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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2018 7:51:42 GMT
Oooh, Sophie-Louise Dann. So it will open on 12th July and close around early-August? Get your tickets while you can folks!
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jun 12, 2018 7:53:39 GMT
I have started flicking through the Edinburgh fringe guide and spotted two Hamilton spinoffs. I suspect I will find more as I plod on.
I didn’t really enjoy Hamilton so I’m not tempted by any Hamilton cash cows (says me who is reading and posting on this thread)
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Post by david on Jun 12, 2018 9:36:30 GMT
With the cast announcement this morning, those £19.50 tickets now look like great value.
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Post by Jon on Jun 12, 2018 14:12:25 GMT
I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess this will do a Forbidden Broadway and transfer to the West End for a limited run, if anything to fill a theatre for a short time considering so many are available come January! I doubt it would go into any of the big theatres, it'd be swallowed up!
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Post by squidward on Jun 12, 2018 23:38:56 GMT
This just feels like a lazy summer filler for the Menier to me. You Tube is awash with Hamilton spoofs and personally I’m already over the gags (and Hamilton itself actually having been somewhat underwhelmed by the London production). I loved Forbidden Broadway when I first saw it off Broadway, but subsequent productions have felt very samey and rather hit and miss. It’s a shame the Menier haven’t tried something a little more adventurous for this year’s summer slot.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2018 0:15:11 GMT
Well I'm glad they decided to do this as I was tempted by the NYC production but couldn't bring myself to waste a show slot on it. Gags on YouTube aren't quite the same.
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Post by squidward on Jun 13, 2018 9:33:46 GMT
Well I'm glad they decided to do this as I was tempted by the NYC production but couldn't bring myself to waste a show slot on it. Gags on YouTube aren't quite the same. No, I wasn’t saying gags on You Tube were the same. What I meant is that the Hamilton has already become a well worn subject for satire ( check out the Edinburgh Festival programme) and in my humble opinion, satire-wise it’s getting a bit stale. Of course I may be wrong, but judging from the clips of the show I’ve seen on You Tube ( The Schuyler Puppets/ I want to be in the film when it happens), it just made me feel weary. I’m sure The Menier will do well out of it, but to me it doesn’t seem like very inspired or creative summer programming.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2018 11:30:38 GMT
Well I'm glad they decided to do this as I was tempted by the NYC production but couldn't bring myself to waste a show slot on it. Gags on YouTube aren't quite the same. No, I wasn’t saying gags on You Tube were the same. What I meant is that the Hamilton has already become a well worn subject for satire ( check out the Edinburgh Festival programme) and in my humble opinion, satire-wise it’s getting a bit stale. Of course I may be wrong, but judging from the clips of the show I’ve seen on You Tube ( The Schuyler Puppets/ I want to be in the film when it happens), it just made me feel weary. I’m sure The Menier will do well out of it, but to me it doesn’t seem like very inspired or creative summer programming. I guess but this coming from the Forbidden Broadway team and being endorsed by LMM etc. is gonna be of more interest than any of the other spoofs.
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Post by dontdreamit on Jul 3, 2018 5:53:17 GMT
The Menier have just released lots of extra £19.50 tickets for previews of this, for those of you who missed out last time!
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Post by littlesally on Jul 12, 2018 17:15:53 GMT
Anyone else seeing this tonight?
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Post by Dawnstar on Jul 12, 2018 22:09:42 GMT
If anyone has seen it I would be very interested to know how large Damian Humbley & Sophie-Louise Dann's roles are. I'm only interested in the show because they're in it, Hamilton is not my taste, so it would only be worth my while to go if they are in a reasonably large part of it.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jul 13, 2018 3:53:35 GMT
Please don’t say they are blacking up in it
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Post by littlesally on Jul 13, 2018 22:39:52 GMT
Please don’t say they are blacking up in it Fear not. Dann and Humbley are add-ons. Very funny,, both of them. The show itself is funnier than most Forbidden Broadway. Such a talented cast. When it is on target it is fantastic and , for most of the night, it is! Wouldn’t be surprised by a transfer.
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Post by Dawnstar on Jul 14, 2018 12:14:34 GMT
Dann and Humbley are add-ons. Does that mean they don't get that much stage time?
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Post by Phantom of London on Jul 14, 2018 21:18:14 GMT
A handy stop off on the way back from Chichester, snagged a £22 ticket from todaytix in a sweltering Menier.
A hilarious spoof show, if anyone has been listening to the cast recording, disregard that, as this has been changed................a lot, now the show has Elaine Paige, Judy Dench and Prince Harry in it. Damian Humberley is hilarious as George III, it is Gerard Alessandrini who makes the charachters funny and he is an ingenious and deserves a special Tony, if he’s hasnt got one already.
1hr 25min no interval.
4 Stars.
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Post by frankubelik on Jul 15, 2018 7:32:44 GMT
A super talented cast (with one glaring "guest star" exception) bring this fun parody to life. I wonder how much of it will resonate to those (if there any any) who have NOT seen the show in question but there no doubting the brilliance of the creator. Hugely enjoyable.
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Post by alece10 on Jul 18, 2018 6:06:18 GMT
Caught this last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. I knew the songs well as I have the CD. It's pretty much the same with some additional material to make it an 85 minute show. Cast superb and some stunning voices all round. Sophie Louise Dann does the non Hamilton stuff and I won't spoil it by telling you what Damian Humbley does. I do, however wish they had bigger parts but I can understand why this isn't the case. I'm not sure how someone who does not know Hamilton will find it as that is 90% of the show. Audience seemed to really enjoy it but there were some jokes which fell a bit flat and only a few of us laughed. I think that showed which of us were big musical theater geeks. Great fun and we'll worth a visit.
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Post by samjane92 on Jul 18, 2018 11:21:36 GMT
2 £20.25 tickets just posted in the noticeboard section if anyone is looking to fill a matinee slot this saturday!
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Post by waybeyondblue on Jul 21, 2018 6:36:48 GMT
Any reason why the seating plan is different between previews and full fat? Today has the centre aisle, so seats 15 & 16 are missing for rows A to E, but on Sat 18th August they are present, therefore no aisle.
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Post by alece10 on Jul 21, 2018 9:06:17 GMT
Any reason why the seating plan is different between previews and full fat? Today has the centre aisle, so seats 15 & 16 are missing for rows A to E, but on Sat 18th August they are present, therefore no aisle. When I was there on Tuesday there was no centre aisle which is unusual for the menier when the seating is in its "normal" format. Box office told me that later performances are showing a centre aisle on the seating plan. It's a bit odd.
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Post by foxa on Jul 21, 2018 9:30:53 GMT
Yeah, I can't comment on the layout - I was far Stage Left Row B - thought there was at least a partial centre aisle as the King wandered up a couple of rows into it, but beyond that it wasn't used (if there was a full centre aisle.) There were several entrances/exits down the side aisle near me.
The show: we REALLY enjoyed this. A spectacularly talented cast who were (I cut and paste at this point): Marc Akinfolarin (Assassins, The Color Purple), Jason Denton (School of Rock), Eddie Elliott (Motown), Liam Tamne (The Phantom of the Opera) and Julie Yammanee (Lazarus), with special guests Sophie-Louise Dann (The Girls) and Damian Humbley (Merrily We Roll Along).
Everyone was good - but most of the heavy lifting was done by the first five who played all the Hamilton characters, except for the King. All were terrific singers/movers and very funny. Julie Yammanee struck us (I'm speaking in the royal 'we' - I mean my daughter and I) as a particular find - she could do everything. It was laugh out loud funny pretty continuously. I think if you didn't know 'Hamilton' at all (and I think that may have been the case with a few in the audience) it would be pretty baffling (even though they do a nod to a few other musicals.) So if you have booked, make sure you've at least listened to the cast album.
Really great summer fun!
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Post by theatrefan77 on Jul 21, 2018 11:32:28 GMT
No central aisle on Thursday night.
I didn't enjoy this much. Some bits were mildly amusing but most of the time I was bored. The Forbidden Boadway format is imho much better than trying to focus in just one show 90% of the time.
The show takes for granted that the audience is familiar not just with Hamilton but with the Broadway production and its performers and it constantly mentions Lin, Daveed, Phillippa et all assuming everybody knows them which clearly wasn't the case on Thursday night and many of the jokes fell flat.
The bits from other shows were not funny either. Doing them in pairs to save time didn't work for me. The Lion King and I or Les Miserabba were quite meh.
For me the funniest bits where the brief ones with Damian Humbley and Sophie Louise Dunn. Humbley's vocals as King George were excellent and he could be excellent in Hamilton. Dunn was brilliant as Elaine Paige and Julie Andrews, not so much as Liza. But then again if you have seen Christine Pedi doing Liza in Forbidden Broadway you realise nobody can beat that.
Just my two cents
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Post by waybeyondblue on Jul 21, 2018 16:32:58 GMT
This afternoon - Centre aisle for first 5 rows as the seating plan promised.
Well performed show with some funny musical/performer bits and some more funny bits if you know Hamilton. Probably not worth top price but worth a look if you can get a deal.
No OSO which was nice.
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Post by foxa on Jul 21, 2018 17:55:18 GMT
OSO?
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Post by waybeyondblue on Jul 21, 2018 18:15:27 GMT
Obligatory Standing Ovation
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Post by foxa on Jul 21, 2018 18:16:30 GMT
Ah - thanks!!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2018 19:33:17 GMT
Was also there this afternoon. I enjoyed it but wished I hadn't listened to it beforehand to be honest as was most amused by the new bits they'd added that came as a surprise to me. The cast are very good.
Personally think if people are going to see a Hamilton parody then they should have enough knowledge of the show to know who Daveed Diggs etc. (and certainly Lin) are. I mean this is one of the more iconic and well known OBCs of recent years.
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Post by waybeyondblue on Jul 21, 2018 23:05:57 GMT
Possibly and I can see how a more detailed knowledge might help. As someone who’s seen Ham once and listened to the OBC twice I could follow most of the broader themes. Problem is, maybe it’s not that funny anyway. I base that on a quick comparison with the Mischief Movie Night where the humour was broader and worked on more general musical themes. I found that much funnier and anything so specific is going to struggle. If you tried a spoof Phantom or Rent (ignoring Team America) then it might well be more funny to me as I’ve watched more of them but would still require a more detailed knowledge to appreciate the humour and that may run out of steam well before the 85 minute run time.
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Post by n1david on Jul 27, 2018 15:50:39 GMT
Cancelled tonight - cast illness.
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Post by waybeyondblue on Jul 27, 2018 16:18:27 GMT
Cancelled tonight - cast illness. Did they not take their shot?
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