Predictions

With 3 Broadway transfers opening at the Adelphi, Phoenix and Noel Coward with titles that the majority of theatregoers in the uk will not have heard of it will be interesting to see how this year plays out, Particularly with waitress and come from away over the next few months. With Drury Lane and Dominion dark, the Palladuim only taking concerts until the summer it could be a very 'dark' season in London.

I wouldn't be surprised that if Joseph is a major hit that it will extend until the palladium pantomime season then reopen in the new year - it is the same production company after all. They will have to get a move on and announce some casting though if they want a decent advance, I won't be booking blind!

This encompasses tours, London, Broadway and plays as well as musicals but i don't want to create separate threads for all these things yet until officially announced so....

Just checking out the producer blurb for the upcoming Curtains tour and it seems to reveal a lot of upcoming productions....

"DLAP is producing the first ever stage musical of the Sony/ScreenGems movie, Burlesque, which will premiere at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey in 2020 - marking the tenth anniversary of the movie release - before transferring to Broadway in 2021. DLAP is also producing the world premiere play adaptation of The Last King of Scotland, based on the award-winning novel by Giles Foden and subsequent Oscar-winning film starring Forest Whittaker and James McAvoy. This premieres at the Sheffield Crucible Theatre in September 2019 prior to West End, Broadway and international productions. Further upcoming productions include the Kander and Ebb musical whodunnit, Curtains, starring top UK comedian, Jason Manford, which tours the UK from September 2019, a tour of the classic farcical play, Boeing-Boeing, also touring the UK from September 2019 and a West End production of the musical, Bonnie & Clyde from June 2019"




My thoughts here are it's getting a bit late for them to announce B&C for June?....

I've just gone on their own website and the mention of B&C doesn't appear in their bio on there so i'm confused which is the correct one. I'm going to guess maybe it's fallen through because as you say, it would be a very late announcement.

Ben Forster makes an announcement on monday: Joseph? Enjolras for the concert?

I’ve heard more grumblings of a fringe (ie Southwark) production of next to normal - not hugely hopeful of the validity of the source though.

is there still not date for announcing the missing - IMPORTANT - roles?

Perhaps they are going to do it like the Oscars - without a Joseph. If the Oscars can do without a host, surely a musical can do without a leading character.

I’m Joseph on Nov 12th and Dec 16th matinee. Have started my loincloth training. Andy LW is paying for a personal trainer/spray tan but I have to share the loincloth and coat with one of Let Loose.

A musical doesn’t need to recoup to come over, look at 9-5 which is opening tomorrow, that didn’t recoup a single dime and lost its entire capitalisation to boot, however a show that is cash rich is more likely to transfer.

Although Anastasia hasn’t recouped, it must be pretty close and you can be sure the lead producers have taken hefty management fees, like most shows it will recoup elsewhere, especially the US Tours, where tickets are already sold via subscription packages.

The $15 million you talk was mostly spent on costly video design, which I would say cost north of $5 million, this you can bring over on a big USB stick, likewise the video panels, carriage and other pieces of set, would be easy to ship, than rebuild. So what was expensive on Broadway, makes it very cheap on the West End. That’s why it will come over.

Rob Houchen. In a loincloth.

I'm salivating.

Yes, sheep changeover day is every other Monday before 3 please. They start building their part up otherwise and it becomes ‘Close Every Baaaa’...talk about pulling focus 🙄

same 😁