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Post by BVM on Sept 24, 2023 18:59:42 GMT
Do we think this could transfer to another London theatre at the end of the current run with Rachel Tucker assuming the lead full time? Whilst this is selling well, there’s still loads of availability for the run. So even though a transfer/second season would make me very happy, it’s probs getting ahead of ourselves at this point! |
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Post by ceebee on Sept 24, 2023 19:00:55 GMT
Definitive answer from Nathan Amzi (responsible for videography) on Twitter/X regarding the beginning of the second half: For those asking about #sunsetblvd yes it’s 100% live, video & audio and it’s the result of a herculean effort from all departments. We are living life on the edge, it’s a thrilling achievement and I’m so proud of every single person in our team who make it possible.Absolutely incredible. To get the video is one thing; but to get such perfect audio - insane! I know. While I really wanted to believe it was all live, I was looking for giveaways/indicators to suggest it was pre-recorded or lip-synched. Serves me right for being cynical - I'm just jealous that I'm not clever or smart enough to work out the logistics and contingency planning for such an incredible undertaking. It is an absolutely astonishing achievement. I now really want to see when it is bucketing down and Tom Francis decides to grab a "Sunset Blvd" branded black hoodie or brolly to keep himself dry on his wander... |
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Post by BVM on Sept 24, 2023 19:03:03 GMT
Absolutely incredible. To get the video is one thing; but to get such perfect audio - insane! I know. While I really wanted to believe it was all live, I was looking for giveaways/indicators to suggest it was pre-recorded or lip-synched. Serves me right for being cynical - I'm just jealous that I'm not clever or smart enough to work out the logistics and contingency planning for such an incredible undertaking. It is an absolutely astonishing achievement. I now really want to see when it is bucketing down and Tom Francis decides to grab a "Sunset Blvd" branded black hoodie or brolly to keep himself dry on his wander... Same! I’d kinda convinced myself it cut back into “live” as Tom re enters the theatre from street level! |
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Post by mattnyc on Sept 24, 2023 19:03:23 GMT
Tom said they have people with umbrellas following them just in case.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 24, 2023 19:18:53 GMT
This is ripe for being filmed surely! The film of the film of the film.
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Post by mattnyc on Sept 24, 2023 19:22:01 GMT
This is ripe for being filmed surely! The film of the film of the film. SUNSET BOULEVARD: The film of the film of the filmed film filmed by Jamie Lloyd |
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Post by 141920grm on Sept 24, 2023 19:40:52 GMT
really want to see when it is bucketing down and Tom Francis decides to grab a "Sunset Blvd" branded black hoodie or brolly to keep himself dry on his wander... Feel like the live entr'acte footage is where they get to sneak in easter eggs/in-jokes, I can't wait for it to get sillier and sillier lol {Spoiler - click to view}
On Saturday the camera (in a deadpan manner) zoomed in on a revolver casually lying on Nicole's dressing room table (before panning back to her and Tom eating biscuits holding a Jamie Lloyd Company mug each)- almost died laughing |
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Post by Jon on Sept 24, 2023 19:45:49 GMT
This is ripe for being filmed surely! The film of the film of the film. It's very unlikely to get filmed, Paramount owns all screen rights which pretty much prevents any sort of NT Live showings. |
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Post by BVM on Sept 24, 2023 19:54:45 GMT
This is ripe for being filmed surely! The film of the film of the film. It's very unlikely to get filmed, Paramount owns all screen rights which pretty much prevents any sort of NT Live showings. I think this is indeed the case unfortunately. Not to mention RUG are absolutely hopeless at filming their stage shows for future screenings. (No idea what Jamie Lloyd Theatre Company's track record is at this sort of thing?) Shame as could work very well! |
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Post by alece10 on Sept 24, 2023 20:09:51 GMT
I'm tempted to go along one evening and stand outside to watch how it's done.
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Post by raiseitup on Sept 24, 2023 20:21:46 GMT
Anyone had any issues getting in with the key worker tickets?
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Post by sph on Sept 24, 2023 20:33:05 GMT
I'm tempted to go along one evening and stand outside to watch how it's done. I imagine people will actually start doing this. If so I hope it doesn't get out of hand causing them to have to rethink the staging of it. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 24, 2023 20:33:09 GMT
This is ripe for being filmed surely! The film of the film of the film. It's very unlikely to get filmed, Paramount owns all screen rights which pretty much prevents any sort of NT Live showings. The Leicester Curve production was broadcast. |
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Post by alece10 on Sept 24, 2023 20:39:51 GMT
I'm tempted to go along one evening and stand outside to watch how it's done. I imagine people will actually start doing this. If so I hope it doesn't get out of hand causing them to have to rethink the staging of it. Thats true. |
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Post by BVM on Sept 24, 2023 20:45:34 GMT
It's very unlikely to get filmed, Paramount owns all screen rights which pretty much prevents any sort of NT Live showings. The Leicester Curve production was broadcast. Good point. Though it was mid Covid when the rules of the world were slightly upside down. But yeah. God knows if they had to ask Paramount’s permission? (Can’t really imagine it 🤷🏻♂️). |
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Post by BVM on Sept 24, 2023 20:51:21 GMT
I don’t get the problem here? You pay to see and hear Sunset Boulevard- and that’s what you are getting. Any clued up person will know what to expect with Jamie Lloyd directing. This was never going to be that original Adelphi production, and rightly it is a different take on it. In our own little theatre bubble here, we can often get confused ideas about who is “known”. Theatre people who the Public have heard of aren’t a huge number. Directors? Ask anyone on the street for three famous movie directors (Spielberg, Scorsese, Hitchcock) then try asking for three famous (or indeed any) theatre directors? Nobody knows who Jamie Lloyd is outside of our little theatre circle - and that’s fine. But it doesn’t work as a reason that the average punter will know what to expect from a “Jamie Lloyd Production”. It’s like asking what a Kneehigh (RIP) production would be; even amongst theatre fans, only some will know it will include folksy music and their tropes. I can’t really understand where you’re going with this. IMHO producers can produce whatever they want directed by who and in which ever style they want. The public can then decide whether to by tickets or not. I don’t think you can say producers should be restricted to only putting on what Joe Public “expects.” And the fact that this is reimagined is literally on the front page of the website. (Plus even if it’s NOT what you were expecting, I can’t recall the last time an ALW musical had such good word of mouth online, so anecdotally most people who weren’t expecting what they got seem to be pleasantly surprised). |
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Post by panda on Sept 24, 2023 21:20:41 GMT
I loved the Trevor Nunn production and saw it numerous times in London and on Broadway, met Patti in her dressing room after a matinee and years later made it through to the final auditions for the first uk tour. Was gutted I missed out on that one! I’ve not seen any production other than the original as I felt none could live up to that for me. I have never wanted to see a scaled back version of the original mammoth production values at the Adelphi. The feedback on this board has made me book for the 19th October matinee performance. Reports of the glorious sound from the orchestra, sound design and overall vision here just sound worth a trip from Manchester. So thank you all for your reviews. Interestingly, side seats in the dress circle for this performance are £47.50, the week later they increase to £67.50 for the same seat.
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Post by Jon on Sept 24, 2023 21:32:32 GMT
The Leicester Curve production was broadcast. Good point. Though it was mid Covid when the rules of the world were slightly upside down. But yeah. God knows if they had to ask Paramount’s permission? (Can’t really imagine it 🤷🏻♂️). Looking at the Curve website, it was restricted somewhat to 36 countries and not in North America so I suspect since it was a one-off due to the pandemic, it was allowed by Paramount. One thing to point out was that it was a concert version rather than a full production. |
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Post by theatreliker on Sept 24, 2023 21:57:03 GMT
From what I remember of the recorded version, it was closer to a full production than a concert
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 25, 2023 10:25:18 GMT
Either way, staged or not, the new show seems to bear very little similarity with the movie so that shouldn’t be a barrier. It’s more likely to encourage interest in the original than diminish it surely? Unless Paramount think this version is so awful that it would sully the original’s reputation.
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Post by anthony40 on Sept 25, 2023 10:41:54 GMT
I have not seen this production as yet, but if it's as stripped back as people have reviewed, I kinda wonder if all the legal battles that took place at the time to even stage the original production at the time were all in vain?
My (extremely limited) understanding is that these legal battles with Paramount are still ongoing in terms of trying to make a movie of the stage show.
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Post by ceebee on Sept 25, 2023 13:51:28 GMT
I have to be honest, as much as I like stage-to-screen recordings, I am not sure that this one would transfer well. Reason being is that the scale of the minimal set, giant screen, the big close-ups and zooms would probably not work in a cinematic form. The reason this production works (for me) is due to the switches between stage and screen - literally, the close-ups, the final zoom in to Norma at the end, the use of bright white screen with silhouetted actors on stage, the side-on camera shots of actors playing out to the audience and vice versa, the chorus aspect, the linear staging, the forced perspective/tunnel effect created by the rear stage lighting, the use of smoke and light and the way it envelopes people, the fourth dimension element of roving camera operators, the wall of sound that has been created through the sound design. All of these elements (and many more) are what makes this an astonishing piece of theatre - the director has left gaps that are subsequently filled by the audience interpretation and imagination. To try and switch this to a cinematic form could work, I guess (with the right people), but I think a lot would be lost if it did. It would feel quite Hitchcockian.
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Post by BVM on Sept 25, 2023 14:15:21 GMT
I have to be honest, as much as I like stage-to-screen recordings, I am not sure that this one would transfer well. Reason being is that the scale of the minimal set, giant screen, the big close-ups and zooms would probably not work in a cinematic form. The reason this production works (for me) is due to the switches between stage and screen - literally, the close-ups, the final zoom in to Norma at the end, the use of bright white screen with silhouetted actors on stage, the side-on camera shots of actors playing out to the audience and vice versa, the chorus aspect, the linear staging, the forced perspective/tunnel effect created by the rear stage lighting, the use of smoke and light and the way it envelopes people, the fourth dimension element of roving camera operators, the wall of sound that has been created through the sound design. All of these elements (and many more) are what makes this an astonishing piece of theatre - the director has left gaps that are subsequently filled by the audience interpretation and imagination. To try and switch this to a cinematic form could work, I guess (with the right people), but I think a lot would be lost if it did. It would feel quite Hitchcockian. Thinking about it you’re right - agree with all of this. There is literally nothing like being there! |
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Post by danb on Sept 25, 2023 15:11:25 GMT
In our own little theatre bubble here, we can often get confused ideas about who is “known”. Theatre people who the Public have heard of aren’t a huge number. Directors? Ask anyone on the street for three famous movie directors (Spielberg, Scorsese, Hitchcock) then try asking for three famous (or indeed any) theatre directors? Nobody knows who Jamie Lloyd is outside of our little theatre circle - and that’s fine. But it doesn’t work as a reason that the average punter will know what to expect from a “Jamie Lloyd Production”. It’s like asking what a Kneehigh (RIP) production would be; even amongst theatre fans, only some will know it will include folksy music and their tropes. I can’t really understand where you’re going with this. IMHO producers can produce whatever they want directed by who and in which ever style they want. The public can then decide whether to by tickets or not. I don’t think you can say producers should be restricted to only putting on what Joe Public “expects.” And the fact that this is reimagined is literally on the front page of the website. (Plus even if it’s NOT what you were expecting, I can’t recall the last time an ALW musical had such good word of mouth online, so anecdotally most people who weren’t expecting what they got seem to be pleasantly surprised). …and if people don’t know, but have their interest piqued…internet. Its not like any of this is a secret. People that are sufficiently interested go and find out. In the past they went to the library and flicked through back issues & looked on microfiche for old reviews. Now, if they really cared, they’d do a bit of research rather than letting their privilege ‘expect’ what it was like. |
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Post by archibaldi on Sept 25, 2023 15:29:07 GMT
How do the key worker seats work
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