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Post by Matt on Sept 8, 2022 20:58:49 GMT
So this is looking good then? New costumes, fresher look, fresher Juliet. So pleased it looks like its going to work on Broadway. Ooh! She’s good isn’t she? I wonder if they’re changing the humour for a US audience because I thought it was very “British” and verging on a bit panto occasionally, although it always stayed just on the right side. Funnily enough the book is written by an American.
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Post by TallPaul on Sept 9, 2022 7:26:54 GMT
No, I'm pretty sure that Bill Shakespeare was English. You can visit the house where he was born, and everything!
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Post by apwl on Sept 26, 2022 19:44:19 GMT
At the show now to see the three new cast members. They’ve introduced two minor dialogue changes. I’m guessing these were changes made for Broadway and they’re aligning the scripts across the productions.
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Post by Matt on Sept 26, 2022 21:25:26 GMT
At the show now to see the three new cast members. They’ve introduced two minor dialogue changes. I’m guessing these were changes made for Broadway and they’re aligning the scripts across the productions. What are the changes?
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Post by apwl on Sept 26, 2022 21:41:55 GMT
Shakespeare‘s line just before I Kissed A Girl where we says “to give this plot a twist” has been changed.
The other one was May’s line before Domino where they say “flirt with random foreign guys”. That has changed (A May line has changed but not 100% that’s the lime But I think it is)
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Post by christya on Sept 30, 2022 11:05:24 GMT
So this is looking good then? New costumes, fresher look, fresher Juliet. So pleased it looks like its going to work on Broadway. Only just spotted this - to quote another show, 'so much better'! I'd see it again if she was in it, wouldn't touch another viewing with Miriam with a ten foot pole. I've rarely disliked a lead character so much, and I think it was all her performance/attitude that made me dislike Juliet.
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Post by apwl on Oct 6, 2022 18:40:12 GMT
Closing March 25
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Post by keekio2 on Oct 6, 2022 18:47:44 GMT
Well then…. I guess MRs Doubtfire is going in
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Post by LaLuPone on Oct 6, 2022 18:52:04 GMT
UK tour to be announced, should hopefully do very well if they market it well. Will miss this wonderful show.
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Post by marob on Oct 6, 2022 18:56:57 GMT
“Incredible 3.5 years?” They’re just going to pretend covid never affected them then?
I liked it in Manchester, and was thinking of seeing it again but could never find a decent rush ticket. Will hopefully give it another go on the tour.
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Post by Jon on Oct 6, 2022 18:59:59 GMT
“Incredible 3.5 years?” They’re just going to pretend covid never affected them then? I liked it in Manchester, and was thinking of seeing it again but could never find a decent rush ticket. Will hopefully give it another go on the tour. The combined run is probably closer to 18 months than 3 and a half years. You can't say in a press release, you've done 3.5 years if you weren't open for 18 months of that.
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Post by stuart on Oct 6, 2022 19:00:23 GMT
Sad news but I guess it’s had a good run.
Can see this doing very well on your and returning to the West End in a smaller scals in a few years.
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Post by LaLuPone on Oct 6, 2022 19:18:47 GMT
Agreed the “3.5 years” thing is clearly false but they’re certainly not the only ones doing it, Come From Away and Dear Evan Hansen did the same when they posted their closing notices.
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Post by ncbears on Oct 6, 2022 19:23:12 GMT
So happy we saw this back in June on the first night of our London visit (about six hours after arriving in London from Heathrow). What a joyous time (and thank you to the very very very nice Box Office manager).
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Post by ThereWillBeSun on Oct 6, 2022 19:37:24 GMT
I am not surprised at all sadly.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 6, 2022 19:46:59 GMT
Can’t wait to see it on tour 🤗
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Post by A.Ham on Oct 6, 2022 20:01:15 GMT
It’s a shame there’s a lot of negativity on here about this show. Each to their own of course, but even accounting for the period Covid meant they had to close, it’s not had a bad run and it has a lot of fans. I loved it when I saw it in Jan 2020 pre-pandemic. I’m sure with the show being packed full of such popular songs it’ll do very well on tour.
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Post by marob on Oct 6, 2022 21:43:08 GMT
I looked up when I saw it and it was exactly 3 years ago yesterday, so if it makes it to March then it will indeed have spanned about 3.5 years.
But not all of that time was “in the West End.” And obviously there would have been multiple closures in that time also.
Sounds good on a press release though I s’pose 🙄
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Post by Jon on Oct 6, 2022 21:53:42 GMT
I wonder if the producers decided to close or if the Shaftesbury had Mrs Doubtfire lined up.
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Post by chadexx on Oct 7, 2022 5:44:34 GMT
Wouldn't a more accurate assessment of the success of a run in these post lockdown times be the number of performances given? I imagine by the time it closes next March & Juliet will have given about 700 performances which must be counted as a success for this feel-good show!
It would be equally interesting to know the number of performances given for Come From Away and Dear E H. Does anyone know how one can glean such info?
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Post by ladidah on Oct 7, 2022 7:00:05 GMT
I love this show, will be making sure to see it before it goes on tour.
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Post by emilycornnuts on Oct 7, 2022 7:18:04 GMT
Sad to see this go but not surprised - it had a decent run. I’ve seen it twice and will definitely be trying to catch it again before closing.
Thinking of the shows that opened in the West End around the start of the pandemic, surely it’s time for Pretty Woman to go soon?
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Post by keekio2 on Oct 7, 2022 8:08:19 GMT
Sad to see this go but not surprised - it had a decent run. I’ve seen it twice and will definitely be trying to catch it again before closing. Thinking of the shows that opened in the West End around the start of the pandemic, surely it’s time for Pretty Woman to go soon? Honestly I’m shocked that pretty woman is still open tbh
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Post by ladidah on Oct 7, 2022 9:59:45 GMT
I am too, no-one I know has ever seen it.
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Post by apubleed on Oct 7, 2022 15:49:25 GMT
Do we know who the closing cast will be? Specifically Juliet
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Post by Mark on Oct 7, 2022 16:25:17 GMT
Do we know who the closing cast will be? Specifically Juliet See no reason it wouldn’t be a Miriam
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Post by danb on Oct 7, 2022 16:47:40 GMT
Do we know who the closing cast will be? Specifically Juliet See no reason it wouldn’t be a Miriam It would depend very much if she wanted to be on that day. 😎
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Post by showtoones on Oct 7, 2022 17:57:42 GMT
See no reason it wouldn’t be a Miriam It would depend very much if she wanted to be on that day. 😎 Does Miriam call out a lot? I am looking to see her in December...
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Post by bobbievanhusen on Oct 8, 2022 1:04:50 GMT
I saw this again on Wednesday and really enjoyed it, far more than I did when I first saw it, back when it opened.
Miriam was on and I thought she was great. She has obviously learnt over the shows run when she can rely on ensemble to cover vocals and not have to belt everything 100% of the time, like she originally was. Oliver Thompsett is exactly as he was before and we had Collette Guitart on as Ann. I thought she did a wonderful job. She might not have the vocal power of Cassidy Janson, but she certainly got the emotion across and had a great personality. Joe Foster as May is a vast improvement on the original May and thankfully has a great voice. His Northern accent came as a bit of a surprise too. Nicolas Colicos has been around a long time and he's still got the comedy skills and that great voice. His Lance isn't as hammy a David Badella was and he has great chemistry with Malinda Parris as Nurse.
The stalls were 85% full and the show got a great reception at the end, but it wasn't a huge surprise to hear the following morning that the show was closing, albeit in 6 months time
It was also nice to see some of the extensive building works that the Shaftesbury is undergoing, providing a venue that is modern and has more facilities than before.
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Post by TallPaul on Oct 8, 2022 7:42:01 GMT
Northern accents always come as a bit of a surprise.
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