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Post by stevej678 on Jul 6, 2016 9:47:30 GMT
Lauren Samuels, Ashleigh Gray and Lizzy Connolly star in Vanities, a classic American musical making its European debut, running from 1st September - 1st October in Trafalgar Studios 2.
According to ATG:
Hmmm. I'm in London to see Allegro on 3rd September. May need to plan an overnight stay and slot a visit to this in then too with that cast!
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Post by Michael on Jul 6, 2016 9:54:20 GMT
Ashleigh Gray? I am so seeing this.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2016 10:16:10 GMT
So so excited for this. Have booked for the opening two nights and both shows on closing day too. All three ladies will be fantastic, especially Ashleigh I think.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Jul 6, 2016 11:19:33 GMT
ATG card members get £10 off at the moment. Hey Mister Monkey - Do I? How am I missing that offer, then, even booking in with my ATG membership number? Is there (shhh) a different code? |
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Post by Phantom of London on Jul 6, 2016 11:36:22 GMT
Never heard of this musical, so will be interesting to see, if I can, most of that I am on holiday.
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Post by Michael on Jul 6, 2016 14:56:42 GMT
Ashleigh Gray? I am so seeing this. Booked both shows on the 17th September. Anyone got a time machine at hand? |
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Post by mallardo on Jul 6, 2016 15:25:19 GMT
I saw the original production of this at the Pasadena Playhouse in LA in 2008 - the same cast (Lauren Kennedy, Sarah Stiles, Annelise Vanderpol) then took it to New York a year later and recorded an OCR which is definitely worth checking out. It's based on a play that was a big off-Broadway hit in the 70s and the author of that play, Jack Helfer, wrote the book for the musical.
My memory of it is that I enjoyed it without it ever being anything special, but it has three great parts for singing actresses who age and change over a period of ten years - starting off in high school. Perhaps it's a bit dated now? Not sure. It will be interesting to see it again.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Jul 6, 2016 15:54:56 GMT
Dammit, they pulled the offer after public booking opened. Sorry londonmzfitz. Aw, poo. I'll cancel the eye exam, anyway  |
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Post by CG on the loose on Jul 6, 2016 16:43:58 GMT
ATG card members get £10 off at the moment. Thanks for the heads-up - sufficient to sway me into booking (not that I needed a huge amount of swaying with that cast!) |
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Post by CG on the loose on Jul 6, 2016 16:45:07 GMT
Dammit, they pulled the offer after public booking opened. Sorry londonmzfitz. Er... I just booked this minute using the offer, so either they've reinstated it or it's not available on all dates! |
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Post by shady23 on Jul 6, 2016 20:07:05 GMT
I am in London when this is on so will definitely be paying a visit. Know nothing about the show but what a cast!
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Post by shady23 on Jul 6, 2016 20:39:06 GMT
to hell with it... booked.
The Thursday matinee swung it!
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Post by Michael on Jul 7, 2016 3:38:40 GMT
to hell with it... booked. The Thursday matinee swung it! That's the spirit  |
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Post by londonmzfitz on Jul 7, 2016 8:48:49 GMT
Sweet! Booked for £25, v happy mzfitz!
Thanks guys for the heads up.
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Post by showgirl on Jul 8, 2016 3:32:59 GMT
Checking my diary, I found I'm at "Perpetual Succour" at 5.30pm, so a 3pm of this works well - assuming they repeat the 90 minutes running time from Broadway. Taken a chance and booked a seat near the door, anyway. For £25 on that offer, you can't go wrong indeed. Thank you, Theatremonkey - such a helpful post, as the only day I could identify to see this was also before a 5.30 pm booking for Our Ladies, but I refrained from risking it as I didn't know the running time for Vanities. Now to see if there are still affordable tix left... |
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Post by charmedjean on Jul 8, 2016 9:04:01 GMT
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Post by Michael on Jul 8, 2016 9:12:05 GMT
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Post by mallardo on Jul 8, 2016 12:58:39 GMT
The three acts are because the show takes place in three time periods - 1963 (high school, Texas), 1968 (uni, Texas), and 1974 (post school real world, New York). I believe that, when I saw it, the first two acts were played together. It's the third act that takes the big leap forward.
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Post by charmedjean on Aug 1, 2016 13:25:23 GMT
Vanities opens one month today.
If you don't have an ATG Card then they are offering £5 discount for early bird bookings.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2016 11:54:47 GMT
The Vanities Twitter account are on a question answering spree if you have anything you want to find out. I asked how many acts the play is in, and they said four, the first two running back to back, followed by an interval, and then the final two. Interesting set up as Wikipedia says the play was done in three in NYC (hence why I asked), but apparently that's a mistake and four, with one interval, is the usual set up.
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Post by mallardo on Aug 2, 2016 17:15:43 GMT
The Vanities Twitter account are on a question answering spree if you have anything you want to find out. I asked how many acts the play is in, and they said four, the first two running back to back, followed by an interval, and then the final two. Interesting set up as Wikipedia says the play was done in three in NYC (hence why I asked), but apparently that's a mistake and four, with one interval, is the usual set up.
The programme from the original LA production has it in two acts with four scenes plus two so-called "transitions". The 4th scene was added by the original playwright, Jack Heifner, especially for the musical and takes the story several years forward to 1990, 16 years after scene three.
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Post by charmedjean on Aug 17, 2016 20:05:08 GMT
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Post by Michael on Aug 17, 2016 20:24:44 GMT
Thanks for sharing this. Just watched the I don't wanna miss a thing video. What a great and catchy song. And the three ladies sound amazing. What a shame that I can only manage to see it twice. Maybe if I dumped a prebooked Aladdin ticket...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2016 20:27:15 GMT
Really quite intrigued to see this. The casting is fantastic!
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Post by charmedjean on Aug 17, 2016 20:40:45 GMT
Thanks for sharing this. Just watched the I don't wanna miss a thing video. What a great and catchy song. And the three ladies sound amazing. What a shame that I can only manage to see it twice. Maybe if I dumped a prebooked Aladdin ticket... Do it ;-) The chemistry between the cast is amazing, it is going to be so much fun! Harmonies are great too. |
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