The Woman in White - Charing Cross Theatre

Well, i guess marian’s character is v stressed and upset when she sings the song. But would seem odd to deliberately sing it poorly, particularly given its one, if not the stand out song of the show

Really liked this and a big improvement on the original staging and direction. Great set and costumes (especially considering the venue), uniformly strong cast (actually preferred all roles to the original cast and replacements). Characterisation was better, especially Fosco who is no longer a big cartoon character.

As a piece it is occasionally too melodratic and Ann's 'I have a secret' is a bit too overused. Also some things I think would be better spoken than sung.

Main changes I spotted were replacing lammastade with the wedding song and lost souls being cut (which is a shame).

£18 Rush on TodayTix 

Yes, every single theatre club seems to be given away tickets for this so I guess it's not doing very well.

It's a nice enough production with a good cast and strong vocals but I don't think it's a very good show. It's certainly one of my least favourite Lloyd Webber shows.

I was the opposite, enjoyed act 1 and that flew by but act 2 dragged

It is on the 4 I belong to. But mainly one

Incidentally I seat G4 in stalls for tonight - £18 todaytix app.

I had to google them to get the joke, I hadn’t heard of them!

£18 front row rush seats from TodayTix a few days ago - can't complain!
A few thoughts on the show:
This is Carolyn's show, through and through, despite how much the advertising hypes up Anna O'Byrne. CHILLS during both All For Laura's.
Chris Peluso also a highlight, very believably villainous but also charming, with a near-perfect accent. Diction a little sloppy on his maybe 2 spoken lines, but I've always found it's easier to sing in a different accent than to speak in it.
In general, a fantastic cast. The main issue is the material.
It's very over-dramatic in a "classic ALW" way, basically trying to be another Phantom but the story doesn't really lend itself to that kind of musical. Phantom worked with its bombasic music and melodrama because of the characters and setting, the character of the Phantom himself is basically the definition of over-dramatic. TWIW however would do better as a Sondheim type show.
The lyrics are amusingly cringy at times, there were a lot of points where I'd think "oh I know what they're going to rhyme this with" and the lyricist really needs lessons in subtlety. I had to laugh at the lead up to Glyde's introduction, Walter asks Anne who wronged her and she says "Sir Percival Glyde" twice and Walter repeat it, then there's the revelation that Laura is engaged to him, then when he finally enters "Sir Percival Glyde" is sung over and over just to really hammer the point home that THIS IS THE BAD GUY COMING IN. I did enjoy the clever rhymes in some parts, they worked well for Marian and the uncle, one an intelligent young woman whose mind probaly runs a hundred miles an hour, the other a sarcastic old man.
The show starts very oddly and abruptly with Walter just singing "hello there", I feel it needs an overture or opening song to properly lead the audience into a sung-through musical format.

Musically can someone tell me how the revival ends? Between the boots I've heard, the 2 times I saw the original on broadway and then the London recording - they're all different

Saw this tonight.

I think a very dry story with a dry score,
quite disappointed considering it is an ALW musical.

I do think the cast were great though,
standout moments being All for Laura and the Fosco solos.

3/5

Saw it yesterday afternoon. Loved it. I found it touching and heartfelt. I really believed every character, and the small scale production really found the heart of the story for me.

I thought its greatest achievement was the reimagining of Count Fosco from the fat-suited grotesque. Worked brilliantly.


The ending was bittersweet and poignant.