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Post by nash16 on Mar 8, 2019 1:58:32 GMT
They've hinted at the plot on twitter, for anyone who is in the mood for working it out: Let's have a go based on those emojis: She changes race. Becomes a doctor. Dyes her hair blonde. Moves to Disneyland Paris. Becomes a costumed entertainer there, potentially in Hunchback of Notre Dame. It's going to be SO BAD 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌😂😂😂😂😂 |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2019 9:03:26 GMT
I can see why you're (presumably) not a writer of musicals!  |
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Post by Oleanna on Mar 8, 2019 9:04:50 GMT
I don’t know why people are convinced that this show is going to be “so bad”...?
Stranger concepts for musicals have happened, and it’ll be fun to come back and read these pages if the show’s a hit.
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Post by anthem on Mar 8, 2019 9:06:24 GMT
I don’t know why people are convinced that this show is going to be “so bad”...? Stranger concepts for musicals have happened, and it’ll be fun to come back and read these pages if the show’s a hit. I agree. The premise of ‘Six’ is pretty ridiculous and look how that turned out. |
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Post by HereForTheatre on Mar 8, 2019 9:07:17 GMT
Can anybody honestly tell me they heard the plot for Six and thought it was going to be brilliant? You can't always just take a show on the sound of it's plot line. And with this we don't even know it, so writing it off seems awfully premature.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2019 9:10:25 GMT
Why stop at Six? Imagine hearing the plot of Les Mis or Hamilton without knowing anything about them, you would be forgiven for not recognising them as two of the biggest musicals in the world!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2019 9:13:08 GMT
List is endless. Cats. Starlight Express. All absolutely bonkers on paper.
99% of musicals need to be seen to be judged! (OK, maybe 95%....)
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Post by nash16 on Mar 8, 2019 9:30:02 GMT
I can see why you're (presumably) not a writer of musicals! I don't need to be when the production's twitter feed sends out its "plot" with emojis. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I'm still laughing at what they could mean. Hopefully better than what I've come up with. Have a crack at it yourself Baemax: what do you think those emojis reveal? (Admittedly I skipped a couple!) |
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Post by nash16 on Mar 8, 2019 9:32:12 GMT
They've hinted at the plot on twitter, for anyone who is in the mood for working it out: I've had a crack at it Daniel. What do you make of it? Have a stab (geddit!) at a de coding! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2019 9:51:31 GMT
I think Daniel's right when he says it *hints* at the plot rather than spells it out. A doctor saves Juliet's life, she overhauls her image, packs up her stuff, goes to France, and has a great time. The show will fill the rest in for me when I go to see it.  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2019 12:14:57 GMT
There has never been a sequal/follow on story musical that has ever succeeded.
Annie 2, Love Never Dies, Bring Back Birdie, Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public, A Doll's Life, to name a few.
I'm not seeing anything to make me think this will do any better.
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Post by david on Mar 8, 2019 14:42:40 GMT
They've hinted at the plot on twitter, for anyone who is in the mood for working it out: I've had a crack at it Daniel. What do you make of it? Have a stab (geddit!) at a de coding! I forwarded the tweet to the GCHQ boffins and even they couldn't decipher the code! |
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Post by squidward on Mar 8, 2019 16:12:06 GMT
Based on the emojis:
Juliet is increasingly bored by Romeo’s sappy behaviour, so she poisons him with a bowl of Lidl pea soup that’s way past its sell by date.
She then hooks up with Macaulay Culkin , but starts to tire of him and hermurderous thoughts re-emerge.
She mulls over her urge to kill again, but decides instead to find a new life elsewhere.
Being on the run from the police on account of Romeo’s murder, she disguised herself firstly with a brunette wig and then a blonde one and flees to France.
Once there, she looks to the future by starting up a bouncy castle rental business by day and introducing the art of Flamenco dancing to the people of France by night.
The End.
As Elder Cunningham would say, ‘I’m interested’.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2019 16:14:22 GMT
List is endless. Cats. Starlight Express. All absolutely bonkers on paper. 99% of musicals need to be seen to be judged! (OK, maybe 95%....) Or "seen to be believed" to quote Wonka in the Charlie & the Chocolate factory musical. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2019 17:16:19 GMT
I don’t know why people are convinced that this show is going to be “so bad”...? Because the thought of Juliet getting over Romeo's death in an instant and gallivanting off to Paris is really just so ridiculous it's impossible to think how it could ever be made good. And that's before you add in a soundtrack so cheesy that Wallace & Gromit would be proud of it! Don't get me wrong, I like the cast enough that I probably will see this unless the reviews are catastrophic, but nothing about this sounds good apart from the people who will be onstage! |
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Post by Mark on Mar 8, 2019 20:47:39 GMT
After what I’ve heard from this weeks workshops, I’m not writing this one off. Sounds very exciting!
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Post by ali973 on Mar 9, 2019 14:28:15 GMT
While the plot sounds thin (and borders ridiculous), I wouldn't write this off completely yet. Jukebox musicals are mainly based on their scores - and if we are to go with the two songs they've released so far, it seems that they deliver to an audience that wants a musical with familiar songs belted right. The audience coming into this show know what they are signing up for. So give them great singing and choreography that makes these pop songs pop out like music video, and you got yourself an appreciative audience.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2019 16:57:05 GMT
Juliet knew Romeo for less than a week; yeah, she's gonna grieve, but also she's *definitely* going to be okay.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2019 22:26:25 GMT
Ooooooo look at the cute lil trailer!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2019 22:29:33 GMT
Ooh I am getting major Six vibes. I love.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2019 7:15:22 GMT
How old is Juliet supposed to be in this show? Is it like a "10 years later" thing or is it supposed to pick up (almost) where the play ends?
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Post by danb on Mar 19, 2019 7:43:33 GMT
How old is Juliet supposed to be in this show? Is it like a "10 years later" thing or is it supposed to pick up (almost) where the play ends? You know it’s not real right? Maybe they should just do it as a cartoon... |
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Post by jgblunners on Mar 19, 2019 7:51:45 GMT
How old is Juliet supposed to be in this show? Is it like a "10 years later" thing or is it supposed to pick up (almost) where the play ends? I believe it's the latter, creating an alternate timeline from the point where she wakes up and finds Romeo. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 19, 2019 7:53:52 GMT
And how can she be wearing Converse? They weren’t invented then. I’m affronted.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2019 9:35:12 GMT
I mean, it's a reasonable question, if it's meant to pick up *right* from the off with no time jump in the narrative, then we're watching a grieving 13 year old widow move to Paris to have a great old time. She'd be found face-down in the Seine before sun up. I assume (fervently hope) that there will indeed be a time jump and although we may start at the end of the original play, the bulk of the show will be about a somewhat-older Juliet creating a new life for herself.
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