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Post by wickedgrin on Jun 18, 2018 15:33:41 GMT
I liked your post ceebee but not the behaviour of the child! I would have gone into full childcatcher mode! Sweets would have been the least of his health issues if he had been sat next to me!
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Post by wickedgrin on Jun 18, 2018 15:29:26 GMT
Only one person for the job and that is Andrew Neil.
He wont get it of course as the job will go to a woman. How about Diane Abbott?
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Post by wickedgrin on Jun 17, 2018 12:20:22 GMT
Today Tix do rush tickets for this at 25.00 and have thought about going but after seeing that clip I definitely wont. Indeed the experience may be very different live, but it comes across very poorly on YouTube, to the point where it defeats the object (surely) of promoting the show and selling tickets.
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Post by wickedgrin on Jun 17, 2018 12:13:10 GMT
I used to buy programmes for everything I saw, but I never buy a programme now. The reasons being that 1. They seem so expensive. 2. In the case of a musical you may not see the cast that is listed in the programme anyway. There were 3 understudies on with my recent trip to see Dreamgirls for example. There did not seem to be any slips in the programme advising of this. You can take a pic of the cast board for free. 3. If you wish to know about the cast bios you can always look up the shows website to read online for free. 4. They are a blatant way of trying to maximise revenue from the audience. By the time you have bought a programme, a pre-show drink, interval drink/ice cream to say nothing of a key ring, mug or tee-shirt you can have doubled the ticket price!
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Post by wickedgrin on Jun 17, 2018 9:38:24 GMT
I know you shouldn't judge a show with a clip from West End Live but that was just awful. WEL is supposed to promote the show after all, but that really discouraged me from going. I thought the dancing was shoddy and Will Young was dreadful. What was he wearing?
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Post by wickedgrin on Jun 17, 2018 9:35:19 GMT
My hunch is that she’ll be cast as Deena for a few months before Dreamgirls closes, and she’ll join the tour too. I could be completely wrong. That would be a very savvy move for both LDN and touring productions. Yes, I do think that the show will need a "name " for the tour. But now we are discussing Dreamgirls in the Chess thread! The moderators will be having a nervous breakdown!!!
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Post by wickedgrin on Jun 16, 2018 17:21:59 GMT
I would assume she has a better/more lucrative offer. Unless the advance ticket sales for her tour were poor.
If I were the fiancé I would be ever so worried that the wedding may be cancelled because "the timing wasn't right" and she had a better offer!
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Post by wickedgrin on Jun 15, 2018 13:02:53 GMT
I have no sympathy for this girl who walked out to join Love Island. She could of worked her way up from Ensemble to potentially being a star, but no producer or casting director will touch her now. Well the reality is that actors can work for years in the ensemble and never get a break. They become too old for the ensemble or roles as newcomers from the drama schools come into the business, and just stop getting the work. It is certainly a gamble her leaving Dreamgirls - it depends how long she lasts in Love Island and how she comes across but her profile on leaving could be massive and if a theatre producer thought that people would pay to see her in a show they will cast her especially if she can deliver on the performance which I assume she can. She may come back and star as Deena in the tour.....over Sonia Friedmans dead body!!
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Post by wickedgrin on Jun 15, 2018 12:53:38 GMT
Perhaps paying a "star" like Lulu hasn't really put the bums on seats they thought? I have always said the ensemble is the star of 42nd St ….and Clare Halse!
The understudy taking over the leading role is bit like art imitating life imitating art!!
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Post by wickedgrin on Jun 13, 2018 23:15:20 GMT
Another visit to this show on Monday evening - a front row Dress Circle seat for £42.50 from Today Tix rather than £99.50! A spectacular view!
An almost full house gave the show a standing ovation and it is still fabulous especially for a first time visit. All the computerised elements are intact - the sets, the costumes and the great lighting and incredible sound but for me the new principles have varying degrees of success compared with the original cast.
Marisha was on as Effie ( I have seen her before and being a Monday night I was rather hoping to catch either Moya or Karen in the role). She is good but hasn't got Amber Rileys voice. Two understudies on for Deena - Nicole Deon - very good especially in Listen and Jayde Nelson as Lorrell who's diction and comedy timing could have been better. Another understudy on for Jimmy- Rohan Pinnock-Hamilton - a pale shadow of the original Adam J Bernard. Durone Stokes as CC, again a pale shadow of Tyrone Huntley. Knocking it out of the park though is still the gorgeous Joe Aaron Reid as Curtis. So, although the show was well received it is certainly a notch down in performance terms.
Clearly the Broadway transfer of this hasn't happened, for whatever reason and I think the UK tour might be tricky to cast. The show does not lend itself to "names" but needs some sensational vocal performances to pull off the show.
I enjoyed it hugely of course, and I will be back for another fix before it closes, but it's not quite as sensational as it was.
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Post by wickedgrin on Jun 13, 2018 12:50:12 GMT
When I was waiting to collect my ticket about 15 minutes before the show, the bloke in front of me was buying a £25 seat, which I presume was a day seat (the sign for day seats was still up outside). He was trying to negotiate the day seat price down, which I've never seen before (have I missed a trick?), although I presume he ended up paying the full price in the end. I didn't see the final result as I moved to the other window. Good gracious! I'm cheeky but not that cheeky! £25 day seats/rush seats are a bargain and I have always found them to be top price if not premium seats selling for anything between £65 - £100. When offered them I usually cant get my money out quick enough! Edited to add that this show has always been a bit on the expensive side with a lack of discounts early in the run which could be a reason for its closure. It's a small scale show. Most decent seats at £97.50 premium and £69.50 band A. Lots of availability.
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Post by wickedgrin on Jun 13, 2018 11:19:37 GMT
Not keen on the RAH for musicals - the sound is never good in my experience and with just a couple of performances or so they never get a chance to get it right. It would have be a stellar cast to get me to book for this, although Guys & Dolls is one of the greatest musicals. Haven't checked the prices but no doubt stratospheric?
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Post by wickedgrin on Jun 13, 2018 8:23:51 GMT
I can't quite believe I heard this the other evening but I did!
On my up the stairs at the Savoy after a return visit to Dreamgirls a woman turned to her husband(?) and said "Her voice was incredible, (Marisha) I don't know how she does that every night".
Husband. "She doesn't, there are three of them" Wife. "Oh that makes sense, having some nights off" Husband. " No, we saw all three of them, they each do different songs each night"!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by wickedgrin on Jun 11, 2018 23:13:50 GMT
Rather gutted about this news - 3 of my favourite shows- Kinky Boots, Dreamgirls and 42nd St closing at the same time next year. I have re-visited all 3 shows several times which is very unusual for me. Will have to get a couple more visits in before they close.
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Post by wickedgrin on Jun 11, 2018 16:56:49 GMT
indis If you are seeing something else can you exchange those tickets for the Killer Joe night? unfortunately not, just saw on the ATG site that he is not performing all the week that i am in London Sorry to hear that. It must be a last minute thing or surely they would have announced it from the start.
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Post by wickedgrin on Jun 11, 2018 16:46:47 GMT
indis If you are seeing something else can you exchange those tickets for the Killer Joe night?
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Post by wickedgrin on Jun 11, 2018 11:24:46 GMT
£15 tickets from Today Tix for the rest of the run if booked today. I have just booked front stalls for the last week.
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Post by wickedgrin on Jun 8, 2018 8:29:09 GMT
Agree with the above. The cold fact is that you have to sell (say) 3 times the amount of discounted tickets to generate the same revenue - so 10 seats at 75.00 is 750.00 and 30 seats at 25.00 is 750.00. Sometimes people just wont pay any price to see something they don't want to see!
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Post by wickedgrin on Jun 8, 2018 1:35:13 GMT
With Come from Away going to the Phoenix, I assume Chicago will likely extend to January and then close? I would assume so too. Chicago is currently booking until Saturday 6th October so it would only be a 3 month extention. Not worth putting something else in for such a limited time I wouldn't have thought - unless a Christmas show? Tommy Steele in Scrooge anyone?
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Post by wickedgrin on Jun 8, 2018 1:05:35 GMT
The big question would be billing!!
Cheryl ? Cheryl Tweedy ? Cheryl Cole ? Cheryl Versini Whatsit ? Cheryl Official ? Cheryl from X Factor - but I've been dumped and this is all I could get ? Cheryl - they couldn't get Kylie ?
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Post by wickedgrin on Jun 8, 2018 0:33:58 GMT
Thank you very much for that BurlyBeaR . I've just booked a front row seat that is now the same price as I paid in Leeds rather than double! Yes thanks for this BurlyBearR I have booked the third row of the Dress for half price. Also Today Tix have tickets on the back row of the Dress Circle for 28.00 (34.00 off) and the back row of the Upper Circle for 18.00 (10.00 off). Lots of availability. Today Tix may even do Rush Tickets for this (like Chess) on the day!
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Post by wickedgrin on Jun 8, 2018 0:11:29 GMT
Well frankly I am not surprised at the collapse of this tour. The prices for some of these second rate tours is ridiculous.
Summer Holiday (for example) is coming to my local ATG theatre (Brighton Theatre Royal) and the top price is 45.50 plus a 2.85 "transaction fee totalling 48.50. I tried to check other prices but the ATG site was down for "maintenance" - god forbid anyone was trying to actually book a ticket!! Crazy For You recently more expensive at almost 60.00 at ticket - this for an actor/musician show. This, together with astronomic prices for a glass of wine or an ice cream - is it any wonder that the theatre is half full for all but the odd show.
I rarely go to my local theatre now as I am lucky to live near enough to London to see a West End show cheaper (with the many deals) even with train fare. I would go to far more things locally last minute if the prices were cheaper but there never seems to by any deals for Brighton Theatre Royal even when there are tons of seats left. They don't even dare put the seat prices in their brochure any more, just the very misleading "tickets from 15.00" which are up in the gallery!
Producers clearly think they can charge Wicked, Miss Saigon or Matilda prices for tours of musicals and provide nothing of the quality which people are happy to pay for.
Rant over!
Edited to add that I have just checked out the prices for the Dr Doolittle musical starting in Bromley in November. Prices up to 52.50 for premium seats - rows C - K (except ends) and 47.00 top price rest at weekends - slightly cheaper in the week at 48.50 and 45.00 plus of course the booking fees! I sound like theatremonkey - but not doing half as good a job!! Yes, there are cheaper tickets but basically at the back!! SO not exactly cheap for a family!
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Post by wickedgrin on Jun 7, 2018 23:46:12 GMT
I've looked back through the thread and I can't find when Lulu is off, does anyone have the dates please? June 22nd-23rd and June 30th
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Post by wickedgrin on Jun 6, 2018 9:03:53 GMT
^Oooh yes, he's got the "face" for it. Love it. Now there's a back handed compliment if ever I saw one!
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Post by wickedgrin on Jun 4, 2018 19:31:38 GMT
The dog was a brilliant actor and is alive and well apparently.
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