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Post by zahidf on Sept 6, 2022 9:02:15 GMT
George Takei's Allegiance will run at the Charing Cross Theatre from 7 January to 8 April 2023.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Sept 6, 2022 9:15:07 GMT
And the prices are
£83.00
£68.00
£58.00
£48.00
£23.00
83 squid for some of the seats in Charing Cross. Yikes!
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Post by couldileaveyou on Sept 6, 2022 9:29:13 GMT
Great to see that George Takei and Telly Leung are still with the show, but they need Lea Salonga if they want people to pay more that 30£ to go see it
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Post by Dave B on Sept 6, 2022 9:41:18 GMT
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Post by showtoones on Sept 6, 2022 10:27:02 GMT
My vote is for Natalie Mendoza to be the female lead. Lea Salonga was great but Natalie would be fantastic
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Post by alece10 on Sept 6, 2022 10:30:31 GMT
The early dates (previews I presume) are much cheaper with top price of £43.
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Post by austink on Sept 6, 2022 10:44:17 GMT
Yeah that pricing is steep but seems they are embedding their TKTS 50 percent discount. Too bad they still cannot TodayTix.
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Post by robertb213 on Sept 6, 2022 10:54:15 GMT
Charing Cross Theatre really don't seem fussed about turning a profit do they! Random musical choices (no bad thing, but they're not balanced with sure-fire successes to keep them afloat) and then silly pricing. It's all very strange.
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Post by austink on Sept 6, 2022 11:11:53 GMT
Well most of the shows they are not producing (ie they are just a receiving house) so they are just charging rent and taking the money on the bar. They don’t care if they sell so you can discount them heavily later and comp them and they do just as well. Sure George Takei will more some tickets at higher prices but it does seem the US producers applied pricing without knowing the history of the venue. Charing Cross Theatre really don't seem fussed about turning a profit do they! Random musical choices (no bad thing, but they're not balanced with sure-fire successes to keep them afloat) and then silly pricing. It's all very strange. |
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Post by robertb213 on Sept 6, 2022 11:24:07 GMT
Well most of the shows they are not producing (ie they are just a receiving house) so they are just charging rent and taking the money on the bar. They don’t care if they sell so you can discount them heavily later and comp them and they do just as well. Sure George Takei will more some tickets at higher prices but it does seem the US producers applied pricing without knowing the history of the venue. Charing Cross Theatre really don't seem fussed about turning a profit do they! Random musical choices (no bad thing, but they're not balanced with sure-fire successes to keep them afloat) and then silly pricing. It's all very strange. True but still, it doesn't give the venue a good name to have lacklustre success again and again. They haven't had a hit show there in years. |
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Post by Mark on Sept 6, 2022 11:37:08 GMT
Too bad they still cannot TodayTix. They must lose out on a lot of sales! An interesting one for sure, I'm not sure any of us would have expected to see this (especially with some of the original cast), in London. |
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Post by Jon on Sept 6, 2022 11:47:37 GMT
It's quite admirable for George Takei to bring Allegiance over but I fear it'll die a death.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 6, 2022 13:10:13 GMT
The director was involved in a racism scandal a few years ago over a play about minorities that didn’t have a single minority in the cast or crew, where minorities were threatened for raising concerns. Not the hands I’d most trust with this particular story.
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Post by christya on Sept 6, 2022 13:16:42 GMT
Another one where they have the audience on two sides of the stage. Shame, I'd have fancied seeing this but I hate that kind of seating. If they're set on this at the Charing Cross now I can't see myself going back.
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Post by austink on Sept 6, 2022 14:31:33 GMT
Ah yes Falsettogate. The director was involved in a racism scandal a few years ago over a play about minorities that didn’t have a single minority in the cast or crew, where minorities were threatened for raising concerns. Not the hands I’d most trust with this particular story. |
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Post by theatremiss on Sept 6, 2022 16:28:44 GMT
Not sure those prices are warranted at the Charing Cross theatre, so many of the seats are falling to pieces
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Post by kyvai on Sept 7, 2022 6:16:53 GMT
Yeah that pricing is steep but seems they are embedding their TKTS 50 percent discount. Too bad they still cannot TodayTix. Hi would you mind explaining that about TKTS? Can you use a discount code on the Charing Cross website? I bought my ticket for Ride at 50% discount but through the OLT (TKTS) website, not directly. When I look on OLT for Here to Eternity though, there is only the same price as direct at the moment. Is there another sneaky way? |
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Post by austink on Sept 7, 2022 7:02:21 GMT
It will only be closer to the day of the performances. You won’t see a discount this far out. Yeah that pricing is steep but seems they are embedding their TKTS 50 percent discount. Too bad they still cannot TodayTix. Hi would you mind explaining that about TKTS? Can you use a discount code on the Charing Cross website? I bought my ticket for Ride at 50% discount but through the OLT (TKTS) website, not directly. When I look on OLT for Here to Eternity though, there is only the same price as direct at the moment. Is there another sneaky way? |
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Post by kyvai on Sept 7, 2022 7:33:04 GMT
Ah, figures, thanks.
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Post by Marwood on Sept 8, 2022 20:19:40 GMT
I’m kind of tempted to see this just so I can say I saw George Takei (the only other member of the original Star Trek cast I’ve seen was Nichelle Nichols at a BFI event a few years back) but £43 for a preview seat seems a little bit steep: is the Charing Cross Theatre really that much of a dump?
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Post by 42ndBlvd on Sept 8, 2022 20:49:37 GMT
I’m kind of tempted to see this just so I can say I saw George Takei (the only other member of the original Star Trek cast I’ve seen was Nichelle Nichols at a BFI event a few years back) but £43 for a preview seat seems a little bit steep: is the Charing Cross Theatre really that much of a dump? Preview tickets are priced from £23 to £43 and since the venue is so small, your not going to get a bad view. |
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Post by max on Sept 8, 2022 21:55:38 GMT
I’m kind of tempted to see this just so I can say I saw George Takei (the only other member of the original Star Trek cast I’ve seen was Nichelle Nichols at a BFI event a few years back) but £43 for a preview seat seems a little bit steep: is the Charing Cross Theatre really that much of a dump? I don't think it's a dump at all. haven't tried every seat of course, but they're traditional tip up theatre seats, and I've always found them comfortable. The venue is much improved since they added air conditioning/cooling a few years ago. I think it deserves to be better known - I'm not quite sure why it doesn't quite cut through perception wise. |
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Post by max on Sept 8, 2022 22:07:56 GMT
Very interesting programming - back to back with 'Frmm Here To Eternity' which concludes with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. It was the year after that (1942) that 5 year old American-born George and family were moved into a USA internment camp. He had relatives in Japan who were killed by the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bomb.
That's enough of me quoting bits from Wikipedia, lol. Hope the programming draws interest. Takei is a draw; he'll do well on chat shows surely, has a Star Trek, and Gay following. A three month run is tough for a venue with no passing trade, so publicity will need to be great.
Hope it gives some good opportunities to British performers able to draw on their specific heritage - which will be extremely rare for a mainstream high profile show.
Odd statement on the theatre website: "reinterpreted for the more intimate setting of our Mainstage". What have they got that isn't 'Main"? The piano bar upstairs?
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