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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 31, 2016 13:53:22 GMT
 Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment and Joe C Brown in association with Park Theatre present
tick, tick...BOOM!
Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan LarsonFriends priority booking is now open. Public booking opens Monday 7 November 11am. Directed by Bronagh Lagan Musical Direction by Gareth Bretherton Set and Costume Design by Nik Corrall Before Rent, there was tick, tick… BOOM! An aspiring composer questions his life choices on the eve of his thirtieth birthday in Jonathan Larson's autobiographical rock musical. The Pulitzer Prize and Tony award-winner tells the story of the sacrifices he made to achieve his big break in theatre. His girlfriend wants to get married and move out of the city, his best friend is making big bucks on Madison Avenue and yet Jon is still waiting on tables and trying to write the great American musical. Set in 1990, this compelling story of personal discovery embraces the ideal of holding onto your dreams through life’s most difficult challenges. Containing fourteen songs, ten characters, three actors and a band, tick, tick… BOOM! takes you on the journey that led to a Broadway blockbuster. Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Europe) Limited. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2016 15:19:13 GMT
Hooray! not least because I don't have to use up a New York slot to see their current off-Broadway production. And the interesting (probably only to me) 10 year cycle of major revivals of TTB, Rent and Angels in America continues (or as I like to call it my wasted academic career)
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Post by Stasia on Oct 31, 2016 16:28:40 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2016 16:31:21 GMT
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Post by Stasia on Oct 31, 2016 16:34:27 GMT
Thanks @ryan! Just answered your question in the L5Y thread  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2016 16:44:43 GMT
Oh yay, I am excited for this!
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Post by lovemusicals2017q on Mar 28, 2017 11:37:30 GMT
Excited to see one of my favourite shows coming in to town! The cast were released yesterday also! Chris Jenkins, Gillian Saker and Jordan Shaw...
Has anyone got their tickets yet?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2017 11:53:41 GMT
I'm planning on going (probably on one of the last days) due to my over emotional investment in Larson. Also it's been a long time since the Chocolate Factory production here (and yes, I'm still bitter that I didn't get to see Neil Patrick Harris in that)
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 24, 2017 9:31:14 GMT
Why not have a crack at winning a pair of tickets for tick, tick BOOM! in our new competition?
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Post by daniel on Apr 24, 2017 10:06:31 GMT
Why not have a crack at winning a pair of tickets for tick, tick BOOM! in our new competition? Damn it I've already booked! 🙄 I shan't enter for more tickets...I'll give you all more of a chance to win  |
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Post by jgblunners on May 3, 2017 14:01:10 GMT
Really excited for the first preview tonight!
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Post by daniel on May 3, 2017 15:13:29 GMT
I'm there tonight too, will report back on my thoughts!
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Post by jgblunners on May 3, 2017 21:47:02 GMT
I thought this was wonderful. The direction allowed for a lot of fun whilst maintaining the poignance and emotional seriousness throughout. The music is fantastic - it sounds very much like a RENT precursor, with several musical concepts that Larson clearly expanded and developed when writing his magnum opus. The most impressive technical aspect for me was the lighting design, which was all about atmosphere, although a couple of sequences seemed needlessly complex. The lighting works in symbiosis with the movement and blocking, which uses the space perfectly. The choreography is fun and energetic, and most importantly doesn't try to be bigger than the performance space, which I've found to be a problem for some shows in smaller venues.
All three cast members do extremely well - there were a few moments here and there which I put down to first preview insecurity, but overall they proved themselves to be very talented. Chris Jenkins nails the conflicted artist (he'd probably make a great Mark in RENT), and Gillian Saker is incredible with her switches between many characters, each of which is unique and instantly distinguishable. Jordan Shaw also does well with multiple characters to play, but he impresses most as his principle character Michael. Here we have a very well-written gay character (sadly they are few and far between), and Shaw plays with campness without pushing into stereotype or ridicule. The moments that Michael and Jon share towards the end of the show are executed brilliantly, and brought tears to my eyes.
I would love to see this as Larson once performed it - a one man rock musical monologue - if only to see how removing the other two performers affects the delivery of the story. Here, the mix of Jon being both narrator and character works well. And my god, Larson was gifted wasn't he? As I walked out of the show I was reminded of emicardiff's comments about him - if RENT was his In The Heights, just think what he would've made for his Hamilton.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2017 8:25:35 GMT
And my god, Larson was gifted wasn't he? As I walked out of the show I was reminded of emicardiff's comments about him - if RENT was his In The Heights, just think what he would've made for his Hamilton. I've spent the last two years or so thinking this. If only we could have seen what he'd do next. |
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Post by mallardo on May 4, 2017 9:18:55 GMT
Whenever I've seen or listened to Tick, Tick... Boom, I've been struck by what a mature piece it is, not at all the work of someone still learning his craft. For me, Come To Your Senses is perhaps the best song Larson ever wrote.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2017 9:21:28 GMT
Whenever I've seen or listened to Tick, Tick... Boom, I've been struck by what a mature piece it is, not at all the work of someone still learning his craft. For me, Come To Your Senses is perhaps the best song Larson ever wrote. I completely agree on both counts.
I really hope I get to see this production.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2017 9:32:41 GMT
And my god, Larson was gifted wasn't he? As I walked out of the show I was reminded of emicardiff's comments about him - if RENT was his In The Heights, just think what he would've made for his Hamilton. I've spent the last two years or so thinking this. If only we could have seen what he'd do next. It comforts me that even though we didn't get to see what he would have done, his influence is felt in so many Broadway musicals since his death, including Lin's work. The impact he was able to have with just one show is unreal. I read this quote from Scott Miller's 'Broadway's Groundbreaking Musicals' book (published in 2001) sometime last year and it gave me chills because of how it turned out to be true: 'The other young composers making their marks on Broadway are following more in the tradition of Sondheim's sophisticated, complex musicals than following Larson's populist lead. Maybe the only hope resides in a new voice we haven't heard yet, that will appear on the scene as suddenly as Larson's did, who will finish the work of putting musical theatre and pop music back together again, without sacrificing the integrity of either, the way Larson did so brilliantly and so lovingly.' |
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Post by mallardo on May 4, 2017 9:45:09 GMT
There's no question In The Heights was heavily influenced by Larson's work - one hears it throughout. But I don't think Larson's so-called populism excludes Sondheim. Tick, Tick... Boom is very Sondheim-ish in its lyrics ("Come To Your Senses", with its interior rhymes, is a prime example) and also in the way the songs are structured. "Sunday" is, indeed, an overt tribute to Sondheim.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2017 9:49:12 GMT
There's no question In The Heights was heavily influenced by Larson's work - one hears it throughout. But I don't think Larson's so-called populism excludes Sondheim. Tick, Tick... Boom is very Sondheim-ish in its lyrics ("Come To Your Senses", with its interior rhymes, is a prime example) and also in the way the songs are structured. "Sunday" is, indeed, an overt tribute to Sondheim. Indeed. And as Sondheim was acting as a mentor to him, I'd imagine later work would have continued to emulate him (especially if his mentorship continued). The parallels with Miranda are there obviously as well in their popular music influences (of different styles of course) but I always feel Larson would always have veered more to the musical theatre styling's of composing, rather than the more overt 'mash up' style that Miranda has. Anyway Larson certainly had the talent evident to grow into a peer for Sondheim, had he had the chance.
Also Sunday, is one of my favourite pieces of musical theatre writing full stop.
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Post by jgblunners on May 4, 2017 9:50:28 GMT
There's no question In The Heights was heavily influenced by Larson's work - one hears it throughout. But I don't think Larson's so-called populism excludes Sondheim. Tick, Tick... Boom is very Sondheim-ish in its lyrics ("Come To Your Senses", with its interior rhymes, is a prime example) and also in the way the songs are structured. "Sunday" is, indeed, an overt tribute to Sondheim. I never realised that Sondheim was such an idol to Larson - it's made incredibly obvious in tick, tick... BOOM! |
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Post by jgblunners on May 4, 2017 9:53:27 GMT
Sunday, is one of my favourite pieces of musical theatre writing full stop. The staging of Sunday in this production is absolutely hilarious! |
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2017 9:57:32 GMT
There's no question In The Heights was heavily influenced by Larson's work - one hears it throughout. But I don't think Larson's so-called populism excludes Sondheim. Tick, Tick... Boom is very Sondheim-ish in its lyrics ("Come To Your Senses", with its interior rhymes, is a prime example) and also in the way the songs are structured. "Sunday" is, indeed, an overt tribute to Sondheim. I never realised that Sondheim was such an idol to Larson - it's made incredibly obvious in tick, tick... BOOM! It's crazy that Sondheim was basically the only important person aware of his talents pre-Rent. |
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2017 7:39:45 GMT
Does anyone know the total running time of this? They have an added matinee that begins at 15:15 on Sunday 21st that I am tempted to go to, but The Color Purple begins at 18:00 at Cadogan Hall. Will I have time to get from one to the other in time?  |
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Post by jgblunners on May 13, 2017 7:54:39 GMT
Does anyone know the total running time of this? They have an added matinee that begins at 15:15 on Sunday 21st that I am tempted to go to, but The Color Purple begins at 18:00 at Cadogan Hall. Will I have time to get from one to the other in time? I'm pretty sure it was bang on 1hr 30mins 😊 |
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Post by daniel on May 13, 2017 14:54:13 GMT
Does anyone know the total running time of this? They have an added matinee that begins at 15:15 on Sunday 21st that I am tempted to go to, but The Color Purple begins at 18:00 at Cadogan Hall. Will I have time to get from one to the other in time? 90 minutes straight through! |
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