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Post by danb on Mar 28, 2024 18:49:28 GMT
Myles was off A LOT when he was on Broadway. You have a better chance seeing the alternate than seeing him... Who was absolutely fine…I like the younger Michael better tbh. |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Mar 28, 2024 20:00:44 GMT
Was there a performance schedule on the website the day it went on sale? I must have missed it. Please don’t snark me when I have just had possibly one of the most average theatrical experiences of my life, amongst possibly the worst audience ever and with the most inconsiderate FOH staff I have ever encountered. Up, down, up, down…walkie talkie crackle, actual talking, actual talking over it during the show. All it has over ‘Thriller Live’ is a bigger budget and a nicer theatre; maybe a better sound system. It has actively made me change my attitude to him, when I realised that he was still being idolised in death. I’m fine with the music living on, but when grown men & women are cheering a representation of a known paedophile like this it gave me the major ick. What a let down. Erm he was never taken to court and found guilt of being a paedophile. Let’s be a bit careful here. |
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Post by danb on Mar 28, 2024 20:13:42 GMT
Sorry, someone who actively bought himself out of numerous law suits to avoid open court. My bad, as it were.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Mar 28, 2024 20:19:09 GMT
Sorry, someone who actively bought himself out of numerous law suits to avoid open court. My bad, as it were. Maybe… just maybe… he was being extorted because he was rich and an easy target, and rather than be dragged through court- he paid them off to end it. Not sure why you even bothered seeing this when you clearly think he was a terrible person. |
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Post by argon on Mar 28, 2024 20:56:59 GMT
"Myles was off A LOT when he was on Broadway."
I wonder if it is due to this production being very dance intensive and the toll it takes on the body. What's his background ie from a dance academy
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Post by theatre22 on Mar 28, 2024 22:39:28 GMT
No surprise at all that Frost is off today; just wish they’d advertise when press night is before you book, to avoid disappointment. Difficult not to feel cheated when people have raved about his performance. Did you see before the performance that he wasn’t on? When I went it wasn’t shown on the electronic board or by the box office before the show started and I didn’t see the notice that was put up which someone spotted when leaving at the interval either. I’m not sure if it was last minute that he didn’t go on but I do think if it was easy to find out who was performing as Little MJ and Marlon that this should have been clear as well. |
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Post by danb on Mar 28, 2024 22:42:59 GMT
Sorry, someone who actively bought himself out of numerous law suits to avoid open court. My bad, as it were. Maybe… just maybe… he was being extorted because he was rich and an easy target, and rather than be dragged through court- he paid them off to end it. Not sure why you even bothered seeing this when you clearly think he was a terrible person. Thats the thing; I didn’t and was a huge fan back in the Bad-Dangerous-History days, and saw him 3 times. I have always defended art being the art regardless of the artists personal life. But this just sparked something in me I’m afraid. Paying numerous complainants off isn’t a good look on an innocent man. |
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Post by showtoones on Mar 28, 2024 22:43:15 GMT
"Myles was off A LOT when he was on Broadway." I wonder if it is due to this production being very dance intensive and the toll it takes on the body. What's his background ie from a dance academy They found him on Youtube. Not sure if he has any formal training. The role is very demanding. He should just do six a week and let the alternate do 2 shows and just announce it. |
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Post by danb on Mar 28, 2024 22:48:54 GMT
No surprise at all that Frost is off today; just wish they’d advertise when press night is before you book, to avoid disappointment. Difficult not to feel cheated when people have raved about his performance. Did you see before the performance that he wasn’t on? When I went it wasn’t shown on the electronic board or by the box office before the show started and I didn’t see the notice that was put up which someone spotted when leaving at the interval either. I’m not sure if it was last minute that he didn’t go on but I do think if it was easy to find out who was performing as Little MJ and Marlon that this should have been clear as well. We walked past the theatre at about 12.15 and it said Myles, then returned after lunch (Bone Daddies…lush) to find Kieran instead. Then it said Myles again when we left. If he never had any intention of doing matinees or ‘days after a night out’ it’d just be nice to know is all. I can’t see how his performance could have elevated it that much tbh. 🤷♂️ |
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Post by koenb1991 on Mar 29, 2024 0:49:05 GMT
I went to the eveningperformance last Thursday (the day after the press night) and Myles was on!
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Post by danb on Mar 29, 2024 20:13:02 GMT
I went to the eveningperformance last Thursday (the day after the press night) and Myles was on! Press night was on Wednesday night, 2 days ago. |
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Post by koenb1991 on Mar 29, 2024 23:25:50 GMT
I went to the eveningperformance last Thursday (the day after the press night) and Myles was on! Press night was on Wednesday night, 2 days ago. That what I meant. I saw the eveningperfomance of 28th of March  Sorry, it was already Friday when I wrote it haha. |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Mar 30, 2024 13:54:36 GMT
"Myles was off A LOT when he was on Broadway." I wonder if it is due to this production being very dance intensive and the toll it takes on the body. What's his background ie from a dance academy I suspect he's got better things to do |
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Post by anthony40 on Mar 30, 2024 16:38:50 GMT
I walked past the theatre last night.
It was very busy with ticket holders approaching the theatre from queues in either direction.
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Post by A.Ham on Mar 31, 2024 8:46:02 GMT
Was there a performance schedule on the website the day it went on sale? I must have missed it. No, nothing on the website, although it went on sale last May so wouldn’t have expected them to have those details back then. One of the negatives of booking early unfortunately. However based on this thread there’s still no alternate schedule and Myles is already ducking out of performances, as I found to my cost when I went in the first week of previews. Understandable as it’s a demanding show, but as I and others have said further up thread, the theatre should be making this clear on the cast board, which they’re currently not. |
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Post by danb on Mar 31, 2024 9:07:52 GMT
Was there a performance schedule on the website the day it went on sale? I must have missed it. No, nothing on the website, although it went on sale last May so wouldn’t have expected them to have those details back then. One of the negatives of booking early unfortunately. However based on this thread there’s still no alternate schedule and Myles is already ducking out of performances, as I found to my cost when I went in the first week of previews. Understandable as it’s a demanding show, but as I and others have said further up thread, the theatre should be making this clear on the cast board, which they’re currently not. The question was more in response to Mr B’s snarky comment that he wasn’t due to be on, like we should have known back in May. I wasn’t expecting to see the poor lamb the day after press night. Wish I could call out if I’ve been up past ten the night before 😴😂 I should have looked for the tell tale midweek 7pm show. Like I said, I don’t feel it would have improved my experience. I just didn’t like it very much. |
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Post by arod1024 on Mar 31, 2024 10:28:09 GMT
Was there a performance schedule on the website the day it went on sale? I must have missed it. No, nothing on the website, although it went on sale last May so wouldn’t have expected them to have those details back then. One of the negatives of booking early unfortunately. However based on this thread there’s still no alternate schedule and Myles is already ducking out of performances, as I found to my cost when I went in the first week of previews. Understandable as it’s a demanding show, but as I and others have said further up thread, the theatre should be making this clear on the cast board, which they’re currently not. Hi all, first post here. I did see something on Myles' instagram like a story Q&A and he said that he "doesn't usually do Monday's". This was posted on a fan account - http://instagram.com/p/C5CmkVYKPtN - I wonder if that was just for the previews Kieran also confirmed he does Mondays usually on my IG. I'm going tomorrow evening, I would like to see Myles perform (plenty of time to do so) but I think Kieran will be great in his own right. I do think the theatre should do better to publish who will be performing on the day. |
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Post by A.Ham on Mar 31, 2024 10:39:50 GMT
Like I said, I don’t feel it would have improved my experience. I just didn’t like it very much. Yes, agreed, I felt the same. Not sure how much someone different playing MJ would’ve changed my opinion. |
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Post by titan31 on Mar 31, 2024 11:53:40 GMT
As a show, this is pretty good. Very good performances and obviously some good music. One big shame is the audience. I did yesterdays matinee and even at that, it was a pain. Can't imagine what the evening performance was like.
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Post by A.Ham on Mar 31, 2024 15:04:44 GMT
As a show, this is pretty good. Very good performances and obviously some good music. One big shame is the audience. I did yesterday’s matinee and even at that, it was a pain. Can't imagine what the evening performance was like. Totally! Wasn’t too bad when I went, bar a lot of unnecessary whooping at various costume changes or a hat being put on… but I’ve just seen this comment on a sponsored ad for the show on Facebook, which says it all sadly. “…the allowing of audience participation made it one of the best of the shows, you can actually sing, dance and have fun, everyone’s there for a good time and it was had by all.” |
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Post by danb on Mar 31, 2024 15:21:34 GMT
Ghastly.
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Post by greeny11 on Apr 2, 2024 6:43:46 GMT
I'm not quite sure what to think of this. The musical numbers are excellent, especially Thriller and Smooth Criminal, and Kieran Alleyne's vocals were excellent - especially as he's currently ill judging by his IG stories (even if I don't think he was always singing live). Similarly, the choreography was spectacular, delivered really well by the ensemble. I also really enjoyed Mitchell Zhangazha as middle Michael.
Where my problems lie are in the book - it's really quite dull. I didn't really see much conflict at all - I think more could have been made of his relationship with his father, and MJ quite straightforwardly shoots down any sort of conflict with the interviewer. It's all a bit predictable.
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Post by BVM on Apr 2, 2024 9:55:24 GMT
Leaving the debate about whether or not it's appropriate to have MJ celebrated in the West End (which funnily enough has just been done on This Morning!) - am slightly bemused by how spectacular people keep saying the staging of this is.
As all the TV and online clips look fairly bog standard jukebox musical fare to me - I certainly haven't seen anything that evokes the mega musical era levels of sets/lights/staging.
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Post by longinthetooth on Apr 2, 2024 17:32:29 GMT
Cancelled tonight due to cast illness.
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Post by danb on Apr 2, 2024 17:47:00 GMT
Leaving the debate about whether or not it's appropriate to have MJ celebrated in the West End (which funnily enough has just been done on This Morning!) - am slightly bemused by how spectacular people keep saying the staging of this is. As all the TV and online clips look fairly bog standard jukebox musical fare to me - I certainly haven't seen anything that evokes the mega musical era levels of sets/lights/staging. Totally! And everyone going on about how spectacular ‘Thriller’ was?!? A dropped front cloth and some dry ice? Nothing that any decent panto doesn’t trot out every Christmas. |
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Sorry, it was already Friday when I wrote it haha. 
