Music Box LED Marquee-New Pics added
Music Box LED Marquee-New Pics added
TheaterBoy7777
Broadway Star Joined: 1/28/06
#1Music Box LED Marquee-New Pics added
Posted: 10/2/12 at 7:39pm
Couldn't get the best picture on my iPhone. But the screen stays the same unlike Mary Poppins LED marquee. There is a rippling effect on the Shubert Organization logo. Is this gonna start a new trend? 
Updated On: 10/3/12 at 07:39 PM
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#2Music Box LED Marquee
Posted: 10/2/12 at 7:47pmI mean that has to be the most boring poster design, ha.
#3Music Box LED Marquee
Posted: 10/2/12 at 7:49pmThis looks awful on such a charming looking theatre.
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
jeffmiele
Broadway Star Joined: 11/6/07
#4Music Box LED Marquee
Posted: 10/2/12 at 7:53pmit would be awesome if Broadway maintained just some of the class it used to have
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#6Music Box LED Marquee
Posted: 10/2/12 at 8:05pmWith cast changes they can change out the "poster" with the click of a button. I think that's it.
#7Music Box LED Marquee
Posted: 10/2/12 at 8:06pmDidnt the Music Box just get a new marquee anyway? Whats the point?
#8Music Box LED Marquee
Posted: 10/2/12 at 8:10pmI really hate this new trend. I hope others feel this way and speak up to the Shuberts.
#9Music Box LED Marquee
Posted: 10/2/12 at 8:11pmIf that find that this "boring" artwork isn't working, it will now cost less to change it. You dont have to pay for the materials, printing cost, or labor to post it on the marquee. Now the only expense is designing the artwork. It's much greener, too. I, for one, am happy about this.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#11Music Box LED Marquee
Posted: 10/2/12 at 8:35pmYeah that's what I hate. It won't be exciting now to walk by the marquees and see the new posters and stuff. It's just going to be all these look alike billboards.
#12Music Box LED Marquee
Posted: 10/2/12 at 8:56pmMaybe we should go back to gas lamps? C'mon. This particular design is yawn-inducing, but the technology and potential is great. When "The Best Men" cast changed I thought "What a pain to change all those posters and marquees".
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#13Music Box LED Marquee
Posted: 10/2/12 at 9:08pm“Oh my god what effort! They bring in a crew for 20 minutes to take down the old sign and put up a new one!”
#14Music Box LED Marquee
Posted: 10/2/12 at 9:13pm
It looks like crap, plain and simple. Soon we'll be seeing the pricing up on the billboards like the TVs in the lobby.
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
#15Music Box LED Marquee
Posted: 10/2/12 at 9:23pm
It's not about the effort, it's about the cost.
Shows should also do this with their cast boards in the lobby.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#16Music Box LED Marquee
Posted: 10/2/12 at 9:48pmI for one can't wait to come home from my trip and show everyone my pictures of washed out TV screens, said no one ever.
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
winston89
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/18/06
#17Music Box LED Marquee
Posted: 10/2/12 at 9:52pmI can't say I'm a fan of it, but I understand why they did it. Sure, it may not take the crew that long to change the marquee. But, it does cost money. I am not sure if that's paid for by the owner of the theatre (in this case, the Shuberts) or the producers of the show. But, it's still money being spent. I think that they are being pennywise and pound foolish, because if they do this with the new marquee for The Golden (or their other theatres) then they are getting rid of the beauty that is the traditional Broadway marquee.
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bobs3
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/12
#18Music Box LED Marquee
Posted: 10/2/12 at 10:48pmWelcome to the future. Within a few years all marquees and poster boards (or whatever they are called) in front of the theater will be LED.
willep
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/08
#19Music Box LED Marquee
Posted: 10/2/12 at 11:16pmMan, I really loved the old marquee there (not the one that it just had).
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#20Music Box LED Marquee
Posted: 10/3/12 at 1:07am
I just love seeing the different marquees and posters. Like how the Imperial has that little box above of it, or how the Broadway is kind of retro. It will be a shame when they're all the same.
But at the same time, this new look won't work with all the current marquees, so then some of them will look LED and some will be old? That'll just be weird looking.
41475750
Swing Joined: 10/6/10
#21Music Box LED Marquee
Posted: 10/3/12 at 1:47am
Depressing. It was unique and now it's bland. I took this photo with my iPhone.
Updated On: 10/3/12 at 01:47 AM
willep
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/08
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#23Music Box LED Marquee
Posted: 10/3/12 at 2:29am
Okay, I just want to frame the debate here a bit more clearly. The date isn't so much over the LED as it is about the loss of the Music Box logo.
The LED medium ultimately causes no change in show art. It is still created the same way.. It will just be displayed via LED rather than being print and installed in the more traditional way.
The aesthetic debate here is in the removal of the Music Box logo.. that has NOTHING to do with the LED marquees. an LED marquee could have been installed and the Music Box logo retained.. and this doesn't mean that the logos of all theatres will be removed. that is ridiculous. LED can be built and manufactured to fit in with any marquee design currently on Broadway.. the decision to remove the Music Box logo is an entirely different decision and debate...
Yes, it would have been nice for them to have left that on the building. Sad to say, I figured it would be removed long ago since they just haven't been maintaining it really.
#24Music Box LED Marquee
Posted: 10/3/12 at 6:25amParanoia mode: What if, let’s say, Katie Holmes is sick one night. Could the producers just throw up their back-up image where Norbert is the only one above the title to scam ticket buyers who want a refund because Katie isn’t listed on their marquee?
chewy5000
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/09
#25Music Box LED Marquee
Posted: 10/3/12 at 9:31amNot unless they start distributing Playbills on tablet computers.
