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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2017 8:15:39 GMT
It just won six Tons awards, including Best Book of a Musical. It won't be rewritten.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2017 9:30:20 GMT
Older readers will remember Father Ted and the 'Small far away' scene. On realising there's a song in DEH called 'So Big So Small' I cannot un-hear it in Ted's voice.
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Post by 49thand8th on Jul 18, 2017 18:10:07 GMT
It just won six Tons awards, including Best Book of a Musical. It won't be rewritten. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Or not broke enough anyway.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jul 22, 2017 9:17:38 GMT
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Post by cheesy116 on Nov 13, 2017 1:24:12 GMT
Any updates or mumblings about this show since the last post ? It's still a hit in America but not heard as much chit chat about a London production as I thought we would have by this point.
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Post by ali973 on Nov 13, 2017 3:38:06 GMT
I wouldn't hold my breath. They announced a US tour in cities but went quiet afterwards and didn't even announce dates. So I think that must be on their priority list right now before expanding overseas. Hamilton took nearly three years to crossover, and Hamilton is by far a pubic draw than DEH. So I'd wait. These transfers take time to happen, if at all. I'd say if you don't hear about it by Feb, then you won't hear about it until fall because Tony Awards season will take over and they wouldn't want their announcement to get lost in the middle of that buzz.
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Post by singularsensation10 on Nov 13, 2017 8:19:46 GMT
It’s coming - just not sure when. Last I heard they were securing a theatre.
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Post by daniel on Nov 13, 2017 8:38:54 GMT
As I understand it, the producers have every intention of bringing this to London. However, I won't be getting excited personally until we get an official announcement as things can change so quickly and "confirmed" shows can quickly become not confirmed (Finding Neverland I'm looking at you.
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Post by ali973 on Nov 13, 2017 8:58:57 GMT
Finding Neverland, Hedwig..the list goes on and on.
I'm not sure where people are getting producers' sentiment about this, considering they haven't been publicly quoted on this, let alone made an announcement. But, whatever.
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Post by ensembleswings on Nov 13, 2017 9:02:36 GMT
I would absolutely love to see this is London, but I can't bring myself to even consider thinking it will happen until it all gets officially announced and tickets go on sale
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Post by Mark on Nov 13, 2017 9:47:07 GMT
I think it will be very telling to see how the grosses on Broadway fare over the next 6 months with Ben Platt about to play his final performance, but I've no doubt it will eventually come over. It's been running a year on Broadway now and the average attendance is 101.2%, with an average ticket price at $167 over the year. If it did even half the business in the West End it would be a hit.
There's been comparisons to "next to normal" in this thread... but regardless of quality this is a different commercial ballgame. DEH has already grossed over double of what n2n did in less than half the time. The average cost per ticket was $100 less during its run (and yes I appreciate that tickets have gone up a lot, but there's not denying people are willing to pay to see DEH).
Sheridan Smith certainly seems to be a fan. Could she be a potential Heidi Hansen?
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Post by viserys on Nov 13, 2017 9:53:10 GMT
Why should Sheridan Smith take a minor role? She is a household name/celebrity name who should only star in shows where she is the main attraction - like Elle in Legally Blonde and Fanny in Funny Girl.
My own misgivings about this damp squib of a show aside, I think DEH would fare better than Next to Normal as the story of a socially awkward boy feeling alienated in school and struggling for acceptance is a somewhat universal theme that will appeal to British teenagers as well. Next to Normal is just so incredibly American somehow with the pill-popping glamourous suburban Mom and dysfunctional nuclear family.
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Post by Mark on Nov 13, 2017 9:56:59 GMT
Why should Sheridan Smith take a minor role? She is a household name/celebrity name who should only star in shows where she is the main attraction - like Elle in Legally Blonde and Fanny in Funny Girl. I wouldn't really call it a minor role - a supporting role which won its original Actress a Tony Award. As I said, she seems to like Pasek & Pauls material.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2017 10:37:30 GMT
Why should Sheridan Smith take a minor role? She is a household name/celebrity name who should only star in shows where she is the main attraction - like Elle in Legally Blonde and Fanny in Funny Girl. I wouldn't really call it a minor role - a supporting role which won its original Actress a Tony Award. As I said, she seems to like Pasek & Pauls material. Well it would be a minor role to someone of Sheridan Smith's clout. And yes, Rachel Bay Jones did win a Tony as Best Featured Actress but really the show is all about and should be all about Evan Hansen. I would fear that in Sheridan Smith's hands, bearing in mind the subject matter of the musical, she'd make it more about her, whether intentionally or not.
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Post by poster J on Nov 13, 2017 10:55:02 GMT
It's been running a year on Broadway now and the average attendance is 101.2%, with an average ticket price at $167 over the year Sorry to hijack the thread slightly, but this has always bemused and confused me - how is it even possible to have an average of 101.2% - the highest percentage possible is 100!
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Post by firefingers on Nov 13, 2017 11:04:24 GMT
It's been running a year on Broadway now and the average attendance is 101.2%, with an average ticket price at $167 over the year Sorry to hijack the thread slightly, but this has always bemused and confused me - how is it even possible to have an average of 101.2% - the highest percentage possible is 100! I believe it is because standing places aren't included on the capacity, as they are only sold after everything else is. And because it makes people think your show is cool.
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Post by djdan14 on Nov 13, 2017 12:10:09 GMT
I would very much like this announce soon if it’s coming at all, I’m holding a slot open in my April New York trip, which I will use for something less likely to transfer imminently if this announces a London Run.
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Post by martin1965 on Nov 13, 2017 13:28:23 GMT
Sorry to hijack the thread slightly, but this has always bemused and confused me - how is it even possible to have an average of 101.2% - the highest percentage possible is 100! I believe it is because standing places aren't included on the capacity, as they are only sold after everything else is. And because it makes people think your show is cool. Yep its to do with people standing, been broadway policy for ages
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Post by welsh_tenor on Nov 13, 2017 13:32:33 GMT
I’m not sure I could cope with standing for a whole performance!!!
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Post by viserys on Nov 13, 2017 13:59:21 GMT
If something is good you're so absorbed in the show, you don't notice really. I mean it's pretty standard for many concerts still and also for sports' stuff. I survived nearly four hours of standing for Bruce Springsteen once. The man does go on a bit at his concerts.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2017 14:00:33 GMT
I survived nearly four hours of standing for Bruce Springsteen once. The man does go on a bit at his concerts. Well he was born to run.
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Post by Mark on Nov 13, 2017 14:13:28 GMT
I’m not sure I could cope with standing for a whole performance!!! I've seen DEH twice, once off-Broadway and once on Broadway, and stood both times. Others I've stood for include Book of Mormon obc (act one) and Misanthrope (act one) on both occasions was offered seats for second act.
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Post by Michael on Nov 13, 2017 14:35:33 GMT
I’m not sure I could cope with standing for a whole performance!!! I had a standing room ticket for Come From Away which is somewhat shorter than DEH, but it became uncomfy pretty quickly, as I had also stood in the rush queue for 5h (and yet only got SRO).
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2017 15:42:51 GMT
Les Mis in London offers standing tickets on all 3 levels.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2017 23:53:14 GMT
I've never stood, but I think Les Mis standing would be hell on earth, just because of how long it is. Half a Sixpence had standing on all four levels at the final performance (I went for a wonder to see in the interval), and it was these young kids who had got there too late for dayseats. Suffice to say, they all looked like they were about to die at the end, as Sixpence was long itself! Added onto the cheering and screaming, the performance lasted about three hours alone, with a 5/10 minute speech at the end. So I can't blame them for being on the verge!
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Post by sam22 on Nov 14, 2017 9:06:13 GMT
I stood for Chicago on Broadway at the back of the stalls but there was a ledge to lean and so I didn't have any complaints (from memory the ledge actually had markings on it like a bench seat would to show you how much leaning room was allocated for your ticket!).
The only other place I've stood was to see Titus at the Globe which I remember being a bit of a struggle, partly due to the heat and partly due to my back hurting!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2017 12:00:59 GMT
Can you bring your own foldable camping chair?
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Post by daniel on Nov 14, 2017 12:37:06 GMT
Can you bring your own foldable camping chair? I know you are allowed to do that for the standing gallery at the Royal Albert Hall
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Post by andromedadench on Nov 14, 2017 16:14:59 GMT
Can you bring your own foldable camping chair? Those seem to be staple pieces of equipment for people dayseating for standing opera tickets in Vienna. The first time I saw it I found it funny, but after several hours of queuing on my feet and then another couple of hours watching the opera on my feet, I realised why so many people use them.
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Post by robertb213 on Nov 14, 2017 19:40:06 GMT
I stood for 5.5 hours at West End Live this year. Didn't even give up to go for a wee! I just kept inching forward as the people in front of me moved. Towards the end I was only a few feet from the stage! I was in agony walking back to the Tube though 😃
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