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Post by ABr on Jan 16, 2020 11:19:51 GMT
I have always thought that a good Christmas show for Curve to do would be The Secret Garden! As its a popular enough property to get tickets in, its something i think that would work for the festive period, and I think Curve could really put there stamp on it!
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 16, 2020 11:20:30 GMT
We haven't seen My fair lady in a while. I'm still keeping fingers crossed for the recent Broadway revival to make its way across! Regardless I agree its been too long for a MFL! I did see it. It was fine. But I think much better productions can be created |
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 17, 2020 9:56:09 GMT
Just a quick correction, Jamie did injure his foot badly on Tuesday night be he (somehow) carried on and finished the show. So it was Ryan Andersons total debut on the Wednesday afternoon that i saw it. He did a good job. I don't think you would have guessed.
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Post by sophie92 on Jan 17, 2020 23:06:12 GMT
Jamie was back in the show tonight. I’m glad he feels able to perform but I hope he doesn’t aggravate the injury by doing so.
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Post by alucas28 on Jan 18, 2020 19:12:45 GMT
Jamie was back in the show tonight. I’m glad he feels able to perform but I hope he doesn’t aggravate the injury by doing so. Saw today’s final matinee & Jamie was definitely limping. At stage door afterwards he was wearing slides clearly for the sake of his foot (although he may have said it was his ankle). They adapted the scene before A Boy Like That where he usually jumps down the ladder to the ground to just have him walk off, which is appropriate because he really could do some permanent damage to his foot otherwise. I was lucky enough to however be at Ryan’s debut as Tony and he was phenomenal; I could scarcely tell if it was a debut or not. I absolutely cried my eyes out at the end of today’s matinee - what didn’t help was the fact that Adriana too was crying & Carly had been crying, so everything felt so much more real. I wish this production and this cast all the best, hoping it has a promising future. |
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 18, 2020 20:13:50 GMT
I noticed a tweet today from Carly Mercedes Dyer that said about being proud of the production and "the next life" the production has 🤔🤔🤔
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 18, 2020 21:33:23 GMT
I note looking at wiki that Somewhere is usually sung by Consuelo or an off stage voice? Not in this one right? Isn't it Tony & Maria and then the entire company join in? Or am i remembering wrong?
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Post by thenightowl on Jan 18, 2020 21:49:10 GMT
I note looking at wiki that Somewhere is usually sung by Consuelo or an off stage voice? Not in this one right? Is it it Tony & Maria and then the entire company join in? Or am i remembering wrong? You’re correct, it isn’t normally Tony and Maria who sing Somewhere, although part of the song is scripted for Tony and Maria to sing but that’s the bit right at the beginning before the dream sequence starts. The bit that starts with ‘And I’ll take you away, take you far, far away from here etc’. In a past production I’ve been involved in we had a ‘Somewhere Girl’ who sang just that. There’s also a recording where Connie Fisher sings only that song (granted that wasn’t a stage version though). I think it works better having Tony and Maria sing it. |
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Post by alucas28 on Jan 18, 2020 22:22:10 GMT
I noticed a tweet today from Carly Mercedes Dyer that said about being proud of the production and "the next life" the production has 🤔🤔🤔 All I can hope for is that they announce soon that the production has plans for a transfer to the West End or a return to the Curve, possibly for this year’s Christmas show seeing as they haven’t announced it yet. My heart is so broken that we’ve lost such a masterpiece today. 😭 |
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 18, 2020 23:00:34 GMT
I noticed a tweet today from Carly Mercedes Dyer that said about being proud of the production and "the next life" the production has 🤔🤔🤔 All I can hope for is that they announce soon that the production has plans for a transfer to the West End or a return to the Curve, possibly for this year’s Christmas show seeing as they haven’t announced it yet. My heart is so broken that we’ve lost such a masterpiece today. 😭 I very much doubt it will be back as the Xmas show this year but maybe it could get another run at some point in the same way the RX version has? The thing with a tour or WE run is they specifically mentioned before the show opened that the set design was fitted to Curves stage only and not with going anywhere else in mind so it might be difficult logistically. I'm wondering if Carly didn't quite word it right as she meant she's excited to see what the next life might be rather than proud of it's next life... |
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Post by sophie92 on Jan 18, 2020 23:03:39 GMT
I note looking at wiki that Somewhere is usually sung by Consuelo or an off stage voice? Not in this one right? Isn't it Tony & Maria and then the entire company join in? Or am i remembering wrong? I know that the Royal Exchange production and another production in Austria, I think, that had Anybodys sing Somewhere, but yes this production was Tony & Maria, which is how it is in the film |
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Post by sophie92 on Jan 19, 2020 0:41:13 GMT
Jamie was back in the show tonight. I’m glad he feels able to perform but I hope he doesn’t aggravate the injury by doing so. Saw today’s final matinee & Jamie was definitely limping. At stage door afterwards he was wearing slides clearly for the sake of his foot (although he may have said it was his ankle). They adapted the scene before A Boy Like That where he usually jumps down the ladder to the ground to just have him walk off, which is appropriate because he really could do some permanent damage to his foot otherwise. Yeah, I was at both shows today and there were quite a few little changes made to accommodate for the injury. At the evening performance he was back to going down the ladder in the particular scene that you mentioned. |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 19, 2020 8:39:25 GMT
Somewhere: my first WSS was a touring production in the 1990's. It had lots of mini skyscrapers on castors that looked like shower cubicals. For Somewhere the showers were pushed towards the wings, opening up the cluttered stage for the first time then a woman in a long white dress was wheeled in on top of a ladder singing Somewhere it was heavenly and worked rather well.
But I'm in favour of giving it it to Maria as she and the Sharks don't get much stage time compared to the others.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Feb 20, 2020 9:28:30 GMT
Cam Mack was on Radio Leicester yesterday and i thought it quite interesting that when answering a question about whether he's planning to continue his relationship with Curve in the future he voluntarily brought up in the answer that he saw Curves West Side Story and thought it was one of the best productions of it he'd ever seen... Maybe he just wanted to get a compliment in but it would be interesting if he was involved in a transfer wouldn't it. Who knows  |
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Post by sophie92 on Feb 20, 2020 11:35:11 GMT
Cam Mack was on Radio Leicester yesterday and i thought it quite interesting that when answering a question about whether he's planning to continue his relationship with Curve in the future he voluntarily brought up in the answer that he saw Curves West Side Story and thought it was one of the best productions of it he'd ever seen... Maybe he just wanted to get a compliment in but it would be interesting if he was involved in a transfer wouldn't it. Who knows I can only live in hope |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Feb 20, 2020 13:00:26 GMT
Cam Mack was on Radio Leicester yesterday and i thought it quite interesting that when answering a question about whether he's planning to continue his relationship with Curve in the future he voluntarily brought up in the answer that he saw Curves West Side Story and thought it was one of the best productions of it he'd ever seen... Maybe he just wanted to get a compliment in but it would be interesting if he was involved in a transfer wouldn't it. Who knows trotters crossed for a transfer. i adored this production and it deserves a further life. |
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Post by ABr on Feb 20, 2020 13:10:37 GMT
Cam Mack was on Radio Leicester yesterday and i thought it quite interesting that when answering a question about whether he's planning to continue his relationship with Curve in the future he voluntarily brought up in the answer that he saw Curves West Side Story and thought it was one of the best productions of it he'd ever seen... Maybe he just wanted to get a compliment in but it would be interesting if he was involved in a transfer wouldn't it. Who knows I'd be very happy if this transferred! I think it was a fab production, it could do with some tweaks, but only minor, and I think it could do well in town for a limited run |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Sept 23, 2020 19:19:57 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2020 10:05:06 GMT
Predictably people winging on socials about this. I, personally, would much prefer them push it back and get it right, rather than rush it through Post and end up with another Cats. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2020 19:19:07 GMT
Predictably people winging on socials about this. I, personally, would much prefer them push it back and get it right, rather than rush it through Post and end up with another Cats. Given they finished filming months ago (was it February, or even earlier?) I don't think it is really a case of rushing through Post but just a convenient excuse to avoid lower sales this Christmas given the current circumstances... |
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Post by danb on Sept 24, 2020 20:06:15 GMT
I think that they were expecting ‘Tenet’ to be massive after 6 months of lockdown but it’s been a bit of a flop vs investment, whereas the second part of the ‘After’ saga (based on a Harry Styles fan fiction) is coining it in. Could Covid actually be some sort of body snatcher brain eating bug? I’d rather WSS got the fanfare it deserves tbh if that means waiting til next year then so be it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2020 0:55:34 GMT
I think that they were expecting ‘Tenet’ to be massive after 6 months of lockdown but it’s been a bit of a flop vs investment, whereas the second part of the ‘After’ saga (based on a Harry Styles fan fiction) is coining it in. Could Covid actually be some sort of body snatcher brain eating bug? I’d rather WSS got the fanfare it deserves tbh if that means waiting til next year then so be it. Yes I'd rather it did well too (Ariana Debose deserves to be a breakout star, and Hamilton will have done her profile no harm this summer), but I'm a bit irritated they pushed it back a full year, though I suppose there is no point releasing it any time close to In the Heights. We do at least still get The Prom on Netflix at Christmas, which is something despite how much I can't stand James Corden. But I digress.. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2020 12:15:52 GMT
Predictably people winging on socials about this. I, personally, would much prefer them push it back and get it right, rather than rush it through Post and end up with another Cats. Given they finished filming months ago (was it February, or even earlier?) I don't think it is really a case of rushing through Post but just a convenient excuse to avoid lower sales this Christmas given the current circumstances... Maybe the circumstances play a part some of the financial motiviation but Hollywood shut down in March, just like the rest of the world. Post isnt something that happens overnight, theres been alot of people without work whilst the studios closed for most of the year. |
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