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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2017 18:40:04 GMT
Some nice new videos here for the Tonys
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Post by daniel on May 29, 2017 3:40:16 GMT
That would be awesome, thanks so much! Would it be too much to ask to post it to Germany? I'm of course happy to cover all expenses. Not at all! I'll drop you a PM on Wednesday when I'm there and have found out if there's brochures
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Post by jess173 on May 29, 2017 5:01:23 GMT
Yay, thanks! Have fun in New York and enjoy the show.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2017 19:47:34 GMT
For those interested, Tim Minchin did a 47 minute Facebook live on the GhD Broadway page talking which includes some really interesting analysis of the music and themes and stuff. www.facebook.com/GroundhogDayMusical/videos/414335872299361/Also at one point a commenter asked about a part in the show... {Spoiler - click to view} *...AND POTENTIALLY TRIGGER WARNING HERE - SORRY!....*
...that Phil has new "death" during 'Hope' on Broadway that wasn't in the London production. Does anyone know what it is?
To be honest, I've pretty much started to forget them from the Old Vic, but from what I can remember, he dropped the toaster into the bath (behind shower curtain), stole the groundhog suit head then jumped off a cliff or something(??) then he was lifted on wires while some of the ensemble came on in the same pyjamas and did a little montagey thing of the suicides on the revolve (i.e. rope, cutting etc.)
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Post by 49thand8th on May 30, 2017 19:55:16 GMT
I don't remember seeing him being lifted on wires on Broadway at all, but I saw the show after Andy's injury. The pajamas death thing definitely happened, though.
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Post by stuartmcd on May 30, 2017 19:58:47 GMT
I have no idea how to do spoilers so SPOLIERS!!!!
They have added a sequence where he climbs a ladder and dissapears at the top of the stage. And then seemingly falls off the ladder but magically wakes up back in the bed
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Post by jess173 on May 30, 2017 20:21:31 GMT
Ok.. Spoilers as well... He definitely climbs up a ladder and then falls back to the stage. I thought it was a metaphor for him jumping off a high building or something. The scene was in it when I saw it, even with Andys knee brace. But it's not him climbing that ladder anyways so the brace isn't a problem there. I was extremely impressed with Andy. He barely had a limp and he was running around all the time. I don't know how much they slowed it down for him to manage with the brace but it didn't look much. He did a really good job!
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Post by ali973 on May 31, 2017 3:27:58 GMT
Just saw it tonight, after having seen it in London 2x. It's mainly the same show. I could swear that the staging of the finale of Act I is slightly different- but what I am certain is that the staging of If I Had My Time Again is different. They sort of go through town and then do a toy car ride. Constantine Maroulis (Rock of Ages, Jekyll & Hyde) was in the audience (and he looks so much better in real life). When Andy first appeared he yelled out "yeah, buddy!!!" and started a small ovation.
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Post by kathryn on May 31, 2017 19:09:46 GMT
This is fabulously geeky! I'm so glad he talked about the musical circles going on - I was sure that something like that was happening in the music after I first saw it!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2017 19:18:51 GMT
This is fabulously geeky! I'm so glad he talked about the musical circles going on - I was sure that something like that was happening in the music after I first saw it! At first seeing it in The Old Vic, I wasn't sold on the show. Upon recent re-listening to the soundtrack and watching TM's breakdown of some of the musical analysis its started to grow on me as I appreciate the genius of it.
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Post by Steffi on Jun 7, 2017 10:16:37 GMT
Saw this on Broadway last week and loved it just as much as I did when first watching it at the Old Vic. Andy Karl still steals the show. And I much prefered the Broadway Rita to the London one I have to say.
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Post by stuartmcd on Jun 7, 2017 10:45:34 GMT
Great couple of videos from the cast recording
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Post by theatremadness on Jun 7, 2017 13:54:47 GMT
Loved the Facebook Live Q&A he did, especially when he got into the in's and out's of the hidden 'secrets' of the score, I was gasping in total admiration for Tim Minchin at some of the stuff I'd never realised/heard whilst listening, especially the really subtle links between songs and themes. There's also this cool podcast about how he wrote 'Stuck' amongst talk about GhD/theatre/stuff- podbay.fm/show/1203393721/e/1496635200?autostart=1God I just LOVE this show. As over the moon I was for the recognition it received at the Olivier Awards this year, I've no expectations for it to be rewarded as much at the Tony's over the rather bland (in comparison in my opinion!) Dear Evan Hansen and Come From Away. Not listened to Great Comet, though I do have it downloaded. It also seems pretty technically special. Maybe Andy Karl could clinch Best Actor - but it's a long shot. Surely no chance for them to win Best Musical, but one can only hope!
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Post by Dawnstar on Jun 7, 2017 18:56:20 GMT
I finally got round to listening to this & found it very interesting so thanks for the link. I must say that it's interesting to hear Playing Nancy sung by a man!
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Post by kathryn on Jun 9, 2017 16:59:57 GMT
This is also fabulously geeky - goes into a lot of detail and talks about the rhyming thing!
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Post by thebearofwestend on Jul 2, 2017 3:20:35 GMT
Should they set the musical in a recycling centre?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2017 9:28:13 GMT
Found a little bit of geek wealth online. Heres a video of the Groundhog Day stage revolve system being tested in the factory. Cool to see the innards working.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2017 20:31:19 GMT
Nice video remark, great find!
Seeing the revolve like that, would it be possible for it to tour? I know revolves have toured before in the past, but I don't think I can imagine the show without it - as they discovered on the first preview!
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Post by jess173 on Jul 5, 2017 20:48:20 GMT
That video is great. How did you find it? I'm not sure if they could tour with the turntable. It seems to malfunction quite a lot so dissembling and reassembling it on a weekly or monthly basis might be problematic. But I hope they will bring it to London if a transfer happens. I can't really imagine the show without it either. It was pretty awesome for the tilt-a-whirl alone.
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Post by Dawnstar on Jul 5, 2017 20:56:08 GMT
Talk about wheels within wheels!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2017 15:11:34 GMT
That video is great. How did you find it? I'm not sure if they could tour with the turntable. It seems to malfunction quite a lot so dissembling and reassembling it on a weekly or monthly basis might be problematic. But I hope they will bring it to London if a transfer happens. I can't really imagine the show without it either. It was pretty awesome for the tilt-a-whirl alone. I found it by accident when I happened across the video of the same company testing the Helicopter for Miss Saigon's London Revival (see: theatreboard.co.uk/thread/56/saigon-prince-edward-uk-tour?page=42&scrollTo=129828)This video is actually the revolve for the London production but I imagine once the schematics were drawn up and tested the same thing was made over in the US. Looking at it, I'd guess it is tour-able. Alot of productions are touring their own stage with automation, lighting built in etc. and this looks not much more complex than some of the stuff touring now so its doable.
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Post by jess173 on Jul 6, 2017 20:06:38 GMT
Oh so they did have the revolve in London already? I always thought they made it for the Broadway production. Thought I read that somewhere but must have imagined it then. Ooops... ^^ The cast did perform at Bryant Park today. And judging from their Instagram account, they also did "If I had my time again". Edit: Yep, they just uploaded that too.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2017 9:12:11 GMT
Oh so they did have the revolve in London already? I always thought they made it for the Broadway production. Thought I read that somewhere but must have imagined it then. Ooops... ^^ Yep, By all accounts the Broadway production has been staged almost exactly as it was in London, with a few little changes. I would imagine that the revolve was re-constructed over in the US rather than dismantled, transported and rebuilt. Potentially by a different company, which could explain why the US revolve seems to breakdown alot more than the UK revolve seemed to.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2017 6:19:27 GMT
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Post by jess173 on Aug 10, 2017 3:58:55 GMT
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Post by Steffi on Aug 10, 2017 5:23:16 GMT
I honestly can't love this enough. I adore Bill Murray. :-)
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Post by kathryn on Aug 11, 2017 14:11:01 GMT
Hopefully the publicity gives ticket sales a bump!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2017 8:31:43 GMT
Hopefully the publicity gives ticket sales a bump! Predictably GhD's Grosses were up by 8.8% this week, from $607k to $704k.
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Post by theatremadness on Aug 15, 2017 22:17:23 GMT
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Post by jamb0r on Aug 15, 2017 22:24:06 GMT
All is not lost!
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