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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2016 10:27:09 GMT
Is likely to be coming back in some guise sometime not in the too distant future
So my Asian sisters tell me
Interestingly the Broadway version was supposed to transfer back to London soon after opening there but this was put on hold due to the bad reception the show received in NY
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Post by anita on Feb 28, 2016 10:43:35 GMT
Loved it when I saw it in London.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2016 10:53:10 GMT
I doubt it would come back to the West End, maybe a UK Tour? Has it really got that much of an audience? I imagine somewhat that the core fanbase would be the BILB crowd but we all know how that turned out... it would maybe have to do a limited run in a smaller theatre?
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Post by anita on Feb 28, 2016 11:00:11 GMT
I am not Asian. Nor have I seen BILB but didn't prevent my enjoyment. - Nor my sons after I recommended it to him.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2016 11:59:10 GMT
I doubt it would come back to the West End, maybe a UK Tour? Has it really got that much of an audience? I imagine somewhat that the core fanbase would be the BILB crowd but we all know how that turned out... it would maybe have to do a limited run in a smaller theatre? I personally thought Bombay Dreams was pants But despite lukewarm reviews it ran for 2 years at the much bigger and (arguably) prestigious Apollo Victoria at a time when many superior shows suffered the post 9/11 effect and it made back all investments after the 13th month We have already established crappy shows can come back time and time again Also I would beg to differ that Bombay Dreams and Bend It are entirely different in aim and focus And attracted entirely different audiences To think just because they are "brown" they are similar is quite an error This is the same error SFP made assuming one would be a success just because the other was One had ALW backing it and much media coverage an internationally renowned composer and a professional PR machine. The other (whilst a far better show) was in essence partly a vanity project on the part of the director and was somewhat limited in its scope and professionalism as a result of this. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2016 12:50:16 GMT
To think just because they are "brown" they are similar is quite an error This is the same error SFP made assuming one would be a success just because the other was One had ALW backing it and much media coverage an internationally renowned composer and a professional PR machine. The other (whilst a far better show) was in essence partly a vanity project on the part of the director and was somewhat limited in its scope and professionalism as a result of this. Oh I don't think at all that it is because of skin tone, but I am more referring to the style of the music and the dancing etc... I wouldn't put it as a colour by any means, also that could be taken as highly offensive which I am not intending at all.
Do bear in mind also that, lets me honest, ALW has somewhat been box office poison in the past decade... his only real hit of the past decade has been School of Rock, which is selling hugely well (though note his name is not being made very prominent), but Stephen Ward was a huge disaster, as was Whistle Down the Wind, The Woman in White, Love Never Dies etc... the only success has been the TV Shows and the Musicals that followed and even then they are not his shows!
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Post by daniel on Feb 28, 2016 13:03:10 GMT
It was looking at a UK Tour a few years back, it had venues pencilled in at one point. Obviously nothing came of it though!
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Post by viserys on Feb 28, 2016 13:38:45 GMT
I enjoyed Bombay Dreams back then and I knew very little of Bollywood then. I think global awareness of Bollywood has grown alot since the show first played, so I think there may be a wider audience interested in this kind of live show now.
Though compared to proper Bollywood movies, I thought Bombay Dreams was too low on actual dazzling dance routines and glitz and glamour, so maybe they could work on that. Personally I'd love to see this show again.
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Post by westendcub on Feb 28, 2016 14:34:43 GMT
I would welcome a return of this show.
I was quite in awe when I saw all those years ago, the song 'Journey Home' is a favourite of mine.
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Post by orchestrator on Feb 28, 2016 15:19:42 GMT
I would welcome a return of this show. I was quite in awe when I saw all those years ago, the song 'Journey Home' is a favourite of mine. I agree, Journey Home is great. The show was “universalised” for Broadway removing difficult niche words like naan bread and popadum [not exactly those words but you get the idea]. It was also [re-]orchestrated to use the appropriate house minimum number of musicians. The overall effect was much weaker than the London version dramatically and having seen a preview I wasn’t surprised that it didn’t last long on Broadway. There had always been some slightly embarrassing bits in London which could have been improved quite easily but which didn’t stop it being a big success getting many first-timers into a West End theatre. |
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 28, 2016 16:02:30 GMT
Didn't see it, hope to make up for my mistake, rumoured on the old board that this was all se to go on the road,a I hope that is still true.
Did ever tour the UK before ?
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Post by oxfordsimon on Feb 28, 2016 19:45:41 GMT
There was a lot of lip-syncing going on when I saw the original production. It was also the show where I was threatened with physical violence because I dared to ask someone to stop talking during the action.
Not happy memories!!
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Post by Seriously on Feb 28, 2016 19:52:57 GMT
Who introduced the term "brown" into this thread?  ? |
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Post by Steffi on Feb 28, 2016 20:01:09 GMT
I saw this back in the days. I liked Journey Home but found the show itself average at best. And yes, I remember the lip syncing being really obvious.
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Post by viserys on Feb 28, 2016 20:14:15 GMT
But the lipsyncing was intentional, since it's meant to be Bollywood, where the leads always lipsync to singers' tracks...
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Post by anita on Feb 29, 2016 10:47:47 GMT
It has some great songs & the original cast were terrific. The lip synch & the stage fighting were intentional.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 29, 2016 14:26:31 GMT
This was supposed to tour a good few years ago, I think it was a co production between some of the larger independent regional theatres. Can't remember details now though.
A great fun show, I really enjoyed it and would love to see it come back. Always makes me smile when people complain about lip syncing, it was the whole point
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Post by Steffi on Feb 29, 2016 14:35:36 GMT
Shows this is clearly not my kind of musical. ;-) I've never seen a Bollywood film and have no knowledge about the genre. So for me the obvious lip-syncing just looked awful.
It's not what made me not love Bombay Dreams though. I simply couldn't connnect to anything in this show. The only bit I enjoyed was Journey Home. But this place would be boring if we all loved the same things. :-)
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Post by oxfordsimon on Mar 1, 2016 1:23:33 GMT
Just because lip-syncing is part of the Bollywood style, it really doesn't play well in theatres. It looks like they cast people who can't sing - and I go to a musical to see singers sing - not mime (even if they are miming to a recording of their own voices)
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Post by wickedgrin on Mar 1, 2016 9:22:25 GMT
I saw this at the Apollo Victoria and enjoyed the show. It had a good run in a huge theatre. It just shows how times have changed in that it could not possibly survive such a run now even in a smaller theatre.
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Post by orchestrator on Mar 1, 2016 14:41:01 GMT
Just because lip-syncing is part of the Bollywood style, it really doesn't play well in theatres. It looks like they cast people who can't sing - and I go to a musical to see singers sing - not mime (even if they are miming to a recording of their own voices) Whilst for traditional musicals I would completely agree I think it is impossible to set hard-line rules like this. If you don’t know the Bollywood style you aren’t* really going to “get” its presentation on stage but that doesn’t mean a Bollywood musical shouldn’t do Bollywood style. *Edit: might not get it [thanks to anita] |
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Post by anita on Mar 1, 2016 14:46:18 GMT
I've never seen a Bollywood musical but I still got it.
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