Marquee comparison West End/ Broadway

[Phantom of London]

Posted: 1/21/12 at 8:40pm

Her Majesty's Theatre - London


Majestic Theater - New York


Apollo Victoria Theatre - London


Gershwin Theater - New York


Shaftsbury Theatre - London


Neil Simon Theater - New York


Prince Of Wales Theatre - London


Winter Garden Theater - New York

New London Theatre - London


Winter Garden Theater - New York


Victoria Palace Theatre - London


Imperial Theater - New York


Palace Theatre - London


Imperial Theatre - New York


Palace Theatre - London


Shubert Theater - New York


Prince Edward Theatre - London


New Amsterdam Theater - New York


Lyceum Theatre - London


New Amsterdam Theater - New York


Theatre Royal - London


St James Theater - New York


Theatre Royal - London


Broadway Theater - New York


Novello Theatre - London


Engene O'Neill Theater - New York

You may have a preference of what your favourite marquees are but the most important thing to remember is, what happens on stage 8 times a week
















Updated On: 1/22/12 at 08:40 PM

[theatreguy]

Posted: 1/21/12 at 11:48pm

That Wicked marquee is actually from the Chicago production. In New York, the Gershwin doesn't have much of a marquee. Just this:



Unfortunately no space there to even attempt something like they have at the Apollo Victoria.

[Jonwo]

Posted: 1/22/12 at 2:25am

I've never gotten why Nederlander or the producers of Wicked have tried making the Gershwin marquee stand out a bit more, not that the show needs it but I wonder if that fact that the Circle in the Square Theatre is in the building prevents from making alterations.

The Minskoff despite looking quite bland on the outisde as a theatre does have a nice marquee and entrance.

[Phantom of London]

Posted: 1/22/12 at 7:50am

Thanks for that I thought the Wicked one looked strange, but hard to get a decent photo off Goggle images. I couldn't get a decent one of Shrek both in London and New York. I wanted to post a photo of Me and My Girl at the Adelphi and Marquis but couldn't get the later.

Jonwo, thanks I chose the New Amsterdam deliberately as it was a better photo, however the composition for it is crap though, I didn't want to be accused of picking the best photo for London and the worst one for New York, where I endeavored to pick the best for both.

To compile this one post took me well over an hour, then I had to go back and re-edit as some images were too big and make the page layout horrible.

Updated On: 1/22/12 at 07:50 AM

[Princeton Returns]

Posted: 1/22/12 at 9:34am

I do prefer cats in NYC over london

[Phantom of London]

Posted: 1/22/12 at 10:06am

Shaftsbury Theatre - London


Marquis Theater - New York


Palace Theatre - London


Marquis Theater - New York


Shaftsbury Theatre - London


Nederlander Theater - New York


Shaftsbury Theatre - London


Brooks Atkinson - New York


Piccadilly - London (Couldn't find one smaller)


Neil Simon Theater - New York


Ford Center For The Performing Arts (Foxwood Theater) - New York


Palladium Theatre - London


Hilton Theater - New York


Palladium Theatre - London


Broadway Theater - New York


Prince Edward Theatre - London


August Wilson Theater - New York


Piccadilly Theatre - London


Dominion Theatre - London


Brooks Atkinson Theatre - New York


Eugene O'Neill - New York


Savoy Theatre - London


Palace Theater - New York





Updated On: 1/28/12 at 10:06 AM

[Nickhutson]

Posted: 1/22/12 at 10:50am

....man - the theatres on broadway are bland and ugly. They all look like multi-storey car parks!

The only London façade I find to be BWay-esque is The Savoy.

[06s091]

Posted: 1/22/12 at 11:43am

Prince of Wales Theatre - London


Broadhurst Theatre - New York


Piccadilly Theatre - London


Lunt-Fontanne Theatre - New York

[Phantom of London]

Posted: 1/22/12 at 1:36pm

Well done 06s091 couldn't find a image of Aspects Of Love at the Prince of Wales on Goggle images, particularly wanted to post that one as it was the first West End show officially I went to, Sootie unofficially but we don't talk about that do we?

[06s091]

Posted: 1/22/12 at 1:49pm

Strange, I found that one on Google images.
I had a much harder time finding the one from Broadway. I found that one on a Michael Ball forum :)

For most of the shows I prefer the West End marquees, but I have to say that I LOVE the Broadway one for Ghost. :)

One of my favorites were this one from Passion at The Queen's Theatre:


But I can't find any pictures of the Broadway marquee for Passion at The Plymouth Theatre.





Updated On: 1/22/12 at 01:49 PM

[06s091]

Posted: 1/23/12 at 1:52pm

Novello Theatre - London


Richard Rodgers Theatre - New York


Ambassadors Theatre - London


Eugene O'Neill Theatre - New York


Palace Theatre - London


Ford Center for the Performing Arts - New York

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 1/24/12 at 12:00am

I LOVE this Grease marquee with the whole theatre decorated. That's awesome. How did they do that? It's not actually painted is it?!?



Updated On: 1/24/12 at 12:00 AM

[Smaxie]

Posted: 1/25/12 at 8:30am

Yes - the facade was painted.

[Phantom of London]

Posted: 1/25/12 at 8:44am

This is indeed a great honour, having the great Amaxie drop in.

Maybe I couldn't find what I was looking for, because I was using Goggle Chrome, I know something whatever I put in the search options, I would get hundreds of photos of what I was not looking for.

I tried searching for Sweeney Todd at the Trafalgar Studios and the Uris (Gershwin) theater, but couldn't find anything, likewise I tried searching for passion too and a lot of other shows.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 1/25/12 at 10:29am

The West End Marquees are far better but i have to say i love the Ghost one on Broadway and also the Footloose one (even though i hate the design of the logo) is more eye catching but thats because you cant do much with the Novello.

[Jonwo]

Posted: 1/25/12 at 7:51pm

my favourite Broadway marquee is the Shubert Theatre as it stands out and you can be creative with it. The New Amsterdam is nice but I think like the Palace they've split the billboard but luckily the New Amsterdam does stand out on 42nd Street so you don't miss it.

[Eastwickian]

Posted: 1/28/12 at 3:50pm

Shrek at The Broadway:


Shrek at Drury Lane

[Phantom of London]

Posted: 1/28/12 at 7:26pm

Menier Chocolate Factory - London


Playhouse Theatre - London


Longacre Theater - New York


London Palladium Theatre - London

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The Martin Beck Theater (Al Hirshfeld)- New York Updated On: 1/28/12 at 07:26 PM