Joseph at the Palladium / U.K. Tour

Thank you all for your reports and discussions, it was on spot as most of the times :-) I loved the music (goosebumps moment and memories flooding back, but could have done without the extremely excited family next to me who were singin along and swaying and clapping - a bit is alsways welcomed but not non stop) and the stage design is nice. I absolutely did not like Sheridan Smith being "funny" and doing multiple roles (nothing personal, she is doing her job) and the kids playing adult roles. And yes Jason did do stage door which was fun as I got my programm signed (28 years later ;-))

Does anyone know the stage door address for the Palladium?

Thank You

If investors and theatres are wanting to bring Joseph to Broadway, ALW is not going to say no. He has Phantom and School of Rock at the moment, so Joseph and Cinderella would take it to four shows. I believe he's the only composer to achieve this, last time in 2017.

Plus, with the upcoming spree of closures, Joseph is well known and safe, especially for a limited run. Very different from The Woman in White.

The 90s production only lasted 6 months on Broadway. I'm surprised They didn't take Donny Osmond back for Broadway

Erm, School of Rock on Broadway closed a while ago... so it would be three shows.  

Joseph's grosses on Broadway were respectable for 1994:  www.broadwayworld.com/grosses/JOSEPH-AND-THE-AMAZING-TECHNICOLOR-DREAMCOAT 

That production was the Los Angeles Cast with Michael Damian - who was a U.S. Soap Opera star.  I believe he had a 6 month contract and Donny Osmond was starring in the Canadian Production.  

And yes, the Minskoff Theatre was promised for Sunset back in March of 1994 when they finally pulled the trigger and said Glen was coming to Broadway and not Patti.  

I'm hazy in recalling (and lazy in googling -) but I believe Edgar Dobie (sp?) was a spokesperson for RUG and made a point of explaining that no, Joseph was not a "flop" on Broadway.  

And they did have extensive renovations to the theatre for Sunset.  Remember, they expected Sunset to be another Phantom that would be running for years and years, so the theatre owners wanted to seriously upgrade the place from it's 70's vibe (I'm remembering the seats being plastic, fold down and there was one massive seating section for the lower and mezzanine sections - not the customary 3 sections with 5 aisles)  All of the seating was replaced throughout the theatre, there was a lot of work done on the stage itself.  Had Sunset not come to that theatre, they might have tried re-casting Joseph especially with the Summer coming and tourists in the city, kids out of school, etc.  

While it's definitely more popular in the UK - it does get a lot of play in schools out here.  I'd assume it would do good business with some good casting.

Whoever pointed out that it might be a safe bet for an empty house is probably correct.  I'm just not sure that this same production would fly.  The shtick that people have described about Sheridan I can't imagine being well received (even if the NY Times did like it...  reading his review, I really wondered if it was jet lag.  He's not a huge ALW fan)  But then again, what do I know?  School of Rock was a Broadway hit and I never went to see it -primarily because of the whole "come see kids playing on broadway" campaign.  At over $100 a ticket, no thanks.

If I remember correctly, you were adamant the Palladium run was going to flop, and would have to heavily discount to shift tickets.

Fair enough, this version is not for you (have you actually seen it?), but like it or not, lots of people are enjoying it. And enjoying Sheridan in it.

Thats great to hear, thanks TheatreMonkey! The last thing I saw at the Palladium was Wizard of Oz, and though we were high up, we were pretty central, so had no complaints, but that was a LONG time ago haha!

As Joseph is coming to the end of its run I think it is safe to say that this production has been a huge success.
I know many people didn't like the production or the star but there is no avoiding the fact that this, along with the recent pantos, has got to be one of the biggest box office successes for the Palladium in recent years. There has been no discounting apart from the weekly lottery (less said about that the better) and its a big old theatre to fill.
So well done Joseph I say!

The whole run has been at 100% capacity - which is insane for a theatre that holds that many people - GOGOGOJO!