Guys and Dolls - Bridge Theatre

I say "lucky audience member". I'd have happily swapped places with him for that interaction.

What happened?

Miss Adelaide sang to an audience member seated at an onstage table and buried his head in her cleavage. (When I saw it on Friday.) It went down a storm in the theatre and the audience member (if not a plant) went along with the gag. Some prudes seem offended by it.

My hunch is that the person is a plant. I'll know when I go back to see it again. I see the characters in this version as having evolved from the more traditional interpretations - it feels fresher as a result. But each to their own - apologies if I misinterpreted your original comment.

Is he the new Christine Patterson? Because otherwise I don’t see how you can get away with that nowadays.

I remember what he looked like and I’m seeing it again Wednesday, so I’ll post if it’s the same guy.

I saw this last night and whilst I enjoyed it, I wouldn't say I was blown away by it.

I reluctantly booked a standing ticket, and was glad I did actually, I tended to stand at the back of the crowd, which meant I wasn't having to constantly move but was never more than about 4 people deep from the stage, and because I'm 6'3 the view was always fantastic.

I really liked the changes in the Havana scene, and thought the whole scene worked the best of the whole show in the immersive nature.

All 4 leads were great, in particular I thought Sky and Nathan were brilliant.

This might be a controversial opinion, but whilst I thought Marisha has an incredible voice, and did act it very well, I really missed the ditzy, played-for-comedy characterisation of Adelaide, and have to say having seen Rebel Wilson in the role twice at the Phoenix, I really preferred Rebel in the role to Marisha..

I also think the standout member of the cast for me was Cedric Neal as Nicely Nicely. Really enjoyed his gospel voice in Sit Down you're rocking the boat, even if I thought the number was a bit underwhelming in this production.

I did enjoy the show overall, but I was just maybe expecting a little more from it.

Saw this last night. Wow. Absolutely stunning. Loved every exciting minute.

Sarah Lancashire and Euen McGregor for me.

I also rather enjoyed Rebel Wilson

I’ve only seen it once, the tour with Richard Fleeshman at Liverpool Empire. Was running late but got there to find that they hadn’t let anyone in because of a fault. Ended up queueing around the back of the building for over half an hour, and overheard a woman say she’d travelled specially to see Louise Dearman playing Miss Adelaide.

Didn’t realise how lucky I was to see her as I’d never heard of her. She was great, but it’s only seeing her on some of the musical-based Proms since that I’ve realised just how good she is.

Royal Exchange one sold out, so hopefully this one will be the second.

Still fondly remember Patrick Swayze!

Julia McKenzie, Bob Hoskins, Julie Covington and the lovely Ian Charleson. With Imelda Staunton as a Hot Box dancer, and Jim Carter (who met Imelda on this show) and Bill Paterson as gamblers. Fabulous.

This was pretty good though. Definitely worth standing for. Just one complaint: way too many plants. Not just the face-to-cleavage (which is ill-judged; if you’re taken in and think it’s spontaneous then it’s an unfunny sexual assault, and if you realise it’s a plant then what’s the point?) and the glass of wine, but also the people placed at the front to dance and clap in the big numbers and drive the encores in Sit Down. The fakery spoiled it for me - it doesn’t need it. But generally, excellent fun.