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Post by mallardo on Sept 30, 2017 6:32:02 GMT
I agree with you, buddyvic. Nothing in the show was "underproduced". The Loveland sequence was a stylistic choice which provided an appropriate visual setting for the songs being showcased.
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Post by couldileaveyou on Oct 5, 2017 10:48:59 GMT
NT Live trailer!
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Post by loureviews on Oct 5, 2017 11:56:46 GMT
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Post by couldileaveyou on Oct 17, 2017 22:20:52 GMT
So I finally saw Follies, for the first of three times. I liked it, I really liked most of it. It's the best possible version of the script, you get all these info about Phyllis and Sally, I have no idea why it's not always performed like this instead of the edited "improved" version. Performing it without an interval is miraculous, again should always be like this. I loved how much they used the younger versions of the characters (a part from those miserable male dancers in "Ah, Paris"). I wished the old ladies had danced more in the mirror number instead of delegating the hard chores to the young girls. It was so beautiful and moving when they all danced together, I wanted more of that.
Very strong cast, Philip Quast sings like an angel, it's the first time I have ever cared about Ben. Loved Tracie Bennett as Judy Garland as Carlotta, fabulous Di Botcher as a butch Hattie and Josephine Barstow’s Heidi was simply sensational, for once you feel that “One More Kiss” is the heart of the show (as it should be). Great Buddy, Janie Dee is bae even when she can't reach all the notes - she gloriously fell flat belting "just fine" in Lucy & Jessie. But it doesn't matter, I loved her all the same.
Imelda is so good for the most part. Her voice sounds beautiful live in the theatre, her In Buddy's Eyes is really fantastic and so is her Too Many Mornings. But after her duet with Ben she started doing her act-like-mad thing. Hated when she whispered like crazy her "I'm gonna live with the man I love", she sounded like Gollum. I thought the staging of Losing My Mind was a disgrace, but I can't really blame her for that... finishing the song with an empty glass in her hand? Really? At the end she screamed the "oh god it is tomorrow" like she did with "don't be like June" and I kinda hated that. I wish she had toned it down in the last 30 minutes, she won't come across well in the live broadcast and we'll have to read a lot of crap from the Americans on how she cannot act.
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Post by lonlad on Oct 19, 2017 0:34:54 GMT
Julia McKenzie was in tonight, apparently - that must have been quite something for Imelda in particular !
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Post by Theo on Oct 21, 2017 9:30:03 GMT
For those interested. I have just returned a £ 15 seat for Thursday December 28th evening performance. Stalls C27
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Post by Theo on Oct 21, 2017 10:58:12 GMT
Thank you Theatremonkey ! I have been reading the old board and this one for ages. The ticket was sold within minutes after they put it back up for sale. It would be nice though to think someone from the board managed to book it. I'm seeing Follies next month and had planned to see it December for a second time but booked to see Belleville at the Donmar instead. I'm not from the UK so it always takes a bit of planning to decide what to see.
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Post by viserys on Oct 21, 2017 11:51:27 GMT
I'm not from the UK so it always takes a bit of planning to decide what to see. Are you the Dutch Theo from musicalworld.nl by any chance? |
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Post by Theo on Oct 21, 2017 11:56:58 GMT
Yes I am ... It's a small world  |
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Post by nialld on Oct 21, 2017 12:00:36 GMT
Does anyone know if the tickets to be in the theatre audience for the NT Live screening have been on sale yet? And if not, when they're likely to go on sale? Just as it's not being listed as a show date on the website, and for Twelfth Night I got an Entry Pass ticket to be in the audience whilst they were filming for NT Live that was only released about a week before, so I'm wondering if they'll do a similar thing for this?
Saw it on Tuesday and though it was absolutely incredible - hands down the best thing I've seen on stage and every second felt like a masterpiece. I'm desperate to see it again!
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Post by finalperformance on Oct 21, 2017 14:50:17 GMT
When did the 15£ seats go on sale I never saw them when the site started . I looked twice a day for months. Do day tickets become available in that price ever? I also noticed the Friday weekly queue alwa ys has Follies tickets available in the dress circle only.
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Post by sf on Oct 21, 2017 15:32:20 GMT
When did the 15£ seats go on sale I never saw them when the site started . I looked twice a day for months. Do day tickets become available in that price ever? I also noticed the Friday weekly queue alwa ys has Follies tickets available in the dress circle only. I have an advance membership for the National, but there were certainly £15 tickets available for 'Follies' the day tickets went on public sale, because I booked one of them. They went fairly quickly, though. |
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Post by westendfan on Oct 22, 2017 17:06:41 GMT
Hi guys Just a quick question. I've got two tickets for the Saturday evening performance on 28th October which unfortunately I cannot now attend. I contacted the box office as I thought they could be re-sold, but I can only get a credit voucher or they can be put up for re-sale 90 minutes before the performance at the box office. I just wondered the likelihood of many people showing up for this and paying for tickets that are the most expensive £65 each? I'm ok to get a credit voucher, it's fair enough, it's just I'm not local to London and am laid up for a while so don't know when I'd be able to use them. I probably won't take the risk but it seems a shame when the shows are all sold out. Any thoughts please let me know. Thanks |
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Post by couldileaveyou on Oct 22, 2017 17:31:53 GMT
I just wondered the likelihood of many people showing up for this and paying for tickets that are the most expensive £65 each? When I collected my ticket last week there was a big queue for returns and if you go for returns you know you have to pay full price. So yeah, I'm sure someone would buy them |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2017 19:29:01 GMT
I'm ok to get a credit voucher, it's fair enough, it's just I'm not local to London and am laid up for a while so don't know when I'd be able to use them. I probably won't take the risk but it seems a shame when the shows are all sold out. Any thoughts please let me know. Thanks On the other hand - the credit vouchers don't have an expiry date so you'll know you have the money back as long as you'll be able to use the vouchers at some point. And there's always a risk that they have a lot of other returns, or a lot of house seats, or people in the queue don't want to pay top price. |
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Post by Rory on Oct 22, 2017 20:17:31 GMT
I have emailed them to return a £65 ticket for this Thursday's matinee.
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Post by crabtree on Oct 22, 2017 21:26:27 GMT
I can't make the live screening, but there does not seem to be any encore screenings. Anyone seen any sign of an Encore?
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Post by robertb213 on Oct 22, 2017 22:05:22 GMT
I can't make the live screening, but there does not seem to be any encore screenings. Anyone seen any sign of an Encore? One has been listed near me on 10th January 2018 😁 |
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Post by westendfan on Oct 23, 2017 13:09:55 GMT
I'm ok to get a credit voucher, it's fair enough, it's just I'm not local to London and am laid up for a while so don't know when I'd be able to use them. I probably won't take the risk but it seems a shame when the shows are all sold out. Any thoughts please let me know. Thanks On the other hand - the credit vouchers don't have an expiry date so you'll know you have the money back as long as you'll be able to use the vouchers at some point. And there's always a risk that they have a lot of other returns, or a lot of house seats, or people in the queue don't want to pay top price. Thanks so much for your opinions guys, I think to be on the safe side i'll go for the credit vouchers. I'm sure I'll go and see something at the national at some point, so it won't be wasted. |
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Post by mistertonymac on Oct 27, 2017 16:05:56 GMT
Crazy scenes last night.
Revolve failed just before Who's That Woman. Half hour delay then an announcement that the rest of the show would be with no revolve....
Cue lots of actors walking round in circles until the (thankfully) revolve-less Follies section at the end.
Odd but a great job by the cast.
Was my second time so I didn't mind.
Proved one thing though, the flow is definitely lost with a break - especially an unscheduled one.
Lots of people did use it as an opportunity for a toilet break though!
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Post by couldileaveyou on Oct 27, 2017 17:21:55 GMT
All the circle seats currently on sale for the NT Live rehearsal, at 1:30 of Wednesday 15 November
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Post by longinthetooth on Oct 27, 2017 17:45:25 GMT
Crazy scenes last night. Revolve failed just before Who's That Woman. Half hour delay then an announcement that the rest of the show would be with no revolve.... Cue lots of actors walking round in circles until the (thankfully) revolve-less Follies section at the end. Odd but a great job by the cast. Was my second time so I didn't mind. Proved one thing though, the flow is definitely lost with a break - especially an unscheduled one. Lots of people did use it as an opportunity for a toilet break though! I was there yesterday afternoon. No problems with the revolve, how lucky was I!
One or two people did sneak out for a toilet break (separately, I hasten to add!) - and sneaked back in. To be fair, both were on the end of a row, so minimal disruption.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 27, 2017 22:44:53 GMT
Oh dear. I didn't care for it too much.
Ok, I loved the staging, the orchestra sounded fantastic and the acting was great. But as a show it wasn’t my cup of tea. Are you supposed to care about any of these people? They’re all extremely unlikeable, and recognising your many flaws as they all seem to do very ably doesn’t make them any more bearable. Also, for the first hour the women barely spoke to eachother, it was only at the Mirror song where they really started to interact with eachother, and after that it stopped again.
Some very good moments but overall a bit meh.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2017 23:22:19 GMT
Seen three musicals in the last few days - best characterised as ‘aww’, ‘woo’ and ‘wow’. Romantics Anonymous is the ‘aww’ as it’s sweet and a common audience response, Dreamgirls was ‘woo’ because it’s bombastic and that show’s most common response. ‘Follies’ is the wow and the most fully realised of the three, great acting, beautiful staging, just ‘wow’. The near unanimous standing ovation well deserved. I’m around the age of the main characters now and it means more to me as a result, the disappointments and compromises they make/made are those we’ve all had to (unless you have been very, very, lucky). It’s the humanity of Goldman’s book which redeems them, we are no better than they are, just people muddling through as best we can. I’d forgotten how unhinged Sally is supposed to be, softened in revisions. The realisation that... {Spoiler - click to view}she had attempted suicide at least once, makes her and Buddy’s arc so much darker. The musical of the year (well, the last few years) for me, wiping memories of the god awful Royal Festival Hall version. I also realised I’d seen one of the performers as Young Phyllis about fifteen years ago, any guesses as to who? |
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Post by Phantom of London on Oct 28, 2017 0:22:57 GMT
Seen three musicals in the last few days - best characterised as ‘aww’, ‘woo’ and ‘wow’. Romantics Anonymous is the ‘aww’ as it’s sweet and a common audience response, Dreamgirls was ‘woo’ because it’s bombastic and that show’s most common response. ‘Follies’ is the wow and the most fully realised of the three, great acting, beautiful staging, just ‘wow’. The near unanimous standing ovation well deserved. I’m around the age of the main characters now and it means more to me as a result, the disappointments and compromises they make/made are those we’ve all had to (unless you have been very, very, lucky). It’s the humanity of Goldman’s book which redeems them, we are no better than they are, just people muddling through as best we can. I’d forgotten how unhinged Sally is supposed to be, softened in revisions. The realisation that... {Spoiler - click to view}she had attempted suicide at least once, makes her and Buddy’s arc so much darker. The musical of the year (well, the last few years) for me, wiping memories of the god awful Royal Festival Hall version. I also realised I’d seen one of the performers as Young Phyllis about fifteen years ago, any guesses as to who? Lynette? |
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