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Post by mattnyc on Mar 7, 2024 23:07:17 GMT
No, it didn’t detect from the orchestra.
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Post by joem on Mar 7, 2024 23:18:26 GMT
I wouldn't say this was a disaster but it's far from being a great musical. Conceptually the idea of a musical of a documentary of a play onstage is already stretching it a bit, much as I like Rufus Wainwright this is pretty thin on good tunes and some of the more interesting lyrics are lost.
If Sheridan Smith leaves this it will be closed in a fortnight, can't help feeling casting her in this is a bit too close to the bone.
Very few people left at the interval apart from a caveman who doesn't know how close he came to leaving with a black eye.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Mar 7, 2024 23:55:37 GMT
Poor Benjamin Walker!!
Come all this way to appear in a turkey of a show.
If only he’d done American Psycho (sp?) in London
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Post by mattnyc on Mar 8, 2024 0:01:49 GMT
Poor Benjamin Walker!! Come all this way to appear in a turkey of a show. If only he’d done American Psycho (sp?) in London Benjamin Walker and Matt Smith both in shows at the same time now- they should do an “American Psycho” concert together . |
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Post by max on Mar 8, 2024 0:18:32 GMT
A small win, but this sounds like the best featured use of a Hoover in a musical since ANNIE.
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Post by singingbird on Mar 8, 2024 8:46:30 GMT
I don't know if I'm perverse, but the more I read here, the more I want to see this!
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Post by frankubelik on Mar 8, 2024 9:17:07 GMT
Absolutely dreadful. There is so much wrong with this that it's almost impossible to critique. I have to commend the leading lady for literally throwing herself into this though, but I never once believed she was a (Broadway???) star struggling with age and despite her ability to carry a tune, we all know the voice is poor. Mind you there is little for anyone to sing since the score ranges from that Kander & Ebb-ish solo through interminable dirges (one performed particularly badly by Benjamin Walker - whose credits I was amazed to read - replace him please) to a baffling all-out showbizzy final number!!!!! A duet opening Act 2 is performed behind the voile curtain which I thought was an error. Amy Lennox comes out of this best finding warmth and surprising depth in character (and she can sing). The videos and projections are simply distracting and add nothing. Really amazed this has found it's way on to a stage. General interval comments all agreed.
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Post by ladidah on Mar 8, 2024 9:24:32 GMT
When will this be reviewed?
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Post by youngoffender on Mar 8, 2024 9:27:28 GMT
What a shame. I was holding out for word of mouth before buying tickets, but this sounds like a grand folly. I'd happily see a jukebox musical built around Rufus's back catalogue, but it sounds like this is fatally short of the great songs that might have redeemed it.
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Post by FJ on Mar 8, 2024 9:28:01 GMT
I'm booked to see this at the beginning of April, and if the hoover gets cut during previews I'm going to be absolutely distraught. It's the main reason I'm going at this stage.
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Post by youngoffender on Mar 8, 2024 9:29:16 GMT
When will this be reviewed? Press night is Tuesday 26th |
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Post by youngoffender on Mar 8, 2024 9:31:26 GMT
I'm booked to see this at the beginning of April, and if the hoover gets cut during previews I'm going to be absolutely distraught. It's the main reason I'm going at this stage. It's a gift for reviewers - "This show sucks from the outset..." |
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Post by ladidah on Mar 8, 2024 9:41:25 GMT
That is quite soon!
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Post by mrbarnaby on Mar 8, 2024 9:52:20 GMT
I don't know if I'm perverse, but the more I read here, the more I want to see this! Me too I’m also excited to possibly be able to make a dinner reservation and leave at the interval |
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Post by rosscoe on Mar 8, 2024 11:05:31 GMT
This sounds brilliant in a flop way.
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Post by adamkinsey on Mar 8, 2024 11:49:01 GMT
Friend of mine who goes all over the country to watch musicals saw this last night. Posted a lengthy comment on his Facebook this morning giving it one helluva slating.
One assumes it has had an ok advance box office purely on the basis of Sheridan which might be enough for it to last longer than it should.
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Post by ladidah on Mar 8, 2024 11:52:24 GMT
Surely it seems to need too many changes to become a good musical?
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Post by alece10 on Mar 8, 2024 11:52:57 GMT
I'm going tonight and with an open mind but it's not boding well at the moment.
I haven't told the friend I'm taking about the opinions so far and don't think I will in case she pulls out. Fortunately she doesn't follow any social media at all so she won't have a clue.
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Post by greatauntedna on Mar 8, 2024 12:00:10 GMT
It was almost incoherent on Wednesday. I think Magic, The Pantomime and the Broadway one are good, hooky songs (and I liked the overture), but they’re tonally at odds with the rest of the show. And I like that contrast, it goes from optimistic to very bleak. But the bleak stuff is really poor.
It was really sketchy and unclear why some things were happening. The strangling was bonkers, for that long.
If the idea is it’s meant to be this intense jumble of Sheridan’s mental breakdown, with the director just shouting nothingy demands at her, little vignettes of her interactions with the leechy production team etc, then ok but that can’t sustain a 2.5 hour show.
I hope they can fix it!
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Post by mrnutz on Mar 8, 2024 12:21:08 GMT
I'm seeing this tomorrow night and was hoping for a good one after some recent theatrical disappointments! 😭
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Post by erik24601 on Mar 8, 2024 12:51:27 GMT
I'm going tonight and with an open mind but it's not boding well at the moment. I haven't told the friend I'm taking about the opinions so far and don't think I will in case she pulls out. Fortunately she doesn't follow any social media at all so she won't have a clue. That's evil lol |
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Post by lucynancylala on Mar 8, 2024 14:08:21 GMT
Diabolical torture
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Post by tysilio2 on Mar 8, 2024 15:22:32 GMT
A small win, but this sounds like the best featured use of a Hoover in a musical since ANNIE. *starts writing Shake'n'Vac - The Musical* |
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Post by graham on Mar 8, 2024 15:25:38 GMT
A small win, but this sounds like the best featured use of a Hoover in a musical since ANNIE. *starts writing Shake'n'Vac - The Musical* The Shakin' Stevens musical? |
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Post by meister on Mar 8, 2024 15:39:07 GMT
A small win, but this sounds like the best featured use of a Hoover in a musical since ANNIE. *starts writing Shake'n'Vac - The Musical* Whoost Side Story - The Sharks vs the HooverJets |
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