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Post by stevej678 on May 28, 2019 9:03:43 GMT
Transfers from the Brockley Jack to the Charing Cross Theatre where it will run from 15th August to 5th October. Michael John LaChiusa's musical is based on the true story of Anna Edson Taylor, who in 1901 on her 63rd birthday set out to be the first person to survive a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel of her own design. The cast has been announced as Trudi Camilleri as Anna Edson Taylor, with Will Arundell, Emily Juler, Emma Ralston, Tom Blackmore, Conor McFarlane and Andrew Carter. More info on WhatsOnStage. |
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Post by Someone in a tree on May 28, 2019 12:23:31 GMT
Looking forward to seeing this, it's one of the LaChuisa scores I really like listening to.
I suspect it will be tough sell though but I wish it all the best of luck
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Post by xanady on May 28, 2019 16:58:13 GMT
If Amour has closed early,not sure this will run its course.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2019 17:24:36 GMT
Looking forward to seeing this, it's one of the LaChuisa scores I really like listening to. I suspect it will be tough sell though but I wish it all the best of luck Calling it a tough sell is being polite. I hope they have a huge marketing budget. They'll need it to make this appealing enough to sell for nearly 8 weeks. |
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Post by Seriously on May 28, 2019 19:02:50 GMT
Do we really need a musical about a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel?
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Post by viserys on May 28, 2019 19:09:10 GMT
Do we really need a musical about a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel? Do we really need a musical about rapping American revolutionaries? Seriously, why should we not "need" this musical? I don't know anything about it, but surely it always depends on how a story is told? This seems to be more about an elderly lady, setting out against all odds to do something utterly crazy - sounds like a good yarn about following your dream and never being too old for crazy stuff and at least it's something fresh and original in a sea of jukebox musicals and movie adaptations. I wish it well! |
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Post by Seriously on May 28, 2019 23:03:12 GMT
If you go to see a show about a woman going over Niagara Falls in a barrel.... I want to see her go over the Falls. Do it as a cartoon, do it as a film, or a Circus experience... but what's the point of setting it to songs, in a show where you'll probably not care a jot for the other characters, and in a theatre where you won't actually be able to show the denouement with any credibility.
Is she going to be singing.... in a barrel.... as she goes over the edge?
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2019 23:24:21 GMT
How do you know they don't show her going over the edge in a barrel??
Whats the point of setting anything to song?
In Moby Dick, you didn't get to see a whale.... you saw loads of black umbrellas. And it was pure theatre magic how it happened.
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Post by stevej678 on May 29, 2019 8:03:55 GMT
Do we really need a musical about a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel? A juke box musical about this could have been quite fun. Del Amitri - Roll To Me Oasis - Roll With It TLC - Don't Go Chasing Waterfalls Haim - Falling Gwen Stefani - Splash I'll get my coat/barrel. |
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2019 8:18:58 GMT
Did y'all get angry when Dido Queen Of Carthage didn't immolate herself? How about when Hamlet was apparently poisoned but then still hopped to his feet for the curtain call, the sneaky cur?
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2019 10:40:41 GMT
Do we really need a musical about a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel? A juke box musical about this could have been quite fun. Del Amitri - Roll To Me Oasis - Roll With It TLC - Don't Go Chasing Waterfalls Haim - Falling Gwen Stefani - Splash I'll get my coat/barrel. Destinys Child - Survivor to close? |
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2019 13:48:04 GMT
Ol' Man River?
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Post by Someone in a tree on May 29, 2019 18:09:11 GMT
Just remembered. "Mist" means something else in German. It's why they didn't call the Rolls Royce the "Silver Mist." As its set at Niagra surely it will all just get flushed away? |
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Post by latefortheoverture on May 29, 2019 19:52:58 GMT
Yet again another tough sell for the Charing Cross; it's like they don't wont to make money!
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Post by sugarbutterflour on Jul 22, 2019 6:31:53 GMT
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jul 22, 2019 11:51:51 GMT
Thanks for posting sugarbutterflour. I see its on the 'spotty guy' so I'll have a listen later on. How rare and lovley to have a London cast recording when a NY exists all ready. Is this the first recording to stem Jacksons Lane? |
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Post by robertb213 on Jul 22, 2019 12:07:22 GMT
i saw it at the Jack - unfortunately I found it a tough slog to get through but hopefully others will feel differently 😀 |
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Post by xanady on Jul 31, 2019 11:54:54 GMT
Intrigued by this.Am going to give it a go.
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Post by sugarbutterflour on Jul 31, 2019 21:39:00 GMT
Thanks for posting sugarbutterflour. I see its on the 'spotty guy' so I'll have a listen later on. How rare and lovley to have a London cast recording when a NY exists all ready. Is this the first recording to stem Jacksons Lane? I believe there is a physical CD available also. Jackson lane? |
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Post by Snciole on Aug 1, 2019 23:12:16 GMT
I enjoyed it. It is nice to see a story about an older, morally corrupt woman and I loved the costumes and live band but it will be a hard sell. I can see why Charing Cross saw something in this but without big names in a theatre without the support similar to other spaces in the West End I worry for its future. viewfromthecheapseat.com/2019/04/12/queen-of-the-mist-brockley-jack-studio/ |
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Post by anita on Aug 9, 2019 9:20:54 GMT
Just got a ticket for this before reading these pages - now wishing I hadn't.
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Post by edi on Aug 9, 2019 15:44:11 GMT
Just got a ticket for this before reading these pages - now wishing I hadn't. I've just booked it, too, but I haven't seen lots of reviews on this one. |
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Post by edi on Aug 17, 2019 22:44:28 GMT
I saw it tonight and I quite liked it. The music was very enjoyable especially the ensemble pieces. It had a vaudeville feel to it at times. The singers were all brill and the harmonies were beautiful.
The story is an odd one to make it into a musical but I liked that it told a real life story. I enjoyed the second half more which wasn't anymore about her act but more about her as a human being. The second part often felt more like a drama with songs than a musical.
The staging with the traverse auditorium wasn't the best as the actors had to project their voices to two opposing directions but i felt I was sitting on the better side of the stage.
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Post by anita on Aug 18, 2019 9:33:37 GMT
Hated it.
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Post by stevej678 on Aug 18, 2019 13:07:57 GMT
I feared this would be a very hard sell at Charing Cross and sadly that looks to be well founded. The ticket sales look absolutely appalling. Ignoring the handful of seats which are off sale for every performance, each upcoming performance I've checked is barely into double figures in terms of audience numbers, some have even less than that. The evening of Wednesday 21st August currently seems to have 11 tickets sold, with one person having the entire block of seating on one side of the auditorium to themselves. After Amour closed early, it's hard not to wonder how much longer this particular venue can carry on like this.  |
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