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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2018 15:09:09 GMT
Besides, we scarcely have enough appropriately-aged actors named Jamie to sustain both West End and Broadway productions, I don't see them opening another production any time soon.
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Post by daniel on Apr 3, 2018 20:53:40 GMT
This is a topic I researched fairly thoroughly academically, and still follow. The theme parks are the draw in Orlando, and many are committed through advance ticket purchase to spending most days in one park or another. To get anyone to even substitute, say, Busch Gardens for the Magic Kingdom for a single day is a massive achievement. If nothing else, the way the parks are set up with accommodation keeping visitors inside for the duration is a hard nut to crack. 6 hours of Potter I really don't see happening there at all. it's an area/industry that I am greatly interested in, but on this occasion I shall bow down and accept your superior knowledge TM  I'm working on gut instinct so am more than willing to yield to your academic research! |
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Post by djdan14 on Apr 13, 2018 17:49:42 GMT
Well I’m in New York next week so I thought I’d try my luck for the Friday Forty and I’ve only gone and done it! Seen it twice in London but interested in seeing the theatre for this more than anything.
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Post by tommy123 on Apr 14, 2018 14:21:55 GMT
How long do we think the 7 London cast members will stay for? I’m in New York in August and wondering if they’ll still be there!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2018 7:08:42 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2018 1:15:43 GMT
Anyone who follows the awards in America, this is how Potter has tallyed up in terms of nominations ahead of the Tony announcement next week. Usually they don't mesn much, but still interesting to see:
Drama Desk Awards - 8 Noms (Featured Actor - Anthony, Director, Music, Costume, Lighting, Projection, Sound, Wig & Hair)
Outer Critics Circle Awards - 10 (Play, Featured Actor - Anthony, Score, Director, Choreography, Set, Costume, Lighting, Projection & Sound)
Drama League Awards - 3 Noms (Production, Distingushed Performance - Noma & Anthony)
So bar the Drama League where Noma is too nominated, Anthony is the only actor to be nominated at all the other awards.
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Post by 49thand8th on Jun 28, 2018 17:22:21 GMT
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Post by Jon on Jun 28, 2018 21:07:48 GMT
I wonder if they’ll be a Canadian production? I imagine they’d go to the Royal Alexandra or remodel the Ed Mirvish
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Post by tommy123 on Jun 29, 2018 16:17:53 GMT
Gideon Turner from the London cast has joined on Broadway!
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Post by greeny11 on Jul 3, 2018 20:34:36 GMT
Gideon was an excellent Harry Potter understudy in the last cast, so am pleased he's been chosen to go into the Broadway cast (and he's already been on for Harry).
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2018 8:10:14 GMT
I might be going in March
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Post by tommy123 on Aug 13, 2018 19:18:23 GMT
Does anyone know when the original 7 are staying till? Im hoping to go in Feb!
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Post by joeinnewyork on Dec 4, 2018 21:24:10 GMT
Saw this a couple of weeks ago, with the original West End principals, after having seen it in London with the first replacement cast. In general, I think the originals - i.e., the ones now on Broadway - are better, with one exception: As Scorpius, the second cast's remarkable Samuel Blenkin went much farther with the role, utilizing heavily inflected line readings and an exaggerated movement vocabulary that stayed just this side of the grotesque to bring out way more humor and pathos than the merely very good Anthony Boyle.
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Post by 49thand8th on Dec 20, 2018 21:14:03 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2018 22:17:11 GMT
So this is the first full-time Harry Potter who's not called Jamie, but he's still a James. Are they going for some kind of ongoing metatheatrical daddy issue thing with the casting or what?!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2018 9:14:37 GMT
So this is the first full-time Harry Potter who's not called Jamie, but he's still a James. Are they going for some kind of ongoing metatheatrical daddy issue thing with the casting or what?! I don't know but 'Metatheatrical Daddy issues' is the name of my next play. |
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Post by raider80 on Dec 21, 2018 19:14:10 GMT
Wait... It looks like they are recasting the whole show. I'm pretty sure AEA requires an American to replace a Brit who is doing the exchange program but, isn't most of the ensemble American? I guess it would be easier just to bring a new cast in to keep the show fresh.
I'm excited for James to make his play debut and Matt Mueller (member of the Mueller acting dynasty) is making his Broadway debut and finally Stephen Spinella is going to be in the show.
Forgive my ignorance but does the West End production recast everybody as well when there is a cast change?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2018 0:45:49 GMT
Should I see the original cast in march or wait until June?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2018 2:45:22 GMT
bump
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2018 5:28:11 GMT
I feel like we've had similar conversations so many times before and the conclusion has always been that no one is going to make these decisions for you, you REALLY just have to make them for yourself. That hasn't changed just because the cast is going to.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2018 10:07:29 GMT
Should I see the original cast in march or wait until June? How on earth can anyone make that decision for you when no-one has seen the incoming cast? Even then it's personal preference, so no point in bumping a thread as you've asked an unanswerable question. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2019 11:34:35 GMT
How is the year 2 cast?
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Post by couldileaveyou on Nov 6, 2019 11:57:19 GMT
t.co/VksrUVAgL3?amp=1Interesting New York Times article on how Harry Potter is not facing a great time during its second year on Broadway.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2019 1:01:07 GMT
t.co/VksrUVAgL3?amp=1Interesting New York Times article on how Harry Potter is not facing a great time during its second year on Broadway. Well, I’m not necessarily surprised. Broadway is expensive, and the play had a print release in the US before it actually got to the stage. I find it hard to imagine there’s many serious Potter fans left that don’t know what happens in the play 3.5 years later. The excitement of it being new has gone, but to still be making around the $1M mark a week is pretty good business imo. It’ll be interesting to see what impact Fantastic Beasts 3 has on (if any) on the box office, and Daniel Radcliffe is fast approaching Harry’s age in Cursed Child (he’s 6/7 years shy at the moment) for a movie adaptation to keep things ticking along too... and there’s plenty of time to start stunt casting in the interim if things gets dire at the box office. |
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Post by Jon on Nov 8, 2019 1:09:15 GMT
I wonder if expanding so quickly in the US is somewhat backfiring as there is the San Francisco production and next year will be the Toronto production.
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I'm working on gut instinct so am more than willing to yield to your academic research!
