What Next for the Phoenix and Aldwych?

I'm sorry but if that tatty 'Grease' set gets another season in town I shall spit!!! 😳

I'd rather not have tours clogging up West End theatres.

Aren't there rumours of Everybody's Talking About Jamie going somewhere?

I'd love to see Waitress open..and now Cassidy Janson is free she can play Jenna? Hey stick it in the Aldwych she wouldn't have to move out her dressing room!!

I just think

Limited runs of plays

Are the way to go in the WE

Having said that

Beautiful
Kinky Boots
And
Aladdin

Are relatively recent openers which will have or had decent runs

And all of them have been donated from Broadway

😂😂😂

Honestly, it's beyond me how/why DEH/CFA are selling out like they do. I can't see either survive for long in the West End and hope they wil get limited fringe runs like Fun House is getting at the Young Vic.

For Comet we'll have to see how it will sell once Josh Groban leaves. I can see it succeed in the West End for a year or two simply because of its freshness and quirkyness.

War Paint, like Anastasia, seems to benefit from having a more typical musical sound with plenty of ballads, not to mention starry names. Success in the West End would very much depend on who they cast in the two leads.

That said, of course it would be nicer to have more home-grown sucess shows. Personally I think the music/lyrics of Groundhog Day (which originated in London) stand heads and shoulders above DEH/CFA/Comet. I so hope this show comes back and soonish.

Huh? Red Shoes? As in Matthew Bourne's one? Can't see that happening since they are doing Cinderella next and even though they sometimes put on multiple productions at the same time I can't see them extending the Red Shoes tour which finishes in November. Mainly because the majority of the cast will go straight into rehearsals for Cinderella. Interesting if it does happen but that's definitely a rumour I've not heard. It's more likely it'll return in a couple of years if you ask me.

I'm really failing to get excited for much coming into London recently, and it feels like such a long time since we had any news. Whilst I'm sad about the aforementioned closures, I will be pleased if we can get some fresh meat into the theatres. If it is a ram shackle tour then it will make the closures have no benefit and I'd rather they continue running.

Poppins to Drury Lane
GHD to Piccadilly post Annie

The Bob Marley musical was looking for a home but I think the reviews weren't too positive so I don't see that coming anytime soon.

Shade: The Rusical

I think there are simply more people flocking to see shows in New York than they are in London. The amount of both tourists and locals heading to these theatres is greater. I don't have proof, but I can just see it. 

I think Comet will do just fine with or without Groban. I think it certainly helped the show that a star is in it (I keep on hearing older ladies refer to it as "the show with Josh Groban"), but I think due to how special it is, it'll do quite well. Getting Tony awards will also help it a lot, not that it desperately needs the help, but I think the show deserves recognition. 

DEH, I don't see it in London. From what I see, London audiences tend to be a bunch of girlfriends, couples, dates. The teenager going with parents factor is completely absent. It's completely giving life to Anastasia and DEH.

Come from Away is a New York story (though not set in New York!). Tony Award or not, this won't last for years on Broadway. 

Hope so!