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Post by danb on Apr 27, 2024 13:04:57 GMT
I’d considered bobbing over to Oxford this afternoon to see this but its practically sold out, and whats left were all about £70 for not great views. Really pleased its doing so well. Guess I’ll just have to wait for Bristol in August.
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Post by danb on Apr 26, 2024 7:32:06 GMT
That’s a lot of quality bangers to fit into scenes 1 & 2!!! Have a feeling that spoiler only covers act two. No doubt whatever disastrous event closes act 1 will be labelled a ‘Tragedy’.
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Post by danb on Apr 25, 2024 18:45:50 GMT
That’s a lot of quality bangers to fit into scenes 1 & 2!!!
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Post by danb on Apr 25, 2024 15:24:55 GMT
There are a few singles dotted around the upper showing on delfont mackintosh?
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Post by danb on Apr 25, 2024 5:21:34 GMT
Has he got a deep, soul voice? Not unless his hair transplant did something strange to his voicebox.
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Post by danb on Apr 24, 2024 20:28:42 GMT
I can’t find my programme but remember that there were lots of different names though, including Tom Hanks & Rita Wilsons ‘Playtone’ and the Old Vic.
Edit: Longshot films, Antic productions, The Old Vic & Playtone.
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Post by danb on Apr 24, 2024 18:55:22 GMT
Someone mentioned on here before about the email that Bristol Old Vic had sent out and now the Harold Pinter is free.. I know that Sonia Friedman is attached to this project, as are ATG producers so would this be something to go into the HP? I mentioned this on another thread to see what other people thought but I don’t think anybody was that familiar with the musical to help out this idea? Not sure if it can be disproved as I’ve also heard of Ride going into this venue as well as In Clay or Bronco Billy? Another Bristol Old Vic production backed by Sonia Friedman went to the Harold Pinter: the play 'Dr Semmelweis'. Not really an indicator of anything, but....factual. lol Also ‘The Grinning Man’ a few years ago.
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Post by danb on Apr 24, 2024 16:51:03 GMT
A composer, high on MDMA, reads a chapter of Tolstoy's War & Peace, tells everyone "Hold my beer" and comes up with a crazy electropop adaptation that fuses synthizers with Russian folk music and the audience gets to eat Russian dumplings. Oh you are good! You should write the blurb on dvd cases (twenty years ago 😂).
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Post by danb on Apr 24, 2024 12:29:34 GMT
Wait for the usual suspects to tease this on the socials in 3…2…1… 3….2….1….weeks maybe 😂
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Post by danb on Apr 23, 2024 12:52:18 GMT
A lot of musicals haven't aged well like Flower Drum Song for example but some shows don't lend themselves to reinvention. But stuff like Chichesters ‘South Pacific’ dealt with its modernity problems by just telling the story clearly, and showing us all sides of the race issue (and by that frankly phenomenal cast acting the sh!t out of it).
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Post by danb on Apr 23, 2024 12:23:52 GMT
Drives me nuts. Who’s to say that it wasn’t the done thing to knock your woman about a bit in 1909 Maine to disguise your own failings and insecurities? Or more to the point what can we learn from a demonstration of this behaviour today as part of that story?
But if it doesn’t fit somebody’s narrow prescriptive version of what they think society should be like today, without acknowledging the rest of history before, they show themself as rather dim. We know what’s right & wrong, thanks. It doesn’t stop horror films or thrillers being entertaining, or people watching boxing etc.
Just re-read this and it sounds harsher than the point I’m trying to make. It isn’t ok to knock anyone about…
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Post by danb on Apr 23, 2024 7:20:51 GMT
The movement in ‘Tommy’ is something to behold. Its worth seeing just for the choreo, which is a bizarre thing to say about a rock musical.
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Post by danb on Apr 22, 2024 21:06:30 GMT
Ordered! ☕️
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Post by danb on Apr 22, 2024 16:28:23 GMT
Oh wowsers! Shaun Tossel just revealed that this is doing an international tour starting in the UK!!! If only we’d known this a week or so ago. 😂 It’s like being gaslit by the internet. Was it 'BREAKING NEWS'? No, just plain old (yesterdays) NEWS.
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Post by danb on Apr 21, 2024 17:56:51 GMT
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Post by danb on Apr 21, 2024 15:54:06 GMT
What is the music like, in this musical? With ‘2 Strangers’ showing how relatively strong a new score can be I think that that these other quirky, smaller shows will need to raise their game. A high concept or existing IP is one thing, but they’re nothing without at least a couple of strong original songs.
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Post by danb on Apr 21, 2024 14:19:25 GMT
If my memory of ‘Les Liasons Dangereuse’ serve me well neither Valmont nor Merteuil have happy endings? He dies and she gets smallpox!
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Post by danb on Apr 21, 2024 12:39:16 GMT
Shows about people behaving normally and nicely to each other, without conflict, are really interesting. 🙄 If there are visible consequences for wrong doing I can’t really see the problem.
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Post by danb on Apr 21, 2024 7:29:36 GMT
Oh wowsers! Shaun Tossel just revealed that this is doing an international tour starting in the UK!!! If only we’d known this a week or so ago. 😂 It’s like being gaslit by the internet.
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Post by danb on Apr 20, 2024 20:13:44 GMT
Looks like a deep fake edit of the original trailer. There has been no talk of this being made. He’s got his armour on from the Henry Vth thing he did, and they are assorted Zendaya images from across her career. Edit: it was a superbowl ad from this year. I hope you're right- because the original should not be touched! Just out of curiosity, an add for what? I don’t know. I just you tubed ‘Edward Scissorhands’ 2025 and the superbowl ad came up.
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Post by danb on Apr 20, 2024 18:40:20 GMT
Looks like a deep fake edit of the original trailer. There has been no talk of this being made. He’s got his armour on from the Henry Vth thing he did, and they are assorted Zendaya images from across her career.
Edit: it was a superbowl ad from this year.
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Post by danb on Apr 20, 2024 13:38:00 GMT
Not that I have seen but it is always on the ‘Get into London’ theatre thing.
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Post by danb on Apr 19, 2024 17:42:58 GMT
Exactly. We can bemoan things that we like not finding an audience, or compare them to their replacements, but the numbers don’t lie. Our critical minds mean nothing if nobody is interested in the product. Big names guarantee nothing; Michaels Ball & Crawford have both had Shaftesbury Avenue flops recently and now Sheridan.
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Post by danb on Apr 19, 2024 14:53:03 GMT
I’m just pleased that the 101D tour is bypassing Bristol so we aren’t clogged up with another week of tat!
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Post by danb on Apr 19, 2024 13:02:39 GMT
I think what's happened here is exactly how I feel about the state of London theatre in general. New work like Opening Night that is (in my eyes) bold and fresh can't succeed and we have to endure rubbish like 2:22 and Heathers until the end of time. Sidenote: I read an article the other day complaining about how millennial tastes/nostalgia has a chokehold over the TV/theatre getting produced and prominence right now. Heathers, Mean Girls etc etc. It’s down to who is buying theatre tickets at the moment though surely? Heathers & Mean Girls are not new properties by any means, but obviously key into a cash rich theatregoing generation. As theatrefan62 said the previous generation were all about the jukebox musicals. At least the current crop are keen to grab hold of the new like ‘Hadestown’ & ‘The Little Big Things’ showing that they aren’t completely governed by ‘teen girl theatre’. ‘Bold & Fresh’ is another mans bete noir. 2:22 is just another ‘bought & paid for’ production that can be thrown up at a moments notice, just like ‘Heathers’ at very minimal expense & technical demand, to fill a gap.
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Post by danb on Apr 19, 2024 11:34:51 GMT
(For what it's worth) are you all familiar with Kristina? It was Benny & Bjorn's next musical after Chess. It took some time as after Chess I guess their focus was on the Mamma Mia! musical. It's about the Swede's immigrating to America. It's not as 'rock' based as Chess. It's more choral. One or two really stand out numbers! There was a concert version of this at the Royal Albert Hall over 10 years ago now, starring Russell Watson. I’ve never listened to it but perhaps I should. Thanks for the recommendation. Is it in English or Swedish (or both)?
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Post by danb on Apr 19, 2024 10:37:23 GMT
Anyway. I’d love to see this. One of the best MT scores of all time. Agreed. Musically, it’s a masterpiece.
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Post by danb on Apr 18, 2024 15:22:47 GMT
How long is this show?
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Post by danb on Apr 18, 2024 15:20:02 GMT
This. It can’t be long.
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Post by danb on Apr 18, 2024 12:07:24 GMT
The ‘Next To Normal’ section was great. Gave a good cross section of the show (although perhaps a little ‘light’). It has made me want to see it, and Jack Wolfe is a total star. If they bring ‘Tommy’ over here from Broadway he would be my choice for the lead.
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