Honeymoon in Vegas - London Palladium

Well I saw The Wizard of Oz twice, both near the end of the run and it sold well toward the end of the run. I also saw I Can't Sing and it was sold out as it was near the beginning of the run. And as for Cats, I daysat for Nicole Scherzinger and the show and there was about 70 people in line for dayseats (thankfully I got there early) and it was packed out, same once she left!

Tell a lie, I've been 6 times, as I saw Cinderella there in January! But that was sold out too haha.

I actually found out last that by chance a friend of a friend is actually in this. He old me what role he was playing (a minor part)

Good-o. These days I type whatsonstage reluctantly and stick a "pah!" on the end.

Ah ok, I'm going to try to acquire a better seat!

Thank you!

Really looking forward to the show tonight! Samantha Barks is the main draw for me, but also looking forward to hearing the score, having only heard a song or two.

I wanted to go especially with a few offers out there and seeing Mr Lipkin. But far too late at the disco last night and now I'm fit for nothing. I really should act my age and realise I don't have the stamina anymore.

Where are you all sitting? I'm in the cheap seats in the back of the stalls.

Just saw on Instagram that the Dress Rehearsal is happening as we speak, very excited to see the show tonight!

Left my ticket on the mantle shelf so will have to pick up a duplicate when I get there! Last time I checked, Stalls and Upper Circle were pretty well sold, Dress Circle less so, but probably too many people on the top deck to close it and move them down.

Really enjoyed that (favourite rhyme 'rottener' and 'gotten her!) - thought the cast were fabulous. Yes, Max C was a little underpowered but not painfully so, while for me the standouts were Arthur Darvill and Simon Lipkin (though Rosemary Ashe did her best to steal the show). I didn't know the score at all but played by the LMTO at their ebullient best, it sounded fantastic - I think I've been rather spoiled for any lesser musical production of it!

I agree, that was a lot of fun! I knew nothing about it, have never seen the film or previously heard the score. It was almost too cheesy at times but the story is ridiculous so it somehow works.

I thought the leads were all great in their own ways - agree Maxwell Caulfield can't really sing but he played the character well. In contrast Sam Barks sang beautifully but I kept hoping for a bit more from her acting - her solos were great on both fronts but in the duets I thought she could have done more in terms of interacting with whoever she happened to be singing with/to at the time instead of playing it out into the audience quite so much, but maybe the direction was to blame more than her.  I thought Arthur Darvill got both the singing and acting, and the comedy for that matter, spot on - he and Simon Lipkin were the standouts for me. The Elvis bits had me in stitches, as did Rosemary Ashe for pretty much the whole time she was on stage!

A hugely enjoyable evening overall, the orchestra was superb and Mr Jason Robert Brown himself on piano at the end rounded it all off nicely