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Post by latefortheoverture on May 16, 2019 22:12:32 GMT
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Post by crabtree on May 16, 2019 22:14:08 GMT
Not the Barrowman, please.
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Post by Mark on May 16, 2019 22:19:03 GMT
All the shows seem to announce this time of year to drum up some Tony buzz. I can see this doing very well in London.
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Post by latefortheoverture on May 16, 2019 22:21:37 GMT
I think after watching the fiasco with Waitress' transfer; a theatre can make or break a show! I used to think it was all down to the material and marketing mix etc, and yes, a big part is, but the wrong house can kill off any hope for a production!
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Post by sparky5000 on May 16, 2019 22:28:11 GMT
I think after watching the fiasco with Waitress' transfer; a theatre can make or break a show! I used to think it was all down to the material and marketing mix etc, and yes, a big part is, but the wrong house can kill off any hope for a production! Watch it move into the Adelphi 😂 |
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Post by Phantom of London on May 16, 2019 22:30:43 GMT
This will be the new Kinky Boots.
With producers David Ian and Michael Harrison, you have 2 British heavyweights, which means this will definitely happen.
With Frozen confirmed and Mean Girls looks definitely, things look good.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2019 22:31:22 GMT
Shaftesbury? I don’t think Juliet will be around that long.
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Post by Phantom of London on May 16, 2019 23:27:20 GMT
This could easily go into any of the mid-size house in the West End including the Victoria Palace, Hamilton could be done by then.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 17, 2019 6:35:07 GMT
This is right up the Savoy’s Street isn’t it?
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Post by LaLuPone on May 17, 2019 6:48:53 GMT
I hope they bring Santino over!
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Post by danb on May 17, 2019 6:55:14 GMT
Great trailer!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 17, 2019 6:58:04 GMT
“Good day Doctor Brewster. I said GOOD DAY!”
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Post by Deal J on May 17, 2019 11:05:03 GMT
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Post by TallPaul on May 17, 2019 12:29:05 GMT
“Good day Doctor Brewster. I said GOOD DAY!” So this is one film you have actually seen?  I first saw it at the Spa in Bridlington. For some reason, it was preceded by a short about the Royal Navy delivering humanitarian aid to a hurricane hit Caribbean island. |
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Post by ali973 on May 17, 2019 12:37:56 GMT
I would love Tootsie to be playing around the same time as &Juliet. Michael is now a Broadway actor (and not a soap opera actor like the film). The show he auditions for and stars in is a hip/woke version of Romeo & Juliet and he plays Juliet's sassy no nonsense nurse.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 17, 2019 12:45:03 GMT
“Good day Doctor Brewster. I said GOOD DAY!” So this is one film you have actually seen? I first saw it at the Spa in Bridlington. For some reason, it was preceded by a short about the Royal Navy delivering humanitarian aid to a hurricane hit Caribbean island. I do have an embarrassingly long list of films that everyone else seems to have seen but me. However this isn’t on it 🙂. |
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Post by mrbarnaby on May 17, 2019 12:52:10 GMT
I think after watching the fiasco with Waitress' transfer; a theatre can make or break a show! I used to think it was all down to the material and marketing mix etc, and yes, a big part is, but the wrong house can kill off any hope for a production! Watch it move into the Adelphi 😂 BINGO |
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Post by Mark on May 19, 2019 21:22:16 GMT
Just watched the film for the first time. Really great! Interesting how they have changed it from a soap opera to Broadway for the stage production but I've heard a lot of good things.
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Post by karloscar on Jun 5, 2019 15:57:12 GMT
Just saw the film for the first time in decades. God it's bloody awful. Not even Jessica Lang and Terri Garr can save it. It Might Be You is the only redeeming feature.
And all that I've seen of the stage version looks equally bad, if not worse. Yazbeck's scores are always a bit hit or miss, but this is incredibly weak and derivative. And if you're going to update and rewrite it, why stick so closely to the awful drag of the 80s? Granted Santino is prettier than Hoffman, but the whole look is just so dated. Surely they could have found a better look.
And in the fairly insular world of musical theatre, how would any unknown actress of his age ever be seen for a leading role in any show? He wouldn't get near a casting director without being found out.
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Post by viserys on Jun 5, 2019 17:32:34 GMT
And if you're going to update and rewrite it, why stick so closely to the awful drag of the 80s? Granted Santino is prettier than Hoffman, but the whole look is just so dated. Surely they could have found a better look. This is actually what turns me off the show most - the incredibly frumpy look with the awful wig. It gives everything such a "dated" vibe. |
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Post by ali973 on Jun 5, 2019 19:04:10 GMT
The 'dated' look is on purpose. The show absolutely gives you no *real* indication of when it's set. There is no trace of a cell phone or any technology. It's as BROAD-WAY as it can get with a broad, and brassy score with an overture to boot. (how many of those do you have around?). They make it look timeless because their intension is to make it run as long as it can and have the throwback '90s Broadway musicale genre. Just watch footage of The Goodbye Girl.
I actually think the score is just fine. I Know What's Going to Happen is a killer of a number. I take a different issue with the show. In 2019, are we still laughing about a man in a dress? How many crotch tucking jokes do we need to sit through, and how often must we witness a straight character having gay panic when he finds out they've been courting a woman who is a dude? How would an audience member, who is trans, feel about when this is the reality of their daily lives that is being turned into a joke? And how would working women, actresses or otherwise, feel when watching a show about a man taking credit and success by cheating and manipulating the system? These things happen and they are topical, but the show and its creators take a different approach and don't even attempt to turn this into anything meaningful.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 5, 2019 19:38:08 GMT
I love the film 😐
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Post by ali973 on Jun 5, 2019 19:58:05 GMT
I do too, as a period piece. And to be honest, I also thought the show was entertaining, despite being problematic. |
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Post by Seriously on Jun 5, 2019 20:46:37 GMT
I could imagine Rob Houchen in the lead role.
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Post by karloscar on Jun 6, 2019 0:01:58 GMT
Seriously Seriously?? Rob deserves better. Jason Donovan would be ideal though!
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Post by Seriously on Jun 6, 2019 1:28:50 GMT
Seriously Seriously?? Rob deserves better. Jason Donovan would be ideal though! If he did Eugenius, he'd do this. |
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Post by Mark on Jun 6, 2019 22:37:48 GMT
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Post by ampersand on Jun 7, 2019 17:46:38 GMT
Must say I'm surprised this is transferring so quickly. It's only been open on Broadway for a couple of months and hasn't exactly established itself as a MUST SEE show.
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Post by theatreian on Jun 7, 2019 17:51:19 GMT
Although 2021 is not too soon. Loved the film, not so sure about the musical but will probably give it a go when it comes.
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Post by viserys on Jun 7, 2019 18:41:10 GMT
Must say I'm surprised this is transferring so quickly. It's only been open on Broadway for a couple of months and hasn't exactly established itself as a MUST SEE show. David Ian is among the producers, so clearly he must have put money into this with the aim to bring it to London and other places. He's currently producing the South African tour of Chicago that's in Germany this summer (and is excellent, by the way) and the new tour of Bodyguard. Clearly it would be nice for him to bring a big new original musical to London and possibly on tour to other places. Another producer is the Japanese Toho Company, who, I'm sure, are already planning a Tokyo production as well. These bland mainstream movie adaptations just seem to be created for a big international market straightaway, no matter how well they do on Broadway, unlike stuff like, Hamilton or Come From Away, that started as small shows of regional interest and due to simply being great, started to travel the world. Same could be said for Pretty Woman and Anastasia - neither has set Broadway on fire, but Stage Entertainment always co-produced with the aim to bring them to continental Europe. |
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