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Post by happysooz2 on Sept 20, 2024 16:54:43 GMT
Seems actually very tricky! Have tried twice this week and then check throughout the day and no luck. Same results! I tried multiple times and succeeded only one for a single ticket and it was a bad seat. So I guess rush is not the way to go for this show if you're not super-flexible and patient. Fingers crossed it will be better for Why Am I So Single, especially after a few weeks from the first show. I was successful for a single Rush seat for today’s matinee and I was a bit later trying because I really wanted Next to Normal. Hey ho. |
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Post by happysooz2 on Sept 20, 2024 21:20:35 GMT
Steve hit the nail on the head for me. Georgina Castle as Regina George makes this show and her performance is utterly off the wall. Her Regina is like an alien who almost knows how humans behave. Just bigger and more extra. I thought she was utterly phenomenal. Damien and the Plastics are also great, each of the actors finding something extra, something more than the movie performances. But overall I thought it lacked ooomph and sparkle, inspite of the great central performances. Most of the ensemble pieces dragged, inspite of everyone giving it their all. I wonder how much of this is to do with the screens/lack of scenery. It felt…empty somehow. Someone more musical than me can probably help me understand what’s bugging me about the score and the pacing. Act two feels rushed. The themes feel distinct, but somehow both under and over-used. I loved the Cool Mom’s reprise of Gretchen’s song. But Stars seems to be shoe-horned into what ever the song at the party is, and isn’t given enough space to breath before it blossoms into Kady’s last big number. Glad I saw it but I really would like to see this ‘properly’ staged.
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Post by usbuzzer on Sept 21, 2024 6:15:10 GMT
Same results! I tried multiple times and succeeded only one for a single ticket and it was a bad seat. So I guess rush is not the way to go for this show if you're not super-flexible and patient. Fingers crossed it will be better for Why Am I So Single, especially after a few weeks from the first show. I was successful for a single Rush seat for today’s matinee and I was a bit later trying because I really wanted Next to Normal. Hey ho. Yeah, I figured that the issue was trying for 2 tickets. It just seems non-existent as this option. It’s rather easy for 1 ticket  . |
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Post by SuttonPeron on Sept 21, 2024 12:02:18 GMT
I loved this last week. Some truly excellent dynamic pricing got me an excellent priced ticket for just about what a rush ticket costs. I´m not too fond of these modern shows, but I had an excellent time. Everyone was giving 100% and I loved all of the ensemble had their little moments to shine. We had an understudy for Karen, she was excellent! Georgina brought the house down with her vocals, but I think the show belongs to Charlie Burn. Her voice is beautiful, and her acting is wonderful. Her vocals alone are worth the ticket price!
I´m not the biggest fan of the set with all the screens, but it was nontheless a camp and very fun night out. I´d go again in a heartbeat. Five stars from me.
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Post by darreno on Oct 20, 2024 20:00:02 GMT
I was back at North Shore High on Thursday night, I seem to spend all my time there or at Westerberg High, not sure what that says about me, probably a question best left to a therapist!
A very full Savoy which loved every second of the show. The usual mixed crowd and lots of young kids who might have been experiencing their first taste of musical theatre, which adds a wonderful energy to proceedings.
We had a few understudies on, which is exciting for me as I love to see how different takes work on the characters. Everyone was strong, as you'd expect from a show of this size.
Elena Gyasi was the standout performer for me. Since I saw it first, she seems to have made small but brilliant improvements to her performance, which was already excellent! She's a real star in this.
Georgina Castle is still flawless as Regina George, I can't see anyone playing the part so perfectly, but I'm excited to see someone cover her at some point, just to compare. Her vocals are just unbelievable.
A little bit of bad audience behaviour, but this is the sort of show where you have to forgive the little bit of drunken nonsense around you and embrace the fun on stage in front of you.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Oct 21, 2024 10:40:33 GMT
I really hope Georgina Castle gets recognised when Olivier nominations come out next year.
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Post by lewjohnny96 on Oct 22, 2024 22:46:10 GMT
I really hope Georgina Castle gets recognised when Olivier nominations come out next year. Me too. I think Georgina, Tom and Grace deserve to be recognised. |
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Post by david on Oct 25, 2024 16:47:50 GMT
Having had a couple of days of watching some intense plays, a break in which could just switch off my brain was needed so a trip to the Savoy for this afternoons show was in order. I’ve neither seen the film nor am I particularly familiar with the score so I wasn’t going to pay big money for this. A £25 rush ticket got me a great seat on row E of the DC. Having read recent posts that the audience for this one can be quite lively, I was really surprised to find a really subdued and respectful audience at the performance so I could enjoy this one in peace.
With the 2.5hr run time was a fun watch thanks to the 5⭐️ cast and band which I couldn’t fault. With the majority of the main cast on at this performance, we did have some alts on - Cliona Flynn as Cady and Mervin Noronha as Kevin. For the cast, Georgina, Grace , Elena and Tom were the real standouts here. Georgina with the killer vocals and acting should definitely be up for an award with this performance as Regina. I absolutely loved her here. Tom’s comedy was just perfect and hit the mark. For their efforts alone it was worth the ticket price.
As for the score, it was decent enough to listen to and moved the story along nicely. There wasn’t any numbers in there were I thought were duds that I wouldn’t want to listen to again. The sound mixing was fine today from seat with being able to clearly hear both band and vocals.
Whilst a fun watch, my main issue is the “set design” with this show which I’d rate at 2⭐️. While I’m a big fan of a great video design in my shows, I don’t want it to be the main feature on stage as it is used here. It should supplement a decent physical set and I will say I thought that this was the biggest let down with the show. When you’ve got large parts of the stage looking bare of long periods, I don’t care how good your video design is, it just looks cheap and does a disservice to the hard working cast on stage and musicians the orchestra pit.
As for the book, it was ok but when lumped in the genre of US high school MT shows, I’d say I found Heathers overall a better product which I have revisited a number times on tour in Liverpool. I liked the darker edge that Heathers brings whilst still having that fun element as a counter balance.
I would be happy to revisit MG with better and more staging but not in its current state. I’ve seen it but won’t be rushing back for a revisit no matter how great this cast are. Overall I’d give this one a 3.5⭐️. More set and it gets bumped to a higher rating.
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