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Post by zahidf on Feb 8, 2024 11:27:41 GMT
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Post by sam22 on Feb 13, 2024 7:17:33 GMT
This didn't get any traction!
Has anyone seen it before? I recognised the name but only know what I've read on Wiki!
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Post by shownut on Feb 13, 2024 9:08:12 GMT
This didn't get any traction! Has anyone seen it before? I recognised the name but only know what I've read on Wiki! Saw the Broadway production which was a minor hit. It was an instantly forgettable show and I am scratching my head wondering why The Young Vic is producing it.
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Post by sam22 on Feb 13, 2024 9:12:35 GMT
This didn't get any traction! Has anyone seen it before? I recognised the name but only know what I've read on Wiki! Saw the Broadway production which was a minor hit. It was an instantly forgettable show and I am scratching my head wondering why The Young Vic is producing it. Thanks. Ah interesting. I will see what the music is like before I book
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Post by shownut on Feb 13, 2024 9:20:19 GMT
Saw the Broadway production which was a minor hit. It was an instantly forgettable show and I am scratching my head wondering why The Young Vic is producing it. Thanks. Ah interesting. I will see what the music is like before I book It has a Blues/Rock vibe and was written by an artist named Stew. It certainly had its fans and won a few awards including the Drama Desk for Best Musical in 2008, but I don't recall much else about it versus the other hit musicals that year (IN THE HEIGHTS, XANADU and CRY BABY all of which were quite memorable).
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Post by blaxx on Feb 14, 2024 3:10:12 GMT
This didn't get any traction! Has anyone seen it before? I recognised the name but only know what I've read on Wiki! On the other hand, it is one of the most heartfelt and exciting things I've ever seen, to each their own. Listen to Arlington Hill.
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Post by sam22 on Feb 14, 2024 8:45:16 GMT
This didn't get any traction! Has anyone seen it before? I recognised the name but only know what I've read on Wiki! On the other hand, it is one of the most heartfelt and exciting things I've ever seen, to each their own. Listen to Arlington Hill. Great, thanks!
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Post by matildaswinton on Feb 14, 2024 9:05:16 GMT
This is a favorite of mine, I am so looking forward to it!
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Post by catcat100 on May 14, 2024 22:45:51 GMT
Saw this tonight and was generally pleased for seeing it. First preview but in a reasonable shape, 1 technical stop and a couple of fluffed lines but nothing significant.
Overall its a kind of rites of passage play with a Black American Young man trying to find themselves in Europe. Ending didn't quite hit home for me but heard a few sniffs so did for some. Very quick standing ovation at the end.
Did enjoy the music and although some are rock/blues in style it does get heavier going into punk and quite loud.
Acting is pretty Good, With both leads performing well and Giles Terera showing of his guitar and drum playing.
Overall a good 3.5 edging towards a 4.
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Post by thedrowsychaperone on May 16, 2024 8:46:58 GMT
I have SUCH a soft spot for Giles Terera's voice - show didn't do an awful lot for me (I'd watched Spike Lee's filmed version YEARS prior) but the singing and musicianship is pretty fantastic across the board, definitely worth catching for a brilliant cast and some wonderful staging too.
3ish stars.
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Post by showgirl on May 16, 2024 10:41:21 GMT
Was going to book originally when the new season went live; then hesitated. Recently I listened to a sample track the YV posted and felt I'd made the right decision as it simply sounded to me like a horrible noise, so if typical, not for me.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 16, 2024 13:13:19 GMT
Cheap ticket on the Noticeboard for tonight.
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Post by Dave B on May 16, 2024 22:59:39 GMT
Well, Giles Terera is an absolute star.
It's not that the rest of the cast isn't good, it is just that he is doing so much more. He sells the heartbreak, the regret the stupidity with every look at the end of Amsterdam. No dialogue, he doesn't need to do anything more than look back with regret. It's really beautiful Such great work with, I assume, the director as Terera is always doing something, leading the band or reacting to his younger self.
The pastiche of French movies is excellent and sets up a bonkers and brilliant start to the second half as we go to Berlin and oh my the music goes Berlin and then it just goes wild. It has several moments of brilliance and a couple of what the hell too and again watching Terera's reactions is a joy.
I loved the meta elements and the ignoring the fourth wall. Clearly still an early preview with some bumps into set decoration (and a late start due to a stuck door) but the sense of camaraderie on stage is really obvious, cast and band working together and supporting each other - more than just acting but slight moments where you can see 'em supporting and laughing with each other. Some adlibs and some light reaction to audience reaction.
I suspect this is going to be another marmite but Terera is superb and it is another play that has such a clear idea of what it wants to be and what it wants to do and goes out and delivers on that.
Four stars. Ended at 22:22 this evening.
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Post by aloysius on May 18, 2024 22:55:28 GMT
I wasn't expecting to enjoy this quite as much as I did but I left thinking this is the first production of anything I've seen this year where I will be booking a second ticket to see it again.
Giles Terera is a fantastic helmsman but I thought the younger him, Keenan Munn-Francis, stole the show - he was so vivid and charismatic and energetic. I think a massive future awaits him. The rest of the cast were variable and while the band were impressive my only major complaint is the sound mixing was so shoddy that I could only hear the odd line of dialogue during the numbers.
I thought the plot sagged a little in the second act but the third, after the interval, was fantastisch. All in all a really impressive evening, lots of fun, and I've already started listening to the Broadway recording (mostly so I can finally hear the lyrics...)
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Post by Dr Tom on May 19, 2024 17:10:11 GMT
Will definitely see this. Is this one of those shows with a very small cast? I’m sure this should be obvious, but I’m only seeing the names of the leads mentioned.
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Post by Dave B on May 19, 2024 21:05:58 GMT
Will definitely see this. Is this one of those shows with a very small cast? I’m sure this should be obvious, but I’m only seeing the names of the leads mentioned. A cast of seven and four band members on stage throughout.
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