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Post by theatremadness on Sept 7, 2016 0:26:57 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2016 0:39:46 GMT
My only wish this year is that Andrea Martin will be in this.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2016 0:47:31 GMT
I have waited to see this musical since I bought the cast album in America in 2007!
Although I do wonder if it will do well going straight into the West End. Maybe doing what The Addams Family is doing by touring with a producer like Music & Lyrics would be a better way to bring it over, or even with a regional theatre like the West Yorkshire Playhouse.
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Post by thebearofwestend on Sept 7, 2016 1:03:59 GMT
Why do people feel they need to do a new work of an unsuccessful musicals. |
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Post by couldileaveyou on Sept 7, 2016 5:33:27 GMT
It's one of the worst musicals I have ever seen...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2016 8:04:06 GMT
O. M. Gosh.  |
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Post by rosscoe on Sept 7, 2016 9:31:15 GMT
Saw a production in Park CIty Utah , and must say it was a joyously funny night of theatre. Stripped back to nearly nothing, the jokes landed, the cast where on point, enjoyed more than I thought I would...
A scaled back production should of been how it opened a n New York in the first place
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Post by westendwendy on Sept 7, 2016 9:37:08 GMT
I saw it on Broadway and loved it. Easy show.
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Post by viserys on Sept 7, 2016 9:41:01 GMT
I saw it in Paris a while ago in a fairly small-scale production and while I have nothing to compare it to (never saw anything of the NY production) I would agree that it worked just fine like that.
However, personally I find Brooks' type of humour terribly dated and borderline offensive relying on cliches like thick accents, dumb busty blondes and super-campy gays. The films were as much a product of their time as the films they were spoofing.
For me he'll also always be the guy who introduced the plague that are premium seats.
Would perhaps revisit it in London for the casting, though with low expectations.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2016 14:03:46 GMT
Why?
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Post by stefy69 on Sept 8, 2016 6:26:38 GMT
This will be one of my rare excursions to a musical.  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2016 14:19:27 GMT
Maybe it will do a Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and do a couple of regional venues before a year or so in the West End. Then maybe tour it again?
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Post by Jon on Sept 8, 2016 14:31:35 GMT
I know Legally Blonde and to an extent Shrek were successful but I do think producers should stop trying and reinvent shows that didn't have a long shelf life on Broadway. DRS only did a year, Women on the Verge 5 months and I suspect Young Frankenstein would be a year max if it came to the West End.
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Post by mallardo on Sept 8, 2016 14:52:59 GMT
It's by no means a bad show, just an unnecessary one. They could never top the movie and they didn't. I saw the touring company do it in LA with some of the Broadway cast - Roger Bart and Schuler Hensley - returning for the occasion. I was sitting two rows behind Mel Brooks himself who was the show's biggest fan. He never stopped laughing.
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Post by theatremadness on Oct 27, 2016 22:58:57 GMT
Runs from August 26th 2017 at Theatre Royal Newcastle, according to Baz. Directed by Susan Stroman. Priority tickets on sale November 7th.
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Post by Phantom of London on Oct 27, 2016 23:17:42 GMT
I saw this in New York and unabashedly loved it, if you going to compare this to The Producers, then you are going to be sorely disappointed
Mel Brookes made a rod for his own back by turning his back on the St James, then not publishing grosses.
Strange place to debut a Broadway musical though.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2016 23:23:20 GMT
I am PRAYING that this is the start of some sort of tour as I'd rather not travel 4 hours to Newcastle.
And if it's a pre-West End tryout then I imagine tickets will be much more expensive.
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Post by Seriously on Oct 27, 2016 23:52:17 GMT
I'm always reassured when something does an out of town try-out first. I like it when a show learns from its audience on the road, then eventually, when it's ready, comes to London.
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Post by Phantom of London on Oct 28, 2016 0:15:55 GMT
Oh but also those shows can easily die on the road.
May be worth a trip up to Newcastle.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2016 9:04:31 GMT
Sometimes it's a useful litmus for audiences as well as the show. Me, for example, I won't travel to Newcastle to see it, but if it gets its West End transfer, I'll take that as a sign that it worked well in Newcastle and therefore book it in London. If it were going straight into London, odds would be significantly lower that I'd book it.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2016 10:13:53 GMT
I saw it in NY on a cheap ticket whim and remember enjoying it at the time, likewise I wouldn't go out of my way (and Newcastle is really out of my way) but if it does well there and comes to London, then I'd be more inclined to see it.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Oct 28, 2016 10:15:36 GMT
Theatre Board Coach Trip.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2016 10:17:06 GMT
It's by no means a bad show, just an unnecessary one. Perhaps they'll add some gratuitous female nudity so as to make it essential for you. |
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Post by PalelyLaura on Oct 28, 2016 10:43:07 GMT
Handy for me, I can pop home for the weekend and see this at the same time :-)
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Post by ali973 on Oct 28, 2016 11:38:43 GMT
I saw the US tour. Roger Bart and Andrea McArdle were still in it. It was by far better than I expected, and hilarious. But I wouldn't have gone if my ticket weren't dirt cheap. And I see no reason why this, out of all shows, should occupy a West End theatre, which are scarce to begin with.
What do they mean streamlined anyway? It's not like it has a plot that was hard to understand? This is not a show that needs rewrites. The story is basic and the jokes either land or don't.
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