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Post by intoanewlife on Jan 14, 2020 14:56:20 GMT
There will be closures after the Tony's there always is, they can get something pretty easily then no doubt. The problem is the size of the production itself.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2020 19:57:37 GMT
Sophia Anne Caruso has suddenly announced that she has left the cast.
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Post by 49thand8th on Feb 21, 2020 20:17:04 GMT
Here's the screencap from her instagram story.
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Post by 49thand8th on Feb 21, 2020 20:54:48 GMT
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Post by latefortheoverture on Feb 21, 2020 23:10:54 GMT
Seem's very abrupt. I feel there may be more to this than meets the eye....
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Post by Raven on Feb 24, 2020 19:12:52 GMT
I've seen a lot of people suggesting she may have been fired and Equity was involved. It was very abrupt, and her announcement on her Instagram story was very blunt and didn't have a very nice tone to it. It clearly wasn't planned: there were no speeches and none of the cast have sent her well wishes or anything on social.
Who knows? Something definitely happened though - this was way too abrupt.
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Post by raider80 on Feb 29, 2020 19:38:22 GMT
The Shubert Organization offered Beetlejuice the Barrymore Theater if the production decides to move. I highly doubt they will move because the production will have to be scaled down quite a lot to fit in the Barrymore.
Plus, with an almost 500 seat difference between the theaters the production would probably have to cut down on some actors and backstage workers. I think the AEA and the backstage unions makes it almost impossible to cut down on workers once a show opens on Broadway.
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Post by 49thand8th on Feb 29, 2020 21:50:10 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2020 17:10:59 GMT
So for those who didn't know;
1) A production is due to open in Seoul, South Korea in June 2021...exciting!
2) Eddie Perfect has released an album called The Demos, The Demos, The Demos containing guess what?...The demos! of him playing the original versions of the songs and cut songs with a brief commentary.
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Post by iamamazing on Dec 15, 2020 3:01:21 GMT
I wonder if this will ever come over I love the cast album ?
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Post by 42ndBlvd on Feb 25, 2021 16:15:01 GMT
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Post by Mark on Sept 13, 2021 19:33:01 GMT
Returning April 2022!
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Post by Mark on Jul 17, 2022 22:50:36 GMT
Finally saw today at the matinee having had a ticket in 2020 cancelled the day of due to the shutdown. Really enjoyed it, lots of fun and doesn’t take itself too seriously. I enjoyed the music for the most part. Will see again in November if it’s still running.
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Post by anthony on Sept 20, 2022 21:11:32 GMT
Closing 8th January.
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Post by Matt on Sept 21, 2022 8:25:53 GMT
Seems like the cast found out via BroadwayWorld and not from the producers.
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Post by anxiousoctopus on Sept 21, 2022 9:15:02 GMT
Seems like the cast found out via BroadwayWorld and not from the producers. Where did you hear that?
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Post by stuartmcd on Sept 21, 2022 14:41:46 GMT
Seems like the cast found out via BroadwayWorld and not from the producers. Not quite. Seems the crew found out from Broadwayworld but the cast were informed.
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Post by anxiousoctopus on Sept 21, 2022 21:07:00 GMT
It sucks to hear for the cast, and also the fans as it’s a fun show.
I understand why the producers revived the show, because of the huge online fanbase - but I think they underestimated how many of those fans are minors or live outside of New York/America.
The national tour will get good business for American fans unable to get to New York - and the potential West End transfer will cover UK fans. They’d also be mad to not copy SpongeBob and release a pro-shot of the original cast to generate buzz.
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Post by Matt on Sept 21, 2022 21:55:11 GMT
Seems like the cast found out via BroadwayWorld and not from the producers. Where did you hear that? Apologies, it was crew
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Post by adrianics on Sept 23, 2022 11:16:32 GMT
Sad news but not hugely unsurprising in this climate. We saw the original production on Christmas Eve 2019 during our holiday to NYC and greatly enjoyed it, but I do think the cast (particularly Alex Brightman) and staging did a huge amount of heavy lifting as a lot of the material doesn't really hold up on its own.
I'd be very interested in this west end transfer that was heavily rumoured last year, I'd love to see who they'd cast as the lead. Maybe someone like Nathan Amzi or Simon Lipkin?
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Post by Matt on Sept 24, 2022 12:52:22 GMT
Sad news but not hugely unsurprising in this climate. We saw the original production on Christmas Eve 2019 during our holiday to NYC and greatly enjoyed it, but I do think the cast (particularly Alex Brightman) and staging did a huge amount of heavy lifting as a lot of the material doesn't really hold up on its own. I'd be very interested in this west end transfer that was heavily rumoured last year, I'd love to see who they'd cast as the lead. Maybe someone like Nathan Amzi or Simon Lipkin? Oscar Conlon-Morrey. But Alex did say a while ago he would deffo be up for the London transfer it schedules worked.
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Post by theatremiss on Sept 24, 2022 20:30:21 GMT
I’m off to NY to see this next week. I didn’t want to risk there not being a London transfer. Needs must
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Post by christya on Sept 26, 2022 14:20:51 GMT
Saw this a couple of days ago. Packed house, audience going nuts...I'm not really sure why it's closing! Alex is fantastic as ever, he must be absolutely exhausted after a two show day because his energy onstage is huge.
Wasn't massively impressed with their current Lydia. Gorgeous voice, but her diction was dreadful, if I hadn't known the show fairly well I might not have understood some of what she was saying. Also spotted Ryan Breslin, formerly of Newsies, in the ensemble, and oddly at bows he wasn't there then popped on at the last minute, not sure what was going on there.
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Post by anxiousoctopus on Sept 27, 2022 21:48:41 GMT
Sad news but not hugely unsurprising in this climate. We saw the original production on Christmas Eve 2019 during our holiday to NYC and greatly enjoyed it, but I do think the cast (particularly Alex Brightman) and staging did a huge amount of heavy lifting as a lot of the material doesn't really hold up on its own. I'd be very interested in this west end transfer that was heavily rumoured last year, I'd love to see who they'd cast as the lead. Maybe someone like Nathan Amzi or Simon Lipkin? Oscar Conlon-Morrey. But Alex did say a while ago he would deffo be up for the London transfer it schedules worked. I personally think Oscar would be a perfect Otho!
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