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Post by showtoones on Jan 23, 2024 17:53:50 GMT
Limited Run of Newsies over Christmas Followed by transfer of Oliver from CFT Is this a hope or a fact? |
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Post by mrnutz on Jan 23, 2024 18:17:25 GMT
A few things- The Greatest Showman is seeking a non traditional space- not Drury Lane There will likely be a filler in there for Xmas next year- something depressing like Elf.. and then a big show will move in early 2025. That show could very well be Beetlejuice. Take my money! Not for Elf, obvs. |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jan 23, 2024 20:25:19 GMT
This is stone cold dead. Not happening. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2024 20:29:34 GMT
Is there any chance of the current Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd transferring in here? Might work, with the right stars… This was my hunch - I very much don't believe they can bring Annaleigh with that accent, but Josh with a Brit could be a goer *Accents. She went on a world tour of about fifteen, none of them close to what she should've been aiming for. |
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Post by theatreliker on Jan 23, 2024 20:40:59 GMT
Could they choose a filler which showcases the different potential layouts?
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Post by toomasj on Jan 23, 2024 20:42:16 GMT
This is stone cold dead. Not happening. You’ve been wrong before, as have I and others with the information we get. Last I heard was they’re workshopping it with changes, and I quote, “for modern audiences”, ahead of a planned TR:DL revival. The timing would line up as would the availability of the cast I’ve heard they’ve approached |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 23, 2024 20:48:20 GMT
Oh god no, please . I don’t want to see The Producers for a “modern audience”. I want to see it in all its brash, original glory.
And before anyone says it shouldn’t be allowed let me see you on the Book Of Mormon thread saying that it should be closed.
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Post by demelza on Jan 23, 2024 21:20:02 GMT
A few things- The Greatest Showman is seeking a non traditional space- not Drury Lane There will likely be a filler in there for Xmas next year- something depressing like Elf.. and then a big show will move in early 2025. That show could very well be Beetlejuice. Sounds like you've heard the same rumblings I have! I heard Elf and then Beetlejuice today. Elf I wasn't surprised to here, but I thought another show would be a more likely pick for TRDL than Beetlejuice would be. Surely that would do better in a smaller house? I could see it in the Adelphi but I don't think BTTF's looking to close any time soon |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jan 23, 2024 21:59:53 GMT
This is stone cold dead. Not happening. You’ve been wrong before, as have I and others with the information we get. Last I heard was they’re workshopping it with changes, and I quote, “for modern audiences”, ahead of a planned TR:DL revival. The timing would line up as would the availability of the cast I’ve heard they’ve approached You need better sources 🤣. It’s dead. |
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Post by zsazsa on Jan 23, 2024 22:02:34 GMT
How well is Dolly selling? Could it/might it move to Drury Lane after its stint at the Palladium?
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Post by theatrefan62 on Jan 23, 2024 22:07:38 GMT
How well is Dolly selling? Could it/might it move to Drury Lane after its stint at the Palladium? If the cast could extend surely it would be easier to move the panto from the Palladium to Drury Lane this year. But I doubt Imelda will be able to extend. Elf is touring this winter again as no London run. Is there a second set already built? |
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Post by demelza on Jan 23, 2024 22:11:33 GMT
How well is Dolly selling? Could it/might it move to Drury Lane after its stint at the Palladium? If the cast could extend surely it would be easier to move the panto from the Palladium to Drury Lane this year. But I doubt Imelda will be able to extend. Elf is touring this winter again as no long run. Is there a second set already built? There was an arena tour of the musical alongside the Dominion prod this christmas just gone so there's already two sets in existence |
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Post by c4ndyc4ne on Jan 23, 2024 22:12:28 GMT
You’ve been wrong before, as have I and others with the information we get. Last I heard was they’re workshopping it with changes, and I quote, “for modern audiences”, ahead of a planned TR:DL revival. The timing would line up as would the availability of the cast I’ve heard they’ve approached You need better sources 🤣. It’s dead. I’ve heard it’s had the full Lazarus with a new star… |
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Post by fiyero on Jan 23, 2024 22:40:09 GMT
If the cast could extend surely it would be easier to move the panto from the Palladium to Drury Lane this year. But I doubt Imelda will be able to extend. Elf is touring this winter again as no long run. Is there a second set already built? There was an arena tour of the musical alongside the Dominion prod this christmas just gone so there's already two sets in existence The arena tour is not the same beast as the theatre show if what I saw a few years back is anything to go by! |
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Post by SuperTrooper on Jan 23, 2024 23:08:07 GMT
Technology & me don't mix. I'm so old I can't multiple quote!
Oliver is happening, not at the Lane, or Wimbledon, or Noel Coward!
I've heard Elf as a filler.
Also, Totoro wants a West End home, but personally I think The Lane is too big an auditorium, almost twice the size of the Barbican..
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Post by A.Ham on Jan 23, 2024 23:31:15 GMT
MJ at the Prince Edward pretty much rules out Oliver! going there. The rumour was it's going to its first home. Yes. I thought that after I’d posted. I guess it depends how long they think MJ’ll run and when they want to open Oliver, but guessing MJ will run long enough that Oliver’ll need to find a different venue. |
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Post by Jon on Jan 24, 2024 1:59:33 GMT
The Palladium and Drury Lane are very different so the chances of Hello Dolly! transferring is very slim but also I doubt they'd want the panto to move theatres.
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Post by theatreian on Jan 24, 2024 9:48:38 GMT
I couldn't imagine Beetlejuice being a big enough pull to fill Drury Lane, but we will have to wait I guess.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jan 24, 2024 11:14:07 GMT
I couldn't imagine Beetlejuice being a big enough pull to fill Drury Lane, but we will have to wait I guess. Don’t forget it would benefit from the release of Beetlejuice 2 which is in 2025 |
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Post by alicechallice on Jan 24, 2024 11:32:33 GMT
I couldn't imagine Beetlejuice being a big enough pull to fill Drury Lane, but we will have to wait I guess. Don’t forget it would benefit from the release of Beetlejuice 2 which is in 2025 It's sooner than that even, September 2024. |
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Post by christya on Jan 24, 2024 12:09:57 GMT
I'd love to see Beetlejuice there, but my gut feeling is that it needs a smaller house. I've been wrong before though! I have zero interest in The Producers, less than zero if they rework it 'for modern audiences' (goes from 'wouldn't pay to see it' to 'wouldn't take a free ticket'), so I'd personally see using the theatre for that as a waste.
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Post by francistheatreboard on Jan 24, 2024 12:50:03 GMT
Got served an ad to sign up for Elf the musical updates today so it tracks.
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Post by theatreian on Jan 24, 2024 15:49:22 GMT
Don’t forget it would benefit from the release of Beetlejuice 2 which is in 2025 I didn't know about that... it sheds a different light on it. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 24, 2024 17:30:10 GMT
Elf has to be one of the worst efforts I’ve ever seen. Absolutely dreadful.
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Post by theatregod on Jan 26, 2024 0:27:43 GMT
Oliver! (In the round)
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