The Lyric Theatre is Reborn!

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#1The Lyric Theatre is Reborn!
Posted: 8/19/14 at 8:21am

Not sure how long the marquee has been up but I just noticed it this morning.

Apologies if this has been posted already.




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#2The Lyric Theatre is Reborn!
Posted: 8/19/14 at 10:22am

I like the Lyric sign. It is so much better then Foxwood.


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#2The Lyric Theatre is Reborn!
Posted: 8/19/14 at 4:13pm

It's been about a week. And the big sign on 43rd Street was just replaced yesterday.




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#3The Lyric Theatre is Reborn!
Posted: 8/19/14 at 4:15pm

That looks really nice, it is a thousand times better than the Hilton and Foxxwoods logos.

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#4The Lyric Theatre is Reborn!
Posted: 8/19/14 at 7:13pm

I would have preferred a more classical looking serif font, but I'm glad it's the Lyric again.

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#5The Lyric Theatre is Reborn!
Posted: 8/19/14 at 7:16pm

Yeah I wish the whole thing would be overhauled. But it's nice. I don't so much care for that tacky gold.

So who owns the theater now? Did Foxwoods actually own it or were they partners or what?

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theatreguy
#6The Lyric Theatre is Reborn!
Posted: 8/19/14 at 8:02pm

The Ambassador Theatre Group bought the theatre from Live Nation last year. Foxwoods just paid for the naming rights (as Hilton and Ford did before them).

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#7The Lyric Theatre is Reborn!
Posted: 8/20/14 at 2:39am

What is the name of the theatre west of the Lyric, the one that was covered up? Is it considered a Broadway theatre?

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#9The Lyric Theatre is Reborn!
Posted: 8/20/14 at 10:48am

Not crazy about the font. I wish they could've kept it more in the style of the old Foxwoods marquee. However I'm glad that it's now officially called the Lyric Theatre.


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#10The Lyric Theatre is Reborn!
Posted: 8/28/14 at 12:39am

Here's the 43rd Street Sign. They just took down the Spiderman Billboard/Foxwood Sign on top of the theatre the past few days and replaced it with On The Town.