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Post by ceebee on Sept 17, 2024 18:05:00 GMT
Let's put it this way the blatant lack of understanding of diversity and inclusion from the director was a key to the unrest in the building. That is all I am saying. I doubt this is the case but, as with any job, next time round the easy solution would be to bin off any trouble makers. In other news, surely there's room for Luke Street somewhere in the new cast of JFOD. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 17, 2024 18:58:49 GMT
Is this “the building” who decided that Terry Gilliam’s Into The Woods wasn’t to see the light of day? I think at the time we very reasonably asked who exactly is “the building”?
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Post by max on Sept 17, 2024 20:37:34 GMT
Really? Can’t decide whether to read this as genuine or sarcastic (hard to gauge tone of voice online) but know you’re a fan of the show so hoping it’s true - would certainly be quite an event! Geldof said it on the Virgin Radio podcast with Chris Evans - a gala performance on Sunday 13 July (presume celebs not plebs) but that screens will relay the performance outside on Shaftesbury Avenue. I never know with Bob whether he is being sarcastic or not as he is so droll and dry, but it all sounded genuine to me. What I love about this show is that it managed to find its audience in a busy west-end and that the producers are confident in taking the plunge in a bigger theatre. I think it will do brisk business, particularly given the location. With the side of the Shaftesbury Theatre recently pedestrianised (a great step) I wonder if that's where the screen audience would be - though it wouldn't accommodate a huge capacity. I guess on a Sunday it wouldn't be such a big thing to close the actual street part of Shaftesbury Avenue. Perhaps - in the spirit of the account in the show - Bob has again announced something in order to force it to actually happen. As for the cancellation of some Monday performances to compensate/prepare for the Sunday Gala - surely this show shouldn't be playing any Mondays at all....  |
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Post by althea on Sept 18, 2024 0:46:14 GMT
Such a weird choice to fill post Doubtfire (which I didnt love ). It's such a big theatre and even though I didn't love the Old Vic run - I don't know of anyone else who really LOVED it, I knew lots of people who saw it who aren't typical musical theatre people. Curse of the Shaftesbury lives on I guess - amazing that this transfers and Groundhog Day didn't....I really hoped Beetlejuice was going to go in here - even in it's North American tour version.
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Post by wefox on Sept 18, 2024 1:02:00 GMT
Such a weird choice to fill post Doubtfire (which I didnt love ). It's such a big theatre and even though I didn't love the Old Vic run - I don't know of anyone else who really LOVED it, I knew lots of people who saw it who aren't typical musical theatre people. Curse of the Shaftesbury lives on I guess - amazing that this transfers and Groundhog Day didn't....I really hoped Beetlejuice was going to go in here - even in it's North American tour version. I also thought the same. Didn’t saw the show when it was at the Old Vic, but I remember it was one of those shows that it was easy to get Rush tickets, while Groundhog Day (that I did watch) had no Rush at all, only reduced seats on the day. And my first hope was that Beetlejuice would go there (or anywhere, really, but the Shaftesbury seemed like a nice mid size theatre for it) I am also quite surprised that they are expecting such a long run… do they think that it will attract many tourists? Maybe…what do I know?… |
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Post by althea on Sept 18, 2024 1:08:34 GMT
Such a weird choice to fill post Doubtfire (which I didnt love ). It's such a big theatre and even though I didn't love the Old Vic run - I don't know of anyone else who really LOVED it, I knew lots of people who saw it who aren't typical musical theatre people. Curse of the Shaftesbury lives on I guess - amazing that this transfers and Groundhog Day didn't....I really hoped Beetlejuice was going to go in here - even in it's North American tour version. I also thought the same. Didn’t saw the show when it was at the Old Vic, but I remember it was one of those shows that it was easy to get Rush tickets, while Groundhog Day (that I did watch) had no Rush at all, only reduced seats on the day. And my first hope was that Beetlejuice would go there (or anywhere, really, but the Shaftesbury seemed like a nice mid size theatre for it) I am also quite surprised that they are expecting such a long run… do they think that it will attract many tourists? Maybe…what do I know?… I think BJ could have had a good life at the Shaftesbury - which occasionally has been home to decent Broadway hits - Hairspray and retroactively & Juliet. This show was just so um....meh...this theatre doesn't have decent footfall so they're not getting walk up business and this feels like a slightly desperate grab for a west end house that was suddenly served its notice by the show that was about to fail... but as you say - what do we know...? |
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Post by partytentdown on Sept 18, 2024 5:33:33 GMT
Mrs Doubtfire will have been there 2 years by the end, that's a pretty solid run in a theatre that big these days.
I don't think of this as an Old Vic show really, it's always been a commercial showv that basically used the Old Vic as a testing ground. Its producer has a long lease of the Shaftesbury theatre as we know, so it was very unlikely Beetlejuice or Groundhog Day or anything else he's not involved in going there next. It will be the same story after this one.
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Post by ceebee on Sept 18, 2024 9:50:33 GMT
Mrs Doubtfire will have been there 2 years by the end, that's a pretty solid run in a theatre that big these days. I don't think of this as an Old Vic show really, it's always been a commercial showv that basically used the Old Vic as a testing ground. Its producer has a long lease of the Shaftesbury theatre as we know, so it was very unlikely Beetlejuice or Groundhog Day or anything else he's not involved in going there next. It will be the same story after this one. Exactly this - OV was a partner producer on this show, presumably on the gamble that it might transfer and be a small income generator at a later date. I think as well that it is worth noting the 40 year anniversary next year for Live Aid - it is about timing, and it will take place against a backdrop of huge media interest in the anniversary. BBC, Netflix and Virgin are all committed to documentaries/coverage of the whole Live Aid / Band Aid thing - the musical is just one part of this. Another is the release of the new Band Aid single in November featuring overdubs of current pop stars with the stars of the day (who also featured in the concert and whose songs are covered by the show). Bob Geldof is a genius when it comes to integrating different media strategies to create bigger pictures/desired outcomes. Re: Groundhog Day, I think this will reappear in the course of the next year. |
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Post by annette on Sept 18, 2024 11:25:21 GMT
I know announcing a show is closing is a way to stir up business, but six months early? Is that not a little excessive? I’m amazed MD will have lasted two years. I know it’s a family show, but in my humble opinion,it’s also an artless load of outdated tripe and about as funny as Mrs Brown’s Boys.
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Post by partytentdown on Sept 18, 2024 12:41:13 GMT
I guess they can't announce one show is opening without announcing the existing one in that theatre is closing though.
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Post by Jon on Sept 18, 2024 12:47:32 GMT
6 months announcement for closures is pretty normal, sometimes it can be longer like Frozen which was 8 months notice.
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