The Bridges of Madison County (Menier summer musical)

And totally not sexy. Really disappointed.

Does making it a dress rehearsal mean people are getting refunds?

[The chemistry and the performances will improve, once the actors get up to spread.

3 Stars[/quote]


What were the actors spreading? Jelly Russell? Edward Baked Goods Duly? Is this going to be a Marmite show - Brioches of Marmalade County?

What was the run time last night? Hoping to catch it on Wednesday but got a train to catch at 10.30.

It was (according to a friend) 3 hours last night. Starts at 8pm. So down by 11am or hopefully 10.45 on Wednesday. 

Does anyone know what those restricted view seats are like? What is the set like?

I was there Saturday too, I've not read the book or seen the film, so only knew the sketchiest of details, but I thoroughly enjoyed it, beautiful story. There were a few glitches, but nothing show stopping. I thought Jenna was wonderful and has a lovely voice. The set is basically wooden slats which have various projections on them, and 2 small revolves for the furniture etc. I can't imagine any of the views are restricted, seating is L shaped across 2 sides and the set is across the other two sides, it was all totally open. The biggest issue for me was the sardine bench seating and the heat. Lordy it was hot, and you certainly get to know your neighbour very well. I was almost looking forward to the end just to get out and get some air! It really would make me think twice about going back there. Perhaps I was unlucky and there were just some larger than average people in my row.

Thanks for the info, as a big JR fan I'm glad you liked her in this.

Re: the Menier rows, over the length of the row people tend to try and sit as far away as they can get away with from other people. I've come in and found my seat literally non-existant because from both sides people have edged slightly over where they should be and it just cascades. You've then got to shout at people to shuffle up until they are literally bang in front of their seat number. You do get big people sometimes but more often I think people further up the row are just taking liberties with their personal space in a theatre where there is absolutely 0 personal space.

Annoyingly, the late finish on Saturday, and the slow slow shuffle as everyone leaves the theatre, meant that we missed our fast train home by 2 minutes, so it was another 30 min wait and the slow train for us.  Hopefully they will shave some time off the running.  I was thinking it would be really difficult to leave early if you had to, you would basically have to walk along the stage.  Just out of interest, why do the shows there start at 8?

Its mainly due to the fact the theatre has a restaurant and does the meal deal package with dinner and show. It generates quite a bit of money for a non subsidized theater so they have always started the shows at 8pm. Very annoying with the longer shows.
Also surprised about the heat as the theatre has air con and people usually complain it's cold. Maybe if they had been teching the show all day then the spotlights would have been on all day which generates a lot of heat.

Not sure but they sounded exquisite.

Gosh I am dreading this. Booked prior to the casting announcement and now can't shift the tickets. I have taken to booking an EXTRA seat so as not to have to be so terribly cramped which is of course wasteful but a choice. So many productions have been ruined for me because of the seating and heat - last year's SPAMILTON a case in point. Roll on Saturday...........................