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Post by sophie92 on Oct 9, 2019 16:01:44 GMT
They seem to have released back two rows of the stalls for all dates at £50 each - not bad in the Gielgud to be honest! Dissapearing quick though! Thanks so much for posting, my dad had been moping about me and my mum going to opening preview without him and I just managed to snag the last two! |
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Post by showoff on Oct 9, 2019 16:44:47 GMT
Why can’t people do 8 shows a week anymore? He’s been trained to do that and once the score is vocally set in his mind/body/voice box he will be fine. Drama school students belt their lungs out for 10 hours a day! Why shouldn't they have alternates? Give two people a chance in the role and help preserve both of them (vocals and energy wise) for longer so they aren't damaging their careers long-term. It makes complete sense in more ways than one. True, but taking off all matinees implies they are the second class tickets, and they shouldn't be. A lot of people can't go out so late, some have to travel back to where they live etc, so the main cast should do some matinees. |
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Post by 49thand8th on Oct 9, 2019 16:51:11 GMT
What implies a second-classness? That's the value YOU choose to give it. Plenty of alternates take over at some point. Think of it as being able to see them early.
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Post by paolodc on Oct 9, 2019 19:14:59 GMT
They seem to have released back two rows of the stalls for all dates at £50 each - not bad in the Gielgud to be honest! Dissapearing quick though! Thanks so much for posting, my dad had been moping about me and my mum going to opening preview without him and I just managed to snag the last two! Your Dad is very very grateful and he promises not to mope any more  |
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Post by amp09 on Oct 9, 2019 23:31:34 GMT
They seem to have released back two rows of the stalls for all dates at £50 each - not bad in the Gielgud to be honest! Dissapearing quick though! Thank you for posting! Got myself a ticket for 31st Oct 😆. Bought me and partner tickets for end of Jan, but definitely couldn’t wait that long! |
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Post by showoff on Oct 10, 2019 14:59:35 GMT
What implies a second-classness? That's the value YOU choose to give it. Plenty of alternates take over at some point. Think of it as being able to see them early. No, I'm never one to care that much, I went to see Natasha Barnes in Funny Girl a few times because I loved her in the role. But a lot of people do want to see the main cast at some time, and some of those can only attend a matinee, so it stands to reason the main cast should perform in matinees to not do a disservice to those shows. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2019 15:19:39 GMT
In this case, Evan is a highly demanding role, so it’s better for the actor to take a show off when they have a two show day as opposed to a Monday evening, so they are never having to sing that role twice in one day.
Although, on the recent tour of Miss Saigon they had the alternate Kim go on for Thursday evenings and Saturday matinees, to give the Thursday matinee audiences a chance to see the lead I guess.
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Post by danb on Oct 10, 2019 15:56:57 GMT
Similarly, Andrew Polec nearly always did the Bat matinees, preferring to miss the evening of a two show day.
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Post by 49thand8th on Oct 10, 2019 16:29:54 GMT
Yep. Sometimes the alternate is not the cliched "matinee Evan/Kim/Frankie Valli/Christine." Or sometimes they are, and it switches up at some point.
Live theatre is a crapshoot anyway when it comes to a cast. There are other people in the show.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2019 17:19:34 GMT
On other shows like Six, the alternate schedule is completely random. Each of the six leads are allocated a random show off every week as part of their contract. It's kind of like alternate roulette.
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Post by Stasia on Oct 11, 2019 12:55:00 GMT
sorry wrong thread
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Post by jaqs on Oct 11, 2019 12:58:07 GMT
Thanks for the back of the stalls tip, now get to see this a lot sooner than anticipated.
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Post by Mark on Oct 11, 2019 19:49:03 GMT
According to the website, there will be a ticket lottery for this along with standing tickets released at the box office on the day.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Oct 23, 2019 7:25:27 GMT
I'm selling a ticket on the noticeboard, it's a good seat and i'm selling it for pretty much half price so head on over if you still want and ticket and can't afford £127....
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Post by Paul on Oct 24, 2019 4:17:51 GMT
Went to see this on Broadway this evening and I do not get the hype at all. This is easily one of the most overrated things I've ever sat through. I don't think anything would convince me to go see this in London.
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Post by jess173 on Oct 24, 2019 7:19:08 GMT
Went to see this on Broadway this evening and I do not get the hype at all. This is easily one of the most overrated things I've ever sat through. I don't think anything would convince me to go see this in London. 100% this! I saw the Toronto production in June and I felt the same. Everyone around me was sobbing but I didn’t get it. Maybe I’m too old for this (I’m not that old but school was a couple of years ago... 😉) but I just couldn’t sympathise with Evan. He kept lying and made everything worse all the time and he got off way too easy for all of it for my liking. Maybe teenagers can identify with that but for me it was just weird. I liked the music and I wasn’t bored but I’m glad I got a relatively cheap ticket and didn’t pay Broadway prices for it. I have no intentions of seeing this again in London either... |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 24, 2019 7:31:35 GMT
This is why I haven’t booked. Teen angst has limited appeal for me and it all sounds a bit self indulgent. The few songs I’ve heard from it have been underwhelming, Waving Through A Window being one example. Apart from that if it’s going to have loads of kids crying through it I’ll give it a wide berth.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Oct 24, 2019 8:35:46 GMT
This is why I haven’t booked. Teen angst has limited appeal for me and it all sounds a bit self indulgent. The few songs I’ve heard from it have been underwhelming, Waving Through A Window being one example. Apart from that if it’s going to have loads of kids crying through it I’ll give it a wide berth. Well I fear it will be your loss. It’s a rather brilliant and moving musical. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 24, 2019 12:02:35 GMT
This is why I haven’t booked. Teen angst has limited appeal for me and it all sounds a bit self indulgent. The few songs I’ve heard from it have been underwhelming, Waving Through A Window being one example. Apart from that if it’s going to have loads of kids crying through it I’ll give it a wide berth. Well I fear it will be your loss. It’s a rather brilliant and moving musical. I’ll wait for the tour, stunt casted with some from Love Island 🤪 |
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Post by latefortheoverture on Oct 24, 2019 13:51:48 GMT
Everything I've read and heard has been marmite. People who love it, and people who think it's terrible!
Hopefully going to catch it in previews to make my mind up!
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Post by nash16 on Oct 26, 2019 15:17:35 GMT
Saw it in NYC a couple of years back. It’s very slick, and was very moving to the teenagers around us, but we felt you could see the mechanics of it a bit too much on the stage. Everyone gets a song, and in the second half this becomes a bit draining as the songs (especially those of the parents) add very little. The lighting especially invoked the annoying Hamilton gig-theatre effect which unfortunately meant that there was a lot of walking around and then turning out front dramatically on nearly every song. It became funny after a while though.
The songs are wonderful, but there was something that felt manipulative being sat there. It does and will work on the teens in the audience though as it gives many MANY opportunities to be emotional. But we couldn’t get past the feeling that it had all been engineered for a certain response. It works perfectly for the sort of inward looking “what about MY life and MY feelings” “does anyone care about ME?” mindset, which teenage years are all about. Less so adult ones.
I’ll be going here though as I have two friends whom I know will love it, and not see those elements.
But it fell into the good, not great category seeing it live. Which will save me £££ in the long term!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2019 20:03:44 GMT
Saw it in NYC a couple of years back. It’s very slick, and was very moving to the teenagers around us, but we felt you could see the mechanics of it a bit too much on the stage. Everyone gets a song, and in the second half this becomes a bit draining as the songs (especially those of the parents) add very little. The lighting especially invoked the annoying Hamilton gig-theatre effect which unfortunately meant that there was a lot of walking around and then turning out front dramatically on nearly every song. It became funny after a while though. The songs are wonderful, but there was something that felt manipulative being sat there. It does and will work on the teens in the audience though as it gives many MANY opportunities to be emotional. But we couldn’t get past the feeling that it had all been engineered for a certain response. It works perfectly for the sort of inward looking “what about MY life and MY feelings” “does anyone care about ME?” mindset, which teenage years are all about. Less so adult ones. I’ll be going here though as I have two friends whom I know will love it, and not see those elements. But it fell into the good, not great category seeing it live. Which will save me £££ in the long term! I'll go in with an open mind but am expecting to find it very much as you describe. Classic American teenage angst! |
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Post by edi on Oct 26, 2019 20:51:28 GMT
dayseat info on twitter. Sorry I don't know how to post it to look like a twitter post
A limited number of #DEHLondon Day Tickets will be available during previews.
Available from Monday – Saturday during preview performances. Day Tickets can be purchased from 10am at Noël Coward Theatre Box Office. One ticket per person.
#DearEvanHansen #YouWillBeFound
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Post by edi on Oct 26, 2019 20:52:41 GMT
sorry, just tried to post the original twitter post
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Post by robertb213 on Oct 26, 2019 21:23:17 GMT
I'm really looking forward to it. Some of the songs make me well up with no context so I'm taking that as a good sign!
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