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Post by Someone in a tree on May 4, 2018 7:26:29 GMT
The NT booking system like many of its productions is not fit for purpose.
The NT do not offer incentives for buying multiple tickets to different productions so why do sell multiple productions at the same time?
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Post by zahidf on May 4, 2018 7:54:17 GMT
The booking was ok for the last period: i wonder if these productions are more popular this time around?
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Post by david on May 4, 2018 11:45:28 GMT
I was thinking about all this overnight. Partly I think it gums up a bit when there are more than 2 or 3 new productions on sale. This time I think there were 6. Also, I'm curious which browsers people on here were using. I used to use IE, and it was hit or miss. Since using Chrome and Firefox, I've found both to be far smoother. What do others use? IE due to the fact that I’m at work during booking periods and have to use my work PC to book stuff. Like other posts, I found the NT booking process really sluggish yesterday. Thankfully, I managed to get my ticket for Home I’m Darling after battling the NT IT system as it decided to crash on me during the purchase. |
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Post by jek on May 4, 2018 15:38:01 GMT
As detailed earlier I had a dreaded 503 error and I was using Chrome.
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Post by sf on May 4, 2018 16:41:59 GMT
Also, I'm curious which browsers people on here were using. I used to use IE, and it was hit or miss. Since using Chrome and Firefox, I've found both to be far smoother. What do others use? I was using Firefox yesterday morning. At one point in the middle of the saga I outlined further up this thread, I tried Edge, and it wasn't any less sluggish. The 503 error was while I was using Firefox. |
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2018 17:01:42 GMT
I tend to set multiple browsers going then use whichever gets me to the front of the queue first. I alas have no points of comparison, because it's always IE that wins the day.
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Post by showgirl on May 5, 2018 3:53:39 GMT
After 2 truly dire experiences with NT online booking I didn't even try when the last 2 booking periods opened but did this time as I wanted Home, I'm Darling, plus this - and this only because everyone on this thread seemed to think it worth seeing.
Being away at present I didn't have my laptop and my netbook suddenly took a dislike to Chrome so I had to use Microsoft Edge instead (default with Windows 10) and it was fine, but still a very nerve-wracking process. Yet again, though, as someone wanting a single ticket for 2 productions only, I wished that the NT would not open booking for so many new plays/shows at once and force everyone to join the same queue regardless of their "shopping list". How about a theatrical equivalent of the supermarket "5 Items Or Fewer" queue or similar?
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Post by Phantom of London on May 29, 2018 19:16:59 GMT
American commercial producers funded Pinocchio and that then funds legendary productions of Macbeth Not quite the same thing. Those were National Theatre productions, and American commercial producers made a contribution. This is a pre-Broadway tryout. It was going to happen anyway, it's going to lead to a commercial run on Broadway, so why does it need money from the Arts Council? Actually I suspect it's a substitute for something else - remember, the National were supposed to be doing a musical adaptation of Roald Dahl's 'The Witches' this Christmas, and there's been no mention of it for quite some time. Presumably it's been postponed, and this - a more or less ready-made production from Somewhere Else - is filling the slot. Just out of interest, try outs can be very damaging as well and scupper a Broadway transfer, thinking or rather trying not to think of the Menier Chocolate Factory hosted a musical set in Vienna and directed by Harold Prince and Susan Stroman, the name escapes me, but how terrible it was, will never escape me. |
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Post by alece10 on May 29, 2018 19:36:33 GMT
Not quite the same thing. Those were National Theatre productions, and American commercial producers made a contribution. This is a pre-Broadway tryout. It was going to happen anyway, it's going to lead to a commercial run on Broadway, so why does it need money from the Arts Council? Actually I suspect it's a substitute for something else - remember, the National were supposed to be doing a musical adaptation of Roald Dahl's 'The Witches' this Christmas, and there's been no mention of it for quite some time. Presumably it's been postponed, and this - a more or less ready-made production from Somewhere Else - is filling the slot. Just out of interest, try outs can be very damaging as well and scupper a Broadway transfer, thinking or rather trying not to think of the Menier Chocolate Factory hosted a musical set in Vienna and directed by Harold Prince and Susan Stroman, the name escapes me, but how terrible it was, will never escape me. Paradise Found. |
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2018 20:01:32 GMT
Just out of interest, try outs can be very damaging as well and scupper a Broadway transfer, thinking or rather trying not to think of the Menier Chocolate Factory hosted a musical set in Vienna and directed by Harold Prince and Susan Stroman, the name escapes me, but how terrible it was, will never escape me. Paradise Found. This show should win awards for the number of times people have Forgotten its name... (including me!) Found. Paradise Found. The only thing we didn’t forget was where we saw it and how excruciatingly bad it was... |
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Post by musicalmarge on May 30, 2018 8:32:06 GMT
Omg sooooo bad !!!!
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2018 8:39:07 GMT
The NT booking system like many of its productions is not fit for purpose. The NT do not offer incentives for buying multiple tickets to different productions so why do sell multiple productions at the same time? I've never thought of this before but it's a really good point - why do multiple shows have to go on sale at the same time? It would make it easier on my pocket to spread it out a bit - I'd probably buy more if I didn't have to shell out all at once. |
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2018 9:07:36 GMT
Queuing would be SO much less painful too. Much easier to pick up your Exit The King Travelex ticket if you're not in a queue with thousands of people clamouring over the few £15 seats for The Lehman Trilogy.
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Post by showgirl on May 30, 2018 10:47:35 GMT
Queuing would be SO much less painful too. Much easier to pick up your Exit The King Travelex ticket if you're not in a queue with thousands of people clamouring over the few £15 seats for The Lehman Trilogy. Indeed, as noted above when Priority booking went live. Can't believe they haven't considered it but maybe some of us need to ask |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2018 6:29:50 GMT
Hopefully it will be good and transfer to Broadway. But there is going to be some other musicals on Broadway I would like to see.
I am not sure where this should be thread wise?
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Post by cartoonman on Jun 17, 2018 10:27:38 GMT
Does anyone know if the American cast?
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Post by zephyrus on Aug 6, 2018 19:56:48 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2018 19:58:37 GMT
Let's hope it's as smooth sailing as his last time on Broadway!
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Post by ali973 on Aug 7, 2018 7:11:28 GMT
It's most probably the same Canadian cast.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2018 12:25:38 GMT
Casting has been announced for the London production of Broadway-bound Hadestown! It was announced today that Amber Gray and Patrick Page will reprise their original New York Theatre Workshop roles of Persephone and Hades. They will be joined by Reeve Carney as Orpheus, a role he performed alongside Gray and Page at the Citadel Theatre (Edmonton, Canada). New cast members André De Shields and Eva Noblezada will take the roles of Hermes and Eurydice, with Rosie Fletcher, Carly Mercedes Dyer, and Gloria Onitiri as the Fates. Completing the cast are Sharif Afifi, Beth Hinton-Lever, Seyi Omooba, Aiesha Pease, Joseph Prouse, Jordan Shaw, and Shaq Taylor.
Rachel Chavkin, director of Hadestown, said: 'This company is an extraordinary mix of artists - each is wholly unique, and brings a depth of soul and craft to the project. We're thrilled to have back Amber Gray and Patrick Page, who have been with the show since the beginning, and Reeve Carney who did extraordinary work on the Canadian premiere. André De Shields is a legend and brings heartbreaking, invaluable experience to the storytelling, and Eva Noblezada captures a combination of toughness and vulnerability... I cannot wait to be in the room with these actors and the whole ensemble.'
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Post by ali973 on Aug 13, 2018 12:48:14 GMT
What a cast! I was excited when I first found out the National is doing this because of the amazing score, but this is going to be lit AF.
It has Patrick Page (presence), Amber Grey (delicious and dangerous), Eva Noblezada (we love her and so does London), Gloria Onitiri (someone give her a lead, though. She's amazing) and the legend that is Andre De Shields (THE Wizard). BTW did anyone see a pic of Sharif Afifi? How you doin'?!
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Post by viserys on Aug 13, 2018 12:57:49 GMT
Great cast indeed. Looking forward to see Reeve Carney and Patrick Page again, who I both saw in Spiderman in Broadway (oh yes, I went there) and some fresh faces.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2018 13:02:36 GMT
UGH to Reeve Carney. The rest sounds awesome though.
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Post by ali973 on Aug 13, 2018 13:06:01 GMT
I agree on Reeve Carney. Blurg. I don't understand why directors insist on making him a star.
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Post by sf on Aug 13, 2018 14:41:37 GMT
Fingers crossed Seyi Omooba gets at least one opportunity to show off that amazing voice (if you saw 'Ragtime' at the Charing Cross Theatre you'll know how spectacular she is).
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