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Post by robertb213 on Sept 12, 2022 21:41:13 GMT
Supposedly the rapping will be Sebastian (Daveed Diggs). Scuttle is apparently getting a song though. And Triton. And a duet between Ariel and Eric (presumably pre-spell! Or at the end I guess).
The musical did have some great songs. I'd rather they went in than some new LMM creations trying to turn it into Hamilton.
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Post by robertb213 on Sept 12, 2022 18:02:09 GMT
I was thinking it would be her only song but Menken and LMM have written 4 new songs for the film. One of them "contains rapping", so god help us all. It's too much to hope they put "I Want The Good Times Back" in from the Broadway show, isn't it. A boy can dream.
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Post by robertb213 on Sept 12, 2022 16:10:41 GMT
The racism side is really quite bizarre. If you're that concerned over what colour a MERMAID should be, you might not have enough real problems to worry about! 🤣
Sadly the vocals are just a sign of the times I guess, that's the style that's popular in mainstream music and god forbid we have a musical that sounds too "musical theatre" 🤣
I'm still keeping an open mind. A lot could be really good about it. But if they ruin Ursula, I WILL riot 🤣
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Post by robertb213 on Sept 10, 2022 23:06:31 GMT
At Saturday Night Fever tonight we were asked to stand up for the national anthem just before the show started. One young man a couple of rows ahead of me remained seated and texted on his phone. I don't see that as bad behaviour really (apart from being on the phone) Nobody should be compelled to stand for the anthem if they don't want to - it's not North Korea! Unwrapping sweets noisily on the other hand... Maybe not normally, but it was literally an hour after she passed away, it was deeply disrespectful. |
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Post by robertb213 on Sept 10, 2022 16:17:05 GMT
Lots of silly comments spreading negativity online, mostly around the fact that she doesn't look EXACTLY like the animated Ariel. Doesn't bother me in the slightest and I'm looking forward to seeing it. They just need to calm those vocals down a tad.
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Post by robertb213 on Sept 10, 2022 12:48:44 GMT
Yeah the "Ariana/Mariah-ryness" definitely isn't needed and sounds silly.
But if they get Ursula right I will forgive them literally everything.
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Post by robertb213 on Sept 10, 2022 10:27:02 GMT
Teaser trailer alert.... no sign of Ursula yet but a little bit of Ariel and "Part Of Your World".
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Post by robertb213 on Sept 10, 2022 9:21:29 GMT
Can't believe how good it looks. Very excited, the first one was such a big part of my growing up. 30 years in the making and now 3 weeks to to go!
And...Hannah Waddingham 😍
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Post by robertb213 on Sept 8, 2022 23:13:24 GMT
At Saturday Night Fever tonight we were asked to stand up for the national anthem just before the show started.
One young man a couple of rows ahead of me remained seated and texted on his phone.
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Post by robertb213 on Sept 8, 2022 23:08:22 GMT
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Post by robertb213 on Sept 8, 2022 18:00:23 GMT
Audience feedback definitely seems very positive from what I've heard. Fingers crossed it does well.
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Post by robertb213 on Sept 8, 2022 12:47:27 GMT
I know shows like these got a lot of stick back in the day, but when you look at how much talent they did actually find (a lot of which is still active in the industry today), they actually did a great job. Between the Nancys, Dorothys, Josephs and Jesuses, it's a pretty decent list. The career-longevity-rate of contestants is certainly higher than The X Factor and The Voice.
I hate Mamma Mia but I'd still totally watch this to see some future talent.
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Post by robertb213 on Sept 8, 2022 10:10:16 GMT
I saw a press notice yesterday that the show isn't having a Press Night apparently. I'm assuming that doesn't bode well for any kind of London transfer.
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Post by robertb213 on Sept 7, 2022 17:12:50 GMT
Back on the topic of solo theatregoers, one of my reviewer friends has sent up a Twitter community for people looking to find other stagey friends and maybe meet up when they have spare tickets etc. Thought it may be useful to anyone looking to maybe make some new theatre chums 😁 twitter.com/i/communities/1567431904131010560 |
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Post by robertb213 on Sept 6, 2022 13:05:07 GMT
Hi! Just a question on seating, I can’t decide which to do - £68 in Manhattan or £68 in Flushing. Im thinking it’s either close but side view or further back but central. Just wondering what peoples thoughts were, I know it’s a hard one when the show has yet to open etc. Many thanks :-) If it's the same price my preference would be further back and central, to take it all in 😁 |
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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 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 robertb213 on Sept 4, 2022 20:22:50 GMT
Was about to post the same. Can’t say I’m fussed tbh. Ally Pally is such a dreadful place to get to if you have to get the train into London for it. I wonder who he’ll have in mind to cast? Probably Rob Houchen Me either. Dreadful location and I didn't enjoy it when I saw it last time. But yeah I'd assume Rob Houchen will do it again and he was the best thing about it. |
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Post by robertb213 on Sept 4, 2022 20:01:04 GMT
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Post by robertb213 on Aug 31, 2022 5:51:23 GMT
Who was the act 2 guest last night? Andy Mientus from Smash I believe. |
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Post by robertb213 on Aug 28, 2022 11:10:23 GMT
It was sweet enough but they removed too much of the edgier stuff from the stage show, nothing massively adult just some.scenes and songs that are a bit more grown-up in terms of humour and language, and the end result just felt a bit "kiddy-fied". But watchable enough.
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Post by robertb213 on Aug 26, 2022 21:42:13 GMT
TodayTix has deals on the top two seating levels at the Tuesday performance.
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Post by robertb213 on Aug 26, 2022 8:40:15 GMT
They're both fantastic talents but this is the wrong material, it won't suit either of them.
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Post by robertb213 on Aug 26, 2022 8:23:01 GMT
I adore her. She was INCREDIBLE as the White Witch at Kensington Gardens a few years ago, and she was also one of the best things about Viva Forever. She was a fantastic Nancy on the Oliver soundtrack from the Palladium production as well.
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Post by robertb213 on Aug 24, 2022 15:01:23 GMT
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