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Post by christya on Apr 12, 2024 10:07:14 GMT
The only edit I'd be tempted to do there would be to have OJ actually on the stage. Make it clear where he went.
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Post by christya on Mar 27, 2024 10:00:21 GMT
A woman as Greaseball, lack of Poppa, and a suspiciously short runtime? Pass. Hard pass.
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Post by christya on Mar 20, 2024 17:18:05 GMT
Ridiculous woman. Her career is over, and all she's proving is that they were right to get rid of her.
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Post by christya on Mar 8, 2024 17:07:29 GMT
Couldn’t resist booking this one - been too long since I was in Paris anyway!
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Post by christya on Mar 6, 2024 11:07:46 GMT
Lack of talent wasn't the issue. One of the Broadway cast told me it was lack of a suitable theatre at the time. Not sure whether they'd have been kept in the know of course but he'd normally say 'no clue' if he had none.
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Post by christya on Mar 1, 2024 21:50:07 GMT
Ah that makes sense - it wasn't until I saw her this evening that I realised she hadn't worn the wig at the dress rehearsal. Mustn't have been time to sort it. She did brilliantly, imagine having to go on that soon!
Evening performance was another level entirely, energy much higher and the audience seemed to love it. This is a really solid cast and I'm looking forward to seeing them later in the run too.
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Post by christya on Mar 1, 2024 16:13:57 GMT
Did anybody bag a £1 ticket for the public dress rehearsal this afternoon? There are still some available via the Curve website if you are local and can spare the time. Yes, I just got back from that - spotted it and couldn't resist. The show is in fine form and tonight will be fantastic. I do miss the revolve a bit, but it's nothing crucial. The dress went ahead later than planned, apparently due to the need to rehearse one of the standbys (no pressure, going on first night!). No idea who as they didn't say, but I certainly didn't notice anything during the show itself so whoever it was, it was seamless from an audience perspective.
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Post by christya on Feb 29, 2024 13:03:47 GMT
Yep, looking forward to it
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Post by christya on Feb 25, 2024 23:09:58 GMT
For his - and everyone else's - safety, I genuinely hope that Tom doesn't do stage door for this. I suspect he'll try in the beginning though.
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Post by christya on Feb 25, 2024 23:08:28 GMT
Oh, what a shame. I love this play but no interest in it being modernised, even if I do get why they'd make it fifties.
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Post by christya on Feb 21, 2024 23:33:08 GMT
I've yet to see any 'reinvention' that I preferred to the thing it tried to reinvent. Occasionally it's just as good, but often it ends up being change for change's sake. I absolutely cannot forgive the 'Momma' thing, for example, no matter who plays the role.
I'll probably see this, because we haven't had Starlight in the UK in any form for a long time, but I really just want the show I remember, or close to it.
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Post by christya on Feb 13, 2024 9:35:49 GMT
Front of Royal Circle booked for July without any issues, I'm not a Jamie Lloyd fan but really curious to see Tom Holland in this role so looking forward to it.
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Post by christya on Jan 27, 2024 17:05:39 GMT
'live vocals'
Oh no. I hope that doesn't mean all the live vocals are going into the finished product. Flashbacks to Les Miserables...
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Post by christya on Jan 24, 2024 12:09:57 GMT
I'd love to see Beetlejuice there, but my gut feeling is that it needs a smaller house. I've been wrong before though! I have zero interest in The Producers, less than zero if they rework it 'for modern audiences' (goes from 'wouldn't pay to see it' to 'wouldn't take a free ticket'), so I'd personally see using the theatre for that as a waste.
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Post by christya on Jan 23, 2024 15:38:35 GMT
Ryan Gosling nominated for Supporting Actor, as he should be. America Ferrera's nomination is a bit weird. She gave one overblown speech that could have been delivered by anyone, and was fairly forgettable otherwise.
And nothing for Margot Robbie, for the same damn film? The actual star of the film? She gave a fantastic performance in that, and if they can recognise that in Ken it seems way off to not recognise it in Barbie.
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Post by christya on Jan 12, 2024 10:15:21 GMT
I've noticed something recently regarding single seats, not sure if it's new or if I just haven't spotted it before. Instead of showing all seats and refusing to sell single seats, some booking sites will outright change the seating plan to hide the seats they don't want you to have. So if you select that you want two seats, then change it to one, a lot of the seats on sale will just disappear.
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Post by christya on Dec 31, 2023 10:30:06 GMT
For me, it's too expensive to see shows in anything approaching a decent seat for me to 'give things a chance' and risk wasting money. The last time I did that was 'Six', and I hated it and wished there was an interval to leave during. I'm fortunate enough to be able to travel to London for work and see shows without the added cost of travel a lot of the time, but I'm still not paying London prices for something I'm not reasonably sure I'll enjoy.
I will say that if I was more flexible about where I'll sit, it would be easier, but I just can't stand heads between me and the stage, ruins it for me regardless, so I usually have to shell out a bit more.
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Post by christya on Dec 15, 2023 18:47:21 GMT
If we were all allowed to sing when we 'know the show', imagine the cacophony! That's what 'sing along' performances are for!
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Post by christya on Dec 15, 2023 18:41:49 GMT
I saw this the other night and would put it at a solid 4 stars. It was very long! Joyce was fantastic, she even sounded like Winona, same with Bob who I absolutely loved. Hopper was good, but I wouldn't have known who he was if I hadn't been told, though I did see the occasional mannerism.
I know it was probably necessary, but there's a scene at the beginning where they might as well put up a card listing the character names and whose parents they are, it felt really clunky.
Excellent effects, loved the beginning especially. That and a slow motion part at the end looked like comic book panels. Beautifully done. I'll probably go back and see this again.
I'm hoping that at some point in the future, they'll use this story and film a prequel for Netflix, though I think it'll be a while.
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Post by christya on Dec 13, 2023 23:28:16 GMT
I saw that production and also wished I'd left at the interval. Terrible. I'd go a step further and say that it was the fault of some of the cast, too, because there were some terrible performances going on. Amateur rubbish.
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Post by christya on Dec 13, 2023 8:55:38 GMT
Seat service is impractical anyway. "Could you pass these G&Ts down the row to M19 please?" I've seen people actually refuse to do this when the request comes during the show and not the interval. "Can you pass this down?" "NO" <person looks at the stage and won't look back, others in the vicinity become deaf to requests> Nothing should be delivered after the interval, it's not fair to the rest of the audience.
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Post by christya on Dec 12, 2023 23:53:23 GMT
She's really determined to drag this out. Give it a rest, you're finished!
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Post by christya on Dec 12, 2023 21:15:48 GMT
Seeing this tonight and so far not all that impressed. It’s bee n years since I saw the show, but it feels as though the level has just gone down massively. I think we have Ross Harmon as Fiyero and I’m enjoying his performance, but Christine as Glinda is shrill and pitchy, and she actually missed her entrance for One Short Day. Which I could forgive, but neither she nor anyone else sang her line so there was just an empty space. Not great. Outside of that she’s just so pantomime. I don’t remember Glinda being quite that pantomime. Alexia - she seems like she has two voices. On the one hand this beautiful rich, strong tone, and then also this shrill almost strained thing going on (which, to be fair, reminds me of Idina and might be a choice). She’s doing some lovely stuff onstage, but somehow I expected more.
Let’s see how it goes for Act 2!
Act 2 - a little better but still disappointing. Even a couple of instances where microphones didn’t kick in on time. I think this could do with a reboot of some kind, quite honestly.
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Post by christya on Dec 8, 2023 14:55:03 GMT
I don't think I've ever seen a production in the round where I didn't feel a bit ripped off. With the best will in the world, you're going to have backs turned to you at some point, and it feels like there just isn't a good seat. There might be some which are in the best possible place, but still you see performers' backs. I haven't been back to the Charing Cross Theatre in ages because I just don't like how they're staging things now.
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Post by christya on Dec 5, 2023 11:31:06 GMT
Ah, so schoolteachers still go in for mass punishments. Having been a non-offending child who often suffered under them, I still think they're rotten. One of our teachers used to try the 'everyone in detention for one offender' thing and I basically started a revolt at 14 by saying I wouldn't be staying and offering to go to the head teacher's office to talk about it. The class (barring the offender) went home on time.
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Post by christya on Nov 13, 2023 13:34:12 GMT
It says a lot about my instinct for self-preservation (or lack thereof) that my reaction was "Pussy cat!"
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Post by christya on Nov 10, 2023 12:58:34 GMT
I wish they would just give people what they really want, i.e. the production they remember from the 90’s. New songs, costumes, set and a different story ‘with a twist’ will likely just disappoint most people. I hope to be proven wrong, of course! Agreed. I'm so tired of things being 'reimagined' and 'reinvented for a new generation' and given a 'twist' - and then it turns out that it's code for 'scaled down, dull, and cheaper'. I hope that doesn't happen here, but I suppose we'll see.
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Post by christya on Nov 8, 2023 17:53:42 GMT
"This is not your mother's Mean Girls"
Proceeds to look exactly like your mother's Mean Girls.
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Post by christya on Nov 8, 2023 17:48:24 GMT
And still no front row to be had! I'm thinking of going twice, once front of First Class Carriages and once front of one of the platforms, but only if they'll sell me the damn tickets...
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Post by christya on Nov 7, 2023 15:20:24 GMT
Had a look at this, but I only want front row of the First Class Carriage area - not willing to book further back as I can't see how it can possibly have a decent rake. Also, in general I don't sit behind people unless I have absolutely no choice and really want to go. Oh well, I'll keep an eye out when general sale happens.
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