4,177 posts
|
Post by HereForTheatre on Feb 13, 2020 11:21:11 GMT
It's really the regional premiere of the ALW version? I never realised it hadn't been done before.
The jury is out on the artwork btw, i used to love all the Curve artwork but recently i've not loved a lot of it. I dunno if the team have changed or what.
|
|
4,177 posts
|
Post by HereForTheatre on Feb 12, 2020 16:04:17 GMT
Maybe I'm blind because i can't see the cheerleader outfit!
I'm sure it's just a coincidence there's a sister act photos shoot going on today...
|
|
4,177 posts
|
Post by HereForTheatre on Feb 12, 2020 12:10:47 GMT
They don't just decide what to put on a few months before announcing it. Nikolai was on the radio the other day saying they were finalising and getting the rights for their 2024 shows a few weeks ago so i personally don't believe that they just decided what to put on this year by a survey a couple of months ago. They would never do a A Chorus Line for their Christmas production. It's their biggest production and money spinner of the year, it's going to be a well known popular title that is going to bring everyone through the doors. If they do a show like that it's a short run in the summer like The Color Purple and Roman Holiday this year. Weirder things have happened Andy! but you make a s trong point I guess. They could so A Chorus Line next year during the summer for a few weeks. If you look at their Xmas shows for the last 5 or 6 years....The Sound Of Music, Oliver, Scrooge. Grease, White Christmas, West Side Story and now The Wizard Of Oz.....i think it highlights the sort of shows they are going for when it comes to their main Xmas production. Of course though, they are running out of these big blockbuster shows so maybe they will get more adventurous in the future, who knows.
|
|
4,177 posts
|
Post by HereForTheatre on Feb 12, 2020 11:57:47 GMT
Yawn. They put out a thing during the run of WSS asking what people wanted to see - evidently enough people didn't say A Chorus Line! (which has been Nikolai's want for a while I think...) They don't just decide what to put on a few months before announcing it. Nikolai was on the radio the other day saying they were finalising and getting the rights for their 2024 shows a few weeks ago so i personally don't believe that they just decided what to put on this year by a survey a couple of months ago. They would never do a A Chorus Line for their Christmas production. It's their biggest production and money spinner of the year, it's going to be a well known popular title that is going to bring everyone through the doors. If they do a show like that then it's going to be a short run in the summer, like The Color Purple and like Roman Holiday this year and their plays.
|
|
4,177 posts
|
Post by HereForTheatre on Feb 9, 2020 15:12:01 GMT
Surely they would have measured these things beforehand to make sure it could fit?
|
|
4,177 posts
|
Post by HereForTheatre on Feb 8, 2020 11:46:56 GMT
What sort of tickets are coming up on the rush?
|
|
4,177 posts
|
Post by HereForTheatre on Feb 7, 2020 13:02:09 GMT
Roger Bart is older than Christopher Lloyd was at the time the movie came out...by a good 10 years. But Christopher Lloyd played it older. They even turned his hair white as they wanted him to look like Einstein. Which is what they are going to do with Roger. He wasn't in costume or make up. The images of him in the wig and stuff has already been on twitter and stuff.
|
|
4,177 posts
|
Post by HereForTheatre on Feb 7, 2020 12:34:10 GMT
Roger Bart is older than Christopher Lloyd was at the time the movie came out...by a good 10 years.
|
|
4,177 posts
|
Post by HereForTheatre on Feb 6, 2020 18:55:04 GMT
In the context of the show and in costume and with full set i'm sure it will seem better but my main issue is the dancers. Why are there dancers randomly doing a routine with doc when his invention works? Is this going to be how the show is? Just turning moments from the film into a full broadway number with a random ensemble? I just don't get that.
|
|
4,177 posts
|
Post by HereForTheatre on Feb 5, 2020 14:28:32 GMT
Is this happening then or what? I expected an announcement by now.
|
|
4,177 posts
|
Post by HereForTheatre on Feb 2, 2020 15:44:56 GMT
Totally Appalling ,one of the cheapest and nastiest productions I have ever seen. The theatre(hardly a theatre)itself does not help,the sound is very tinny and muffled and very uncomfortable seats must have been left over from when it was drafty old studio. Not sure how Nick Winston keeps getting work,more poor am dram stuff from him and that is actually an insult to am dram! Kevin Clifton where to start,he can’t sing or act and just isn’t up to leading a musical that is charging high prices. Loads of empty seats and I wish I had left mine empty a total waste of money. AVOID! I noticed that 3 of your 4 posts on here since you signed up have been you ripping a show to shreds! You must see some good shows (?) so we'd love to hear about the good stuff too!
|
|
4,177 posts
|
Post by HereForTheatre on Feb 2, 2020 9:08:35 GMT
I don't enjoy that song. It goes on a bit doesn't it. It seems a bit too challenging for the singers too and the lyrics are somewhat cringe. It reminded me in parts of Mary Poppins for some reason but all that songs in that are far better!
Not the best first impression for the show IMO
|
|
4,177 posts
|
Post by HereForTheatre on Feb 1, 2020 11:51:51 GMT
I caught up with all of them yesterday. My faves were the courtroom one and the war one. I appreciated the technical aspect of the last episode but it wasn't my fave. I feel like the war episode was more like something you could see them putting on stage so that's why i liked it. The issue here is overkill. They have a set of tricks and you can take it so many times but there will be a point it just gets tired.
|
|
4,177 posts
|
Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 30, 2020 19:52:32 GMT
Yaaaaaaaas.
|
|
4,177 posts
|
Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 30, 2020 14:09:41 GMT
I've noticed a general lack of announcements lately regarding mobile phone use and courtesy towards fellow patrons with things like talking and eating. I've been to many shows lately where there has been no announcement or even visible signage. I really think that there should be an announcement at every theatre before every show reminding people of basic theatre etiquette and making it known that the ushers will be on the look out during the performances. It might seem like overkill but if you pay top dollar for tickets you should get at the very least a good experience. It appears to me theatres/shows are getting less invested in good patron behaviour rather than more, which seems the wrong direction.
|
|
4,177 posts
|
Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 30, 2020 13:01:46 GMT
I'm gonna doubt they will be placing a hardly known musical thats not had a production for over 20 years straight into The Savoy. If they do....why.
|
|
4,177 posts
|
Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 30, 2020 12:06:18 GMT
It could be what's going into the Savoy after Sunday in The Park.... It fits what's been rumoured Rumours from where? What was rumoured on here was a Broadway transfer from the last 10 years. This last had a major production in 1983? So it doesn't seem to fit that one. Are there others going around?
|
|
4,177 posts
|
Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 29, 2020 16:24:36 GMT
Just out and happy to say the seats were fine. No problem with missing the top of the stage or any of the flying and the leg room in the stalls was fine for me. Good show BTW. Very funny. I had a great time.
|
|
4,177 posts
|
Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 28, 2020 14:32:16 GMT
Some more tickets have just become available for the 3rd to last row of the stalls. I might go for that then, hopefully i don't miss much of the flying from there.
|
|
4,177 posts
|
Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 28, 2020 13:04:22 GMT
If anyone wants to make an overnight trip of it, other stuff in in manc during the Rent run are Sunny Afternoon Groan Ups 9 to 5 Grease Everybody’s Talking About Jamie. Oh, and Dreamboys Male strip group 🍌 I might do it. I'm coming up for BTTF next month but i suppose i can make two trips this year! Never been before then twice in a year! Is HM easy to get to from Piccadilly?
|
|
4,177 posts
|
Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 27, 2020 13:52:38 GMT
The pressure is on! If you definitely want stalls, it now looks like Thursday. Row T will obviously be better than V, but is this a £35 show, and does anything happen 'up top'? Row M in the circle is on a ledge above row L. Mid row is going to be very tight. The aisle seats in the balcony actually aren't too bad, though not at £35. Centre aisle seats are better than ends, which is why they're more expensive. I might wait until the morning of the performances and see if anything is added last minute that's a bit more suitable. Sometimes it happens. I'm not that fussed if it doesn't work out, i was just at a loose end this week and it's the only thing kinda local that I've not seen and interested in. Thanks for your help.
|
|
4,177 posts
|
Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 27, 2020 13:32:03 GMT
About to book for a show there but the only seats left are in the back half of the dress which warn about limited leg room and the very back of the stalls. Is the leg room really that poor there? Which would be the better option? Yes, the legroom really is poor, though I'm over 6' tall. But the back of the stalls looses the top of the proscenium, so it's a trade off. By coincidence, I already had the Sheffield Theatres website open, so I'm happy to have a look, if you're happy to share your plans. Yeh it's for Peter Pan Goes wrong this week. Either Wednesday or Thursday matinee. I just has a quick look again and some of the seats that were there have gone now so it's even more of a slim pickings!
|
|
4,177 posts
|
Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 27, 2020 13:22:09 GMT
The ticket prices at Curve go up to £49.50 for Love Never Dies. That is for top price tickets at the weekend. Though as Robert says above, all the cheaper areas are actually perfectly good views too and don't suffer from common problems like cut off ect so you really don't need to pay for those top price tickets.
|
|
4,177 posts
|
Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 27, 2020 13:17:36 GMT
About to book for a show there but the only seats left are in the back half of the dress which warn about limited leg room and the very back of the stalls. Is the leg room really that poor there? Which would be the better option?
|
|
4,177 posts
|
Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 27, 2020 12:58:47 GMT
I simply never bother with this. Sorry but 9 times out of 10 it's completely unnecessary for people to put themselves through hours of waiting or stress just to get tickets to something they could easily get tickets for a few hours later, a few days later or even a few months later...all this waiting by the laptop or phone for the very second booking is open is completely beyond me and i've literally never done it and also never missed out on seeing any of the shows...
|
|