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Post by Being Alive on Dec 30, 2022 17:53:47 GMT
Or they don’t want her back This will go to the Prince Edward over Xmas between Aint too Proud and MJ. Ain't Too Proud is booking for groups until Jan 24, and I've heard this is going elsewhere opening in September |
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Post by Mark on Dec 30, 2022 19:11:27 GMT
Yeah… the Facebook group even confirms it will be from September.
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Post by c4ndyc4ne on Dec 30, 2022 22:41:19 GMT
Mr B getting it wrong?? God 2023 is bringing unexpected surprises
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Post by bobbievanhusen on Dec 30, 2022 22:43:34 GMT
Or they don’t want her back This will go to the Prince Edward over Xmas between Aint too Proud and MJ. The Prince Edward would be terrible for a show like this. They would have to have a name like Hugh Jackman to sell it. Regardless of how well the original concert sold, it's unlikely to sustain a long run. |
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Post by alece10 on Dec 30, 2022 23:14:41 GMT
Or they don’t want her back This will go to the Prince Edward over Xmas between Aint too Proud and MJ. The Prince Edward would be terrible for a show like this. They would have to have a name like Hugh Jackman to sell it. Regardless of how well the original concert sold, it's unlikely to sustain a long run. I don't think the plan is for a long run, just a few weeks, and Bernadette Peters is about as big a name as you can get! This is never going to appeal to a large section of casual theatre audiences who probably have no idea who Sondheim was. I also don't believe Hugh Jackman has done any Sondheim before (I could well be wrong) and everyone who did the gala concert had a Sondheim link which I would think they would want to repeat. |
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Post by barrowside on Dec 30, 2022 23:50:07 GMT
I'm guessing either The Gielgud as the stage will be the same size as next door or The Noel Coward as Patriots ends in August. It will be in a DMT house and it's likely only The Gielgud, Coward or Wyndhams won't have long runners installed.
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Post by bobbievanhusen on Dec 31, 2022 2:32:03 GMT
I was only using Hugh Jackman as an example of the type of big name they would need. everyone who did the gala concert had a Sondheim link which I would think they would want to repeat. Rob Brydon, Gary Willmott, Petula Clark, Haydn Gwynne. They all had a Sondheim link? How tenuous a link are we talking?
Bernadette Peters is big in theatre circles, but I wouldnt think that carries over to the non die hards who occasionally go to the theatre.
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Post by alece10 on Dec 31, 2022 4:00:01 GMT
I was only using Hugh Jackman as an example of the type of big name they would need. everyone who did the gala concert had a Sondheim link which I would think they would want to repeat. Rob Brydon, Gary Willmott, Petula Clark, Haydn Gwynne. They all had a Sondheim link? How tenuous a link are we talking?
Bernadette Peters is big in theatre circles, but I wouldnt think that carries over to the non die hards who occasionally go to the theatre.
you maybe right regarding Rob Brydon and Gary Wilmot but Petula Clarke has recorded Sondheim songs including Children Will Listen and Haydn Gywnne was in Company, a Donmar reunion concert. But I still stand by the point I made in that Bernadette Peters is a big enough name for a limited run (as is the intention) for the kind of audience who would be attracted to see a Sondheim concert. |
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Post by distantcousin on Dec 31, 2022 12:19:11 GMT
The Prince Edward would be terrible for a show like this. They would have to have a name like Hugh Jackman to sell it. Regardless of how well the original concert sold, it's unlikely to sustain a long run. I don't think the plan is for a long run, just a few weeks, and Bernadette Peters is about as big a name as you can get! This is never going to appeal to a large section of casual theatre audiences who probably have no idea who Sondheim was. I also don't believe Hugh Jackman has done any Sondheim before (I could well be wrong) and everyone who did the gala concert had a Sondheim link which I would think they would want to repeat. Crazy when you think of it, like that, isn't it? - that for the majority of people who keep the West End and regional theatre going in ticket sales, would draw a blank at the mention of the word "Sondheim". Parallel worlds! |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Dec 31, 2022 13:19:29 GMT
Well I had heard it was the PE.. but perhaps that information was wrong!
It would have to be a Cameron Theatre so the only one I can think of that would be even vaguely suitable is the Noel Coward.
Unless maybe the Gielgud ? Though I’ve heard a huge play is going in there from summer.
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Post by alece10 on Dec 31, 2022 14:34:27 GMT
Very interesting article in The Times in with famous people choose their favourite Sondheim songs. It's behind a paywall which is why I've not put a link.
But the article includes a song called Everyone Wants To Be Sondheim (not written by him) which I have never heard before. Its very clever and funny.
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Post by karloscar on Dec 31, 2022 15:51:59 GMT
It was written by Allan Chapman in the early 90s as a reaction to all the New York songwriters who struggled to find their voices while stuck in Sondheim's shadow. (Things have improved (a bit) in the 21st century.) Amanda's version is the best known and funniest version. Not sure if it's still in her live repertoire though.
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Post by anthony40 on Dec 31, 2022 16:44:55 GMT
(The original) West Side Story and the this show on directly afterwards.
That's my New Years Eve sorted.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Dec 31, 2022 17:39:31 GMT
Get off the stage Cameron. Jesus.
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Post by bobbievanhusen on Dec 31, 2022 18:10:24 GMT
Get over it. He's more than deserved the 3 mins of screen time he had. This wouldnt have happened, with all the names involved, without him.
Bless Bernadette Peters... hopefully not in the show next year
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Post by Rory on Dec 31, 2022 18:27:47 GMT
Well I had heard it was the PE.. but perhaps that information was wrong! It would have to be a Cameron Theatre so the only one I can think of that would be even vaguely suitable is the Noel Coward. Unless maybe the Gielgud ? Though I’ve heard a huge play is going in there from summer. Is this Stranger Things again? |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Dec 31, 2022 18:36:19 GMT
Get over it. He's more than deserved the 3 mins of screen time he had. This wouldnt have happened, with all the names involved, without him. Bless Bernadette Peters... hopefully not in the show next year She is. Get over it. Who’s the girl singing the Anne Eggerman role in Weekend in the Country? Glorious voice |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Dec 31, 2022 18:36:57 GMT
Well I had heard it was the PE.. but perhaps that information was wrong! It would have to be a Cameron Theatre so the only one I can think of that would be even vaguely suitable is the Noel Coward. Unless maybe the Gielgud ? Though I’ve heard a huge play is going in there from summer. Is this Stranger Things again? 👀 |
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Post by Rory on Dec 31, 2022 18:42:15 GMT
Loved the Sweeney Todd section. Thought Maria Friedman was superb.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Dec 31, 2022 18:45:59 GMT
Loved the Sweeney Todd section. Thought Maria Friedman was superb. Why on earth would you NOT have Imelda do this when she was there? Daft. |
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Post by saral on Dec 31, 2022 18:47:12 GMT
Get over it. He's more than deserved the 3 mins of screen time he had. This wouldnt have happened, with all the names involved, without him. Bless Bernadette Peters... hopefully not in the show next year She is. Get over it. Who’s the girl singing the Anne Eggerman role in Weekend in the Country? Glorious voice Holly-Ann Hull? |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Dec 31, 2022 18:48:07 GMT
She is. Get over it. Who’s the girl singing the Anne Eggerman role in Weekend in the Country? Glorious voice Holly-Ann Hull? Yes ! Wonderful |
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Post by Rory on Dec 31, 2022 19:00:09 GMT
Loved the Sweeney Todd section. Thought Maria Friedman was superb. Why on earth would you NOT have Imelda do this when she was there? Daft. Yes, I was very much wondering that, great though Maria was? |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Dec 31, 2022 19:06:01 GMT
Bonnie Langford. 58 and a full on drop splits like she does it ten times a day.
Slay queen slaaaay.
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Post by Jon on Dec 31, 2022 19:27:36 GMT
I assume Maria had first dibs on Mrs Lovett but also perhaps Imelda didn't want to do it.
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