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Post by r1biker on Aug 10, 2017 7:44:06 GMT
Bill Murray has been to the Broadway show: BWW |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2017 8:17:11 GMT
Bill Murray has been to the Broadway show: NMEBill Murray has been to the Broadway show: BWWDe Ja Vu. Or is it Groundhog Day? |
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Post by daniel on Aug 10, 2017 8:24:17 GMT
Bill Murray has been to the Broadway show: ABC |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2017 8:26:30 GMT
Bill Murray has been to the Broadway show: ABCBill Murray has been to the Broadway show: NMEBill Murray has been to the Broadway show: BWWreally. |
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Post by daniel on Aug 10, 2017 8:27:59 GMT
Bill Murray has been to the Broadway show: ABCBill Murray has been to the Broadway show: NMEBill Murray has been to the Broadway show: BWWreally. 😂 I'm sorry I couldn't help myself |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2017 9:21:19 GMT
I see what you're all doing, but he has apparently now been two days in a row. I thought that could be made a little clearer for the thread.  |
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Post by theatremadness on Aug 15, 2017 22:19:48 GMT
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Post by stuartmcd on Aug 15, 2017 22:47:49 GMT
It’s a shame that it’s closing so soon but glad to see that they are still committed to bringing it back to London. Very much looking forward to seeing this show again
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2017 23:00:27 GMT
Thrilled it is coming back! But the obviously question (other than where and when obviously!) is, if Andy chooses to bow out, as he has done the role now for well over a year in performances alone, let alone rehearsal... who will take on that role?
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Post by Jon on Aug 15, 2017 23:26:22 GMT
It's not a guarantee that it'll come back to London, Finding Neverland announced a London production and that's unlikely to see the light of day.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2017 23:30:44 GMT
It's not a guarantee that it'll come back to London, Finding Neverland announced a London production and that's unlikely to see the light of day. In fairness though, Finding Neverland was never announced to the point of dates and venues, we were just told that it was gonna happen. Not saying this is any different, just clarifying haha. The other difference being this has already been a hit here, and has two Oliviers under its belt, as well as positive reviews. So promoting it over here, it already has that under its belt and is incentive for the producers to bring it back! |
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Post by charliec on Aug 16, 2017 0:35:08 GMT
Argh. This is a shame.
I'm going to be in NYC on closing day. I was planning on seeing a different show but in case it never comes back to London (and I really, really hope it does) I'm tempted to get a ticket for the last show in NYC.
But Broadway trips don't happen v often and I want to see stuff that definitely won't come over... but I really bloody loved GHD.
How are we feeling about the chances of it actually coming back to London?
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Post by wickedgrin on Aug 16, 2017 0:58:24 GMT
How are we feeling about the chances of it actually coming back to London? Slim I would have thought. It did well at the Old Vic AFTER the reviews came out but it was a very limited run and clearly it has not been the success they had hoped for on Broadway. I would say it would be risky bringing back to London. But hey, what do I know! |
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Post by zak97 on Aug 16, 2017 8:33:36 GMT
If they are willing to do a Book of Mormon style as campaign I think this could work, the film itself, in my opinion, is enough to generate public interest and previous London success would be a good hook on top of that.
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Post by wickedgrin on Aug 16, 2017 8:37:37 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2017 9:38:17 GMT
It's not a guarantee that it'll come back to London, Finding Neverland announced a London production and that's unlikely to see the light of day. In fairness though, Finding Neverland was never announced to the point of dates and venues, we were just told that it was gonna happen. Not saying this is any different, just clarifying haha. The other difference being this has already been a hit here, and has two Oliviers under its belt, as well as positive reviews. So promoting it over here, it already has that under its belt and is incentive for the producers to bring it back! The other big difference is theres already a set and costumes in storage. That has a real helping hand in finances in getting it going for a serious run. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2017 9:39:51 GMT
Thrilled it is coming back! But the obviously question (other than where and when obviously!) is, if Andy chooses to bow out, as he has done the role now for well over a year in performances alone, let alone rehearsal... who will take on that role? I think Tim Minchin has discussed this previously on twitter. Back when it was in workshop stages, they had 4 or 5 guys play Phil before Andy Karl came in, some of whom he said would be suitable for playing Phil should a London run occur. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2017 10:12:17 GMT
Thrilled it is coming back! But the obviously question (other than where and when obviously!) is, if Andy chooses to bow out, as he has done the role now for well over a year in performances alone, let alone rehearsal... who will take on that role? I wonder if he would return. It did well in a limited run at the Old Vic and then flopped on Broadway. There's not really a guarantee that it would be successful on a return trip to London unless it was another limited run (like Yerma). What if it was a bit of a disappointment when it returned? Would he want to be associated with a flop run on Broadway and a flop run in London (no-one would remember the Old Vic run by then)? Plus he's now on his third Tony nomination (Oliviers mean nothing in comparison), and probably his most critically acclaimed role, so he might be interested to see what other lead roles he gets. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2017 10:22:06 GMT
Apparently he just signed to an agent interested in getting him more TV and film work. A shame but I can't blame him as most of his shows have been flops with him being cited as the best thing about them. It would be nice for him to come back but he already has the Olivier and I can't imagine he would find it worth uprooting for again.
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Post by callum on Aug 16, 2017 11:32:55 GMT
I saw it, bizarrely, in NYC but missed it af Old Vic. I wouldn't mind if it didn't come over. It was fine, that's all - (wtf was the Nancy song all about?!) I don't regret seeing it but there are a lot more transfers I'd like to come over first. The audience I saw it with however was fairly muted and unresponsive (strange for Broadway), so perhaps that affected my experience of seeing the show.
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Post by stuartmcd on Aug 16, 2017 12:26:36 GMT
I saw it, bizarrely, in NYC but missed it af Old Vic. I wouldn't mind if it didn't come over. It was fine, that's all - (wtf was the Nancy song all about?!) I don't regret seeing it but there are a lot more transfers I'd like to come over first. The audience I saw it with however was fairly muted and unresponsive (strange for Broadway), so perhaps that affected my experience of seeing the show. Playing Nancy is often questioned and seen as quite a random song. All through Act 1 the entire focus is on Phil. It is his story and he uses the people around him for his own enjoyment. He only sees the people of Punxsutawney as small town people and we as the audience also see them that way. They are just players in his life. So when you sit back down after the interval ready for Act 2 you are preparing to pick straight back up with Phil and carry on where you left off. But instead everything stops and they shine the light on Nancy and tell her story and when she is does she slips back into the background. This is setting you up for Phil's journey in Act 2 as he learns to care for for the towns people and find out more about them. There is also the meta level to the song where it could be seen as the actress singing about what it's like to play the character |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2017 12:51:08 GMT
As the late great Dame Peggy Ashcroft once said "if you have to think that much during a musical then it's time to throw in a tap routine".
Granted, I can't guarantee that Peggy actually said that. But she probably thought it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2017 12:58:45 GMT
The Old Vic production played like the big hit that it became here. The divided audience reaction from Broadway is difficult to understand, given the show that I saw. I noticed some moaning about a dull score (which I don't understand), I saw some complaints about the secondary characters being given too much (again, don't get that, it's a show about a community) and some who just seemed to think too much was going on (well that was part of the joy for me). In comparison to the other big hit, Evan Hansen, to me it gains its hard earned happy ending out of its world weary cynicism, and (for this Brit's sensibility at least) is much more relatable than what, again for me, is DEH's truly cynical method of emotional manipulation.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Aug 16, 2017 13:50:25 GMT
I liked Playing Nancy and found it quite funny. It got quite a good reception when i saw it. Yes it's left field but so what, it's quirky.
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Post by kathryn on Aug 16, 2017 14:08:06 GMT
For me, Playing Nancy is so integral to what the show is saying about how most of us approach life, and how we can be better, happier people.
But it's challenging to the audience because it moves us away from identifying with Phil - the main character, the centre of the show - and forces us to think about the people who he (and we) have dismissed as unimportant, and see them as fully rounded human beings.
The show is about a man learning to see those around him as real people, not just as stock characters, and in doing so learning how to live a fuller, happier life.
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