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Post by alece10 on Jan 22, 2024 13:02:08 GMT
Thats a pretty good run in this day and age especially considering the size of the theatre.
I need to make another visit before it closes.
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Post by Jon on Jan 22, 2024 13:30:01 GMT
I know the pandemic got in the way but for the London production to run longer than the Broadway production is a good achievement.
Fourth longest running Disney show after Lion King, Aladdin and the original run of Mary Poppins.
Will be interesting to see what's next for Drury Lane.
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Post by Jon on Jan 22, 2024 13:41:35 GMT
I wonder if a tour will happen after the London production closes?
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Post by danb on Jan 22, 2024 13:42:01 GMT
…and he hasn’t been a name for about ten years. They’d do well to tempt Johannes or Rylan, but this archaic show doesn’t need reviving again so soon. Why do you consider this show to be particularly archaic? There are plenty of other West End long runners/revivals that could be deemed as ever more archaic? E.g. Guys & Dolls I think that theres a big difference between classic/old fashioned; big hearted golden age kind of stuff and something that whilst relatively modern uses archaic ideas and stereotypes to attempt to make people laugh in a more modern setting. It is culturally outdated. |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jan 22, 2024 13:47:08 GMT
I wonder if a tour will happen after the London production closes? Pretty sure it will. Would obviously be a scaled down version but would probably sell well enough. |
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Post by starlight92 on Jan 22, 2024 13:50:18 GMT
I wonder if a tour will happen after the London production closes? Pretty sure it will. Would obviously be a scaled down version but would probably sell well enough. Sadly the official Instagram has said there's no plans for a tour. Maybe one day though?! Also for anyone else who wants to book the final show or any others past June, they've said these will be available on Thursday. |
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Post by Jon on Jan 22, 2024 14:01:19 GMT
Pretty sure it will. Would obviously be a scaled down version but would probably sell well enough. I wouldn't be surprised if they use one of the existing sets for a UK tour, I wonder if the Australian production set is in storage because that would be the most likely one to use since it was designed to be tourable. |
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Post by distantcousin on Jan 22, 2024 14:25:30 GMT
Why do you consider this show to be particularly archaic? There are plenty of other West End long runners/revivals that could be deemed as ever more archaic? E.g. Guys & Dolls I think that theres a big difference between classic/old fashioned; big hearted golden age kind of stuff and something that whilst relatively modern uses archaic ideas and stereotypes to attempt to make people laugh in a more modern setting. It is culturally outdated. Interesting take. Thanks  |
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Post by danb on Jan 22, 2024 15:17:31 GMT
I think that theres a big difference between classic/old fashioned; big hearted golden age kind of stuff and something that whilst relatively modern uses archaic ideas and stereotypes to attempt to make people laugh in a more modern setting. It is culturally outdated. Interesting take. Thanks …and I don’t so much mean the Nazi stuff. I mean more the role of the women in the show, and the prehistoric Dick Emery style gay stereotypes. Painful. |
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Post by mattnyc on Jan 22, 2024 15:43:47 GMT
Have to give this shows’ team credit. They did what most shows that cost this much never do anymore and that’s take the time to improve it. This West End version was MUCH better than what we had in New York. It seemed everything from the book to the set was touched up and fixed where it could be improved.
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Post by Jon on Jan 22, 2024 15:49:33 GMT
Have to give this shows’ team credit. They did what most shows that cost this much never do anymore and that’s take the time to improve it. This West End version was MUCH better than what we had in New York. It seemed everything from the book to the set was touched up and fixed where it could be improved. Most of the changes were from the US tour which then became the standard for future productions. |
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Post by danb on Jan 22, 2024 15:51:42 GMT
I just love the arrangements, the little motifs hidden within different songs, the multiple moments of whoosh in your face bombast & joy, and I think most of all I love how easily it fits in on a two show day. A two hour blast of Disney gorgeousness.
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 23, 2024 13:33:25 GMT
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Post by kyvai on Jan 23, 2024 19:55:36 GMT
Oh sad to hear it’s closing but it’s been coming a while it seems. Although I wish Lion King would close and this would stay!! I’m booked to see it in a few weeks when Sam Barks is back but will try to go a few more times over summer, this such a comfort show for me.
Interesting that they’re closing the run on a Sunday, I don’t know why I find that surprising though.
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Post by alece10 on Jan 24, 2024 6:18:20 GMT
Oh sad to hear it’s closing but it’s been coming a while it seems. Although I wish Lion King would close and this would stay!! I’m booked to see it in a few weeks when Sam Barks is back but will try to go a few more times over summer, this such a comfort show for me. Interesting that they’re closing the run on a Sunday, I don’t know why I find that surprising though. I'm guessing it's because Frozen doesn't have Monday or Tuesday performances so Sunday is the last day of the week performance wise. |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jan 24, 2024 6:21:03 GMT
I just love the arrangements, the little motifs hidden within different songs, the multiple moments of whoosh in your face bombast & joy, and I think most of all I love how easily it fits in on a two show day. A two hour blast of Disney gorgeousness. ? |
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Post by danb on Jan 24, 2024 6:33:01 GMT
I just love the arrangements, the little motifs hidden within different songs, the multiple moments of whoosh in your face bombast & joy, and I think most of all I love how easily it fits in on a two show day. A two hour blast of Disney gorgeousness. ? It’s just my favourite Disney musical. I’d lose Hygge & In Summer to make it perfect, but realise thats my aversion to comedy songs. It looks, despite people telling us otherwise based on Broadway, spectacular. Not a popular opinion at all I suspect 🤣🤣🤣 |
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Post by theatrefan62 on Jan 24, 2024 7:32:13 GMT
It’s just my favourite Disney musical. I’d lose Hygge & In Summer to make it perfect, but realise thats my aversion to comedy songs. It looks, despite people telling us otherwise based on Broadway, spectacular. Not a popular opinion at all I suspect 🤣🤣🤣 I agree, and I even liked those songs. I don't rate the movie much but the show I thought was really well done. Probably the best disney show since The Lion King |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jan 24, 2024 11:16:03 GMT
It’s just my favourite Disney musical. I’d lose Hygge & In Summer to make it perfect, but realise thats my aversion to comedy songs. It looks, despite people telling us otherwise based on Broadway, spectacular. Not a popular opinion at all I suspect 🤣🤣🤣 I agree, and I even liked those songs. I don't rate the movie much but the show I thought was really well done. Probably the best disney show since The Lion King The bar is pretty low there! |
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Post by theatrefan62 on Jan 24, 2024 11:25:03 GMT
I agree, and I even liked those songs. I don't rate the movie much but the show I thought was really well done. Probably the best disney show since The Lion King The bar is pretty low there! Not at all |
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Post by danb on Jan 24, 2024 12:03:59 GMT
I’d previously loved the first iteration of Mary Poppins but it was deemed too dark & complicated for our stupid brains, so was dumbed down.
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Post by theatrefan62 on Jan 24, 2024 12:13:10 GMT
I’d previously loved the first iteration of Mary Poppins but it was deemed too dark & complicated for our stupid brains, so was dumbed down. Poppins has its moments, but it can also be quite flat and drawn out at times Little Mermaid just had the wrong concept. Hunchback likewise, but definitely has potential on a bigger scale. Tarzan has great songs and some great staging, but not sure on it as a show on the whole. Aladdin I loved some of, but the villain was a disappointment and went into panto territory at times. Beauty and the beast (original) for me captured disney magic the best, and the Lion king is just so unique and well done. |
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Post by danb on Jan 24, 2024 12:33:17 GMT
Lion King is almost its own thing, yet still a bore apart from the bookends & a couple of bright spots dotted around. The original BATB was special also, but has just been turned into a cash cow touring shadow of its former self.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2024 12:37:32 GMT
The original Berlin production of Hunchback was perfect IMO. Incorporating more book elements (fine to flesh out the characters/narrative but it makes a long and heavy show even longer and heavier) and the 'narration' aspect completely bogged it down.
Thai Mol Piyas was fun at least!
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Post by Jon on Jan 24, 2024 13:28:34 GMT
Newsies always goes under the radar but I liked how smaller in scale it was compared to other Disney shows and that the source material was a film that was a financial disaster.
Hunchback is one I admire that it's a hybrid of the book and the film similar to Mary Poppins.
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