© Carlo Allegri | Reuters [Slideshow]
If you were hoping to catch one last glimpse of the iconic ‘Late Show’ marquee down on Broadway, you’re out of luck. Construction workers began removing the marquee outside the Ed Sullivan Theater early Wednesday morning — a week after the final episode aired on CBS. Meanwhile inside the theatre, crews wasted no time in dismantling the shows set, with red audience chairs and pieces of the skyline backdrop already being thrown into a dumpster last week, less than 24-hours after the shows final.
Brain Abrams from Death and Taxes paid a visit to the corner of 53rd and Broadway on Wednesday after responding to a tip on Twitter, and found out just why it took a week to begin removing the ‘Late Show’ marquee:
The incoming sign for Stephen Colbert’s show is going to be a real bitch to put together. It cost somewhere between $500k and $700k, he said, and has all sorts of digital bells and whistles [… including digitisation].
To complicate matters, the crew have an incredibly small amount of time to complete the monumental task and make Stephen Colbert’s name shine amongst the lights of Broadway:
“We got about a year’s worth of work to do in just a few months,” he said, referring to finishing out the studio as well as the marquee.
With the ‘Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ premiering on Tuesday, September 8th, 2015, the crew is left with about 15 weeks to install the new marquee. Though given the necessary setup, testing and rehearsal time needed, they, in all likelihood have far less time than that to complete the task.
If you’re a New York based Hubster, please help be our eyes and ears on the ground, and let us know how the work is progressing on the installation of the new ‘Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ marquee is going!!
Installing the 'Late Show with Stephen Colbert' Marquee Will Be a Monumental Task
© Carlo Allegri | Reuters [Slideshow]
If you were hoping to catch one last glimpse of the iconic ‘Late Show’ marquee down on Broadway, you’re out of luck. Construction workers began removing the marquee outside the Ed Sullivan Theater early Wednesday morning — a week after the final episode aired on CBS. Meanwhile inside the theatre, crews wasted no time in dismantling the shows set, with red audience chairs and pieces of the skyline backdrop already being thrown into a dumpster last week, less than 24-hours after the shows final.
Brain Abrams from Death and Taxes paid a visit to the corner of 53rd and Broadway on Wednesday after responding to a tip on Twitter, and found out just why it took a week to begin removing the ‘Late Show’ marquee:
The incoming sign for Stephen Colbert’s show is going to be a real bitch to put together. It cost somewhere between $500k and $700k, he said, and has all sorts of digital bells and whistles [… including digitisation].
To complicate matters, the crew have an incredibly small amount of time to complete the monumental task and make Stephen Colbert’s name shine amongst the lights of Broadway:
“We got about a year’s worth of work to do in just a few months,” he said, referring to finishing out the studio as well as the marquee.
With the ‘Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ premiering on Tuesday, September 8th, 2015, the crew is left with about 15 weeks to install the new marquee. Though given the necessary setup, testing and rehearsal time needed, they, in all likelihood have far less time than that to complete the task.
If you’re a New York based Hubster, please help be our eyes and ears on the ground, and let us know how the work is progressing on the installation of the new ‘Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ marquee is going!!