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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2018 14:12:21 GMT
I am also a new recruit to his fan club! 😍 Welcome! it's a lovely place with slightly questionable morals. Led by our self-appointed President, and soon to be restraining order owner @ryan |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2018 16:40:07 GMT
I am also a new recruit to his fan club! 😍 Welcome! it's a lovely place with slightly questionable morals. Led by our self-appointed President, and soon to be restraining order owner @ryan Shhhhhh. Don't give Rosalie Craig any ideas! Dammit. Too late.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2018 14:19:35 GMT
If anyone needed further confirmation...
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Post by stageyqueen on Jan 25, 2018 13:53:33 GMT
I got around to finally seeing this yesterday. I got the £20 TodayTix front row lottery ticket. When i got to The Garrick and saw the height of the stage, I thought Oh No! However when the curtain went up it was not as bad as I thought and you really felt in the middle of the action. There was some neck stretching but for £20 it was not a bad seat. AA4. I guess middle stalls row D would be brilliant seats. The show itself was fantastic. I laughed from the beginning to the end. Ross Noble as igor was just brilliant and Lesley Joseph, well what a legend. Summer Strallen was also excellent as Inga. Seriously, if you have not seen the show, go see it before Ross Noble leaves. I will certainly try and go again.
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Post by jgblunners on Feb 1, 2018 10:36:52 GMT
I saw this a couple of weeks ago but didn't post about it at the time. I'll be honest, I wasn't expecting to love it. I've not got much experience with Mel Brooks' style of comedy and assumed that it wouldn't sit well with me. I also didn't think I'd like Ross Noble or Lesley Joseph. Oh my, how wrong I was. I loved it - the comedy, the music, the performances, everything. I thought Hadley Fraser in particular was brilliant but the whole cast was fantastic - Ross was a better singer than I had expected him to be and he did very well with the comedy of his role, particularly the physical comedy. The three leading women were each hilarious and vocally wonderful. I thought the music and lyrics were very clever in their parody of typical broadway tunes, but were also very clever in their own right. The humour is brash, yes, but the cast deliver it well and it didn't cross a line for me. I think it's true that it works well in an intimate theatre as a relatively small-scale show - if it were turned into a big broadway spectacular as I've heard the original production was, I think it would lose some of the charm that makes the comedy work so well.
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Post by musicalfloozie on Feb 1, 2018 16:03:52 GMT
Has there been any confotmation as who replaces Ross Noble? Booked tickets for when next in London, but thats not until May!! Sounds like I've missed out as most of you are singing Noble' s praise ( is that the term it looks wrong after writing it down haha)
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Post by londonmzfitz on Feb 1, 2018 16:04:45 GMT
So, stage height first. Jaysus! I was A7 so third row (full price with a kiss to my sister for my theatre token birthday gift). Front row, your head is below the the stage. Second row eyes seem to be on a level of the stage. My view was ok. I would go further back, or up, if I went again. If. It's very funny in places, although I found the continual mugging to the audience from practically the entire cast tiresome after a bit. Great comic lines but delivered at a pace that I would expect to be for the benefit of the slowest audience member to catch on. Stellar performances from all, but I would have liked to see someone other than Ross Noble as Igor. There was nothing wrong with his performance, but I feel it could have been even nuttier. I get he's an entertainer, but is he an actor ... Early days, I might be being harsh. 3 stars from me. Went back for a second viewing on Tuesday night - theatre was very quiet, gosh, no queues at the bars or the loos! Top tier empty, Dress looked 2/3rds full. Row B centre stalls from the GILT offer for me and my kid and his mate .. yeah, I still didn't love it, Studley is still gorgeous with the floppy hair, Ross is better than I remember, Lesley Joseph was off and I really missed her full on "ham" performance. Summer Strallen seems to have skimpier knickers than I recall ... otherwise same old same old. Kid agreed, very slow in places, almost a complacent "it's Mel Brooks, you have to laugh" feeling about it. Just OK from me. |
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Post by anita on Feb 2, 2018 10:16:01 GMT
I too was wondering if anyone has heard who is replacing Ross Noble. - It will be a hard act to follow.
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Post by shady23 on Feb 2, 2018 10:46:17 GMT
No news yet but have been whispers that it is someone from Broadway.
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Post by theatrefan87 on Feb 7, 2018 11:09:34 GMT
No news yet but have been whispers that it is someone from Broadway. My money would be on Cory English - doubt it would be Christopher Fitzgerald, and Cory replaced him, went on tour and has placed Bialy in two UK Tours of The Producers... |
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Post by mallardo on Feb 8, 2018 1:42:47 GMT
I saw Cory English as Igor in the US National Tour. He'd be a great choice, he's perfect.
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Post by lonlad on Feb 8, 2018 8:24:34 GMT
It is Cory, you are right.
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Post by shady23 on Feb 10, 2018 19:00:32 GMT
It's Ross's last show tonight. I'll really miss his partnership with Hadley.
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Post by ensembleswings on Feb 12, 2018 12:27:06 GMT
I've finally got round to booking for this, going in a few weeks thanks to TodayTix having it as as part of their 'spring ticket event'. Central Row D of the Dress Circle for £25.
Wish I'd got round to going earlier in the run to see Ross seeing as he seemed to get a lot of praise from most who've seen the show, but I'm looking forward to it regardless.
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Post by TallPaul on Feb 17, 2018 14:10:57 GMT
Mel Brooks is the subject of Imagine tonight on BBC2 at 10pm, followed by the film version of Young Frankenstein at 11pm and The Producers at 12.55am.
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Post by shady23 on Feb 17, 2018 19:18:17 GMT
Such a shame it's all on so late when the rest of the evening's 'entertainment' is the usual woeful selection.
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Post by tonyloco on Feb 18, 2018 1:29:50 GMT
Mel Brooks is the subject of Imagine tonight on BBC2 at 10pm, followed by the film version of Young Frankenstein at 11pm and The Producers at 12.55am. I thoroughly enjoyed Imagine. Mel Brooks is indeed a very funny man. I didn't know he had been a drummer in his youth and I thought the scene where he demonstrated his skills by drumming on his desk with his hands was terrific. But the thing that shines through all his comedy is his sense of timing, which is obviously honed by his rhythmic sensibility. |
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Post by duncan on Mar 23, 2018 18:32:52 GMT
6 - Young Frankenstein - Garrick - 20th March
Frederick Frankenstein returns to the castle of his grandfather determined to not get involved in reanimating the dead but the discovery of the laboratory sparks his interest and before he knows it there is a "monster" on the loose and the villagers are once more outside with pitchforks and flaming torches.
The more things change......
This is an odd one, it was a very enjoyable night out - a decent seat in the stalls for £20 - BUT its not actually that funny, yes there are the occasional titters along the way but its just the film translated onto the stage. I loved The Producers, they took the film there and made it work on the stage whilst here its got a whiff of cash in as there doesn't appear to have been much thought put into how they can make the medium of film work on stage. Nathan Lane was Max, he wasn't Zero Mostel but here the central performance is hamstrung by having him impersonate Gene Wilder.
If I want to see Gene Wilder, I'll watch the film - the film should be the starting point but here it just feels as if its the start and end point.
And there were too many tit and cock jokes for this old prude.
In the musical side of things its telling that Putting on the Ritz is by far the most memorable song of the evening - as with the comedy the original songs amuse whilst they are unfolding in front of you but are sadly instantly forgettable once they have finished.
Cast wise, Cory English as Igor steals the show until the last 20 minutes when Nic Greenshields as the Monster takes centre-stage. Lesley Joseph is offering valiant support and we had the understudy Inga who was giving her all.
A "pleasantly amusing, I'd go and see it if you really want to but don't put yourself out" - 7/10
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 23, 2018 19:14:04 GMT
I couldn’t get over the fact that they left the “Igor, get the bags” joke out. Killed it for me!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2018 14:39:28 GMT
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Post by Stephen on Apr 4, 2018 17:23:57 GMT
Was finally drawn into this today with a £20 student Day Seat. U18 in the stalls is "restricted view behind a pillar" and almost at the back of the stalls but I have to admit I was happily surprised! The pillar only blocked a tiny part of stage right and due to the Garrick's size I felt perfectly close to the stage.
While many of the audience were howling at the jokes, I found myself only chuckling occasionally. This surprised me as I love the Producers. I just didn't think this was as funny. The dated sexist humour doesn't thrill me at all. The performances were excellent and the entire cast was really on top of the material. I didn't realise until now how strong a voice Hadley Fraser has. Cory English got most of my laughs as Igor. You could really tell that the entire cast was having a ball. I expected the production to be a bit clunky given the Vaudevillian vibe of the set but was happily surprised and thought that the fairly simple staging was effective.
Unlike Wicked a few weeks ago, this sound design felt well balanced with the small orchestra and crisp clear vocals.
Although there were a few bangs I didn't find it all that distressing! Cool pyrotechnics!
So, I feel this is a silly afternoon with a few laughs but is redeemed by the brilliant cast and production values.
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Post by shady23 on Apr 5, 2018 22:07:16 GMT
Matt Clarke debuted as Frederick Frankenstein tonight.
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Post by theatreliker on Apr 9, 2018 17:31:57 GMT
I saw Young Frankstein last month. It was good but not as funny as I expected going on the concept and its praise. Cast were good, including the understudies for Hadley Fraser and Summer Straller that were on.
It was a Saturday matinee and the Upper Circle was closed. Dress Circle wasn't full either. I wonder how well it's selling. Will it last to the end of its booking period?
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Post by wickedgrin on Apr 9, 2018 17:34:21 GMT
I saw the show a few weeks back (well into the run) with the full cast. I thought it was incredibly slick but not as funny as The Producers.
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