The Glass Menagerie w/Amy Adams - Duke of Yorks

Hi, does anyone happen to know whether day seats will be available for this production? I'm in London for a couple of days next week and was hoping to see the show.

Thank you, I really appreciate it!

Please report back how the show is!

I thought this was very good for a first performance. No technical issues and the cast seemed on point.

Amy Adams gave a great performance. Very unshowy bur moving. Paul hilton as old tom/narrator was excellent as well

Staging aas very good though not THAT unique.

There is a second platform on stage, so if you do have front row seats, there will be some stuff at the back you will miss(though not much I don't think)

Ran to 2 hours 20 mins, including the interval.

I thought it wasn't opening until Friday until I saw the post!

In every production I’ve seen of this play, Laura usually manages to steal the show. I think Kate Flynn (?) was the last I saw and she was incredible

Is it set In a rehearsal room? It looks like it from the photos. And the platform revolves? Glad I’m not sat at the front seeing how high it is

A disappointingly underpowered performance from Ms Adams although she has her moments in Act 2. From the fourth row of the stalls, I found her frequently inaudible; I also think she "reads" a little young for Amanda and for me was not directed to highlight the character's delusion strongly enough. Speaking of direction, why oh why do we (and the actors) have to endure the pointless pre-show milling about on stage? It's hugely distracting. The younger actors fare pretty well. The set is ugly (as is her Act 1 costume) and I simply did not understand the reason for the back projections which are intermittent and serve no purpose. Sigh.

Hi, does anyone here know what the view from the standing spots is like?

The last time I saw The Glass Menagerie was on Broadway with Jessica Lange. Audience member back then said they could not hear her at the back of the venue and it happened again last Wednesday when a lady behind me commented that Amy is a film actress and she could not hear her from her seat. I saw this from stalls seat M15. Every actor I've seen seems to channel Laurette Taylor, who originated the role. She played it quietly, but the result and comments from the reviews say you believed she believed she was Amanda and she existed in that room. As I observed many times during the evening, Amy was waiting for her next line. If she could get herself into the play it may become a performance to talk about.

The separation of the character of Tom worked well if not necessary or adds to the structure of the play. Paul Hilton was competent in the new role.

Tom is suffocating and Tom Glynn-Carney beautifully play that, when Amanda ignores his frustration he throughs the most exquisite tantrum.

Lizzie Annis, first time on a West End stage, is perfection as Laura.

The setting is absolutely ridiculous, Laura must have a trust fund to afford all of those glass animals. The Glass Menagerie takes place in the 1930s in a tenement apartment in St. Louis, Missouri. It should look cramped and it is on the floor but the massive open space about the walls should not be there. I also would have thought that there was some naturally light in the room but the choice was to have no windows. The projection were interesting but not a satisfying or complementary to the script.

Jeremy Herrin is a hit or miss director, a local friend told me that.

Over all it was "a" production of the play but not at the level of the West End.

I was in row l tonight and heard every word and Ms Adams is amply miked so it shouldn't be a problem, truly. Her performance isn't very good but that has nothing to do with audibility.

Mostly three stars across the board (Times/Stage/WOS/Telegraph/BWW) with two from the Evening Standard