretty bad.
I'm imagining the rent is also pretty high there too.

[little_sally]

And the shows that have been at the Marquis lately have been terrible...

[walkedthroughmany]

broadwaydevil - are you thinking of the Palace?

[broadwaydevil]

Walkedthroughmany - good point. Yes, yes I was, LOL.

The only show I saw at the Marquis was Peter Pan and that was too long ago to remember many details haha.

[North2009]

Judy, James, Cynthia - Rocco's kids.

[MissAnneThrop]

It was not named after Rocco's kids. I believe it was named after James Binger's children. The Jujamcyn organization existed before Rocco Landesman was brought in the mid-1980's.
The August Wilson Theatre used to tbe the Virginia which was named after Virginia Binger.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jujamcyn_Theaters

[PiraguaGuy2]

I believe there was an interview a couple weeks back in which a Book of Mormon producer said that they had considered moving to another, larger theatre, but ultimately decided against it because they rightly wanted to keep their show a "hot ticket".