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Post by partytentdown on Mar 16, 2022 11:11:59 GMT
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Post by Peter on Mar 16, 2022 11:41:45 GMT
I’ve waited so long for this! Very happy memories of seeing the original London production multiple times… Wonder what combination of songs they are going to use? I remember hearing about backstage tensions at the time (though it was never evident on stage) and by all accounts the second cast were a much happier bunch.
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Post by macksennett on Mar 16, 2022 11:44:50 GMT
Can’t wait to see it again. I hope Maria reinstates Loose Ends (which was originally her big second act solo) - it was cut from subsequent productions and I always miss it.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 16, 2022 12:10:10 GMT
Merged
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Post by anthony40 on Mar 16, 2022 13:16:58 GMT
I saw the original production at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
At the time it was my first solo trip to Europe alone and (again, at the time) I had managed to pre-book my ticket from Australia 🇦🇺 on this new thing called the Internet. I was amazed that I was able to do so.
I have the cast recording and still have pretty vivid memories of most of the show- not all, but most.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Mar 16, 2022 13:24:52 GMT
I hope Rosie Ashe is back for this. She is always great value.
I very much enjoyed the original production. There are some great tunes. The plot is a bit creaky but it is still entertaining
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Post by partytentdown on Mar 16, 2022 14:32:04 GMT
Any got a sense of how well this is selling?
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Post by sprampster on Mar 16, 2022 14:36:53 GMT
TICKET PRICES £85.00 £65.00 PREMIUM TICKETS £175.00 £125.00
Would say looking at plans. 50% of Stalls and Dress Circle have gone. Grand Circle still loads of seats and seats at all prices available
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Post by partytentdown on Mar 16, 2022 16:37:10 GMT
£65 is the cheapest? Blimey.
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Post by fiyerorocher on Mar 16, 2022 16:38:07 GMT
£65 is the cheapest? Blimey. £35 up in the gods is the cheapest, I believe
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Post by Being Alive on Mar 16, 2022 16:47:57 GMT
I got in for £35
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Post by alece10 on Mar 16, 2022 17:01:08 GMT
I'm away then so won't be able to go which is a shame as I really enjoyed seeing the show at Drury Lane. Mind you I don't remember too much apart from the flying and a song about washing.
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Post by danb on Mar 16, 2022 17:10:36 GMT
Yes! ‘Dirty Laundry’ is the only song that has stayed the course for me.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Mar 16, 2022 20:08:08 GMT
Giles Tererra is SO wrong for this.
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Post by theoracle on Mar 16, 2022 22:11:04 GMT
Well, Cameron Mackintosh has managed to make his way into my savings... Can't believe this is being announced day after Sondheim's Old Friends. Nevertheless, I'm very excited to see this and to hear this score live and what a treat to have it take place a few days after my birthday. I would've loved to have seen Joanna Riding but alas, I was too young for this - hopefully Maria Friedman will bring back some original cast members for an encore or something.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Mar 17, 2022 7:01:47 GMT
Well, Cameron Mackintosh has managed to make his way into my savings... Can't believe this is being announced day after Sondheim's Old Friends. Nevertheless, I'm very excited to see this and to hear this score live and what a treat to have it take place a few days after my birthday. I would've loved to have seen Joanna Riding but alas, I was too young for this - hopefully Maria Friedman will bring back some original cast members for an encore or something. Joanna Riding was a revelation in this, and I’m not just talking about her abs. I feel the show was massively underrated but sadly opening it at Drury Lane sunk it. It just wasn’t a big enough show to fill that theatre. It was a much tighter show at the Prince of Wales but sadly as they rushed it in there, it looked cheap as chips.
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Post by Peter on Mar 17, 2022 9:53:54 GMT
Well, Cameron Mackintosh has managed to make his way into my savings... Can't believe this is being announced day after Sondheim's Old Friends. Nevertheless, I'm very excited to see this and to hear this score live and what a treat to have it take place a few days after my birthday. I would've loved to have seen Joanna Riding but alas, I was too young for this - hopefully Maria Friedman will bring back some original cast members for an encore or something. Joanna Riding was a revelation in this, and I’m not just talking about her abs. I feel the show was massively underrated but sadly opening it at Drury Lane sunk it. It just wasn’t a big enough show to fill that theatre. It was a much tighter show at the Prince of Wales but sadly as they rushed it in there, it looked cheap as chips. I remember there was a rumour at the time (probably apocryphal!) that it was penciled in for the Prince Edward but the 'filler show' that took the theatre in 1999 did slightly better than expected and so Witches moved to Drury Lane!
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Post by partytentdown on Mar 17, 2022 10:09:44 GMT
V short queue for tickets. Prices seem quite extravagant but hey-ho.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Mar 17, 2022 17:28:53 GMT
Id have thought this would be ripe for a regional full revival. I've always expected Curve to do it but nothing seems doing.
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Post by theoracle on Mar 17, 2022 18:28:23 GMT
Indeed, demand was lower than anticipated. No £1k tickets here but plenty of tickets still available compared to the Sondheim show. I was no41 in the queue when I logged in at 10:02am and bagged a nice premium seat in the stalls. I was also in a meeting at the time and pretending to be typing notes whilst I entered my card details haha.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2022 19:56:32 GMT
The trouble for me is that these concerts are always midweek. Never going to happen for me.
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Post by matty on Mar 17, 2022 20:04:20 GMT
Had this on my list for ages, so glad ill get to see it, even if it is just in concert.
Any sense of whether this will be more like Bonnie & Clyde in Concert or more like Camelot in Concert?
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Post by theatremiss on Mar 17, 2022 20:28:32 GMT
Got a couple of seats in the DC. I hope they cast better than Terrera for the female leads
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Post by actorsinger on Mar 17, 2022 21:34:32 GMT
I hope they’ve got someone on standby for him as he seems to pull out of most jobs…
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Post by lilyshepard on Mar 18, 2022 12:19:08 GMT
Anyone know how old the three are meant to be. Heard rumours about Carrie Hope Fletcher but thought she might be a bit young?
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Post by horton on Mar 18, 2022 12:33:13 GMT
Joanna Riding was a revelation in this, and I’m not just talking about her abs. I feel the show was massively underrated but sadly opening it at Drury Lane sunk it. It just wasn’t a big enough show to fill that theatre. It was a much tighter show at the Prince of Wales but sadly as they rushed it in there, it looked cheap as chips. I remember there was a rumour at the time (probably apocryphal!) that it was penciled in for the Prince Edward but the 'filler show' that took the theatre in 1999 did slightly better than expected and so Witches moved to Drury Lane! I believe this was true.
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Post by horton on Mar 18, 2022 12:34:09 GMT
But Michael Crawford was the original star until... creative differences.
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Post by Peter on Mar 18, 2022 19:44:19 GMT
Anyone know how old the three are meant to be. Heard rumours about Carrie Hope Fletcher but thought she might be a bit young? Possibly for Jennifer? I would say the Witches need to be (and look) much older - mid 30s and upwards. Very curious to see who they get! But Michael Crawford was the original star until... creative differences. I remember that - think it was reported on Playbill Online at the time, but obviously changed before the formal casting announcement. From the rumours of the level of creative control he subsequently got on Dance of the Vampires, I can’t imagine Cameron would have allowed it…
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Post by Being Alive on Mar 18, 2022 20:43:42 GMT
Genuinely can't think of anything id like to see less really than Carrie doing Waiting for the Music to Begin.
Would honestly love to have Jo Riding, Josefina Gabrielle and Rebecca Thornhill all come back and play the roles 20 years on
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Post by ThereWillBeSun on Mar 19, 2022 14:21:12 GMT
I did the show almost 10 years ago so for me, it is a very personal connection. I have booked and really looking forward to this!
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