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Post by ceebee on Apr 17, 2024 20:07:01 GMT
Miss Saigon going back into Drury Lane. Or Oliver back into there and Just For One Day into the Gielgud.
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Post by forfivemoreminutes on Apr 17, 2024 21:02:57 GMT
Oliver is going to the gielgud and old friends has already been announced to be doing LA and then NY, so it won’t be that
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Post by danb on Apr 17, 2024 21:17:18 GMT
Oliver is going to the gielgud and old friends has already been announced to be doing LA and then NY, so it won’t be that Thats a lot nicer than filling a barn like Drury Lane isn’t it? I’ve never felt it was a ‘big’ show. I guess Cameron telling us that it is by putting it in the Palladium & Drury Lane, might make it so. |
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Post by theatrefan62 on Apr 17, 2024 21:17:19 GMT
This Oliver would be drowned in Drury Lane
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Post by stevej678 on Apr 17, 2024 21:27:43 GMT
This Oliver would be drowned in Drury Lane Wow, that's quite a departure from the original plot. |
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Post by sf on Apr 17, 2024 22:02:45 GMT
A revival of Follies, using the 1971 script and the National Theatre set but with a bigger string section and a much more expensive, more opulent set of designs for the Loveland sequence, at Drury Lane when Frozen closes. I can dream, can't I? And we get Jo and Janie to do it again? SOLD And Alexander Hanson, Peter Forbes, and Claire Moore. |
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Post by Being Alive on Apr 17, 2024 22:27:59 GMT
And we get Jo and Janie to do it again? SOLD And Alexander Hanson, Peter Forbes, and Claire Moore. I'll trade Hanson for Quast, but you're on! |
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Post by Figaro on Apr 18, 2024 7:08:56 GMT
Has he been on yet?
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Post by Mark on Apr 18, 2024 7:40:37 GMT
Just on now, but it’s Oliver, he slipped.
And a few London cast going to NYC with Old Friends
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Post by ruthieh on Apr 18, 2024 7:41:34 GMT
Also just said several other Old Friends going to Broadway…
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Post by BVM on Apr 18, 2024 7:47:48 GMT
Oliver for me very high up on the list of musicals people seem to be obsessed with that I feel like I don't "get."
Saw it TRDR. Enjoyed it. Had zero desire to ever go again!
Cameron does put on a decent production though so maybe I'll revisit this when the time comes.....
He really does love bringing back the same shows over and over doesn't he.
(Not that I can complain as a Les Mis and Miss Saigon obsessive!)
Edit - they've just played a montage and it does actually have quite a few bangers. Perhaps I need to try again.
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Post by ceebee on Apr 18, 2024 7:54:08 GMT
Oliver for me very high up on the list of musicals people seem to be obsessed with that I feel like I don't "get." Saw it TRDR. Enjoyed it. Had zero desire to ever go again! Cameron does put on a decent production though so maybe I'll revisit this when the time comes..... He really does love brining back the same shows over and over doesn't he. (Not that I can complain as a Les Mis and Miss Saigon obsessive!) Edit - they've just played a montage and it does actually have quite a few bangers. Perhaps I need to try again. Whatever this production is like, it'll need to be very good to beat the Leeds Playhouse production last winter. |
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Post by theatrefan62 on Apr 18, 2024 8:12:02 GMT
Underwhelming lol
Let's hope it's actually good lol
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Post by distantcousin on Apr 18, 2024 8:52:49 GMT
Oliver for me very high up on the list of musicals people seem to be obsessed with that I feel like I don't "get." Saw it TRDR. Enjoyed it. Had zero desire to ever go again! Cameron does put on a decent production though so maybe I'll revisit this when the time comes..... He really does love bringing back the same shows over and over doesn't he. (Not that I can complain as a Les Mis and Miss Saigon obsessive!) Edit - they've just played a montage and it does actually have quite a few bangers. Perhaps I need to try again. Same. I saw it in the 2000's. I think with Kerry Ellis as Nancy. Can't even remember who played Fagin. Went to see what all the fuss was about. Got a day ticket from Leicester Square - ah, happy days of that. Thought the show was fine. Nothing bad about it. But it didn't move me. It entertained me on a basic level. Didn't hate it. Did it leave me thinking about it? No. |
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Post by BVM on Apr 18, 2024 9:06:25 GMT
Oliver for me very high up on the list of musicals people seem to be obsessed with that I feel like I don't "get." Saw it TRDR. Enjoyed it. Had zero desire to ever go again! Cameron does put on a decent production though so maybe I'll revisit this when the time comes..... He really does love bringing back the same shows over and over doesn't he. (Not that I can complain as a Les Mis and Miss Saigon obsessive!) Edit - they've just played a montage and it does actually have quite a few bangers. Perhaps I need to try again. Same. I saw it in the 2000's. I think with Kerry Ellis as Nancy. Can't even remember who played Fagin. Went to see what all the fuss was about. Got a day ticket from Leicester Square - ah, happy days of that. Thought the show was fine. Nothing bad about it. But it didn't move me. It entertained me on a basic level. Didn't hate it. Did it leave me thinking about it? No. Ahhhh those were happy days, when Leicester Square was genuinely half price official box office or less! This was exactly how I felt! I guess it falls into for me into that "family musicals" category (like Wizard of Oz etc), all of which I find ok if decent production values but none of which truly move me.... That said, they clearly shift tickets! Huge announcement like the second coming though!? I am not quite on the same page. |
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Post by danb on Apr 18, 2024 9:16:46 GMT
It’s his special baby though! If he’s excited about it then so should we be. If it fills a theatre and keeps Shaftesbury Ave ticking along nicely fair play to him but it doesn’t enthuse me. Half of me thinks “C’mon Cam, you’re loaded. Take some risks on some exciting new things.” But I realise that I wouldn't if it was my money, so why should he?
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Post by Someone in a tree on Apr 18, 2024 9:18:56 GMT
I guess previous Olivers funded Old Friends and i guess this one will bankroll its forthcoming Broadway run. Small mercies
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Post by distantcousin on Apr 18, 2024 10:39:25 GMT
Same. I saw it in the 2000's. I think with Kerry Ellis as Nancy. Can't even remember who played Fagin. Went to see what all the fuss was about. Got a day ticket from Leicester Square - ah, happy days of that. Thought the show was fine. Nothing bad about it. But it didn't move me. It entertained me on a basic level. Didn't hate it. Did it leave me thinking about it? No. Ahhhh those were happy days, when Leicester Square was genuinely half price official box office or less! This was exactly how I felt! I guess it falls into for me into that "family musicals" category (like Wizard of Oz etc), all of which I find ok if decent production values but none of which truly move me.... That said, they clearly shift tickets! Huge announcement like the second coming though!? I am not quite on the same page. Radio 2 and their so called "huge announcements" - they pulled this nonsense a couple of weeks ago regarding ABBA, and all it ended up being was a listeners poll "vote for your favourite ABBA song" (which has been done numerous times before). The online fan groups were dismayed as they had been lining themselves for something massive related to the 50th anniversary of Waterloo, Eurovision etc. The Radio 2 PR team need to calm down! |
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Post by theatrefan62 on Apr 18, 2024 10:48:18 GMT
Ahhhh those were happy days, when Leicester Square was genuinely half price official box office or less! This was exactly how I felt! I guess it falls into for me into that "family musicals" category (like Wizard of Oz etc), all of which I find ok if decent production values but none of which truly move me.... That said, they clearly shift tickets! Huge announcement like the second coming though!? I am not quite on the same page. Radio 2 and their so called "huge announcements" - they pulled this nonsense a couple of weeks ago regarding ABBA, and all it ended up being was a listeners poll "vote for your favourite ABBA song" (which has been done numerous times before). The online fan groups were dismayed as they had been lining themselves for something massive related to the 50th anniversary of Waterloo, Eurovision etc. The Radio 2 PR team need to calm down! In fairness it's not just them, it's a very common theme across all media/social media in all niches. Plus the use of the eyes emoji. Usually anything but a big announcement. Form of click bait really. |
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Post by ceebee on Apr 18, 2024 11:34:07 GMT
We live in a world these days where even omelettes are over-egged.
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Post by theatremiss on Apr 18, 2024 12:15:47 GMT
Oliver for me very high up on the list of musicals people seem to be obsessed with that I feel like I don't "get." Saw it TRDR. Enjoyed it. Had zero desire to ever go again! Cameron does put on a decent production though so maybe I'll revisit this when the time comes..... He really does love bringing back the same shows over and over doesn't he. (Not that I can complain as a Les Mis and Miss Saigon obsessive!) Edit - they've just played a montage and it does actually have quite a few bangers. Perhaps I need to try again. Same. I saw it in the 2000's. I think with Kerry Ellis as Nancy. Can't even remember who played Fagin. Went to see what all the fuss was about. Got a day ticket from Leicester Square - ah, happy days of that. Thought the show was fine. Nothing bad about it. But it didn't move me. It entertained me on a basic level. Didn't hate it. Did it leave me thinking about it? No. Was that off the back of “Search for a Nancy” or whatever the BBC program was called? It was Jody Prenger but I saw Kerry Ellis too. I think it was Rowan Atkinson? Unless I’m getting my productions confused. |
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Post by theatrefan62 on Apr 18, 2024 12:26:04 GMT
Same. I saw it in the 2000's. I think with Kerry Ellis as Nancy. Can't even remember who played Fagin. Went to see what all the fuss was about. Got a day ticket from Leicester Square - ah, happy days of that. Thought the show was fine. Nothing bad about it. But it didn't move me. It entertained me on a basic level. Didn't hate it. Did it leave me thinking about it? No. Was that off the back of “Search for a Nancy” or whatever the BBC program was called? It was Jody Prenger but I saw Kerry Ellis too. I think it was Rowan Atkinson? Unless I’m getting my productions confused. Kerry replaced Jodie. It was Rowen first, then Omid took over. Can't remember if someone followed him or if he was the last |
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Post by Being Alive on Apr 18, 2024 12:34:14 GMT
Was that off the back of “Search for a Nancy” or whatever the BBC program was called? It was Jody Prenger but I saw Kerry Ellis too. I think it was Rowan Atkinson? Unless I’m getting my productions confused. Kerry replaced Jodie. It was Rowen first, then Omid took over. Can't remember if someone followed him or if he was the last Griff Rhys Jones definitely did it at some point, and I vaguely remember Russ Abbot did too (possible I'm making the last one up) |
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Post by theatrefan62 on Apr 18, 2024 12:35:07 GMT
Kerry replaced Jodie. It was Rowen first, then Omid took over. Can't remember if someone followed him or if he was the last Griff Rhys Jones definitely did it at some point, and I vaguely remember Russ Abbot did too (possible I'm making the last one up) Oh yeah! Russ closed it according to a Google |
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Post by ceebee on Apr 18, 2024 12:35:49 GMT
Kerry replaced Jodie. It was Rowen first, then Omid took over. Can't remember if someone followed him or if he was the last Griff Rhys Jones definitely did it at some point, and I vaguely remember Russ Abbot did too (possible I'm making the last one up) You're not - Russ Abbot did, and was excellent! |
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