Marquis Theatre Tickets
The Marquis Theatre is a Broadway theater located on the third floor of the Marriott Marquis hotel at 1535 Broadway in midtown Manhattan. It was designed by architect John C. Portman, Jr. and has a seating capacity of 1590.
Because construction of the hotel involved the demolition of five legitimate theaters - the Helen Hayes, the Morosco, the Bijou, and remnants of the Astor and the Gaiety Theatre, the latter of which by then was the Embassy Five Movie Theatre - New York City officials permitted the Marriott chain to construct the new property only if it agreed to include a theater within the structure.
The Marquis - with state-of-the-art backstage facilities and a sleekly modern auditorium - opened on July 9, 1986 with a series of concerts by Shirley Bassey.
Notable productions housed by the Marquis include The Drowsy Chaperone, Andrew Lloyd Weber's short-lived musical The Woman in White starring Maria Friedman, the Tony Award-winning revival of Jerry Herman's La Cage Aux Folles, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Victor/Victoria with Julie Andrews, Annie Get Your Gun with Bernadette Peters (followed by Reba McEntire), The Goodbye Girl with Peters and Martin Short, Man of La Mancha with Raul Julia, Damn Yankees, and Me and My Girl.
Tony winner Sutton Foster stars in this quirky ode to musical theater.
Modern day musical theatre addict known simply as 'Man in Chair' drops the needle on his favorite LP: the 1928 musical comedy The Drowsy Chaperone. From the crackle of his hi-fi, the musical comes to life on stage, telling the tale of a pampered Broadway starlet who wants to give up show business to get married, her producer who sets out to sabotage the nuptials, her chaperone, the debonair groom, the dizzy chorine, the Latin lover and a pair of gangsters who double as pastry chefs.
2006 Tony Award Nominations
Best Musical
Best Book of a Musical - Winner
Original Score - Winner
Lead Actor - Bob Martin
Lead Actress - Sutton Foster
Featured Actor - Danny Burstein
Featured Actress - Beth Leavel - Winner
Best Direction - Casey Nicholaw
Choreography - Casey Nicholaw
Orchestrations - Larry Blank
Scenic Design - David Gailo - Winner
Costume - Gregg Barnes - Winner
Lighting - Ken Billington & Brian Monahan
Audience: The Drowsy Chaperine may be inappropriate for children aged 12 and under. Children under 4 years of age will not be admitted into the Marquis Theater.
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