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Post by daniel on Apr 11, 2016 20:26:04 GMT
Hearing strong rumours of tour venues being pencilled in towards the end of 2017. As ever, these things can change quickly so let's not get too excited just yet, but it's interesting to know that a UK tour is in the works!
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Post by stuart on Apr 11, 2016 21:08:29 GMT
Really surprised that this is touring actually. It's become the one show that all of my friends (none of whom are interested in theatre) are aware of and are really keen to see. I know a fair few who have paid over the odds for tickets too just because they assumed that was how exclusive it was. For it to tour might damage that somewhat. (And yes, I know it has toured in the States but it's a bigger place than the UK! Someone from Aberdeen could fly to London in just over an hour! Los Angeles or Seattle to New York is a completely different story!
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Post by 49thand8th on Apr 11, 2016 21:20:34 GMT
I was thinking the same thing re: touring this show and size of the country.
And for what it's worth, the first national tour is closing at the beginning of May, which is the end of its current stop (Honolulu), as they now feel they've saturated the market enough here. I assume the set will then be shipped to Australia -- strategic geographical planning, that!
The second national tour chugs along, though.
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Post by theatremadness on May 2, 2016 16:22:06 GMT
Just booked my 3rd trip to see BoM with 2 friends for just under £30 each - making of the best of dynamic pricing on a Wednesday afternoon! For my money, Mormon has already become a show that - to me - it doesn't matter who I see play any of the roles, it's a guaranteed brilliant couple of hours in the theatre. Last time I went had u/s Price, Cunningham & McKinley and it was still as fresh and hilarious as ever. Win-win! Having said that, would be great to see Stephen Ashfield again, but having seen his understudy as mentioned, I certainly wouldn't be disappointed either!
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Post by basdfg on May 2, 2016 16:23:46 GMT
This is one of the shows that is on my to do list. Through I suspect it wont be till it announces a closing in so many years time that I actually book.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2016 16:40:29 GMT
Finally seeing this next month! Cannot wait. Just hoping my seating choice of the first lodges works out ok!
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Post by cmcphail on May 9, 2016 14:55:05 GMT
Apologies if this has been discussed to death before, but does anyone know how busy the lottery tends to be on Wednesday afternoons?
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Post by daniel on May 9, 2016 16:48:19 GMT
Apologies if this has been discussed to death before, but does anyone know how busy the lottery tends to be on Wednesday afternoons? I know that Wednesday afternoons are the quietest show of the week in general (there is often very decent seats at £29.50/£37.50 in advance), but in terms of lottery popularity, I'm not sure. |
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Post by cmcphail on May 9, 2016 17:59:17 GMT
Apologies if this has been discussed to death before, but does anyone know how busy the lottery tends to be on Wednesday afternoons? I know that Wednesday afternoons are the quietest show of the week in general (there is often very decent seats at £29.50/£37.50 in advance), but in terms of lottery popularity, I'm not sure. I didn't realise the seats were that cheap in advance, will definitely look into that. Thank you for the info! |
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Post by pixypixy on May 10, 2016 12:27:04 GMT
I only played the online lottery once and won and I assume it's because one of the day I entered for was the Wednesday matinee which is not very requested so I would say give it a go.
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Post by 49thand8th on May 29, 2016 14:29:26 GMT
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Post by ctas on May 29, 2016 15:10:48 GMT
Further to the above, Alexandra was spotted leaving the theatre via stage door after rehearsals last week.
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Post by SamB (was badoerfan) on May 29, 2016 15:32:16 GMT
Does the online lottery not exist anymore, btw? Couldn't find any sign of it on the website when I looked the other day.
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Post by talkstageytome on May 29, 2016 19:00:13 GMT
Ahhh, okay! I saw the show yesterday (my friend won the lottery outside the theatre). First time seeing this new cast and I thought they were very good. We had the understudy David O'Reilly on for Elder Cunningham. He was very good and although not all of his jokes landed in the first act (I suppose that's partly to do with the audience) his songs were hilarious! Particularly Baptise Me which is always funny! KJ Hippensteel was also very good, and ranks very highly among those I've seen in the role! Stephen Ashfield is still as brilliant as ever, but I'd be surprised if he didn't leave at the next cast change, purely because he's been there from the beginning! It was so slick and excellent, and in my opinion it's still one of the best shows on the west end! (although I'm still not sure who is buying all of those £120+ tickets!) Here's a link to the online lottery Badoerfan. It's mentioned in the 'Ticket Lottery' section of the Buy Tickets page - www.bookofmormonlondon.com/BOMLotteryUK/ |
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Post by Phantom of London on May 29, 2016 20:39:34 GMT
Are the lotteries in London and New York still busy?
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Post by talkstageytome on May 29, 2016 20:48:15 GMT
I'd say about half the pairs who entered got tickets yesterday.
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Post by 49thand8th on May 30, 2016 2:39:15 GMT
Are the lotteries in London and New York still busy? New York's is still pretty busy, especially right now with tourist season starting up, but they seem to do the retweet-lotto almost every day at this point rather than just at the end of the week. The in-person lotto got a little bigger for a while when people were able to come over after losing Hamilton (now with Ham4Ham being digital, not as much anymore). |
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2016 9:26:52 GMT
I literally can't wait to FINALLY see this Friday night! I have rather high hopes!
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Post by theatre-turtle on May 30, 2016 11:12:27 GMT
I literally can't wait to FINALLY see this Friday night! I have rather high hopes! I'm sure you'll like it. It's one of those shows that lives up to the hype. |
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Post by 49thand8th on May 30, 2016 20:07:28 GMT
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Post by SamB (was badoerfan) on May 30, 2016 21:05:32 GMT
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Post by 49thand8th on May 30, 2016 21:53:59 GMT
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Post by Steffi on Jul 26, 2016 11:41:59 GMT
Stephen Ashfield is leaving the London production on August 6th. He joins the Broadway company on August 23rd.
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Post by welsh_tenor on Jul 26, 2016 11:42:41 GMT
Stephen Ashfield is heading Broadway!!!
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Post by 49thand8th on Jul 26, 2016 12:21:10 GMT
This had never crossed my mind even though I've wanted it to happen. YAY!
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