A bit soon, guys.
What’s Next for the Marquis?
With confirmation on Wednesday that the Broadway musical “9 to 5” will close on Sept. 6, its theater - the Marriott Marquis, nicely located right on Times Square - will be looking for new tenants for the 2009-10 season. And the buzz along the street on Thursday was all about which shows might take over the Marquis.
ArtsBeat readers are welcome to offer their nominations; we’ve already heard from a couple of folks urging that Bob Boyett to bring over “War Horse” from London a year earlier than planned. (Mr. Boyett did not return a phone message today.)
But the current betting on the Rialto is that “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas” might return to the Marquis in late fall (the show played there last winter) followed by the Broadway premiere of “Minsky’s,” which played in Los Angeles from January to March.
Kevin McCollum happens to be the lead producer of both shows, and he said that scenario is “definitely a possibility,” but that he was still in the very early stages of considering moves into the Marquis (especially since the “9 to 5” news just broke on Wednesday afternoon).
“Both ‘White Christmas’ and ‘Minsky’s’ involve a lot of tap dancing, and I feel like I’m doing a lot of tap dancing right now on the real estate question,” he said. “I’d love to be in the Marquis - we definitely need a big house for these shows - but it’s not in my control completely.”
The Marquis is a Nederlander Theater, and Mr. McCollum said he had yet to formally raise the matter of moving his shows into the Marquis with the Nederlanders.
Mr. McCollum, of course, has a deep relationship with the Nederlanders: His current production of “West Side Story” is playing in one of their houses, the Palace, while another long-running show played at no less than the Nederlander Theater. And “The Drowsy Chaperone,” which he produced and included several leaders of the creative team on “Minsky’s,” also ran at the Marquis.
Mr. McCollum said that he was not concerned about re-casting the lead role of Billy Minsky, who was played by Christopher Fitzgerald in Los Angeles; Mr. Fitzgerald has been announced for the role of the leprechaun Og in the Broadway revival of “Finian’s Rainbow” this fall.
“While we’re thrilled for Chris, we also have a couple of wonderful people we’re looking at for Billy, and we’re very excited about the future prospects for ‘Minsky’s,’” he said.
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With confirmation on Wednesday that the Broadway musical “9 to 5” will close on Sept. 6, its theater - the Marriott Marquis, nicely located right on Times Square - will be looking for new tenants for the 2009-10 season. And the buzz along the street on Thursday was all about which shows might take over the Marquis.
ArtsBeat readers are welcome to offer their nominations; we’ve already heard from a couple of folks urging that Bob Boyett to bring over “War Horse” from London a year earlier than planned. (Mr. Boyett did not return a phone message today.)
But the current betting on the Rialto is that “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas” might return to the Marquis in late fall (the show played there last winter) followed by the Broadway premiere of “Minsky’s,” which played in Los Angeles from January to March.
Kevin McCollum happens to be the lead producer of both shows, and he said that scenario is “definitely a possibility,” but that he was still in the very early stages of considering moves into the Marquis (especially since the “9 to 5” news just broke on Wednesday afternoon).
“Both ‘White Christmas’ and ‘Minsky’s’ involve a lot of tap dancing, and I feel like I’m doing a lot of tap dancing right now on the real estate question,” he said. “I’d love to be in the Marquis - we definitely need a big house for these shows - but it’s not in my control completely.”
The Marquis is a Nederlander Theater, and Mr. McCollum said he had yet to formally raise the matter of moving his shows into the Marquis with the Nederlanders.
Mr. McCollum, of course, has a deep relationship with the Nederlanders: His current production of “West Side Story” is playing in one of their houses, the Palace, while another long-running show played at no less than the Nederlander Theater. And “The Drowsy Chaperone,” which he produced and included several leaders of the creative team on “Minsky’s,” also ran at the Marquis.
Mr. McCollum said that he was not concerned about re-casting the lead role of Billy Minsky, who was played by Christopher Fitzgerald in Los Angeles; Mr. Fitzgerald has been announced for the role of the leprechaun Og in the Broadway revival of “Finian’s Rainbow” this fall.
“While we’re thrilled for Chris, we also have a couple of wonderful people we’re looking at for Billy, and we’re very excited about the future prospects for ‘Minsky’s,’” he said.
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