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Post by schuttep on Mar 16, 2017 9:47:11 GMT
I've got the Shakespeare canon (all the attributed ones) but I want to get them performed by the RSC (I have only Pericles to go) as I think the RSC are the best (followed by the NT, with whom I have about half).
I also have all the available Sondheims except You're Gonna Love Tomorrow and Sondheim on Sondheim (although I believe this was based on Moving' On which I saw at The Bridewell). The Frogs was previously done as a concert performance at the Barbican Cinema 1 on 9 August 1998. Stephanie Beacham narrated. I'm seeing the Jermyn St one on 23 March.
I am also collecting the Agatha Christie plays but this has slowed down since Mr Kenwright abandoned his attempt to do them. Love From a Stranger is my next one next year at the Royal and Derngate, Northampton.
I'm also going for Ibsen, Chekhov and Brecht but they are taking ages to collect as the most popular ones are done mostly (surprise, surprise!)
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Post by schuttep on Mar 8, 2017 10:31:52 GMT
Tom89 - thanks for the link to the comic book boxes. I'll certainly have a look into them.
Muji also do a mix of sizes of binders and boxes at competitive prices.
Disclaimer: other outlets are available.
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Post by schuttep on Mar 8, 2017 10:21:39 GMT
As we seem to have moved away from spoken(?) vows to songs to sing, I'll suggest one I did on the previous board: "In Whatever Time We Have" from Children of Eden.
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Post by schuttep on Mar 8, 2017 10:14:42 GMT
Why can't we simply discuss calmly things that might p**s us off without getting defensive or turning the conversation personal. We should rise above the Trump syndrome. It's possible, although I do understand feelings sometimes get in the way.
I, for one, am pleased this thread started.
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Post by schuttep on Mar 1, 2017 16:05:58 GMT
Daniel - I preferred your original quote with money being the route of all evil - it works a treat!
I worked a lower paid job I quite liked for 38 years in order to get the decent pension that went with it. Now I'm really happy!
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Post by schuttep on Mar 1, 2017 16:00:00 GMT
With respect, daniel- judging from your photograph- you look to be the age of audiences that have been brought up on standing ovations, so I'm really not surprised you have the views you do. I think the point that I was making in my first post was that standing ovations seem to have become the norm, and because of this they have lost that very special feeling- shared by the audience and the performers- that they once had. They used to be given fairly rarely for that extra special something you can't quite put your finger on- anything from witnessing a truly amazing show for the very first time, a sensational performance in a particularly demanding role, or even for a performer/understudy who has stepped in and saved the day as in Elisa's post above. I'm not angry or upset about it. I'm not doubting actors are flattered by a standing ovation; but I reckon they know when it's truly deserved and when it's given as a matter of course. Judging from your photograph, Caiaphas, you must be around 2000 years old - much like me. I agree totally with what you say. I will stand and ovate where it's merited - and an understudy doing a great job is often merited. Otherwise a performance has to be on the scale of Denise Gough in People, Places and Things (they happen once in a blue moon).
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Post by schuttep on Mar 1, 2017 10:01:50 GMT
foxa - L-O-V-E the "Take Away" idea for a review. More, please!
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Post by schuttep on Mar 1, 2017 9:57:38 GMT
When will they announce the Christmas musical? There'll be a show before that, won't there? Question is - play or musical as they often alternate. But, like you, I can't wait to know what the festive fare will be.
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Post by schuttep on Feb 23, 2017 9:22:33 GMT
I really despise the Festival Theatre as it's so vast Its capacity is 1206, so much the same as the Aldwych, Barbican, Cambridge, Her Majesty's, Olivier, Open Air, Piccadilly, Prince of Wales, and Savoy, and much less then the Adelphi, Apollo Victoria, Dominion, Drury Lane, Palladium, Lyceum, Palace, Prince Edward, Shaftesbury, and Victoria Palace. I don't mind it at all, although I wouldn't want to sit in the side stage seats. I must say I'm really happy at this season's announcement, much as I am with the new National season, as it means I don't have to book anything! And, with Chichester, pay for the train, hotel, meals etc. [Sigh of relief]. That said, I hope next year is better.
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Post by schuttep on Feb 7, 2017 16:00:48 GMT
I miss Dress Circle. A little piece of me died when that store shut down. Me too. And I got a lot of signed CDs I don't seem to get any more e.g. Divorce Me Darling, (signed by Liliane Montevecchi, Linzi Hateley, Marti Webb, and the late, great Sandy Wilson) anyone?
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Post by schuttep on Feb 3, 2017 12:07:30 GMT
Is booking open ? Can't find the link on the DMT site Perhaps DMT members still booking?
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Post by schuttep on Feb 2, 2017 14:31:45 GMT
I saw this tonight and can agree that this is not a great musical, and doesn't have a large dramatic arc to hold everyone's interest. So not without flaws as a show (perhaps the feel is and sound is a bit too 'samey' from beginning to end. Totally agree - and I liked it as well, although I did feel like I was being battered to death by the belting of the songs as if each was a showstopper. And why did they shine lights directly into the audience on two occasions, making it impossible to see what was happening on stage?
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Post by schuttep on Feb 1, 2017 9:44:28 GMT
Booking's been open since just before 9 at least...
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Post by schuttep on Feb 1, 2017 9:40:27 GMT
So, another 12th Night to add to the National Theatre's. Don't they co-ordinate?!
And another Christmas Carol after the West End version Christmas 2015 and the multitude done year after year before that...
Apart from that, a decent announcement.
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Post by schuttep on Feb 1, 2017 9:32:45 GMT
Aaaah, kids. Can't boil 'em, can't fry 'em.
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Post by schuttep on Jan 31, 2017 15:54:15 GMT
I used to buy a programme every time I went to the theatre. But if I'd kept them all since 1974 I'd have no space.
Now I buy RSC, National and RC play texts (and any other play texts provided at cheap prices). They are all informative and not expensive, but from subsidised theatres.
Slightly aside: My gripe is that the RSC have stopped making and selling programme binders so my latest programmes are not kept as neatly as the older ones. If the National can still do binders at a very reasonable cost, why can't the RSC?
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Post by schuttep on Jan 26, 2017 14:42:48 GMT
Not very inspiring season, which is a GOOD thing as I'm spending (or spent) a fortune on Angels in America, Hamilton, Almeida, Menier and Young Vic.
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Post by schuttep on Jan 26, 2017 11:39:17 GMT
Queuing system seems to be the same as the National but with slightly different branding.
I agree it was a breeze. But as the day wears on, it's inevitable it will get busier.
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Post by schuttep on Jan 26, 2017 11:31:32 GMT
Return to the Forbidden Planet was an early jukebox musical (1980s).
Saw 5 Guys in the West End in 1993 but didn't love it, despite a brilliant cast and the joint jumping.
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Post by schuttep on Jan 26, 2017 11:27:22 GMT
Personally I would love to see this but I foresee it coming to London on the fridge and not big scale West-End! Oh that would be cool too. Being cool on the fridge is good if it's at the Union!
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Post by schuttep on Jan 18, 2017 9:44:47 GMT
This Norma Desmond is quite young so no need for an escalator this time.
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Post by schuttep on Jan 17, 2017 9:49:44 GMT
Provisional plan now up at: theatremonkey.com/VICTORIAPALACEstalls.htmLooks like the upper circle has the same layout - were bars at the front, now they seem to rv only the centre aisle for 4 rows. Just watch for legroom. Width in stalls and dress is almost the same, bit narrower in the front stalls than I expected. Rear stalls is wider and shallower than before. Dress circle is about the same apart from infill of the front rows. Theatremonkey's plan seems to differ from that on Ticketmaster, used to buy the actual seats. On Theatremonkey's plan my tix are at the side, on Ticketmaster's they are centre.
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Post by schuttep on Jan 16, 2017 12:40:57 GMT
Got 4 for 3/3/18. Took 11 mins. Later in the run is quicker although the first ones I chose were taken by the time I pressed add to basket. After that, plain sailing. Row D stalls is final top price row before premium seating. I got row H 11 & 12 for £89.50, so premium must just be central seats. Yes I think you're right. I got centre of row D for £89.50 but I checked row E centre before buying and they were premiums.
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Post by schuttep on Jan 16, 2017 12:26:40 GMT
Got 4 for 3/3/18. Took 11 mins. Later in the run is quicker although the first ones I chose were taken by the time I pressed add to basket. After that, plain sailing. Row D stalls is final top price row before premium seating.
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Post by schuttep on Jan 12, 2017 10:03:41 GMT
I'm not a member but when it goes on sale to the plebs I shall be booking Boudicca.
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Post by schuttep on Jan 12, 2017 9:55:18 GMT
I saw this on 7 January 2017 matinee and it was delightful. And funny.
It wasn't until the interval that a friend said it was the understudy playing Scott - I would never have guessed.
This deserves a long life beyond Leeds.
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Post by schuttep on Jan 6, 2017 10:05:48 GMT
First show ever: 1974 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Sheffield Crucible. The "chariot of gold" in the final scene was a gold Aston Martin. Lene Lovich was in the orchestra.
First RSC: 1977 A Comedy of Errors with Judi Dench, Michael Williams, Roger Rees, Francesca Annis.
First non RSC play: 1977 On Approval at Birmingham Repertory Theatre. I seem to remember that Dame Patricia Routledge was in it, but not sure if this is a false memory.
First West End musical: 1977 A Chorus Line with Diane Langton and Michael Staniforth.
First West End play: 1979 The Crucifer of Blood at the Haymarket Theatre Royal. A Sherlock Holmes story.
First National Theatre play: 1980 Death of a Salesman with Warren Mitchell and Doreen Mantle.
First Broadway musical: 1987 Starlight Express at the Gershwin.
First Donmar Warehouse show: 1996 Nine.
First Almeida: 1997 Ivanov.
Only stage appearances at Grammar School - not very successfully!
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Post by schuttep on Jan 4, 2017 9:27:27 GMT
Escaped Alone is, as I'm sure you all know, returning to the Royal Court for a few week' run later this month.
Someone must like it (I did).
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Post by schuttep on Jan 4, 2017 9:18:47 GMT
Yup.
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Post by schuttep on Dec 31, 2016 16:41:23 GMT
The Phantom of the Opera's Cats will Whistle Down the Wind on Sunset Boulevard while Stephen Ward's Aspects of Love Never Dies By(pass) Jeeves who Tells The Woman in White on a Sunday that The Likes of Us can never turn Cricket into a Song and Dance musical.
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