Waitress - Adelphi Theatre / U.K. Tour / Cinema

The movie is fabulous, well worth watching. Looking forward to this.

amazon.com has finally delivered the cast recording on Saturday, and I listened to it on my flight to Berlin yesterday. And what can I say: boring. The entire recording is full of uninspired bad pop songs and lowlights. There was not one single song I enjoyed, and it was really hard for me to not skip through the entire CD. Not even Jessie Mueller (I adored her in Beautiful) could save it. But hey, at least it saved me from seeing this on Broadway in December, so I got one free time slot.

Welcome to Theatreboard, jasminehurley!

I've heard rumours like this but I can't seem to get my head round it!! Where have you heard them?

I can kind of understand Mamma Mia as its been going 16 years but still does well box office wise!! Kinky Boots has only been here a year - I would've thought it would stay for another year atleast? I thought that was popular.

I think Waitress shouldn't go to the Adelphi as it could be too big - i dont know if the film and creative team are that well known over here? I think it'll need a name for the lead if it goes to a theatre that big?

I still think the Aldywch would suit it to a T or maybe the Harold Pinter

So looks like this won't be going to the Harold Pinter now after the announcement today.

Not sure at all now?

Was the Pinter ever likely, it takes time for shows to transfer, the average is about two years, some like Once and Beautiful did come within a year but that's the exception and not the norm

I don't think that the Pinter was likely for Waitress anyway. It's more often than not a playhouse.

The Adelphi's a bit big for Waitress, I think the Piccadilly would be more likely if it becomes available next year.

The Gielgud would be perfect but I doubt Curious Incident is going anytime soon same with Mamma Mia at the Novello.

The Phoenix has The Girls now. The main reason this is doing such strong New York business is because of Jessie Mueller. She became a Broadway Big Deal on the back of Beautiful and that means something to both the regular theatre people over there (like us) and to the American tourists, who make up the biggest % of Broadway business.

Over here, the film, the creatives and the cast have pretty much zero recognition for the majority of people. Plonking this straight into the West End would, in my opinion, not work out well. We don't really have a West End performer who has the same kind of pull AND talent as Mueller (I would imagine Kerry Ellis would end up cast, which, well, *shudder*). A limited season somewhere with an option to bring it in if it's a roaring success would be the route I would opt for, personally.

Saw this tonight. Overall it's a really good show. Ogie gets a little bit more from the audience from what the role deserves (Christopher Fitzgerlad gives it all), but Jenna and her two sidekicks (and the doctor) work so well together. The sound in the theatre was all over the place. At times all the actors heavily amplified, at times muted.

I actually can see this doing quite okay in London in a similar size theatre. Wouldn't do well at the Adelphi or Piccadilly as suggested before, as they might be a bit too big.