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Post by viserys on Apr 19, 2019 14:34:30 GMT
It won't be happening until autumn 2020.
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Post by viserys on Apr 17, 2019 6:04:19 GMT
Not exactly an original story as it's a rip-off of Dangerous Liaisons.
The last thing I (personally) need is yet another musical set among bitchy American high schoolers. Luckily the 90s pop doesn't do anything at all for me so unless they cast someone I'd really really love to see, I'll give this a pass.
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Post by viserys on Apr 17, 2019 5:51:40 GMT
I'll be seeing Beetlejuice next Tuesday. Very excited. Even if it's not a "great" musical, it looks amazing and should be very entertaining and honestly, that'll do for me. Plus Sophia Anne Caruso. Loved her in Lazarus, glad to see her shine in a big lead.
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Post by viserys on Apr 16, 2019 8:17:56 GMT
Indeed, it's mostly about the loss of history and a building that is literally at the heart of Paris and watched over Paris for centuries. I'm not a very churchy person, but I felt Notre Dame had a very special atmosphere. Even when it's rebuilt (and I'm sure it will be rebuild), it's still a sad loss. Considering I live in a town where the cathedral has been been the heart of the city for centuries, too, forming much of the town's identity, I don't want to know how I'd feel if our cathedral was in flames. Let's also not forget that Paris has been suffering a lot in recent years from the terrorist attack on the Bataclan to the mindless violence and distruction of militant Yellow Vests. The town deserves a break!
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Post by viserys on Apr 16, 2019 6:07:30 GMT
I used to buy a lot of souvenir brochures in the early days (80s-90s) too, then stopped. Main difference for me is the arrival of the internet. "Back in the days" the souvenir brochures were often the only way to have nice glossy colour photos of the shows themselves and the cast, plus some interesting background reading. These days both are available readily on the internet. On the rare occasions I did buy a brochure, I'd flip through it, then it went to gather dust somewhere. Not worth the price for me.
I still religiously buy programmes though, partly I feel semi-obligated towards the cast to know who they are (and years later it's often fun to flip through older ones and realize who you've seen before they were famous) and partly it's just such a great collection now.
I wonder if they're not missing a merchandise trick by selling single beautiful photos/prints (perhaps even signed) that fans could put on their walls and frame. My Bat brochure gathers dust with the rest, but I would have loved to have 1-2 photos from it framed on my wall. Many years ago at Rent they sold signed colour photos of Adam Pascal. Since I'm not a stage-door goer/fan mail writer I was very happy to get a signed photo that way.
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Post by viserys on Apr 15, 2019 10:42:45 GMT
The cynic in me thought one scene was there primarily for the dragon flying virtual reality ride in a Game of Thrones theme park. I thought EXACTLY the same - "this is a theme park rollercoaster waiting to happen" Otherwise I'm content. Didn't mind the slow build-up as I needed to remind myself of everything that had last happened where and when and between who. And yes, it's only Cersei and Euron in Kings Landing now. But the way she smirked when Qyburn told her that the Wall had been breached, makes me think that she'll just wait until everyone in the North and the Dead have decimated and destroyed each other, then casually stroll up north to clean up. It's what I'd do anyway, in her position.
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Post by viserys on Apr 14, 2019 18:52:50 GMT
#teamcersei
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Post by viserys on Apr 13, 2019 13:04:40 GMT
Dude
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Post by viserys on Apr 13, 2019 12:00:34 GMT
Alas, indeed. Maybe I can persuade Andy Karl to take his top off at Pretty Woman at least That said, I hear it's not entirely dead yet, so who knows.
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Post by viserys on Apr 11, 2019 16:02:20 GMT
Oh guys, stop posting here, everytime the thread is updated, my heart stops a bit because I expect news for a new UK Tour/London production That said, it IS a cool photo. I don't think we'll ever see the like of that complete theatre overhaul again. And I agree, standing room at the back for a fiver was great
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Post by viserys on Apr 8, 2019 13:15:20 GMT
It would be a good one to bring in late this year if Pretty Woman won't make it. It will appeal to the "elder female crowd" who have little interest in all the American teenybopper shows like Evan Hansen and Mean Girls, the similarly constructed &Juliet and the family-orientated Mary Poppins. And before you jump me, I consider myself part of that elder female crowd I have booked DEH due to the subject much more than the noisy music and can't muster any interest in either Mean Girls or &Juliet. I'd welcome a truly romantic love story between actual adults, ideally with a properly romantic score.
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Post by viserys on Apr 7, 2019 18:35:32 GMT
I'm very pleased for once - 99% I lose out when it comes to interesting stuff on TV because I'm stuck outside the UK's borders, but tonight I can actually watch the Oliviers' livestream on Facebook Quite content with the results so far...
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Post by viserys on Apr 6, 2019 12:24:24 GMT
Also while we're posting Bat news, it appears to be closing in Oberhausen as a new show is going into that theatre in the autumn. Not a new show unfortunately, just the 10642th time the bloody Vampires being resurrected.
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Post by viserys on Apr 4, 2019 7:45:15 GMT
According to an interview with the producer the show will be shortened a bit and they'll add Winston Churchill as a character for more local flair. He is also quoted as saying that he thinks the show will have universal appeal just like Les Miserables doesn't only speak to French people. Which is true, but Les Mis has a terrific score, while SvO has perhaps 2-3 moderately decent songs
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Post by viserys on Apr 3, 2019 14:03:24 GMT
I think the weird location is due to the fact that they use a real plane for the last scene, so the plane has to be wheeled in from somewhere... City Airport will be perfect.
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Post by viserys on Apr 3, 2019 13:00:00 GMT
Haha, I was just wondering whether to open a thread for this. English-language website is here: www.soldieroforange.com/While I thought it was terrific in Katwijk, I just don't think it will have the same kind of resonance for a British audience and the gimmicky rotating auditorium alone (great as it was) won't shift tickets. And what of the location in the Docklands?! I wish the show well, but I think the whole idea is a bit bonkers.
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Post by viserys on Mar 29, 2019 16:38:10 GMT
Thanks! Seems like it, going by pictures online. Gorgeous indeed!
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Post by viserys on Mar 28, 2019 19:48:09 GMT
I know it's a very long shot, but does anyone know what theatre was used to film the scenes where Damon goes to the ballet in ep.2? It looks so much nicer than any Broadway theatre I have been in!
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Post by viserys on Mar 26, 2019 12:05:33 GMT
Whatever you do, stay for act two. Better yet, COME for act two. The show really only gets good when it stops trying to tell a story and goes into a 20 minute Whitney tribute with her greatest hits at the end.
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Post by viserys on Mar 26, 2019 7:31:35 GMT
Yes, of the many disasters when I was growing up the Herald of Free Enterprise was the one that scared me the most. Don't know why, possibly because it would happen so slowly? I remember that one quite well, because I was at an impressionable age and it happend only 1-2 weeks before my first-ever trip to England on a school exchange thing. I remember us standing at the back of the ferry, looking to see "if it would close properly" (as if we could have told!). Accompanied my mother on a few cruises in the last years and never felt at ease in the cabin - not sure if "Titanic" is to blame or just a general feeling of unease. And it kinda boggles me to see all those very old people tottering about on walking frames or even in wheelchairs and that cruises are marketed directly to them, as if a ship, in case of emergency, couldn't become a death trap when you can't walk to safety quickly especially today's massively oversized cruise ships with +6000 passengers....
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Post by viserys on Mar 23, 2019 19:10:56 GMT
Thanks for the info! I'll be going for a Wednesday matinee, so hopefully two sets of rush seats mean better availability. But will try to be there by 9am then. Problem is I have to trundle in from the suburbs... I rushed it back in November and was about eighth in line I think, and I only got there at 9.15 (it was a two show day). Ended up with the centre aisle seat of one of the side blocks which was a great view once I found a booster seat (they keep them in the corridor at the back of the orchestra and you just help yourself, in case you are as vertically challenged as me)! Oh, good to know. Since the first off-peak train won't get into Grand Central till 10.11 for me, which is certainly too late, it doesn't really matter, when exactly I go, but this gives me more wiggle room. And will look out for the booster seats
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Post by viserys on Mar 23, 2019 13:45:20 GMT
Thanks for the info! I'll be going for a Wednesday matinee, so hopefully two sets of rush seats mean better availability. But will try to be there by 9am then. Problem is I have to trundle in from the suburbs...
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Post by viserys on Mar 23, 2019 13:10:36 GMT
When did you go to the box office for your rush ticket? I'm planning to do the same next month, would love to end up in the front row
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Post by viserys on Mar 20, 2019 9:36:02 GMT
I agree, love it, when young newcomers get such a chance to shine, it's how a new generation of "stars" is born anyway!
Since Joseph is overall a very hammy show, I don't think JD can do much damage here!
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Post by viserys on Mar 19, 2019 17:33:08 GMT
Awww, thanks, hun. Don't forget to mention me in your Tony Award speech!
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Post by viserys on Mar 18, 2019 16:56:57 GMT
Mormons at my doorstep confirmed - just two weeks in Cologne in November, which doesn't strike me as much, but perhaps they want to test the waters and see how this will be selling at all.
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Post by viserys on Mar 18, 2019 16:20:09 GMT
It’s a quiet time of year generally for west end show ticket sale and I read April is the quietest month of all (unless this is no longer the case) so I think, generally, things won’t start picking up until late spring / summer 👍 Hopefully so, though last year the crazy "super summer" began in May, making a dent in sales. I also wonder how the ongoing Brexit fuss is affecting tourism at least from the EU. I know Germans love to take their "German angst" to the next level with everything, but I've heard of people not booking trips to London at the moment because they aren't sure how Brexit might affect them/passport control/etc. But let's remain positive
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Post by viserys on Mar 18, 2019 7:25:53 GMT
I’ve just come out from the evening showing of this. Just increadible. For once I seem to have no words... We were at the same performance then! I can't add much to all the things that have been said already - this is a small gem of a show with a huge heart. The music may not be to everyone's taste (and I wouldn't play it on the loop the way I play my favorite shows) but it just fits this show and setting perfectly. I definitely prefer it to the many generic pop scores of recent years. Just like Hamilton, Come From Away feels like a show that was created with proper passion and great care by its writers, not a boardroom decision "let's see which old movie/pop star we can rehash into a musical next to make money" which has been all too present in recent years. And I think that "heart" really comes through in the music, the storytelling, the lyrics and the well-crafted characters. Even if they don't have all that much to say/sing, even short appearances are striking, such as the Muslim chef. Who was, in my opinion, also proof that the show isn't all happiness, both in how he was treated and how he later mentions his daughter being scared to go to school now. Another thing that struck me is how, with about 99% of shows, you can feel a lot for the characters you watch on stage, but they are rarely ever "you". This felt different as in that we all have been on planes at some point and it could have been any of us on one of those planes, stranded in a foreign place, relying on the kindness of strangers (I saw on that info board outside the stalls that among the stranded planes was LH400 Frankfurt-New York, which I'll be on next month...) and would hope to be received the way Gander received the world. I hope that it will find its feet sales-wise as word of mouth begins to spread and tourism will begin to pick up when it gets warmer (I found London surprisingly empty this weekend).
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Post by viserys on Mar 16, 2019 7:18:38 GMT
Saw this on Thursday, liked it very much. Felt a bit like a typical American prison drama movie to me, but lots of fodder for thought and amazing performances by the two leads.
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Post by viserys on Mar 16, 2019 7:16:33 GMT
This is very much an international tour by now, also going to the Netherlands (Amsterdam), Switzerland (Zürich) and Denmark (Aarhus).
I had anticipated an announcement for Germany for a while now. As it‘s co-produced by BB Promotion here, I expect it to come to Cologne and the Musical Dome here, much like the UK Tour of Miss Saigon that was just here. Very excited too, that‘s at least one big musical hit of recent years Stage Entertainment can‘t ruin with their mix of awful translations, questionable casting and ludicrous prices.
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