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Post by learfan on Jun 17, 2019 13:14:49 GMT
As much as I’d love to buy some tickets today at 5pm, I highly doubt it! I’d say more likely to go on sale Friday. Thursday announcement from Baz. Followed by formal announcement Friday morning, with tickets being realised either there and then, or the following Friday to coincide with the Graham Norton appearance. Do we think this show will be a hard sell? I know I’ll be going, and many theatre fans, but to the outside world has it much recognition? Jake is on GN this Friday. Im excited along with others here but i do think it may be a hard sell, especially with the likely prices. |
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Post by kathryn on Jun 17, 2019 13:17:58 GMT
As much as I’d love to buy some tickets today at 5pm, I highly doubt it! I’d say more likely to go on sale Friday. Thursday announcement from Baz. Followed by formal announcement Friday morning, with tickets being realised either there and then, or the following Friday to coincide with the Graham Norton appearance. Do we think this show will be a hard sell? I know I’ll be going, and many theatre fans, but to the outside world has it much recognition? Well he's a big Hollywood star, if John Malkovich can sell a Harvey Weinstein play Jake Gyllenghall could sell anything Hm, I don't know that he's that big a star. I don't remember it being that hard to get a ticket to see him in Constellations in NY. And Sondheim - although beloved by theatre geeks - is not usually that big a WE draw. I don't think Sunday In the Park with George is that well-known among the general public. |
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Post by Jon on Jun 17, 2019 13:20:01 GMT
Well he's a big Hollywood star, if John Malkovich can sell a Harvey Weinstein play Jake Gyllenghall could sell anything Hm, I don't know that he's that big a star. I don't remember it being that hard to get a ticket to see him in Constellations in NY. And Sondheim - although beloved by theatre geeks - is not usually that big a WE draw. I don't think Sunday In the Park with George is that well-known among the general public. He is going to be in Spider-Man Far from Home which will likely lift his profile dramatically. |
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Post by viserys on Jun 17, 2019 13:33:31 GMT
Hm, I don't know that he's that big a star. I don't remember it being that hard to get a ticket to see him in Constellations in NY. And Sondheim - although beloved by theatre geeks - is not usually that big a WE draw. I don't think Sunday In the Park with George is that well-known among the general public. He is going to be in Spider-Man Far from Home which will likely lift his profile dramatically. But will fame in a Marvel blockbuster automatically translate to people buying tickets for a Sondheim musical? Fame-wise Jake is a bit "past his prime" - his breakthrough was in 2001 as Donnie Darko, followed by acclaim in Brokeback Mountain (2005) and a try at hearthrob status in Prince of Persia (2010), but it's been a while since he had a bone fide box office hit (or even an arthouse hit winning him awards). So I don't think tickets will be flying out of the door as they do for the current crop of hyped movie stars. I'm sure it will be selling very well, but not on a Cumberbatch-does-Hamlet-level of crazy. |
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Post by zahidf on Jun 17, 2019 13:36:23 GMT
Yeah, I think it will sell very well but wont be an instant sell out hit type thing
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Post by TallPaul on Jun 17, 2019 13:40:51 GMT
The Savoy has about 1,150 seats. So 8 performances a week over 16 weeks equals 147,200 tickets to sell.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 17, 2019 13:44:58 GMT
I wonder if the success of Company will help things along.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jun 17, 2019 13:46:17 GMT
God's of the theatre please can you get Dame Pattie to reprise her Mother and Blair Daniels???
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2019 13:46:44 GMT
Now is the right time for something like Sunday, off the back of Company’s broadened appeal. Looking at some of the twitter reactions there’s a JG fan army that will be out in force, kids posting pictures of themselves crying at this announcement. I don’t think it would be as hard a sell as some may perceive.
Friday, let alone any time this month, seems too soon for tickets to be going on sale, given 9 to 5 hasn’t even posted an official closing date yet.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2019 13:48:51 GMT
I wonder if the success of Company will help things along. Absolutely. It’s been a short enough amount of time since Company for Sondheim’s appeal to be a bit wider and still topical, but long enough for withdrawal to kick in. If that makes sense. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 17, 2019 13:49:55 GMT
Now is the right time for something like Sunday, off the back of Company’s broadened appeal. Looking at some of the twitter reactions there’s a JG fan army that will be out in force, kids posting pictures of themselves crying at this announcement. I don’t think it would be as hard a sell as some may perceive. Friday, let alone any time this month, seems too soon for tickets to be going on sale, given 9 to 5 hasn’t even posted an official closing date yet. Good grief. Get a grip for Christ’s sake 🙄 |
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Post by Jon on Jun 17, 2019 13:52:36 GMT
But will fame in a Marvel blockbuster automatically translate to people buying tickets for a Sondheim musical? Fame-wise Jake is a bit "past his prime" - his breakthrough was in 2001 as Donnie Darko, followed by acclaim in Brokeback Mountain (2005) and a try at hearthrob status in Prince of Persia (2010), but it's been a while since he had a bone fide box office hit (or even an arthouse hit winning him awards). So I don't think tickets will be flying out of the door as they do for the current crop of hyped movie stars. I'm sure it will be selling very well, but not on a Cumberbatch-does-Hamlet-level of crazy. TBF to Jake, he hasn't sought out doing blockbusters, his most successful film in the last few years was Prisoners. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2019 14:11:03 GMT
Now is the right time for something like Sunday, off the back of Company’s broadened appeal. Looking at some of the twitter reactions there’s a JG fan army that will be out in force, kids posting pictures of themselves crying at this announcement. I don’t think it would be as hard a sell as some may perceive. Friday, let alone any time this month, seems too soon for tickets to be going on sale, given 9 to 5 hasn’t even posted an official closing date yet. Good grief. Get a grip for Christ’s sake 🙄 |
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Post by viserys on Jun 17, 2019 14:15:51 GMT
But will fame in a Marvel blockbuster automatically translate to people buying tickets for a Sondheim musical? Fame-wise Jake is a bit "past his prime" - his breakthrough was in 2001 as Donnie Darko, followed by acclaim in Brokeback Mountain (2005) and a try at hearthrob status in Prince of Persia (2010), but it's been a while since he had a bone fide box office hit (or even an arthouse hit winning him awards). So I don't think tickets will be flying out of the door as they do for the current crop of hyped movie stars. I'm sure it will be selling very well, but not on a Cumberbatch-does-Hamlet-level of crazy. TBF to Jake, he hasn't sought out doing blockbusters, his most successful film in the last few years was Prisoners. Oh don't get me wrong, massive fan of his ever since Donnie Darko and will definitely be pouncing tickets. And personally I'm fine with the path he has chosen. Just thinking that he isn't quite the big massive Hollywood star draw that some people seem so think he may be. I mean Game of Thrones is like the biggest thing ever on TV and yet Kit Harington didn't put bums on seats when he did True West last winter either and it was fairly easy to get tickets for Orlando Bloom's play in a rather small theatre last year too. At the same time there was an insane rush for Cate Blanchett's play, so... honestly, I'm not sure who may attract the punters and who doesn't. |
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Post by zahidf on Jun 17, 2019 14:38:24 GMT
TBF to Jake, he hasn't sought out doing blockbusters, his most successful film in the last few years was Prisoners. Oh don't get me wrong, massive fan of his ever since Donnie Darko and will definitely be pouncing tickets. And personally I'm fine with the path he has chosen. Just thinking that he isn't quite the big massive Hollywood star draw that some people seem so think he may be. I mean Game of Thrones is like the biggest thing ever on TV and yet Kit Harington didn't put bums on seats when he did True West last winter either and it was fairly easy to get tickets for Orlando Bloom's play in a rather small theatre last year too. At the same time there was an insane rush for Cate Blanchett's play, so... honestly, I'm not sure who may attract the punters and who doesn't. Its on in a big theatre, but then it is a musical which generally does sell better.
I think upper tier seller, bit like Tina. Easy enough to get tickets, but not cheap and no discounts
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Post by alece10 on Jun 17, 2019 15:10:35 GMT
Anyone going to actually try at 5pm?
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Post by princeton on Jun 17, 2019 15:15:08 GMT
Carl Woodward is a perfectly decent theatre-loving guy who has perhaps started to believe his own publicity and decided that he's going to be a major influencer in the theatre world. He was a key player in the 'stop giving Baz exclusives' campaign - so has been trying to get exclusives himself - though with a rather spottier hit and miss rate. And whereas Baz gets his information from the top Carl's sources tend to be rather lower down the food chain (with a little bit of internet searching thrown in for good measure!) But good on him for persisting and on this one he's probably bang on the money.
Until recently he was on the education team at Mercury Theatre, Colchester (don't think he's still there) - which has a professional relationship with Selladoor so little wonder that they were unhappy with his various tweets.
As far as this production goes - it's definitely more than a concert. Although the orchestra is on stage - the cast is off-book and in costume and it's staged, and there's some form of set - albeit largely curtains and projections. It's definitely not a full bells and whistle production like the Menier, National or original Broadway version - but they still make the end of act 1 work properly. Both leads were excellent and it did have a very strong supporting cast. I do wish it was going into a more bland looking theatre, as the Savoy's bright deco grandeur rather runs counter to the delicacy of pointillism.
It's still a pretty rarefied piece of theatre and which anyone going along blind just to see Jake Gyllenhaal are likely to find baffling - I mean what will they make of The Day Off for starters!
And of course Jake G's return to the West End allows those of us who saw him in This is Our Youth at the Garrick in 2002 (when he was the least well known in the cast of three) - and identified him as a real talent - to feel very smug!
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Post by juicy_but_terribly_drab on Jun 17, 2019 15:40:48 GMT
Umm I just followed the link in the first tweet to the website on my PC and I can book for dates and have been put in a queue to buy at 5pm?!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2019 15:41:55 GMT
Holy streaks of paint... it's happening.
Although it starts June not May. Maybe previews May.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Jun 17, 2019 15:43:15 GMT
Ditto. Can I claim to be washed and yet v interested in JG?
Cos I am.
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Post by alece10 on Jun 17, 2019 15:50:13 GMT
Is this the most bonkers thing ever?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2019 15:51:45 GMT
Is this the most bonkers thing ever? 110%. Absolutely. |
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Post by juicy_but_terribly_drab on Jun 17, 2019 15:51:48 GMT
Yeah this seems very bizarre and a bit dodgy but if it's on their official website surely there can't be anything wrong with it?
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Post by TallPaul on Jun 17, 2019 15:52:26 GMT
Well I hope all those hats are tasty!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2019 15:54:08 GMT
£250 though! cry!
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