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Post by WireHangers on Jul 13, 2021 22:59:07 GMT
Got my tickets today! September 14th cannot come quick enough. It’ll be my first time in the Barbican and I’ve heard great things about the theatre itself so I’m very, very excited.
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Post by WireHangers on Jul 10, 2021 15:15:49 GMT
If you haven't seen it, a first look at the new production of Wicked in Germany. And thankfully no cherry picker
The video was included in a tweet
Here’s a link to a YouTube video of the trailer: I LOVE what they’ve done. It’s very similar to what I imagined Oz to look like from the Wicked books, it’s a very scary and totalitarian society. I’m obsessed with the way Elphaba flies and even the way she glides into Nessa’s room for that scene in Act Two. I’d absolutely love to see this production.
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Post by WireHangers on Jul 6, 2021 14:22:46 GMT
Has anyone seen or planning to see the latest tour? Quite keen to hear about it as it seems to have been given the Hairspray tour treatment and stripped right down to its bare bones.
The website seems to be a bit of a mess as well, no proper cast list and quite a lot of dates and venues missing from the booking page. The website is only selling tickets for English and one Welsh date. No Irish or Scottish dates seem to be available despite it being billed as a UK Tour.
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Post by WireHangers on Jul 5, 2021 13:21:02 GMT
It’s such a shame to see the show being cancelled. The performers and audience had a small taste of normality just for it all to be ripped away again.
I wonder how July 19th will affect everything once masks and social distancing stop being mandatory.
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Post by WireHangers on Jul 5, 2021 2:32:16 GMT
I’m seeing: Oleanna on September 13th. Anything Goes on September 14th. Hairspray on September 15th.
I could cry with excitement. The last time I was in a theatre was when SIX came to Edinburgh in February 2020. It’s been too long!
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Post by WireHangers on Jul 1, 2021 11:40:42 GMT
Meh. I’ll wait until the inevitable release of the filmed stage version.
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Post by WireHangers on Jul 1, 2021 11:25:14 GMT
Would be great to hear more detail from some of the 5 Star givers in the poll, just as some have asked of the 1 Star givers. Not compulsory on this board of course, but would be interesting as it's such a polarising show it seems. I gave Cinderella 5 stars simply because I loved every minute of both acts and will be back as soon as I can get a cheap ticket deal. I'm a simple soul at heart and I go to musical theatre purely to be entertained which I was from start to finish. I'm not particularly interested in the storyline or script or even who's in the cast and with the exceptions of Les Miserables and Miss Saigon I generally prefer light-hearted pieces and jukebox musicals. I just want good songs, a few laughs where appropriate, and hopefully a degree of wow factor. I got all of that from Cinderella. I thought Carrie was wonderful but so were the whole cast. Beyond that I couldn't analyse or criticise a show even if I was paid to do so and I admire posters who can and do, with perhaps one exception. Maybe that places me in a small minority at least on a forum like this, but it does mean I almost never leave a theatre disappointed. In 2019 I saw 290 shows, around 150 different - I know that's crazy/greedy but it's true and I started 2020 aiming for 300. Maybe in 2022 I'll make it. 90% were musical theatre, and I gave each a personal rating in my diary. There were only four all year that I didn't enjoy and wouldn't revisit. I'm happy to spend a lot of money and chip away at the kids' inheritance because I'm not getting any younger and the hours I spend in the front rows of theatres watching musicals, both professional and amateur, are the most joyous of my current life. Incidentally I got chatting to a lovely lady called Angela before the show yesterday, to whom I recommended theatre board. She had no idea it wasn't a traditional telling of Cinderella, made me wonder how many other attendees are similarly unaware and how they react. This review reminds me of something I haven’t thought of before. It’s something I’ll tell myself next time I don’t enjoy a show: while I obviously hope to enjoy every show I see I’d still prefer a bad experience at the theatre than no experience at all.
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Post by WireHangers on Jun 27, 2021 23:27:28 GMT
I don’t think Carrie Hope Fletcher comes across as likeable whatsoever. She seems like the kind of person who would be elitist and really mean behind the fake sugary sweet public persona.
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Post by WireHangers on Jun 27, 2021 23:23:27 GMT
Just booked a ticket for the 10th, first show after the lockdown. I have seen the touring version not the west end one before! Excited 😁 I’ve just booked for September 15th! Really splashed out on good seats because it’s been so bloody long. Cannot wait!
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Post by WireHangers on Jun 26, 2021 23:54:55 GMT
”In the other direction is the Millennium Bridge featured in the Harry Potter films, leading to the Tate Modern.
Speaking of Harry Potter, if you go to St Pancras station, you can see Platform 9 & 3/4.”
Funnily enough I was actually an extra in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince and I live in Fort William where a lot of the movies where filmed, including the Glenfinnan Viaduct which everyone called “the Harry Potter bridge”, so I’m a bit Harry Potter’d out.
The other suggestions are absolutely fab! I’ll definitely do a bit of research on them and add them to the list. Thanks so much!!
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Post by WireHangers on Jun 26, 2021 16:37:54 GMT
Finally getting to visit London from Scotland in September if all goes well. Other than seeing some shows we haven’t got much planned but I’d like to do some things that aren’t your typical tourist haunts.
Can anyone recommend any unique restaurants to eat at, interesting things to see or do, etc.
Also looking for suggestions to have pre-theatre dinner.
Much appreciated!
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Post by WireHangers on Jun 26, 2021 15:52:17 GMT
I have no inside information but it is cheap to put on (small cast/band/crew) and hugely popular so I can't imagine it won't find a home. Exactly what I thought! I assume once everything is a bit more settled a new home with be announced but it’s a bummer that performances are stopping just as theatre is starting back up again.
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Post by WireHangers on Jun 26, 2021 1:10:39 GMT
Is the show closing in August completely, or is it moving to a new home? Finally getting down to London in September and would love to see it.
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Post by WireHangers on May 18, 2020 11:19:12 GMT
...if she wasn’t happily settled in L.A. I’m sure she’ll go where the work is. Never even thought of Siobhan Dillon but she’d be a fantastic Jenna!
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Post by WireHangers on May 18, 2020 10:06:54 GMT
It's been announced that the Broadway production of this won't reopen after the lockdown. I suppose it's also likely the London production will be delayed? I did read that the Broadway production closed so other productions of the show could utilise the sets and costumes and save money. So there’s still a small hope that it’ll go ahead as normal.
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Post by WireHangers on Mar 29, 2020 10:43:16 GMT
Yes, I’m looking forward to Suzanne Shaw’s SUTBM a great deal. 😂 I heard it was Kym Marsh... Didn’t people on this board also say they’d heard it was Charity Dingle playing Jenna in the West End? I’ll wait for a casting announcement.
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Post by WireHangers on Feb 16, 2020 1:19:06 GMT
I’ve heard that Evelyn Hoskins is Scout.
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Post by WireHangers on Feb 14, 2020 18:20:41 GMT
Amber is confirmed. Also to star Louis Smith. Louis Smith is a really odd choice for a musical but I’ve seen just seen he’s playing Cameron which is a relatively small role. No doubt we’ll see him jumping all over the stage doing what he does best. Amber will be great. She played the same role during her time at Urdang.
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Post by WireHangers on Nov 2, 2019 1:51:13 GMT
So own your comment and explain it, rather than lobbing hand grenades into what is an otherwise civilised thread. Civilised? Lol. Don’t ever talk on behalf of another person.
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Post by WireHangers on Nov 2, 2019 1:49:52 GMT
Slightly off-topic but I'm really tickled by the thought of this visiting the normally safe, staid Yvonne Arnaud in Guildford - where of course it has sold out, not due to the venue but the show. The theatre won't know what has hit it and I'd love to see it thronged, for once, with a lively crowd of all ages; panto season is the only other time when the typcial audience varies and then it's more family-focused. The YA really needs to attract a more diverse audience so I hope this helps - though they will need more productions of the type likely to have that appeal if they are to build on it. They have recently revamped the membership scheme but it's still very old-fashioned and now costs twice as much for fewer benefits, so that won't help. Wonder if the show is having a galvanising effect at other tour locations?
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Post by WireHangers on Nov 2, 2019 1:48:54 GMT
Could you elaborate on it then? Well I’m glad someone asked... The Queens constant seem to play the roles as if they exclusively listen to gangster rap. Their body language seems to suggest they are inspired by RnB entirely. I’d have hoped for some sort of different characters since their audition calls for originality and uniqueness - yet every version of the characters seems to be the exact same.
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Post by WireHangers on Nov 2, 2019 1:43:33 GMT
I assumed everyone was on the same page with Whoopi in Sister Act. No one is expecting her to be good or to be convincing. It’s just going to be a once in a life time opportunity. It’s like if Patti decided to play Evita one more time. Maybe a better comparison would be Gloria Swanson reprising her role as Norma Desmond in the recording of the proposed musical Boulevard!. Iconic actress recreating iconic role in a musical. Get the CD of Boulevard! and see how well that worked out.... Where Bette and Joe had a happy ending once Norma gave them her blessing!? That’s another thing I’d pay to see! It’s a shame that never went anyway, nor did Sondhiem’s version. But yes, I understand that’s maybe a better comparison.
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Post by WireHangers on Oct 28, 2019 5:08:45 GMT
I assumed everyone was on the same page with Whoopi in Sister Act. No one is expecting her to be good or to be convincing. It’s just going to be a once in a life time opportunity. It’s like if Patti decided to play Evita one more time. Well I’m not on that page. however I’m not going to see it so I’ll stick with Brenda Edwards who I expect to be both good AND convincing. I look forward to referencing this travesty the next time someone wholly unsuitable gets cast for a musical by Bill Kenwright 🙂 I’ll hopefully catch Brenda when the show comes through Manchester or Glasgow. Thoroughly looking forward to seeing what she does with the role. As excited as I am to see Whoopi in the role I think Brenda deserves better than being demoted to alternate during the strange train wreck. I also feel bad for the tour’s Mother Superior, I assume Jennifer Saunders won’t be doing the tour, who will probably not have a role at all in the London run.
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Post by WireHangers on Oct 26, 2019 22:57:11 GMT
I think they mean that none of the Queens are girly pretty or sweetly singing a drippy ballad....like in a 1950’s musical. No victims here. You think wrong.
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Post by WireHangers on Oct 26, 2019 17:29:59 GMT
I assumed everyone was on the same page with Whoopi in Sister Act. No one is expecting her to be good or to be convincing. It’s just going to be a once in a life time opportunity. It’s like if Patti decided to play Evita one more time.
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