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Post by ncbears on Jul 28, 2016 14:56:26 GMT
Ben Brantley - the NY Times primary theatre critic - is in London and, in the 28 July NY Times, he says he wants input from London theatregoers. link |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2016 16:17:43 GMT
Is the New York Times a regional newspaper (like the London Evening Standard) or a national one (like The Times)?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 28, 2016 16:34:30 GMT
Twelve shows in a week is pretty intense. I can do three over a weekend in London and that's plenty enough for me. Do you think it's possible to fully appreciate stuff if you binge to that extent?
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Post by ncbears on Jul 28, 2016 16:59:57 GMT
NYTimes is national in reach. We get it delivered physically (and also digitally) in Central Illinois. It is sometimes referred to as the "newspaper of record". And as for 12 shows in a week - well, it is his job to see and review theatre. But, then, Brantley once wrote that Melanie Griffith was the best Roxie Hart he'd seen....ever!
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Post by Flim Flam on Jul 28, 2016 17:33:27 GMT
Surely all he needs to do is to join our merry little band. What other info could he possibly need?
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Post by ncbears on Jul 28, 2016 17:38:37 GMT
I think someone has suggested that.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2016 17:45:10 GMT
Twelve shows in a week? How? Last I checked there are no Monday or Friday matinees, so he'd have to do two shows on every other day including Sunday to reach that total, and Sunday's a damn tricky day to squeeze more than one show into.
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Post by Snciole on Jul 28, 2016 18:03:02 GMT
Book of Mormon has a Friday matinee and I'd forgotten Finborough had Sunday evening shows.
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Post by firefingers on Jul 28, 2016 18:11:19 GMT
I can figure out 12... Any West End evenings Monday - Saturday (excluding Friday), Southwark playhouse does a Tuesday matinee, West End matinees Weds + Thurs, Friday The Stripper 5pm performance at St James followed by an Uber to American Idiot at the Arts at 8, and Harry Potter 2 show Sunday. Done (and exhausted).
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Post by Phantom of London on Jul 28, 2016 18:18:19 GMT
In August, when Broadway opening a quiet, he normally spends a whole month here.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jul 28, 2016 19:39:55 GMT
I don't like to even do two in a weekend really...i often do but if i had a choice i wouldn't, it's just more economical. I;ve stretched to three before but i;d only do that if at least one was something i'd already seen. I couldn't do more than two new shows in a weekend or even a week i don't think, i feel like i wouldn't take in the shows properly and they would overshadow each other too much. When i go to see something i like it to be the main focus.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 28, 2016 19:48:08 GMT
That's the ideal but if you're going down for the weekend, paying for travel and hotels etc you kinda want to extract the most out of it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2016 20:23:00 GMT
In August, when Broadway opening a quiet, he normally spends a whole month here. Yes, we know. He says that in the linked article. |
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jul 29, 2016 7:57:11 GMT
That's the ideal but if you're going down for the weekend, paying for travel and hotels etc you kinda want to extract the most out of it. Yes that's the case. Often I do travel to London specifically just to see one show though (usually a matinee) and then come straight back. About three or four times a year i'll go for a weekend (or midweek) break though and obviously then take in more shows. As i said though usually I'll incorporate something I've already seen so I'm not seeing too many new things at once. Occasionally as well I'll fill a slot with something else like a concert or sporting event and just see the two theatre shows instead of the three and I like doing it that way. I could never be someone who goes and see's theatre nearly every day or see multiple things a week. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2016 9:24:45 GMT
I mean it's a challenge schedule-wise but if you're coming over for that purpose (and to work) then the aim would be to see as much as possible. Perhaps the NY Times is more stingent with it's time/expenses as well and squeezing as much as they can out of him haha.
But anyway, I've done 3-4 shows over a long weekend in London and my NY trips are usually 8 shows over 7 days (and I've got that up to 10 sometimes!) it's not for everyone but it's mainly what I go for so I try to do as much as possible.
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Post by kathryn on Jul 29, 2016 10:26:05 GMT
Last time I was in NY I did 5 shows in 4 nights. But that was my reason for being there!
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Post by kathryn on Jul 29, 2016 10:53:44 GMT
I was definitely NOT stalking Ben Whishaw - I don't care what the CCTV shows!
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Post by Phantom of London on Jul 29, 2016 22:57:11 GMT
Ben knows London very well and will have most of his seats booked courtesy of the shows' producers.
I got a feeling he will visit;
The Go Between
The Comedy About A Bank Robbery
Hobson's Choice
The Entertainer
How The Other Half Loves
The Truth
Breakfast at Tiffanys
Exposure The Musical
The spoils
Faith Healer
Showboat
The Young Chechovs
The Deep Blue Sea
The Star and the Plow
Our Ladies of Perpetual Succor
The Globe x3
Groundhog Day
Yerma
Allegro
Tricycle
Royal Court
Bush
Park
Almedia
RSC
Chichester
Maybe Bath Theatre Royal
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Post by Stasia on Jul 30, 2016 10:40:06 GMT
12 shows in a week is easy, I set my personal record with 19 shows in 9 days once, and usually my trips are just as packed. Next one will have 16-17 shows in 10 days, including a trip to Leeds costing me one slot. And yes, it is ok for a trained theatregower  |
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Post by ncbears on Aug 2, 2016 15:21:27 GMT
Based on his article in the 2 August NYTimes, he's seen Richard III (Almeida), The Spoils (Trafalgar), The Faith Healer (Donmar), The Plough and Stars (National) and Romeo and Juliet (Branagh). We know he already saw Harry Potter. He also references "Now We Are Here" (Young Vic) and "Pigs and Dogs" for Southbank - but it is not clear if he actually saw either.
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Post by Snciole on Aug 2, 2016 15:47:28 GMT
If you included Pigs and Dogs on a matinee day you easily do three shows, due to Royal Court's proximity to Victoria (For Wicked and St James' Theatre) and if that way inclinded a Cadogan Hall show.
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Post by bellboard27 on Aug 2, 2016 15:49:11 GMT
Too much of a binge does take its toll. A couple of years ago I ended up at 45 shows in a month (while still going to work!). I'm not sure I want to do that again!
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Post by ncbears on Aug 11, 2016 3:14:49 GMT
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Post by ncbears on Aug 11, 2016 3:17:04 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2016 8:48:29 GMT
That's six.
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