& Juliet - Opera House MCR / Shaftesbury / U.K.Tour

Bat Out of Hell isn't actually on Broadway and its limited run has had poor sales following the debacle of the failed US tour. Do you really wish that on this show?

And its title is the kind Katchurian in 'The Pillowman' would consider insane: nobody starts a title with a punctuation mark if they want the average punter to be able to pronounce it!

I've always struggled with the first half of my name...

And that’s made apparent in a very visual way at the end isn’t it? 
(Audience went “Aaaaahhhhh!”)

It came up as one of the purchase options when I clicked to buy a (non premium) Opera House seat, I was logged in to ATG so I think it might be Theatrecard members only. 

Pretty decent, I don’t think you’ll have any problems unless you get a really tall person in front of you. You may not get the benefit of the projections from row X though, due to the circle overhang. The screens take up the top third of the set on all three sides. 

I wasn't familiar with all the songs in the show so when I got home last night I listened to the ones I didn't know (basically almost any from the last 5 years or so) and to be honest I found many of them unlistenable, mostly due to the overproduction and the whiney autotuned vocals. it made a lot of difference being in the theatre, being in the moment and hearing these songs sung by people who could actually sing. I wasn't interested in this show at all until this last week and was very happy that my instincts were proven wrong. My wife and I both compared it with other jukebox musicals including Bat Out Of Hell, the difference for me was that although Bat Out Of Hell had the better songs, it was (in my opinion) a completely unfocussed po-faced mess, even though there were many redeeming features. This show knows what it is and the irreverent vibe suits it so much better.

Get your coat.

&     A-n-d     : spot the difference.

Many people wouldn't recognize the ampersand at the start of a title rather than between two names.  Context.

I saw this on Saturday and loved it. The plot's a bit thin, but they get away with that because all the actors and dancers look like they are having an absolute ball. It doesn't take itself too seriously and is very funny as well as having some amazing singers and dancers. Cassidy Jannsen has such a powerful voice for a tiny lady and Miriam Teak Leak (who I hadn't heard of before) really belts them out as a feisty Juliet. I had only vaguely heard of half the songs (Pink and Britney?), but it didn't matter at all as I don't know many songs when seeing new musicals.
The theatre was packed (2 for 1 anybody?) and the audience loved it. I looked at the next few weeks and absolutely loads of empty seats, which is such a shame. I hope it does well in London. it's a juke box musical yes, but very different from what you would normally expect from this genre.

Seems like the fad for panto musicals is continuing.

I wasn't interested in this but am now - and coincidentally I used to live in Eccles, though in the late 70's, not 90's, and I haven't kept up with pop music since about 1980. However, I daresay my taste in music at the time was equally mainstream (or s**t as some might have it), so I may well give this a go when it reaches London.