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Post by distantcousin on Feb 4, 2016 16:13:01 GMT
Damn - that's when I'm going. Who is she? She's the second cover - one of the few in the West End to get scheduled performances (as the alternate's alternate, so to speak ). I quite liked her portrayal when I saw it a few months ago - plays the youthful innocent/pure side well. She's closer in style to Eva than Tanya, to my eyes. Okay - thanks - sounds promising!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2016 19:28:27 GMT
If anyone is interested in going to the final matinee, I cant use my ticket anymore.
Row B in the Stall, seat 19 (possibly 18, cant remember until I look at the ticket) face value £68.75, but willing to sell for £45.
Send me a message if anyone is interested.
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Post by Dave25 on Feb 6, 2016 14:35:00 GMT
Any news on the filming?
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Post by ali973 on Feb 6, 2016 20:26:30 GMT
I know what but I can't tell I think everyone will love it and will really approve.
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Post by d'James on Feb 6, 2016 21:01:29 GMT
I want to go in the next couple of weeks. What are the Box Office like if you turn up an hour or so before the show starts? Will they give you good seats cheaper or stick to the normal pricing?
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Post by cmcphail on Feb 6, 2016 21:38:37 GMT
I want to go in the next couple of weeks. What are the Box Office like if you turn up an hour or so before the show starts? Will they give you good seats cheaper or stick to the normal pricing? I was there about an hour before curtain last night and was offered two seats in the centre of row f in the stalls for £40 each. I'm not sure how they would be priced normally, but it was implied that we weren't paying full price.
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Post by d'James on Feb 6, 2016 21:43:26 GMT
That does sound a good price for Row F. Maybe I will give it a go.
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Post by samsam1985 on Feb 7, 2016 8:25:38 GMT
In the last 2 weeks it will get really busy so i doubt there will be many / any discounts
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2016 0:54:26 GMT
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Post by danielwhit on Feb 9, 2016 2:13:19 GMT
Read back a couple of pages for more info - however the short version is the show seemed to be recorded a couple of weeks back in the day without an audience. We don't publicly know whether this will be distributed or how.
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Post by Paul on Feb 9, 2016 18:49:58 GMT
Hey guys just incase any of you are unsure my name was There'sOnlyUs on the last forum. I still have a ticket for the final matinee on the 27th of February if anyone is interested? The ticket is for seat H16 in the upper circle.
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Post by SamB (was badoerfan) on Feb 11, 2016 11:22:28 GMT
Dayseated this morning. Brrrr!! Got there at 9:15, which is the same time I got there for a Monday performance in December, when I was 9th in the queue. Today I was around 35th! Another ten or so people had joined by 10:00. Two shows today, which may explain the longer queue, but also means the day-seat requests are spread out. By the time I was inside and could hear they were still selling front row - evening ran out before matinee, and after which they were telling people that they were selling the side stalls as day seats (I've no idea if this is general policy or just what's left today). I got B6, which is the outermost seat on the second row, but I suspect I was lucky because I was by myself - people ahead of me were getting seats on the ends quite a bit further back. edit to add: the Miss Saigon Twitter account have shared a photo of the Day Seat queue just before 10am:
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Post by critchyboy on Feb 11, 2016 22:16:49 GMT
Arrived at 2:28 this afternoon and managed a £37 standby ticket in the Stalls. S25 was the seat - perfect view and glad I managed to see it once more before it finishes!!
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Post by HereForTheatre on Feb 14, 2016 13:43:11 GMT
Finally seeing this for sure on Saturday. I don't know why i kept putting it off really. Anyway, looking forward to it
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Post by Paul on Feb 14, 2016 16:10:14 GMT
I'm off work this Thursday and I want to go into London to see this show one last time. Anyone else going wanting to meet up?
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Post by fiyero on Feb 14, 2016 22:05:50 GMT
I am sitting in the grand circle slips for the final performance and have sat there before (both sides) and love it for the price, so close and much better (in my opinion) than sitting right at the back for the same price. You do have to lean and be contientious of those you are sharing with but a really close view. I am getting rather excited now, I do love a closing night (Done The Woman in White, Lord of the Rings, Bodyguard and From Here to Eternity and have a ticket for Billy Elliott)
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Post by richey on Feb 14, 2016 22:26:50 GMT
I am sitting in the grand circle slips for the final performance and have sat there before (both sides) and love it for the price, so close and much better (in my opinion) than sitting right at the back for the same price. You do have to lean and be contientious of those you are sharing with but a really close view. I am getting rather excited now, I do love a closing night (Done The Woman in White, Lord of the Rings, Bodyguard and From Here to Eternity and have a ticket for Billy Elliott) I'm in the GC slips for the final performance too - my first closing night, am looking forward to it!
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Post by theatre-turtle on Feb 14, 2016 22:29:34 GMT
If anyone can no longer make closing night, happy to buy their ticket
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Post by westendcub on Feb 15, 2016 13:11:55 GMT
Closing nights are bittersweet - the atmosphere is pretty wonderful and can get a bit emotional at the end.
Even at the recent 'Legally Blonde' at 'Upstairs at the Gatehouse' there was a good atmosphere throughout the closing show, I know it wasn't a big production but was sad they did not do a speech at the end but they were downstairs in the pub afterwards and my friend and I had a really lovely chat with Jodie Jacobs!
I can really imagine that 'Miss Saigon' with have a real buzz to it....'Made in Dagenham' was magical - it truly had the audience in that were it's fan - big cheers after each number, the cast really went for it and the moment was 'Stand Up' with the whole theatre standing up for the whole number - it was dreamlike and then the speeches.
I have loved having this show back on the West-End, seen 6 times....Goodbye 'Miss Saigon' on your final West-End flight (for now) off back to Broadway you go!!
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Post by Dave25 on Feb 15, 2016 14:48:01 GMT
I will really miss the show. London won't be quite the same without it.
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Post by daniel on Feb 15, 2016 16:13:07 GMT
Will be in the Upper Circle on closing night...looking forward very much to seeing it one last time!
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Post by distantcousin on Feb 15, 2016 16:29:32 GMT
Saw the show on Saturday afternoon. In extremely good shape - went with someone who had never seen it and knew little about it - she was absolutely bowled over with it and found it highly intense and emotional - as anyone with a heart should!!
Enjoyed seeing it in the Circle - although the helicopter scene is less effective up there (let's say some stage trickery is more visible!)
I thought the performances were marvellous.
Got to see JJB for the first time since the 2nd UK Tour! He is phenomenally good - so nuanced and a complete understanding of the light and shade of the role. Just a shame he has such a lisp!!
2nd understudy Sooha Kim was on. I thought she was mostly great. Her lack of experience did show but in some ways this enhanced her performance and felt more real than "acted" (much like Bjork in Dancer In The Dark) - the innocence and rawness really shone through. Her accent was strong though - it was the first time I'd heard Kim performed by a non Filipina in all the times I've seen it. SO used to that slightly American twang. Interesting - it made Kim seem more "foreign" - which is a good thing for the story and the perception, but it was sometimes at the cost of diction - especially on the faster and/or more emotionally charged parts of the libretto.
This was worse for the Thuy - I could barely understand a word he sung! Why would anyone cast someone who doesn't have clear enough diction to be heard in a highly amplified, sung-through musical?!? It seems ridiculous. His acting carried him well, but honestly, for anyone not knowing the lyrics, it would simply have been guesswork 90% of the time!!
Loved the Chris much more than ol' Brammer Balls! Better in every way! Stick to Casualty luvvie! A greater presence, a richer voice and more chemistry with Kim.
Understudy was on for Ellen - even she was better than the woefully miscast Tamsin Carroll - nicer costumes too.
One thing my friend asked, which I couldn't answer clearly: in the final deal, were Chris and Ellen fully prepared to take Tam AND Kim with them? Genuinely? Surely not The Engineer too? (I thought he was rather deluded on that one)
Perhaps I have forgotten little strands of the plot but I haven't been able to quite piece out the final plan...
It is a wonderful show and such a shame it didn't have the legs to make it to a significant run in it's revival.
My theory is tonally it is out of step with the current zeitgeist of light hearted, non-dramatic, fluffy family-friendly musicals...
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Post by ali973 on Feb 15, 2016 16:51:17 GMT
The "deal" was that they'd stay behind and that support them. "In Bangkok he'd go to an American school" It's alluded that in the end they take them, and Engineer is left behind. Ellen takes Tam, and when the Engineer tries to intervene John stops him.
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Post by critchyboy on Feb 15, 2016 16:55:01 GMT
My understanding from the lyrics:
Ellen: If it were only Tam I'd take him now. He is your child we'd make it work somehow. But Chris she still loves you, how can I have her near?
Tam only - easy solution. Tam and Kim - no go. They decide to leave them both in Bangkok and support them there.
Kim recognises this having met Ellen, hence the tragic ending that gets me absolutely every time!
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Post by Dave25 on Feb 15, 2016 19:29:53 GMT
It is a wonderful show and such a shame it didn't have the legs to make it to a significant run in it's revival. My theory is tonally it is out of step with the current zeitgeist of light hearted, non-dramatic, fluffy family-friendly musicals... I think the show is simply too unknown to most people. There hasn't been a recording since the early nineties and no video material anywhere whatsoever. Shows like Phantom and Les Mis are much more "out there", which works as great promotion.
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Post by Dave25 on Feb 15, 2016 19:33:37 GMT
My understanding from the lyrics: Ellen: If it were only Tam I'd take him now. He is your child we'd make it work somehow. But Chris she still loves you, how can I have her near? Tam only - easy solution. Tam and Kim - no go. This always confuses me a bit. That was exactly Kim's plan. 5 minutes before, Kim asks Ellen: "You must take Tam with you". And then Ellen says "NO, can't you see, it won't work, it can't be". And a minute later, when Chris comes in, she says "If it was only Tam I'd take him". Well, why didn't you say so to Kim? Then she wouldn't have killed herself.
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Post by distantcousin on Feb 15, 2016 21:19:47 GMT
Thanks for this! Of course the American school line! The times I've heard it and it hasn't really registered! aargh!
However, there is a lot of contradiction and expression of ideas from Chris and Ellen, you don't get a firm sense of the actual final plan.
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Post by theatre-turtle on Feb 15, 2016 21:27:59 GMT
Saw the show on Saturday afternoon. In extremely good shape - went with someone who had never seen it and knew little about it - she was absolutely bowled over with it and found it highly intense and emotional - as anyone with a heart should!! Enjoyed seeing it in the Circle - although the helicopter scene is less effective up there (let's say some stage trickery is more visible!) I thought the performances were marvellous. Got to see JJB for the first time since the 2nd UK Tour! He is phenomenally good - so nuanced and a complete understanding of the light and shade of the role. Just a shame he has such a lisp!! 2nd understudy Sooha Kim was on. I thought she was mostly great. Her lack of experience did show but in some ways this enhanced her performance and felt more real than "acted" (much like Bjork in Dancer In The Dark) - the innocence and rawness really shone through. Her accent was strong though - it was the first time I'd heard Kim performed by a non Filipina in all the times I've seen it. SO used to that slightly American twang. Interesting - it made Kim seem more "foreign" - which is a good thing for the story and the perception, but it was sometimes at the cost of diction - especially on the faster and/or more emotionally charged parts of the libretto. This was worse for the Thuy - I could barely understand a word he sung! Why would anyone cast someone who doesn't have clear enough diction to be heard in a highly amplified, sung-through musical?!? It seems ridiculous. His acting carried him well, but honestly, for anyone not knowing the lyrics, it would simply have been guesswork 90% of the time!! Loved the Chris much more than ol' Brammer Balls! Better in every way! Stick to Casualty luvvie! A greater presence, a richer voice and more chemistry with Kim. Understudy was on for Ellen - even she was better than the woefully miscast Tamsin Carroll - nicer costumes too. One thing my friend asked, which I couldn't answer clearly: in the final deal, were Chris and Ellen fully prepared to take Tam AND Kim with them? Genuinely? Surely not The Engineer too? (I thought he was rather deluded on that one) Perhaps I have forgotten little strands of the plot but I haven't been able to quite piece out the final plan... It is a wonderful show and such a shame it didn't have the legs to make it to a significant run in it's revival. My theory is tonally it is out of step with the current zeitgeist of light hearted, non-dramatic, fluffy family-friendly musicals... Thanks for your review! Totally agree the show is better from the stalls, especially the helicopter scene. I sat in J of dress circle on my third visit and noticed how much less intimate the show is. I personally prefer all the original cast, except Ellen (the current Ellen is fantastic IMO). I think Chris Peluso is adequate, but vocally and acting-wise weaker than Alistair Brammar, and I think he lacks chemistry with Eva. I don't think it helps that he's extremely tall, and both Eva and Tanya need to reach upwards to kiss him, making those scenes a little hard to believe.
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Post by critchyboy on Feb 15, 2016 22:07:34 GMT
My understanding from the lyrics: Ellen: If it were only Tam I'd take him now. He is your child we'd make it work somehow. But Chris she still loves you, how can I have her near? Tam only - easy solution. Tam and Kim - no go. This always confuses me a bit. That was exactly Kim's plan. 5 minutes before, Kim asks Ellen: "You must take Tam with you". And the Ellen says "NO, can't you see, it won't work, it can't be". And a minute later, when Chris comes in, she says "If it was only Tam I'd take him". Well, why didn't you say so to Kim? Then she wouldn't have killed herself. True - but then she's heard Chris's side of the story and much he feels he's messed up. Perhaps that helped her change her point of view...!
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Post by SamB (was badoerfan) on Feb 15, 2016 22:44:20 GMT
No, I don't think that's it at all. It's 'if it was only Tam we'd take him now' - but it's not only Tam, there's Kim too. They refuse to take Tam and separate him from his mother ('take a child from his mother, impossible, Kim').
So when both Kim and Tam are on the scene, they refuse to separate them, they refuse to take them both to America, so both of them have to stay in Bangkok and be supported there. So Kim takes herself out of the equation, meaning that is *is* only Tam, so Chris and Ellen will take him.
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