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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 29, 2024 13:54:11 GMT
Alfie Boe has just been on BBC Breakfast and said it's ok to sing along at the theatre. Here we go again... Well it's a distraction from his terrible acting
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 27, 2024 11:48:30 GMT
I hope they announce something soon
Anyone heard anything ?
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 27, 2024 9:12:24 GMT
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 26, 2024 17:45:58 GMT
Has anyone visited, if so what's it like ?
I see it is based in the Prince of Wales pub and they also serve dinner. The food option is not mandatory (take note Mill at Sonning!). If you dine then you get a table seat and it's bog standard seats for everyone else.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 25, 2024 19:08:56 GMT
Im getting impression its ok for an AD to direct but not to star ?
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 25, 2024 8:40:45 GMT
Good points showgirl. No reason whys shows can't start at 1 and again at 5 on a lot of weekends and yes that means Sundays!
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 24, 2024 15:02:39 GMT
Paige was also terrible when i saw it also. The piece was fun but i can see why it hasnt taken off.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 23, 2024 17:25:37 GMT
I don't get the anti American mindset from some people. Are we suggesting that no new American plays can debut at the National or banning American classics? Im all for american plays, shame we dont get an equal share of other plays from the accross the globe. The US leads with musicals but with other forms of theatre i think not
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 22, 2024 15:43:09 GMT
I wonder what will go into Drury Lane when Frozen leaves. Such a wonderful venue but a big one to fill! I think the west end needs a third production of Oedipus
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 22, 2024 14:17:19 GMT
I wonder what will go into Drury Lane when Frozen leaves. Such a wonderful venue but a big one to fill! Sweeney Todd with josh groban would be nice. Although i suspect for a very short run it were to happen.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 22, 2024 12:29:36 GMT
Looking at the performance schedule for Ben and Imo & Dream and i am unable to see any sunday matinées for either. Shame as this would make the organisation more accessible. Although sunday trains can be a nightmare ...
How well attended are the Stratford performances? And do they need to think about connecting trains etc or can they unfortunately, just carry on as usual?
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 22, 2024 12:07:29 GMT
Thur - Le Strada Fri - Elektra
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 19, 2024 11:28:57 GMT
You might also want to stay away from the Kiss me kate thread
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 17, 2024 10:27:56 GMT
from my point of view, most broadway and west plays and musicals still dont appeal. Even if they were cheaper i doubt i would be partaking. Im much happier on the fringe or watching something arty!
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 17, 2024 9:53:58 GMT
Some of us might have seen Adrian Dunbar in the musical Lady in the Dark with Maria Friedman at the National Theatre in 1997... presuming it's the same person! I can't recall how much he sang in that - will have to dig the cast recording out later. I forgot AD was in that, the cast recording is stunning and I'll have listen later on. Im guessing the older man casting will be a metaphor for dated sexist attitudes ?
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 14, 2024 9:24:30 GMT
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 12, 2024 17:59:29 GMT
Good snooping alicechallice, Im impressed
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 12, 2024 9:10:36 GMT
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 11, 2024 16:30:15 GMT
3* from Arifa in the Guardian, who seems to have been the only critic who liked it within reason. Her reviews startle me
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 11, 2024 10:39:57 GMT
Thanks for those links. Ive read it. What a great man? And arent we lucky that the two of them met?
... i now cant wait for Night Music
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 11, 2024 9:30:20 GMT
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 11, 2024 9:28:00 GMT
Thanks for posting.
I cant read anymore free articles - anyone know the site you can read it via? Please and ta
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 10, 2024 8:30:33 GMT
I really liked Penelope but the play itself was to me forgettable fluff.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 7, 2024 8:59:22 GMT
Wow.what a night. Loved it. My Mum said it was the best thing she has ever seen.
Standing ovations aplenty. Bows for the technical crew
Also, full praise to the disability access ushers, who really supported Mum (and her crutches) without us even having to ask.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 6, 2024 11:59:24 GMT
I'm hoping someone will pick up the new Sondheim, Here We Are. Wouldn't that be a great way for Tim Sheader to start his Donmar stint? Or for Michael Longhurst to end his? Mendes started his Donmar reign with the European premiere of Assassins, so HWA would be good follow-up for Sheader. He is a director with an imagination and I'd love to see what he would do with it
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 6, 2024 9:21:37 GMT
Ive always loved PO. i find its score beautifully hynoptic, yup the book is slow but also mightily ambitious. I like the 2017 changes as it really does focus you on the binary views of the protagonists. The programme essay by Weidman is well worth reading. At the MCF from the middle of row C you miss most of the projections and if a character sits or kneels then forget it. Didnt they think to raise the stage? A small proportion of the cast have poor diction. The mix of the band is poor / muddled, i would of like to picked out individual instruments. The direction is not particularly focussed or inspiring. The set is glossy but nothing more. Tree and Pretty Lady stood out as highlights. Im going back next month and im sitting on the front row hopefully I'll be able to see it all and enjoy it more. I went back last night with low expectations and enjoyed it a lot more, noticing and appreciting things i missed before. Sitting on the front row on the ' audience entry side' we were to see and hear everything perfectly. The orchestrations sound truly gorgeous. I enjoyed it. *sorry for quoting myself but thought it was a good way to balance my previously negative post*
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 5, 2024 11:43:02 GMT
The deaths of david kernan and Glynis has made it quite a week
"And a person shall celebrate everything passing by"
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 5, 2024 7:07:31 GMT
British irony doesn't always come across well online. I think you’re right @talkpaul. I didn’t think steve10086 was being ironic. According to Wikipedia ( en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_National_Day) England doesn’t have an official national day. Do English people find it funny that Americans get so patriotic about July 4th? I dont find it funny but i do find it funny that some Brits go crazy for the royal family. At least the 4th July is deemed for everybody and not just some privileged folk in royal palaces.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 3, 2024 18:52:07 GMT
Any more news on a cast recording? I wish!
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 3, 2024 17:30:38 GMT
The last 45+ mins of Here we are has no singing Did it bother you that it had no singing for 45 minutes at the end or at least did it seem like something was missing? I would of preferred it to be sung, as I loved the score until it stopped singing. Some of the spoken moments really cry out for a Move On type song. Also, the book gets a bit repetitive so I struggled to love it overall.
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