Groundhog Day the Musical - Old Vic

I saw the show twice on Broadway and I didn't feel like it was an adaptation of the movie (even though it literally is). It felt like the movie and the musical were both based on some previous work and they both took fairly different paths in adapting it. I liked how the show was darker and more cynical than the film, and though I didn't really understand Playing Nancy at first, I appreciated it the more the show progressed.

Yes to Jon Robyns! (As Phil and in general)
He even looks very much alike to Andy Karl 😉

Any word about this show? Most of the musical houses are booked up for 2019 so, are the producers waiting for 2020 or are they still trying to find investors?

I've said this before in this thread that I suspect they are having a hard time finding investors because it flopped so badly on Broadway. I know it was a soldout hit but it was for a limited run and only soldout after the reviews came out and I worry if it could sustain soldout status for the long run.

We can all conclude that Andy Karl isn't going to come back with Pretty Woman being the million dollar hit on Broadway.

I also fear that the longer the producers wait to reopen the show more the general public is going to forget about it especially if it opens the same year as Dear Evan Hanson and Mean Girls.

It might be that the best way to secure the future of this piece is to do a limited release to major amateur companies - build the profile that way. Then send out a tour.

I can't see a way for it to return to a major London theatre in the short-medium term.

I always wondered why it never tried its first(intended) open ended run in the UK to begin with. I know it’s an American film, but it’s just such a beloved story with almost everyone I know, I think it would have been more successful.

Well when it broke on Broadway they were on the phone to a country in Europe to work out how to fix it. I'd assume it's complex. Maybe a simpler version?

Interesting. And the outer section doesn't move? We really didn't get to see any of this from the front stalls!

Having watched the video, I am quite surprised. I always thought they used hamsters or small children (depending on what was available) in very large hamster wheels to drive the revolve.

Honestly, I think the producers got cocky following the highly successful Old Vic run that it would be a repeat on Broadway.  When the producers made the decision to go straight to Broadway, Dear Evan Hanson was an unknown off-Broadway show, The Great Comet was only going to run as long as Josh Groban was in the show, and Come From Away was on nobody's radar.  GHD thought is would be massive hit on Broadway with all these unknown shows.    
I think the producers should have went straight to the West End to build a bigger profile and become a must see in New York when they announce the Broadway transfer.  

No, the decision to go to Broadway was made before the Old Vic run. The Old Vic was essentially its out-of-town tryout. They had Scott Rudin on board to produce, but he pulled out when the creative team made it clear that he wasn’t going to get creative input in the show, because as far as they were concerned that development work had been done.

Possibly when Rudin pulled out they should have reassessed and decided to go for a West End run and transfer off the back of that with a new producer. I rather suspect they got tangled up with Broadway politics. Maybe we’ll find out one day.

Plenty of mid-sized venues available in the fall (Savoy, Piccadilly, Shaftesbury). I really hope it happens.

I've always felt the Piccadilly is the place for this show. Hopefully we will see it happen.