|
|
Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2024 10:28:18 GMT
Oh Vanessa Williams is so ironic |
|
5,896 posts
|
Post by mrbarnaby on Jan 27, 2024 11:39:03 GMT
But if he was a better director- he would have made the writers rewrite bad songs and script Harold Prince also had a number of flops/not-so-amazing shows under his belt with less than stellar songs and script. So that makes him a bad director as well? Absolutely not. Jerry Mitchell is a bad director. |
|
|
|
Post by shownut on Jan 27, 2024 12:11:38 GMT
Harold Prince also had a number of flops/not-so-amazing shows under his belt with less than stellar songs and script. So that makes him a bad director as well? Absolutely not. Jerry Mitchell is a bad director. We will have to agree to disagree. He has an outstanding body of work to back up his many award-winning successes as top Broadway Director/Choreographer and I think TDWP is in the most capable hands imagineable. If nothing else, he rescued KINKY BOOTS from a disastrous Chicago tryout (detailed in Harvey Fierstein's autobio who gives him full praise and credit as a Director) and no doubt he will do the same here. :-) |
|
5,183 posts
|
Post by Being Alive on Jan 27, 2024 12:23:06 GMT
Jerry is very hit or miss as a director - he either nails it or it's a complete wash out. So there's hope this could be a hit, but he's got an equal amount of shows that are badly directed so there's not 'no doubt' this won't go that way either...!
|
|
|
|
Post by shownut on Jan 27, 2024 12:38:24 GMT
Jerry is very hit or miss as a director - he either nails it or it's a complete wash out. So there's hope this could be a hit, but he's got an equal amount of shows that are badly directed so there's not 'no doubt' this won't go that way either...! You have just named the track record of just about every musical theatre director out there. No director with more than a few Bway/West End musical credits has a solid, 100% batting score. The real test here will likely be the material, not the direction. Neither Mr Mitchell or any other director alive could have saved TDWP in Chicago, It was a mess in every respect, including design, though Anna Shapiro's direction certainly wasn't helping. But having seen most of his work as a choreographer/director (except for PRETTY WOMAN), going back to THE FULL MONTY on Broadway (in previews the summer of 2000) I can't point to anything he has done that I though was particularly bad. |
|
1,484 posts
|
Post by theatrefan62 on Jan 27, 2024 12:51:12 GMT
The man who did Hairspray can't be all bad. But he is hit and miss, and I wouldn't want to see his Sweeney Todd, for example. But he is good at lighter shows.
To me these days he seems to take too much on, so doesn't seem to have time to really develop a project. It's become almost a production line of shows with no depth
|
|
5,183 posts
|
Post by Being Alive on Jan 27, 2024 12:52:35 GMT
The man who did Hairspray can't be all bad. But he is hit and miss, and I wouldn't want to see his Sweeney Todd, for example. But he is good at lighter shows. To me these days he seems to take too much on, so doesn't seem to have time to really develop a project. It's become almost a production line of shows with no depth Exactly. I think he's a phenomenal choreographer almost without exception, just think he's less successful as a director. |
|
|
|
Post by shownut on Jan 27, 2024 12:59:04 GMT
The man who did Hairspray can't be all bad. But he is hit and miss, and I wouldn't want to see his Sweeney Todd, for example. But he is good at lighter shows. To me these days he seems to take too much on, so doesn't seem to have time to really develop a project. It's become almost a production line of shows with no depth Hmm...not quite sure that is true with TDWP as he has been working behind the scenes on it for well over a year....and his new show BOOP! got pretty great reviews but is not being rushed to Bway....now looking at spring 2025. |
|
1,743 posts
|
Post by fiyero on Jan 29, 2024 12:42:44 GMT
Apologies if I've missed it but do we know when London press night is?
|
|
|
|
Post by erik24601 on Jan 29, 2024 13:04:10 GMT
Apologies if I've missed it but do we know when London press night is? Looking at the ticketing site there's no evening performance on sale for Monday 25th November so that would be my guess. |
|
1,864 posts
|
Post by Dave B on Jan 29, 2024 14:05:33 GMT
Apologies if I've missed it but do we know when London press night is? 27 November 2024, 28 November 2024, 29 November 2024, 30 November 2024, 1 December 2024, 4 December 2024 and 5 December 2024
*Under Embargo until 00:00 on 5 December 2024
I assume that this is meant to mean 00:00 on 6 December if press are still invited on 05 December - midnight can cause confusion sometimes....
|
|
1,743 posts
|
Post by fiyero on Jan 29, 2024 14:18:55 GMT
Apologies if I've missed it but do we know when London press night is? 27 November 2024, 28 November 2024, 29 November 2024, 30 November 2024, 1 December 2024, 4 December 2024 and 5 December 2024
*Under Embargo until 00:00 on 5 December 2024
I assume that this is meant to mean 00:00 on 6 December if press are still invited on 05 December - midnight can cause confusion sometimes....
Thanks. Would that make 5/12 Gala night or similar? Also any idea when cast would be announced? |
|
1,864 posts
|
Post by Dave B on Jan 29, 2024 15:00:41 GMT
Thanks. Would that make 5/12 Gala night or similar? Also any idea when cast would be announced? No idea I'm afraid, just copied from an old press release. |
|
725 posts
|
Post by theatremiss on Jan 29, 2024 16:52:43 GMT
Have they cast for this yet? I know nothing has been released but someone here must know?
|
|
5,896 posts
|
Post by mrbarnaby on Jan 29, 2024 20:29:16 GMT
Have they cast for this yet? I know nothing has been released but someone here must know? Yes it’s fully cast. Not announced yet though |
|
725 posts
|
Post by theatremiss on Jan 29, 2024 20:32:42 GMT
Have they cast for this yet? I know nothing has been released but someone here must know? Yes it’s fully cast. Not announced yet though I hope I won’t be disappointed |
|
5,896 posts
|
Post by mrbarnaby on Jan 29, 2024 20:59:40 GMT
Yes it’s fully cast. Not announced yet though I hope I won’t be disappointed Prepare yourself |
|
1,570 posts
|
Post by showtoones on Jan 29, 2024 21:26:36 GMT
Mr B - Will Wilhelmina Slater be making an appearance?
|
|
5,896 posts
|
Post by mrbarnaby on Jan 29, 2024 22:38:27 GMT
Mr B - Will Wilhelmina Slater be making an appearance? Yes |
|
|
|
Post by jr on Jan 30, 2024 12:38:21 GMT
Def an improvement over Anna Wintour;)
I saw Vanessa Williams live at Carnegie Hall ages ago. She is stunning.
|
|
119 posts
|
Post by idinafanzel on Jan 30, 2024 16:45:01 GMT
Have they cast for this yet? I know nothing has been released but someone here must know? Yes it’s fully cast. Not announced yet though I’ve put some of the cast on the previous page …. They all met for a two week workshop it ended last Friday |
|
|
|
Post by thedriftersgirl on Jan 31, 2024 17:53:31 GMT
Yes it’s fully cast. Not announced yet though I’ve put some of the cast on the previous page …. They all met for a two week workshop it ended last Friday , Do you know if those in the workshop you mentioned are definitely due to be in the cast come October? Thank you :-) |
|
725 posts
|
Post by theatremiss on Jan 31, 2024 18:19:10 GMT
I hope I won’t be disappointed Prepare yourself Well and truly braced for the incoming. Saw the previous post on workshop cast…..meh |
|
|
|
Post by thedriftersgirl on Feb 1, 2024 9:07:02 GMT
The show just had a two week workshop with Jerry Mitchell: Cast included …. Vanessa Williams Amy Di Bartomelo Tosh Wanogho-Maud Molly Lynch Myles Hart Luke Jackson Robbie McMillan Matt Henry Eleanor Peach Does anyone know if these people are all due to be in the cast? Or at least the majority of them? mrbarnaby ? |
|
|
|
Post by danb on Feb 1, 2024 11:01:12 GMT
The show just had a two week workshop with Jerry Mitchell: Cast included …. Vanessa Williams Amy Di Bartomelo Tosh Wanogho-Maud Molly Lynch Myles Hart Luke Jackson Robbie McMillan Matt Henry Eleanor Peach Does anyone know if these people are all due to be in the cast? Or at least the majority of them? mrbarnaby ? Molly Lynch is great. I hope she’s the Emily Blunt character? |
|
