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bwayphreak234

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joined:7/4/10

Annie Marquee
Posted: 8/31/12 at 12:04am

Is this all they are doing for the marquee? It seems weird they did not use the billboard space above the Palace entrance like many other shows that played there did.

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wdwfreak

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joined:10/14/08

Annie Marquee
Posted: 8/31/12 at 12:06am

I don't know why Broadwayworld is making a deal of it now. The Annie signs that they posted have been up for over a month already. The billboard used for the Palace had been rented to Evita, but now the producers of Annie want their spot back which is why Evita now has a new billboard in Times Square. I imagine the actual marquee will be going up soon.

loliveve

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joined:6/24/12

Annie Marquee
Posted: 8/31/12 at 12:06am

I thought it was odd, too. Maybe that will be added as it gets closer to October? (Though I admit that my days have been so thrown off that I was nearly shocked to realize September starts tomorrow...)

CapnHook

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Annie Marquee
Posted: 8/31/12 at 12:07am

That billboard is rented to EVITA at the moment, as you can see. I do not believe that billboard comes with the theatre.

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bwayphreak234

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Annie Marquee
Posted: 8/31/12 at 12:08am

Has there ever been a show at the Palace that did not use the marquee space above the entrance?

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LizzieCurry

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Annie Marquee
Posted: 8/31/12 at 12:16am

Annie already has a souvenir booth, though, so I guess that counts for something...

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CarlosAlberto

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Annie Marquee
Posted: 8/31/12 at 12:29am

You guys are bitching about a theater marquee? Really?!!! Stop a minute and think about how ABSURD that is.

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Annie Marquee
Posted: 8/31/12 at 12:30am

Annie Marquee sounds like a Drag Queen.

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Annie Marquee
Posted: 8/31/12 at 09:57am

Don't worry folks, the ANNIE marquee isn't yet finished and we will be going back to take more pictures in a couple of weeks when their planned billboard is up too. It's just a quick peak at the first glimpse of what's up there now.

-Nicole @ BroadwayWorld.com

Jordan Catalano

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Annie Marquee
Posted: 8/31/12 at 10:02am

I think we should be able to vote on what marquee we want.

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Posted: 8/31/12 at 10:04am

^ That actually sounds like a nice idea for Edwin Drood :)

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FANtomFollies

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Annie Marquee
Posted: 8/31/12 at 12:00pm

Has any production of 'Annie' not used the original logo? I really wish this revival had the balls to do something different.

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Posted: 8/31/12 at 01:11pm

CATSNYrevival

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Posted: 8/31/12 at 01:16pm

^And that's why they always use the original logo.

Honestly, though, the original logo is iconic and they probably don't want to mess with success. If I didn't know any better, I'd assume this entire production was just one big front to sell Annie merchandise. What show puts merch on sale at the theatre and on the website this far from opening?

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CurtainPullDowner

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Annie Marquee
Posted: 8/31/12 at 01:59pm

Remember when the Palace Marquee was the size of those 2 divided billboards?
The good ole days.
I'm still pissed PRISCILLA didn't put the giant shoe up there, that's why the show closed, ya know?