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Post by bimse on Nov 17, 2017 7:58:22 GMT
Wonder if it’s the broadway production? A friend saw that and said the set was fantastic, and wants to go again, but I wonder if the same production would fit the Palladium stage, which is very shallow? Has there been a US tour which used a different set?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2017 7:59:10 GMT
Outside this forum no one knows who Kelli O'Hara is. Now that I think of it, many people on this forum wouldn't even know who Madam O'Hara is. I know that, I'm speaking of the people on this board.
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Post by Mark on Nov 17, 2017 8:18:54 GMT
I think I’m gonna gamble on this one and not book yet. I don’t see it as a show that the general public will flock to, I’ll just have to hope that I’m not underestimating it’s popularity and that it’ll appear on TodayTix or do day seats or something. Or even better, hopefully the long-rumoured tour will actually happen: The best deals to be had are 95% on the day, the exception being Hamilton. When I saw this production of TKAI in New York I'd pre-booked back row of the circle for something close to $100 each for my family. Better tickets were on TKTS for $80.
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Post by couldileaveyou on Nov 17, 2017 8:19:39 GMT
Wonder if it’s the broadway production? A friend saw that and said the set was fantastic, and wants to go again, but I wonder if the same production would fit the Palladium stage, which is very shallow? Has there been a US tour which used a different set? Yes and they're using the US tour staging
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2017 9:28:53 GMT
I'm the idiot, I've booked already. Maybe there'll be better prices on the day, but by the time next June rolls around, I'll have forgotten ever paying for it. If it's shot itself in the foot with pricing, maybe I'll get an upgrade. If not, at least I have the affordable seat of my choice rather than risking being shunted off into some weird corner because the seats with decent visibility all sold first. (And yes, I'm primarily going because I want to see Kelli. I've seen Audra, I've got Patti booked, I *will* tick off all the Broadway greats without setting foot outside the M25! Bring me Bernadette Peters and Sutton Foster next please!)
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Post by wickedgrin on Nov 17, 2017 9:39:03 GMT
A VERY short run....is an extension planned if it sells well?
I don't think it will appeal to the general public at these crazy prices. I will await deals nearer the time. No-one knows who Kelli O'Hara is here, just like they didn't know who Audra McDonald is.
This premium pricing lark is getting ridiculous too. Gone are the days when it was just several rows of the front centre stalls. Here a top price ticket (£75) only gets you side and back stalls, when once upon a time it would have bought you the best seats in the house! The entire front centre section of the stalls and dress circle are £95!
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Post by viserys on Nov 17, 2017 9:48:56 GMT
I'll be in London one week too late, so I'm glad I don't need to bother with the whole "Should I...?" question. I'd like to say "if it extends, I'd be interested in a deal" but that's sort of a contradiction in terms. If they need to do deals, they probably won't extend
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Post by Rory on Nov 17, 2017 10:01:49 GMT
That's it?! It's running from late June until early August? Why even bother? No wonder prices are so high. They'd be more profitable making it a longer run and adding a better mix of ticket prices. I know it's a barn but just 6 weeks? It's a shame the Palladium can't get a long runner.
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Post by Rory on Nov 17, 2017 10:08:08 GMT
A VERY short run....is an extension planned if it sells well? I don't think it will appeal to the general public at these crazy prices. I will await deals nearer the time. No-one knows who Kelli O'Hara is here, just like they didn't know who Audra McDonald is. This premium pricing lark is getting ridiculous too. Gone are the days when it was just several rows of the front centre stalls. Here a top price ticket (£75) only gets you side and back stalls, when once upon a time it would have bought you the best seats in the house! The entire front centre section of the stalls and dress circle are £95! Agreed about premiums. All the best seats which years ago may have been £49 now routinely anything from £69.50 to £100 or something equally outlandish. A decent (but not necessarily premium) seat at a play in the WE is £65. Ticket prices have gotten completely out of hand. Sheer greed on the part of producers. And we're mugs for paying them on the occasions when we do. Letting them get away with it.
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Post by daniel on Nov 17, 2017 10:22:46 GMT
The days of premium seats being just a few rows at the front are certainly long gone now. In effect, premium seats are the new “Band A”, when they fill as much of the good seats as with this show.
I do think it’s shocking though that they’re allowed to say “ticket prices £35-£75. Premium seats are available” when the reality of the situation is “ticket prices £35-£99”.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2017 10:30:04 GMT
WhatsOnStage has this running until 29th September so clearly an extension built in. Saw this on Broadway, beautiful production that's worth catching.
I liked O'Hara, I didn't love her and I didn't think it was her best role. Will be good to see it over here, but the Palladium is a barn and despite being a great title I do question it's appeal. Sad reality of the West End right now!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2017 10:51:57 GMT
Well I've been whistling a happy tune so I'm in a great mood today. I can't wait for this. I may even splash out on a fancy seat as a treat. I love the show, can't wait to see Kelli O'Hara and I love a big frock. Plus, 'The King & I' has got two of the most swoonworthy tunes in musical theatre history going for it - 'Shall We Dance' and 'I Have Dreamed'.
I'm sphincter clenchingly excited about it. In fact, my sphincter hasn't been so clenched since I last spied my colonic hydrotherapist in the mirror clamping on a pair of latex gloves and grappling with a 3 foot rubber hose with all the delicacy of a hod carrier.
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Post by avfan on Nov 17, 2017 10:58:15 GMT
Qdos have a minimum 3 year contract for panto at the Palladium. That's why School of Rock was moved and why it's only limited runs being booked in. Next year will be the third panto so maybe the Palladium will be available again after that for open ended runs.
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Post by daniel on Nov 17, 2017 11:07:01 GMT
I think the School of Rock move was also partly down to Show Boat closing early and the New London being a much more suitable venue for the show.
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Post by Rukaya on Nov 17, 2017 12:49:46 GMT
I checked for tickets last night and baulked at the prices but they've done some repricing now, £15 seats are available Row B of the Upper with a slight restriction, clear view seats starting at £29, Dress starting at £69 and back of Stalls clear view starting at £49. This is for the previews as far as I can tell, looking further forward it's back to the crazy prices!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2017 12:56:31 GMT
I have no idea who the leads are in this but any thoughts of going to see it for the show or the production have been dashed by the fact that the very short run is right slap-bang in the middle of the school holidays... If advance sales are poor, and there end up being lots of empty seats in the Palladium, just off Oxford Street where Mum has taken the kids holiday shopping, they just might take them here. Especially as the show features... kids! I think I’ll pass on this one, just as I passed on Wind in the Willows this summer.
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Post by TallPaul on Nov 17, 2017 14:14:10 GMT
run is right slap-bang in the middle of the school holidays The Scottish school holidays, maybe, but not London ones, surely?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Nov 17, 2017 14:31:47 GMT
I'm sphincter clenchingly excited about it. In fact, my sphincter hasn't been so clenched since I last spied my colonic hydrotherapist in the mirror clamping on a pair of latex gloves and grappling with a 3 foot rubber hose with all the delicacy of a hod carrier. Did she give you a running commentary? “Granary Torpedo, yesterday.... Roast Dinner, Sunday.... Donner Kebab and chips, 1979”
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Post by groupbooker on Nov 17, 2017 15:21:24 GMT
Get a theatreboard group together then you can book up 29/9/18.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Nov 17, 2017 15:31:50 GMT
Get a theatreboard group together then you can book up 29/9/18. Ooh are you volunteering to organise one groupbooker?
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Post by groupbooker on Nov 17, 2017 16:11:15 GMT
I have to come up at weekends as a lot of my people work during the week and Cornwall isn't an easy place to get to London in a day. So we are the ones paying normal high ticket costs - NOT I add prime though. Just though so many of you can come in the week, how about getting together for a weekday group 10+ with discount?
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Post by bimse on Nov 17, 2017 16:14:57 GMT
Is there definitely going to be booking through to the end of September ?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Nov 17, 2017 17:47:50 GMT
I have to come up at weekends..... we are the ones paying normal high ticket costs.......Just though so many of you can come in the weekI hear ya! There are many of us supplementing discounts for London based theatre goers! I comfort myself with the knowledge that we can afford to buy a decent house and still get a pint for under four quid.
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Post by daniel on Nov 17, 2017 19:44:19 GMT
On a serious note, what is the midweek group rate for this? £39.50? Can we get 10+ TheatreBoard peeps together?
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Post by michalnowicki on Nov 18, 2017 13:52:09 GMT
I think I need to make a list of all things I want to see in London and check what shows overlap, so that I can see the most shows in the shortest time. I'm glad that TKAI runs at the same time as Fun Home.
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Post by raiseitup on Nov 18, 2017 16:10:44 GMT
TodayTix have tweeted that they’ll be doing rush tickets for this
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Post by vabbian on Nov 19, 2017 6:16:03 GMT
Saw the NYC production with Marin Mazzie and Daniel Dae Kim, which was fab.
Hopefully prices will come down for this, then I will grab a ticket.
'We Kiss in a Shadow' makes me crrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry
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Post by ali973 on Nov 19, 2017 8:12:48 GMT
mmm...Daniel Dae Kim. SO. HOT.
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Post by SamB (was badoerfan) on Nov 19, 2017 20:59:46 GMT
On a serious note, what is the midweek group rate for this? £39.50? Can we get 10+ TheatreBoard peeps together? I would be up for this if we could make it work.
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Post by daniel on Nov 19, 2017 23:50:13 GMT
mmm...Daniel Dae Kim. SO. HOT. Thought you were talking about me for a second then, I almost blushed.
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