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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2016 22:57:33 GMT
New song, according to their twitter feed they put a new song in tonight. I Tonight, our Double Bubble Duchess becomes the QUEEN OF POP, debuting a new song in tonight's #CharlieChoc show! t.co/mauLcKPwLTInteresting, I wonder what it sounds like! They're probably just testing it out for the Broadway production. I wonder if they'll keep making more and more little changes until it closes in London. While I do think the whole TV four songs sequence is a bit of a fault within the musical, I found Double Bubble Duchess the least enjoyable one, it's basically just a rap (so God knows whether or not I'll like Hamilton!). |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2016 16:44:18 GMT
I can't see the UK tour being as good as the London show simply because it is a touring show. I would've thought they will go to big theatres only and stay for a month, like Mary Poppins at the moment. Broadway show should be great
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Post by theatremadness on Apr 26, 2016 17:08:50 GMT
I can't see the UK tour being as good as the London show simply because it is a touring show. I would've thought they will go to big theatres only and stay for a month, like Mary Poppins at the moment. Broadway show should be great Out of interest, do you say that it won't be as good because you uphold the view that you think, in general, touring standards aren't as good as West End standards? |
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Post by Jon on Apr 26, 2016 17:18:16 GMT
The tours of The Lion King and Wicked have been just as grand as their West End counterparts, the only differences is some of the technical aspects like Pride Rock and other smaller elements, if you hadn't seen it in London, you wouldn't notice, likewise with Poppins.
Charlie likely will have a redesigned set but I doubt Warner Bros will send out a subpar set on tour and I imagine it'll be doing month long runs rather than one or two weeks in each venue
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2016 17:23:05 GMT
I can't see the UK tour being as good as the London show simply because it is a touring show. I would've thought they will go to big theatres only and stay for a month, like Mary Poppins at the moment. Broadway show should be great Out of interest, do you say that it won't be as good because you uphold the view that you think, in general, touring standards aren't as good as West End standards? No not at all. But they won't be able to do certain things like when people come out of the ground or stuff like that due to changing theatres constantly. The set won't be as grand as the London show but it will still be good. I love touring show, some are defiantly west end worthy! |
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Post by theatremadness on Apr 26, 2016 17:29:19 GMT
Out of interest, do you say that it won't be as good because you uphold the view that you think, in general, touring standards aren't as good as West End standards? No not at all. But they won't be able to do certain things like when people come out of the ground or stuff like that due to changing theatres constantly. The set won't be as grand as the London show but it will still be good. I love touring show, some are defiantly west end worthy! I agree that some tours have been West End worthy, I have enjoyed myself at some tours that visit weekly more than some shows that come to the West End. London's West End certainly does not always = quality!! In regards to the technical limitations, if Charlie does indeed tour for a month at a time, they will most likely only visit the very large houses around the country that can fulfill the needs of the production. Either that, or some aspects may be changed for the tour. Having said that, if someone coming out of the ground is the difference between Charlie being a good show or a bad show (I haven't seen it myself) then my hopes aren't high!!  If they are intending to make this a large-scale No. 1 tour, I see no reason as to why the set couldn't be as grand as London, such as Wicked and The Lion King that Jon mentioned above, and Mary Poppins as you mentioned yourself, and Billy Elliot and both of the Les Mis & Phantom 25th Anniversary tours had pretty substantial sets and technical requirements! Les Mis didn't have a revolve, for example, as obviously that's pretty hard to transport venue to venue, but the loss of that didn't lessen the standard and experience of that production - in my opinion!! |
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Post by daniel on Apr 26, 2016 17:47:02 GMT
It seems a strange contradiction to say that the touring show won't be as good because it will only go to big theatres. Surely, as with Lion King, Phantom, Mary Poppins etc, the fact that shows only play big theatres suggests they want to keep the original scale of the production and not reduce it, no?
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Post by Hamilton Addict on Apr 26, 2016 18:07:48 GMT
It seems a strange contradiction to say that the touring show won't be as good because it will only go to big theatres. Surely, as with Lion King, Phantom, Mary Poppins etc, the fact that shows only play big theatres suggests they want to keep the original scale of the production and not reduce it, no? I think he was saying that if the show played at small venues the set wouldn't be good and that wouldn't make the show any good, which I personally disagree with as as long as the performances make up for it, it's fine with me. Each to their own though. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2016 18:10:55 GMT
It seems a strange contradiction to say that the touring show won't be as good because it will only go to big theatres. Surely, as with Lion King, Phantom, Mary Poppins etc, the fact that shows only play big theatres suggests they want to keep the original scale of the production and not reduce it, no? I think he was saying that if the show played at small venues the set wouldn't be good and that wouldn't make the show any good, which I personally disagree with as as long as the performances make up for it, it's fine with me. Each to their own though. I wasn't saying anything bad. I'm simply saying that big pieces of set won't be able to come in tour surely. The glass elavator though the stage won't be able to come through the stage, neither will the bed at the beginning. Also huge pieces of set, like the August Gloop huge pipe which he rolls through as Oompas sung, won't be able to come in via. The fly floor or will be minimised. The show will still be good though, I'm not saying anything bad! |
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Post by Jon on Apr 26, 2016 18:11:13 GMT
The likelihood of Charlie playing small venues is zero unless they downscale it dramatically. I imagine it'll be playing the same venues as Wicked, Poppins, Lion King etc none of which are small.
I'm sure the creative team will come up with a way to make the show tourable but still retain what made it work.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2016 18:20:45 GMT
The likelihood of Charlie playing small venues is zero unless they downscale it dramatically. I imagine it'll be playing the same venues as Wicked, Poppins, Lion King etc none of which are small. I'm sure the creative team will come up with a way to make the show tourable but still retain what made it work. Yes it will go to huge theatres that have but stages like Southampton, Manchester etc. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2016 10:33:39 GMT
Saw this last night. Some friends have joined the ensemble and they were great. I really like the new Violet song 'Queen of Pop'; it's a vast improvement on 'Double Bubble Duchess'.
Jonathan Slinger has grown on me; he's very very good. Probably my favourite Wonka, though I loved Jennings' childlike quality.
It's a fun show. Great that it's lasted so long!
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Post by Hamilton Addict on Apr 27, 2016 10:50:29 GMT
I'm still protesting to make Derek Hagen full time Wonka. He's the second understudy and he is absolutely brilliant! Seen Douglas Hodge and Alex Jennings and he is far superior to them. I gave him a rave review on my blog saying he HAD to be cast full time and he was so appreciative. It's so sad that talent like this gets missed.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Apr 27, 2016 13:48:00 GMT
Everyone is missing the point that they have made when announcing the Broadway production... It will be a NEW production.. And that version will tour here..
What's on at Drury Lane won't be replicated in any way again.. As it simply can't in hardly any other theatre! Certainly not on tour.
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Post by Hamilton Addict on Apr 27, 2016 13:57:42 GMT
Everyone is missing the point that they have made when announcing the Broadway production... It will be a NEW production.. And that version will tour here.. What's on at Drury Lane won't be replicated in any way again.. As it simply can't in hardly any other theatre! Certainly not on tour. Do you reckon this new production includes this new song they've added to the West End show 'Queen of Pop'? |
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Post by samtheatretickets on Apr 27, 2016 14:04:14 GMT
It has been confirmed that the musical will close in 2017 (currently booking until 7 January 2017). The show will also transfer to Broadway later this year and embark on a UK tour.  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2016 15:48:47 GMT
Everyone is missing the point that they have made when announcing the Broadway production... It will be a NEW production.. And that version will tour here.. What's on at Drury Lane won't be replicated in any way again.. As it simply can't in hardly any other theatre! Certainly not on tour. It is not new. It is amended. The score, book and indeed design will remain largely unchanged. They are alterations being made. The scale of the show will be diminished, but fundamentally, same show. |
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Post by Hamilton Addict on Apr 27, 2016 16:04:48 GMT
Everyone is missing the point that they have made when announcing the Broadway production... It will be a NEW production.. And that version will tour here.. What's on at Drury Lane won't be replicated in any way again.. As it simply can't in hardly any other theatre! Certainly not on tour. It is not new. It is amended. The score, book and indeed design will remain largely unchanged. They are alterations being made. The scale of the show will be diminished, but fundamentally, same show. Apparently some of the score is changing. |
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Post by westendwendy on Apr 27, 2016 17:01:28 GMT
It needs to change... it was the worst part of the musical and everyone knows it... The new songs were bad. Period.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Apr 28, 2016 13:41:38 GMT
You are wrong, and I know that for a fact. I know people involved in the show and it's getting a *total* overhaul for Broadway. You will see when it opens it bears no resemblance to the original!. Everyone is missing the point that they have made when announcing the Broadway production... It will be a NEW production.. And that version will tour here.. What's on at Drury Lane won't be replicated in any way again.. As it simply can't in hardly any other theatre! Certainly not on tour. It is not new. It is amended. The score, book and indeed design will remain largely unchanged. They are alterations being made. The scale of the show will be diminished, but fundamentally, same show. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2016 14:06:53 GMT
You are wrong, and I know that for a fact. I know people involved in the show and it's getting a *total* overhaul for Broadway. You will see when it opens it bears no resemblance to the original!. Exciting! I do hope they keep Willy Wonka though. He was good. And Charlie as well. And the Chocolate Factory of course. |
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Post by d'James on Apr 28, 2016 14:10:29 GMT
Willemina Wonka.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Apr 28, 2016 21:00:39 GMT
Willy Wonka is now going to be Donald Trump..
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Post by d'James on Apr 29, 2016 1:22:37 GMT
Trumpa-lumpas??
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Post by basdfg on May 2, 2016 16:56:09 GMT
Its a shame there are No Day seats for this. Will try and see it before it closes but I haven't got much money.
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