Why Am I So Single? - Garrick

It feels like too much trust has been put in the writers, following the success of Six - developing one good concept doesn’t necessarily mean more will follow. Their track-record is strong, but extremely short - and someone should’ve been honest with them that this idea isn’t any good. I can’t see that anyone would’ve picked this show up, were it by unknown writers

I fear the opposite - that WAISS has not been worked on as much as it should because Lucy and Toby are successful enough that no one wants to tell them 'no'. The workshops felt very underdeveloped and the West End run was announced so soon after that I'm worried nothing has changed.

To confirm: we’re talking about a show that no one has seen yet except for a brief work in progress workshop a year ago that got fairly positive notices from those who went… we have little idea what will appear on the stage next week aside from a couple of songs…

I have no idea if this will be any good but frankly I just don’t get the negativity. I’m just delighted they’ve leveraged their success to follow up with something that isn’t some book/movie etc. adaptation. I’d like more original, large scale musicals in the West End not fewer, so I’m really hoping this turns out great. Otherwise we’ll just be stuck with a West End of Hello Dolly/Oklahoma/Sister Act/[insert brand name show with star here] (not that I don’t also enjoy some of those too).

Because their ‘Legally Blonde’ was a car crash and the music released from ‘WAISS’ so far sounds derivative & trite.

Your style of questioning is very aggressive for such a lightweight subject.

I really struggle to describe anyone with one creative credit as a genius. That is not a fair description of any writer in whatever field.

They have had huge success with one project. That is a huge achievement and they should be commended for that whether or not you like Six.

But the genius tag should not be given until there is a significant body of unique and high quality work.

No you cannot judge a show by the material they've put into the public domain, unless they've put the whole show in the public domain, which then defeats the object of a live - one of a kind experience. The public domain has no context.

I have heard songs from a show on Elaine Paige and loved it, I've then gone to see the said show and it has left me completely cold and also the exact opposite has happened.

Too many people live their lies in a social media bubble.

Going back on to this show - every single clip that comes out as promo looks worse and worse so I'm full expecting this to be an absolute horror to sit through.

You’re all wrong, wrong!

Exactly. This isn’t a clamour of people wanting it to be rubbish and to fail. Lots of us already have tickets. It is a reaction, from me at least, to what I’ve seen & heard of it so far. That’s all.

Based on what I've heard so far, it sounds awful. I look forward to reading the reviews.

Of course you can, that's the whole point of advertising and marketing. You would hope they are putting some of the best stuff out there to give a flavour of the show and attract people.

And even if you go along with your thoughts, that works both ways. You can't tell something is really good off the base of a few songs.

For me it's not just the songs, it's the title, the synopsis that we know so far. It's just so dated, very 90s/Bridget jones. In 2024 people moaning about being single? At a time when more people than ever are single, and also happy about itin many cases.