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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 26, 2020 18:17:36 GMT
What is the dynamic pricing like for this? Looking to try go next week, and don't mind holding out. Has anyone got a bargain off of the box office? Or is band a £35 under 25 the best bet? There's still some £20 and £30 tickets in the OLT New Year Sale available for this coming week.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 26, 2020 18:11:23 GMT
Liam was in the workshop of Heathers as i think one of Kurt or Ram, i can't remember which, so i don't see why they wouldn't cast him in the show. He was (as Kurt) but it will have been 3 years since the workshop come May. Yeh you're right, maybe he won't be cast then, It will be interesting to see who they do.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 26, 2020 17:34:27 GMT
Isn’t OO in Back to the Future and Liam Doyle wholly unsuitable for most of the male roles (unless of course we’re casting the school kids late 20’s again?) Cast the leads with supremely talented graduates and give the parent/teacher roles to someone off the telly. Oh yes OO is in BTTF. Liam was in the workshop of Heathers as i think one of Kurt or Ram, i can't remember which, so i don't see why they wouldn't cast him in the show. Well most PTM's usual suspects are otherwise engaged this time so looks like they will have to cast some different faces, you may get your wish!
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 26, 2020 17:14:10 GMT
Well not many of the originals will be coming back, that's for sure.
I think T'Shan is the only original Heather or indeed cover Heather available (unless she is announced for something else soon).
I can't see Jamie coming back either but i could be wrong there. If all goes to form Liam Doyle and Oliver Ormson are probably going to be in there somewhere.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 25, 2020 21:12:15 GMT
A look at some of the choreography.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 25, 2020 12:34:20 GMT
So, as a member of Curve, i get newsletters and such through, i just got one through the post this morning announcing various shows that are opening at the theatre later this year and in there, casually, was a mention that Love Never Dies would be playing there in September! I dunno if this is as part of a tour or if it's their own production, it doesn't specify. Anyway 26th Sep - 10th October so i guess that seems like a tour stop or it's opening it. This is amazing news! Very curious to find out more. I’ll guess we’ll get more news when tickets are on sale and they have the show info on their site. Thanks for posting this, I’m out of the country at the moment and this has made my morning! Good innit. I guess that's what they were talking about at the season launch the other week.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 25, 2020 11:58:48 GMT
So, as a member of Curve, i get newsletters and such through, i just got one through the post this morning announcing various shows that are opening at the theatre later this year and in there, casually, was a mention that Love Never Dies would be playing there in September! I dunno if this is as part of a tour or if it's their own production, it doesn't specify. Anyway 26th Sep - 10th October so i guess that seems like a tour stop or it's opening it.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 25, 2020 8:41:39 GMT
I would guess it's something a bit earlier than most these guesses. If it's the last 10 years it's probably actually going to be earlier than later otherwise it would have been described as the last 5 years....
So how about shows like Rocky, Gentlemen's Guide, Catch Me If You Can, If/Then? Bonnie & Clyde is in development.....Honeymoon in Vegas has wanted to happen here for a while...
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 24, 2020 13:53:46 GMT
Id like it to not be something I want to see because this year is getting too expensive. I'm on course to be seeing double the amount of shows I did last year just based on what's been announced already and this can't continue. 😂
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 24, 2020 11:50:18 GMT
I've always wanted Something Rotten! to come over but from the description I'm guessing it's something more random and left field.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 24, 2020 10:24:55 GMT
I wonder if "Six" may look to move to the Criterion with the closing of Bank Robbery. Same producers I believe. An extra 230 seats a night shouldn't be difficult to shift... I was just about to say i don't understand why it's not moved there. It's the same producers so they obviously knew it was closing yet announced at extension for Six at The Arts. It seems such an obvious move for them to pass up on. Weird.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 24, 2020 9:03:25 GMT
It's a musical. It's a very left field choice to come into the West End that I still don't entirely understand - won't reveal what it is as I've been specifically asked not to (sorry!) Well can we at least get a ballpark? Is it a Brodway Transfer? A new Musical? A tour coming in? Something from the regions? Something from the fringes? A new revival?
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 21, 2020 18:52:10 GMT
I generally find Curve cheaper than a lot of other regional venues. I recently wanted to move some of the tours i'm planning to see to theatres outside Leicester to fit my schedule better but found that Curve offered some cheaper (and better) tickets than any other Midlands theatres for the shows, even without my members reduction, so i stuck with Curve.
Also as a side note, i believe Nikolai is out in New York at the minute working on the show with the two writers.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 20, 2020 15:27:21 GMT
Hasn't the Lyric got one of the smallest stages in the West End? So i really rather doubt it...
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 19, 2020 15:40:51 GMT
I rather took it as a director who has a theatre, as in, an artistic director of a theatre, rather than a director who's found a theatre for it. No?
So probs a regional thing.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 18, 2020 23:00:34 GMT
I noticed a tweet today from Carly Mercedes Dyer that said about being proud of the production and "the next life" the production has 🤔🤔🤔 All I can hope for is that they announce soon that the production has plans for a transfer to the West End or a return to the Curve, possibly for this year’s Christmas show seeing as they haven’t announced it yet. My heart is so broken that we’ve lost such a masterpiece today. 😭 I very much doubt it will be back as the Xmas show this year but maybe it could get another run at some point in the same way the RX version has? The thing with a tour or WE run is they specifically mentioned before the show opened that the set design was fitted to Curves stage only and not with going anywhere else in mind so it might be difficult logistically. I'm wondering if Carly didn't quite word it right as she meant she's excited to see what the next life might be rather than proud of it's next life...
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 18, 2020 21:33:23 GMT
I note looking at wiki that Somewhere is usually sung by Consuelo or an off stage voice? Not in this one right? Isn't it Tony & Maria and then the entire company join in? Or am i remembering wrong?
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 18, 2020 20:13:50 GMT
I noticed a tweet today from Carly Mercedes Dyer that said about being proud of the production and "the next life" the production has 🤔🤔🤔
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 17, 2020 9:56:09 GMT
Just a quick correction, Jamie did injure his foot badly on Tuesday night be he (somehow) carried on and finished the show. So it was Ryan Andersons total debut on the Wednesday afternoon that i saw it. He did a good job. I don't think you would have guessed.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 15, 2020 21:40:10 GMT
Interestingly they sent me a survey late last year where you had to pick shows you'd like to see them do off a list. The Wizard of Oz and Bombay Dreams were on it. I remember that survey, couldn’t tell you what they’d put on the list now though so we’ll remembered. I think I spent most of my time on the survey putting in alternate suggestions for shows they hadn’t thought of or deemed worthy of being popular enough! LOL me too!
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 15, 2020 21:30:25 GMT
For me The Color Purple was the biggest surprise in terms of musical they have put on recently. I was hoping for another slightly more left field (for them) choice again this year so was slightly disappointed when they announce Roman Holiday, even though that is a new musical. I've always thought that Curve would do a good Bombay Dreams. Maybe that is one of the ALW shows they are talking about! The Colour Purple really was a welcome surprise and inspired programming really, I’m very glad I saw that, having a co-production certainly helps with costs, so this should be something they’re likely to continue doing. Roman Holiday does seem a bit left field, but it ticks boxes for the older customers because of the Cole Porter music whilst also being a film they might of heard of. They’re keen to get young people seeing this show as a way of introducing the classic Cole Porter music to them, we’ll see if it inspires the youth to book. Bombay Dreams would be an amazing show for Curve to revive! I always thought the music was really special for this show and culture wise for Leicester it’s a perfect fit! I really don't know why they haven't done it so far. It seems so obvious for them to do. Maybe we will see it at some point over the next few years. Interestingly they sent me a survey late last year where you had to pick shows you'd like to see them do off a list. The Wizard of Oz and Bombay Dreams were on it.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 15, 2020 21:06:31 GMT
I mean i guessed they would be doing WWS from the amount of WWS songs they included in their Birthday concert so they aren't often great at being subtle I've never seen it so it will be new for me anyway and i would of course go but it's not an ideal choice when it's been done already over the last two christmases by other regional theatres too. I guess it's hard though because there are only so many shows with mass appeal and that's the type of show that's going to be chosen for their Xmas musicals. People were talking about Merrily and A Chorus Line and i thought there's no way. I remember at one of their launches Lucie Jones sang The Power of Love as the hint for a future production so immediate thoughts were that Back to the Future would be happening at Leicester, but it was actually An Officer and a Gentlemen. But Over The Rainbow definitely suggests The Wizard of Oz or another Judy-related show. With regards to West Side Story, I really hope this production has further life. It is a stunning production and I’ll be sad to say goodbye to it on Saturday. I remember that. I still don't know why they had her sing it. It wasn't even in the show. Maybe it was going to be but they cut it or something. The only other link to Officer was that it was an 80's song...which is a bit loose! I've never seen it so it will be new for me anyway and i would of course go but it's not an ideal choice when it's been done already over the last two christmases by other regional theatres too. I guess it's hard though because there are only so many shows with mass appeal and that's the type of show that's going to be chosen for their Xmas musicals. People were talking about Merrily and A Chorus Line and i thought there's no way. That’s the nail on the head there. They have to pick shows (certainly for their Christmas 2 month runs) that are more than financially viable and an almost guaranteed success so that they can continue to have such a well balanced and varied program of plays/comedy/dance etc throughout the rest of the year. They were keen to impress this at the season launch and asked people to take a risk and see a production outside of their comfort zone or something you normally wouldn’t. It’s obvious from comments over the years that a lot of the members only want them to do the big well known plays and musicals. They used the analogy that West Side Story was new once and people had to give that a try. Sadly a lot of people fall in the rut of only wanting to see productions where they know they’ll have a good time or are familiar with some of the material (one reason why juke box shows historically tend to do well). I don’t begrudge them for having to make the slightly more commercial decisions (just make sure we leave it a long while before Hot Stuff comes back) as long as the programming continues to be as diverse as it has over the past few years I don’t think I could ever find a reason to be disappointed. I do feel very lucky and proud to have Curve as my local theatre. I don’t think there was ever a time when I thought we’d be getting the big mega musicals like we’ve seen recently. I’m just very keen to see them develop the new musical programming side which I know is both very costly and time consuming! Yeh i get it too. For me The Color Purple was the biggest surprise in terms of musical they have put on recently. Not one that i'd have expected and a risk but they did it. I was hoping for another slightly more left field (for them) choice again this year so was slightly disappointed when they announce Roman Holiday, even though that is a new musical. I've always thought that Curve would do a good Bombay Dreams. Maybe that is one of the ALW shows they are talking about!
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 15, 2020 20:36:31 GMT
Thanks for all that. Well if you combine the song choice of Over the Rainbow and the mention of ALW shows coming to the theatre.....i'd probably bet The Wizard Of Oz is the Xmas show? We'll see. I have to say, despite me not seeing it yet, i'd find that slightly uninspiring only because quite a few other regional theatres have done it over the last two years. No problem, that was my initial thought and I also find it rather uninspiring so hope its not. I also hope there's an interesting link to that song being performed, as if it is The Wizard of Oz, that would be too obvious a song to have, surely? Who knows, I won't be holding my breath! I mean i guessed they would be doing WWS from the amount of WWS songs they included in their Birthday concert so they aren't often great at being subtle I've never seen it so it will be new for me anyway and i would of course go but it's not an ideal choice when it's been done already over the last two christmases by other regional theatres too. I guess it's hard though because there are only so many shows with mass appeal and that's the type of show that's going to be chosen for their Xmas musicals. People were talking about Merrily and A Chorus Line and i thought there's no way.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 15, 2020 19:55:08 GMT
What prompted them to talk about it? Were they asked or did they randomly just say it? Also did they mention anything about the next xmas show? They were talking quite generally about the show whilst sat at Doc's bar, telling us how thankful they were at the response for the show from audiences and critics, saying something along the lines of for this show they managed to get every aspect of the show complimenting each other perfectly (from set, cast, show, choreography, sound, lighting etc) they agreed it's not very often that happens (as much as that it what they're aiming for). It was very casually talked about. Slightly off-topic here, but whilst I'm taking about the season preview night: They also mentioned White Christmas being the Christmas show for the Edinburgh Playhouse this year, further continuing the life of their Christmas 2018 production. Sadly no announcements were made for this years Christmas production, although in the next few weeks they should be able to announce what it will be. Within the next month The Phantom of the Opera will be opening which has finally involved ALW with Curve and this relationship has only just started. We were told that two further ALW productions will be coming to the theatre at some point in the near future, nothing about what shows was said, but this is great for Curve. I imagine that Leicester will probably get the School of Rock tour and this will be one of the two. They have two more big productions to announce in the next 3-4 months but nothing more was said. Interestingly enough they'd only got confirmation that morning that they'd secured the rights to stage Roman Holiday and managed to get two West Side Story cast members to learn a song each to perform for us The final song of the night was a performance of Over the Rainbow sung beautifully by Adriana Ivelisse which we were led to believe is a clue to a future production. We'll see. Thanks for all that. Well if you combine the song choice of Over the Rainbow and the mention on ALW relationship starting.....i'd probably bet The Wizard Of Oz is the Xmas show? We'll see. I have to say, despite me not seeing it yet and wanting to, i'd find that slightly uninspiring only because quite a few other regional theatres have done it over the last two years.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 15, 2020 19:36:05 GMT
I'm so glad this extended and I got the chance to see it as it was astounding. I started to cry during Tonight and didn't really stop. I was a wreck at the end. Krupke for the first time seemed to fit. Hurrah! But this production has so many other assets and unfortunately it is more pertinent than ever. I wonder if I will see a better show this year? It was my first time to the Curve and its non an architectual gem but as a theatre it works really well. At the end the loading doors were opened so we could peak onto the stage. Loved it. Does this normally happen? I also clocked Bill Buchurst in the foyer I thought about thanking him for Ghost Quartet and Assassins but chicken out! That always happens yes with their own shows. Not usually for tours and stuff that comes in though. I think it's architecturally very interesting myself, that building. I guess Bill was there for meetings about Sister Act, which they are co-producing and opens there. When did you go, today?
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