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Post by amyja89 on Oct 16, 2024 22:26:34 GMT
Does anyone know What is the rationale Behind such a large scale and popular musical Being shoehorned into a venue for plays I saw this at Drury lane as directed by Rupert Goold If I recall correctly it was a well received and anticipated production With the highest box office advance of 15 million pounds at that time It had a huge cast and was like a good pantomime Why the contrast in scale? I assume the cast is smaller etc? Other than the 3 weeks it is running at Xmas This revival has hardly set the box office in a panic I doubt the advance is anywhere near 15 million I agree that a big venue would be cool for a good old fashioned musical like this, but this doesn't have the months of TV hype that the Drury Lane production got through the I'd Do Anything show. That would have accounted for a big chunk of the advance box office. Saw that version a couple of times, loved it. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2024 6:01:46 GMT
Not just the TV show, but it also had the big casting coup of Rowen Atkinsons return to the stage as Fagin. And then, like the Palladium before it, cast a string of famous Fagins.
The version has no star names.
And as has been mentioned, the shows origins were never a big spectacle.
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Post by barrowside on Oct 17, 2024 9:41:27 GMT
I thought the Drury Lane production was too big and completely overblown - it felt like they were trying to recreate the movie on stage. A more intimate take may recapture some of the magic and energy of the original Peter Coe / Sean Kenny production.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Oct 17, 2024 9:56:33 GMT
I never caught it at Dury Lane but i did at the Palladium. Sonia Swaby aside i was not the biggist fan and i look forward to a more intimate production.
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Post by alece10 on Oct 17, 2024 10:00:40 GMT
I saw it at Drury Lane and loved the grand scale of it. Only thing I didn't like was Omid Djalili as Fagin who was a bit rubbish.
But then I really went to see Jodie Prenger and she didn't disappoint.
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Post by amyja89 on Oct 17, 2024 10:04:50 GMT
Jodie was incredible!
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Post by unseaworthy on Oct 17, 2024 17:43:57 GMT
I would love to see Jodie Prenger back on stage
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Post by mrbarnaby on Oct 17, 2024 21:29:53 GMT
I would love to see Jodie Prenger back on stage The next Satine perhaps? Or Sally Bowles |
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Post by amyja89 on Oct 17, 2024 21:38:15 GMT
I would love to see Jodie Prenger back on stage The next Satine perhaps? Or Sally Bowles Honestly, would watch. |
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Post by unseaworthy on Oct 17, 2024 22:27:24 GMT
The next Satine perhaps? Or Sally Bowles Honestly, would watch. Sally Bowles is a wonderful idea.... Theatre gods make this happen! |
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Post by notsotheatrical on Nov 28, 2024 23:14:39 GMT
Probably nothing but performances before the 19th December have been taken off sale on the Delfont Mackintosh website, was meant to start on the 14th December.
They were sold out, so it's probably nothing
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Post by nash16 on Nov 28, 2024 23:17:10 GMT
Probably nothing but performances before the 19th December have been taken off sale on the Delfont Mackintosh website, was meant to start on the 14th December. They were sold out, so it's probably nothing Oh dear… That’s not nothing. That’s a whole lotta pre-Christmas outings about to go up the spout. Sold out shows go balck/grey on DMT’s website. They don’t tend to disappear. I wonder when they’ll be emailing people? And the cause of the delay? Has to be set related… |
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Post by amyja89 on Nov 29, 2024 0:10:32 GMT
Eeeeek, should I be worried about Dec 27th? 😬
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Post by sph on Nov 29, 2024 1:00:52 GMT
Maybe a glitch in the system somewhere as performances from 21st - 26th inclusive have gone as well, which is more than the few days off for christmas scheduled before?
Would be strange for them to just do two shows and then take a week off...
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Post by Rory on Nov 29, 2024 6:32:40 GMT
Probably nothing but performances before the 19th December have been taken off sale on the Delfont Mackintosh website, was meant to start on the 14th December. They were sold out, so it's probably nothing Oh dear… That’s not nothing. That’s a whole lotta pre-Christmas outings about to go up the spout. Sold out shows go balck/grey on DMT’s website. They don’t tend to disappear. I wonder when they’ll be emailing people? And the cause of the delay? Has to be set related… The removal of sold out shows from the DMT website seems to be a new and unwelcome development. I noticed last week that they had removed loads of performances of Inside No 9 from their website, particularly at the weekend, but they appeared again when new seats were released. I would prefer if they still continued to grey out the sold out performances rather than remove them entirely. |
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Post by osdtdg on Nov 29, 2024 7:37:21 GMT
Has the full ensemble and cast been announced? The official website still only lists the core 5 cast, which seems a bit of a shame for the rest of the cast lol (although, it may just be slacking in terms of updating the website considering that the run time is still "to be confirmed"; which I would've thought they'd know after the Chichester run)
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Post by anita on Nov 29, 2024 10:03:19 GMT
Got me worried. I've got a ticket for 18th.
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Post by Alejo on Nov 29, 2024 10:38:38 GMT
They were doing essential maintenance to the DMT ticket site last night.
All dates are now showing from the 14th Dec as scheduled (albeit sold out).
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Post by amyja89 on Nov 29, 2024 10:39:20 GMT
First date you can pick for on TodayTix is now 29th...
EDIT: Just seen the above post. Good to know!
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Post by martinlnmartin on Dec 2, 2024 8:02:58 GMT
wish they did a paired down smaller version of this
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Post by evilmat360 on Dec 10, 2024 12:21:26 GMT
Cast finally announced, does seem that most that were part of the show in Chichester are still in.
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Post by notsotheatrical on Dec 10, 2024 12:28:08 GMT
Also releasing a Cast Recording from the Chichester run in the new year according to Amazon
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Post by SilverFox on Dec 10, 2024 12:42:35 GMT
Does anyone know What is the rationale Behind such a large scale and popular musical Being shoehorned into a venue for plays The Palladium and TRDL productions were the outliers for this show, mostly it has been successful in mid-sized houses. Starting with the New in 1960 (later Albery / Noel Coward, where it was also revived in 1977), the Piccadilly in 1967 and the Aldwych in 1983. |
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Post by Paulw on Dec 10, 2024 13:12:30 GMT
£45 front row tickets are on there now for dates before Christmas, it says stage height and looking up but at this stage not sure how bad it will be so I took a punt on it for next week
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Post by lightthelights on Dec 10, 2024 13:24:19 GMT
Also releasing a Cast Recording from the Chichester run in the new year according to Amazon This is exciting |
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