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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2018 15:51:30 GMT
I do hope you get a full production of The Light in the Piazza. I saw the original Lincoln Center production five times, each visit simply sublime. When it was filmed for telly it looked great. Wasn’t it done at Leicester ? I think that is the only UK production. I do see it as a small intimate show (it really has a handful of characters and bugger all for the chorus to do) and think it would get lost in a big theatre The Vivian Beaumont Theater where it played in NYC is an 1100-seat house with a vast stage, but the primarily front and center staging made it work. A more intimate setting would no doubt showcase things better. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2018 19:20:13 GMT
I'm surprised Next to Normal has never come over. While it didn't win the Tony for Best Musical, it was nominated for 11 (and won 3).
And I can't imagine it would be very expensive to stage, given the set/size of the cast.
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Post by sf on Jun 13, 2018 20:34:24 GMT
I do hope you get a full production of The Light in the Piazza. I saw the original Lincoln Center production five times, each visit simply sublime. When it was filmed for telly it looked great. Wasn’t it done at Leicester ? I think that is the only UK production. I do see it as a small intimate show (it really has a handful of characters and bugger all for the chorus to do) and think it would get lost in a big theatre
It was done at Leicester in 2009. It starred Lucy Schaufer, Caroline Sheen, and Matt Rawle, it was directed by Paul Kerryson, and I thought it was an excellent production. It worked perfectly well in the main theatre at Curve (not huge, but also not small); I don't think it sold very well, though.
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Post by Mark on Jun 14, 2018 4:44:03 GMT
DIdnt Light in the piazza have a brief transfer to the Arts also?
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