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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2018 13:31:30 GMT
Assume this will be the palace? Which has nothing announced between end of April and end of November next year! Confirmed for the Palace, according to Manchester Evening News. Dates still to be announced.
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Post by raider80 on Nov 6, 2018 15:07:32 GMT
The show is going to do great on Tour. I think the Chicago sit-down set might be in storage somewhere so they could use that. Now, the question is, will they use British Price and Cunningham or continued practice of shipping Americans over?
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Post by 49thand8th on Nov 6, 2018 15:45:29 GMT
The Chicago sit-down set is the current Jumamosi set. The Latter-Day set is the one in Australia (it closed in Hawaii, so it was relatively close to ship it off). I guess unless they close in the West End, they'll build a new one. They can't use the non-replica Scandinavian sets.
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Post by 49thand8th on Nov 7, 2018 15:35:06 GMT
Interesting that the Book of Mormon London instagram changed their handle from @bookofmormonldn to @bookofmormonuk.
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Post by LaLuPone on Nov 7, 2018 15:38:20 GMT
Interesting that the Book of Mormon London instagram changed their handle from @bookofmormonldn to @bookofmormonuk. Well it makes sense to do so doesn’t it? I wasn’t on facebook at the time but I have a feeling that Wicked UK was Wicked London before the first tour began.
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Post by 49thand8th on Nov 7, 2018 15:45:00 GMT
Maybe, but I was thinking they might create a separate UK tour account after letting their London followers know about it — not merge the two into one handle.
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Post by sf on Nov 7, 2018 16:04:11 GMT
The show is going to do great on Tour. That may depend on how they price it. There are a LOT of seats still available for Matilda in Manchester for weekday performances, even after they introduced more price bands and made a lot of the tickets significantly cheaper. Putting most of the stalls and dress circle on sale at prices above £60 may work for producers in London, but it doesn't fly here.
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Post by raider80 on Nov 7, 2018 17:35:57 GMT
It all depends on how they tour the show. During it's first run through the US the producers purposely had the show perform at a city for a week, two tops to drive up demand and ticket price. I doubt they will do it here but, Scott Rudin and Sonia Friedman are shrewed producers. They will find a way to drive up the ticket price without losing demand.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2018 17:47:41 GMT
Maybe, but I was thinking they might create a separate UK tour account after letting their London followers know about it — not merge the two into one handle. But then they’d have to start from scratch to create a following. By renaming the existing channel they already have an establish pool of followers ready to expand. Logical.
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Post by 49thand8th on Nov 7, 2018 19:40:47 GMT
Fair enough! I think what was on my mind was how the Les Miz Broadway social media accounts changed their handles once the Broadway productions closed and the US tour launched, but this isn't really the same thing (unless BoM London closes).
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Post by theatregod on Nov 7, 2018 19:45:45 GMT
Opens September Manchester palace
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2018 14:21:58 GMT
Priority booking email going out from ATG tomorrow 10am
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Post by crashbang on Nov 11, 2018 22:07:27 GMT
Opens in Manchester in June not September. 12 weeks.
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Nov 12, 2018 10:06:28 GMT
Runs at the Manchester Palace from 4th-29th June.
Edited to add: Actually 6th June - 13th July. ATG's Palace Theatre page has the wrong dates!
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Post by LaLuPone on Nov 12, 2018 10:14:41 GMT
Runs at the Manchester Palace from 4th-29th June. The ATG website shows dates from the 6th of June to the 13th of July
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2018 10:19:03 GMT
Pricing structure very similar to Matilda's current prices at Palace.
Edit: Public sale - Wednesday 14th 10am.
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Nov 12, 2018 10:36:59 GMT
Runs at the Manchester Palace from 4th-29th June. The ATG website shows dates from the 6th of June to the 13th of July You're right, it does, and that's presumably correct since they're selling tickets for those dates, although on www.atgtickets.com/venues/palace-theatre-manchester it says 4th-29th June. When was anything ever straightforward with ATG?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Nov 12, 2018 12:01:48 GMT
£70 top price. For this? They must be joking.
(If they were it would be funnier than the show 😑)
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Post by Jonnyboy on Nov 12, 2018 13:18:14 GMT
Will probably see this but have never been excited enough to make the trip to London. Is it worth £50? The UK press reviews were so mediocre, not that that alone is something to go off.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2018 13:26:03 GMT
£70 top price. For this? They must be joking. (If they were it would be funnier than the show 😑) £75 Saturday night! Agree.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2018 13:32:03 GMT
The UK press reviews were so mediocre, From what i remember they were pretty much raves, weren't they? I love this show and think it's worth every penny of the £75 top price. It's not to everyone's taste, but i think it's a brilliantly crafted show. My 76 year old, strict catholic mother thought it was the funniest show she has seen.
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Post by sf on Nov 12, 2018 13:39:32 GMT
The top prices are fairly steep.
There are a few very cheap seats (£13 plus ATG's outrageous £3.65 booking fee) in the back of the stalls and circle (and more seats at that price in the upper circle, but I don't do the upper circle in the Palace). The £13 seats in the stalls and circle will not hang around for long, but as of ten minutes ago they still seem to be available for nearly all performances. I just bought one.
ATG's website is being particularly annoying today. It took three attempts to buy a ticket and check out; at the first two, when I tried to put a ticket in the basket I just got an endless spiral of death. So that was fun.
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Post by Jonnyboy on Nov 12, 2018 13:39:36 GMT
Interesting. Thanks!
Most of the press quotes used in advertising are from the American press. That kind of puts me off.
Just looked back and it received a smattering of 3s and 4s over here.
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Post by 49thand8th on Nov 21, 2018 22:39:49 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2018 23:05:32 GMT
That reminds me of the current tour of Wicked stopping at Zurich beforehand. I'd say it's economically best to have the tour production there to save on building an extra set and rehearsing a whole new cast. And it's a very well-known show so I wouldn't be surprised if they threw in a couple more European dates such as Paris, Madrid, Zurich etc.
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Post by Dr Tom on Nov 21, 2018 23:24:51 GMT
It may well be one of the American tours, with that cast.
I saw Pippin there a few years ago which was an extension of the US tour.
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Post by theatregod on Nov 22, 2018 0:24:29 GMT
Its in Amsterdam in September.
It will be all part of the same tour.
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Post by 49thand8th on Nov 23, 2018 22:25:25 GMT
It may well be one of the American tours, with that cast. I saw Pippin there a few years ago which was an extension of the US tour. Possibly, but who knows. There are no dates on here beyond Salt Lake City in August 2019. bookofmormonbroadway.com/tour
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Post by theatregod on Nov 23, 2018 23:35:36 GMT
It seems silly to ship the American set over when a uk tour is starting in May, and Europe is only a few hours drive away!
But yes, who knows!!
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Post by welsh_tenor on Nov 23, 2018 23:54:05 GMT
Seeing as it’s the UK twitter account that’s been promoting the Amsterdam leg and also directing people to the new European twitter account, logic (at the mo!) would suggest its the UK cast.
There’s been nothing from the US account about either venue.
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