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Post by Michael on Jun 18, 2016 21:52:49 GMT
Seeing the show three times next week. It'd be a lie if I said I wasn't excited  There were people standing after Friend Like Me and deserved, the energy is amazing I genuinely don't know how he does that 8 times a week he puts so much into it! I saw the second preview on Broadway and Friend Like Me also got a standing ovation. |
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Post by theatre-turtle on Jun 18, 2016 21:53:17 GMT
On press night there was a pretty much instant and full standing ovation for Friend like me. I've never seen anything like that before in act 1
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2016 22:33:46 GMT
On press night there was a pretty much instant and full standing ovation for Friend like me. I've never seen anything like that before in act 1 It was done with wires. My 80-year old daughter in row X saw them plainly. |
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Post by lolasangel on Jun 19, 2016 0:15:26 GMT
Dean John-Wilson was a good Aladdin and we had Lauren Chia as Jasmine (u/s), both were fine but just didn't stand out enough against the Genie. crying out loud!! Lauren hasn't debuted as Jasmine yet... She was in the ensemble today? |
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Post by bellboard27 on Jun 19, 2016 0:24:32 GMT
Waiting for a show (not Aladdin) to start the other day, there was a guy complaining about Aladdin that not enough money had been spent on it (Disney after all). In particular, he complained that the opportunity had not be taken to turn the auditorium into Aladdin's cave for the audience to sit it!
That got me thinking. I think Miss Saigon went amiss by not transforming the entire auditorium into a Saigon brothel. FOH: "please leave that condom alone, Madam, it's part of the decoration".
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Post by Jon on Jun 19, 2016 0:33:45 GMT
Waiting for a show (not Aladdin) to start the other day, there was a guy complaining about Aladdin that not enough money had been spent on it (Disney after all). In particular, he complained that the opportunity had not be taken to turn the auditorium into Aladdin's cave for the audience to sit it! That got me thinking. I think Miss Saigon went amiss by not transforming the entire auditorium into a Saigon brothel. FOH: "please leave that condom alone, Madam, it's part of the decoration". Do these people realise it's theatre and not a theme park ride. I imagine they wouldn't be able to transform the auditorium due to the listed status. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2016 6:01:12 GMT
I kind of agree. Although im sure it wasnt cheap, as much as i loved it (and i did), it didnt look like as much money had been spent when compared to beauty and the beast or lion king. The sets looked a bit minimal and cheap. Costumes were great tho (except jafars)
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Post by welsh_tenor on Jun 19, 2016 9:59:40 GMT
Dean John-Wilson was a good Aladdin and we had Lauren Chia as Jasmine (u/s), both were fine but just didn't stand out enough against the Genie. crying out loud!! Lauren hasn't debuted as Jasmine yet... She was in the ensemble today? Ah ok my mid-understanding! Westend Understudies tweeted she was on today and in her profile it said u/s Jasmine so I just assumed - oops! |
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Post by lolasangel on Jun 19, 2016 20:31:55 GMT
Lauren hasn't debuted as Jasmine yet... She was in the ensemble today? Ah ok my mid-understanding! Westend Understudies tweeted she was on today and in her profile it said u/s Jasmine so I just assumed - oops! Yep she is a swing and was on in Melanie Elizabeth's track |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2016 8:15:30 GMT
On press night there was a pretty much instant and full standing ovation for Friend like me. I've never seen anything like that before in act 1 It was done with wires. My 80-year old daughter in row X saw them plainly. You have an 80 year old daughter?! |
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Post by theatre-turtle on Jun 20, 2016 8:19:54 GMT
How do they ensure jasmine and prince Ali stay safe on the carpet and don't fall?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2016 8:42:23 GMT
How do they ensure jasmine and prince Ali stay safe on the carpet and don't fall? I wanna say a little bit of Disney magic...? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2016 9:52:08 GMT
How do they ensure jasmine and prince Ali stay safe on the carpet and don't fall? The same way they deal with everything else that shouldn't move. Gaffer tape. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2016 13:22:04 GMT
How do they ensure jasmine and prince Ali stay safe on the carpet and don't fall? Well far be it from me to state the flippin' obvious but isn't it a magic carpet? A carpet that's, like, magic and all that . . . |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2016 10:11:54 GMT
No, not misunderstanding at all. I never said they were cheap but that they looked cheap. And i include all the sets in that. Even the cave is quite minimal, albeit very gold.
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Post by SamB (was badoerfan) on Jun 21, 2016 13:25:38 GMT
The sets looked a bit minimal and cheap I think you miss the point, joe10086. The "village" and "desert" scenes are meant to be minimal, to contrast with the gloriously opulent scenes in the cave and sky. The contrast between "have" and "have not" is vital to the show, as is the dramatic need to have a couple of "take your breath away" moments. Trust me on this, I've got the press pack, and according to those figures, NOTHING is cheap about this show LOL. I'm with Joe on this. I thought the marketplace in particular felt cheap. I get that it's minimal, to provide a contrast, and that does work - it shouldn't look cardboard, however. I'd compare it with Kim's shack in Miss Saigon, on this same stage immediately beforehand. She was clearly very poor, living in minimal surroundings, but it looked real. The Aladdin marketplace doesn't. |
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Post by SamB (was badoerfan) on Jun 21, 2016 14:57:11 GMT
In the revival, it wasn't. Chris is getting bugged by people trying to sell him things, buy a passport, the guy cycling round...
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Post by steve10086 on Jun 21, 2016 15:58:14 GMT
I think you miss the point, joe10086. The "village" and "desert" scenes are meant to be minimal, to contrast with the gloriously opulent scenes in the cave and sky. The contrast between "have" and "have not" is vital to the show, as is the dramatic need to have a couple of "take your breath away" moments. Trust me on this, I've got the press pack, and according to those figures, NOTHING is cheap about this show LOL. I'm with Joe on this. I thought the marketplace in particular felt cheap. I get that it's minimal, to provide a contrast, and that does work - it shouldn't look cardboard, however. I'd compare it with Kim's shack in Miss Saigon, on this same stage immediately beforehand. She was clearly very poor, living in minimal surroundings, but it looked real. The Aladdin marketplace doesn't. I wouldn't really expect a show set in a fictional city, with a genie and a flying carpet, to look "real" |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2016 16:07:38 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2016 16:22:11 GMT
Slighty taken aback by the 3 one second costume changes! Haha Also, there is only 12 songs in the show? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2016 16:24:48 GMT
And that's just to cover Dean John Wilson's pecs. |
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Post by Jon on Jun 22, 2016 0:25:16 GMT
Slighty taken aback by the 3 one second costume changes! Haha Also, there is only 12 songs in the show? I imagine they're excluding reprises. |
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Post by Phantom of London on Jun 22, 2016 0:43:07 GMT
Think it is great that you have shows, that don't rely on projections.
Even the Aabian city has to be minimalist,mwhere is only certain room in the wings, you can store stuff.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jun 22, 2016 6:45:35 GMT
Wow some people are really bloody stupid! Waiting for a show (not Aladdin) to start the other day, there was a guy complaining about Aladdin that not enough money had been spent on it (Disney after all). In particular, he complained that the opportunity had not be taken to turn the auditorium into Aladdin's cave for the audience to sit it! That got me thinking. I think Miss Saigon went amiss by not transforming the entire auditorium into a Saigon brothel. FOH: "please leave that condom alone, Madam, it's part of the decoration". |
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Post by CG on the loose on Jun 22, 2016 9:19:05 GMT
Saw this last night and, while I enjoyed much of it, at the end I was left feeling a little underwhelmed - I loved the sets, the costumes and Aladdin's three friends, mostly loved the genie and the big production numbers, thought the magic carpet was technically very well done though not as impressive as I'd hoped... {Spoiler - click to view}
(wafting back and forth across the stage rather than venturing out over the audience) and adored the twinkly night sky backdrop. However, though Dean John-Wilson certainly looks the part, I found his vocals disappointingly weak throughout, and the show tipped over into pantomime rather too often for my liking (don't get me wrong - I love panto, but only when I actually go to a panto!). So... definitely worth seeing, but not one I'll rush back to see again. |
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