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Post by jadnoop on Nov 21, 2017 10:53:51 GMT
(sorry in advance for what's probably a very simple question)
I'm not much of a 'classic musicals' person, but my better half really enjoys them, and especially loves 'Getting To Know You', which I believe is in this one. The tickets are way more than I'd like to pay, but there's no Glastonbury next year, so we have a little more 'fun' cash than usual. And since the broadway version seems to be well regarded, and it's an opportunity to see Ken Watanabe on stage, I'm thinking it might be worth the trip.
However, I'm not really clear on where to go for tickets. For most of my plays I buy direct from the venue (NT/Barbican/ROH websites, etc), but for this there doesn't seem to be an clear 'official' site. Instead, looking online are loads; londontheatre, londontheatredirect, ticketmaster, amazon, atg, and so on. They all seem legit, but are there any differences, either in terms of the customer service or the % commission that they take, or whatever? Do people just go for whichever website pops up first on google?
Cheers
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Post by wickedgrin on Nov 21, 2017 10:59:59 GMT
The theatre is owned by Andrew Lloyd Webber and the official theatre box office site is
reallyusefultheatres.co.uk
No deals on there though, but you don't pay agency fee mark ups.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2017 11:02:15 GMT
The official site appears to be www.kingandimusical.co.uk/. I booked through here and there weren't any exorbitant fees so it appears to be the most legit. A lot of the ones that show up when you google are agencies who will add their own hefty fees on top; you can usually shop through them and work out which is the most affordable for you. Most of them are legit but the fees can be a bit much. If in doubt, check on the Wikipedia to see who owns the theatre (Really Useful Theatres in this case) and start from their website. And, of course, you can always check in here for hints and tips at any time.  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2017 14:45:32 GMT
Just booked my ticket this morning. Didnt really care about the price, I just need to see this again. It was amazing when i saw it in New York last year, was definitley the hightlight of everything i saw that week.
Can't wait to see Kelli O'Hara again, her voice is just beautiful.
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Post by daniel on Nov 30, 2017 14:47:51 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2018 11:38:31 GMT
Looking at booking a box for this, anyone any thoughts or opinions on which is the best, and what the view is like? Thanks.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2018 12:15:49 GMT
Thanks Monkey!
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Post by michalnowicki on Jan 16, 2018 14:35:59 GMT
I booked Stalls B15 for July on an impulse. I hate these expensive impulses. Kelli better be there!
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Post by couldileaveyou on Jan 19, 2018 0:05:35 GMT
Excellent news!
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Post by Mark on Jan 19, 2018 0:08:09 GMT
She is fabulous! Glad she is making the transfer.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2018 0:36:10 GMT
This just keeps getting better
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Post by daniel on Jan 19, 2018 10:30:27 GMT
Now booking to 8th September.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2018 12:01:02 GMT
I wonder if this could extend through to November eventually, just before panto? They seem to be pumping lot of money into it, what with not just the production, but transferring three of its stars along for the ride too.
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Post by ali973 on Jan 19, 2018 13:25:51 GMT
It looks like they are extending incrementally. It's a big theatre so I think their strategy is to open limited periods, sell them well, and then open another period rather than have it all open and scattered sales throughout. The Grinning Man did this as well.
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Post by The Lost on Feb 2, 2018 19:20:03 GMT
I really want to see this, but after looking at the prices I'm having second thoughts. £95 for the end of Row F in the dress circle is ridiculous. I'm also heartbroken there's no @theatremonkey graphic yet saying which seats are good value and which are the equivalent of having Really Useful Theatres beat me unconscious with a baseball bat  |
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Post by Stephen on Feb 6, 2018 9:23:38 GMT
I really want to see this, but after looking at the prices I'm having second thoughts. £95 for the end of Row F in the dress circle is ridiculous. I'm also heartbroken there's no @theatremonkey graphic yet saying which seats are good value and which are the equivalent of having Really Useful Theatres beat me unconscious with a baseball bat Personally I would say that the rear stalls are a good deal. The Palladium is surprisingly intimate on all levels I find. Gotta love a Matcham! |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 6, 2018 10:20:07 GMT
This is going to be my visit visit to the Palladium. Excited!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2018 10:27:42 GMT
Astonished by how expensive this is - quick look at the seating plans and the swathes of 150 and 125 quid seats seems to make it the most expensive show in the West End after Hamilton and Mormon.
Seems to be selling though. Personally am surprised an old musical with names known only to MT followers is so popular, I'd assumed would be a hard sell!
Interested in going, mainly due to the historical importance the writers had in shaping musical theatre - but resent not getting a decent seat for 75 quid!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 6, 2018 10:36:21 GMT
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Post by tonyloco on Feb 7, 2018 12:54:16 GMT
I don't want to boast – yes I do – but my first visit visit to the Palladium was to see Liberace on Thursday 5 May 1960. It was a warm night and the pal I was with and I walked down to the Mall and joined the crowds waiting to see the wedding procession of Princess Margaret the next day. London's Royal pagentry did not disappoint and I see I then went on to do a stint playing piano in the lounge of the Bayswater Hotel that evening. Indefatigable I was in those days! |
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Post by alece10 on Feb 7, 2018 14:05:54 GMT
I don't want to boast – yes I do – but my first visit visit to the Palladium was to see Liberace on Thursday 5 May 1960. It was a warm night and the pal I was with and I walked down to the Mall and joined the crowds waiting to see the wedding procession of Princess Margaret the next day. London's Royal pagentry did not disappoint and I see I then went on to do a stint playing piano in the lounge of the Bayswater Hotel that evening. Indefatigable I was in those days! A few years later but one day I was just walking past the Palladium during the day. A Rolls Royce pulls up outside the front and Liberace gets out in a full length white fur coat and runs up the stairs into the theatre. A sight to behold. |
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Post by distantcousin on Feb 7, 2018 22:13:05 GMT
Astonished by how expensive this is - quick look at the seating plans and the swathes of 150 and 125 quid seats seems to make it the most expensive show in the West End after Hamilton and Mormon. Seems to be selling though. Personally am surprised an old musical with names known only to MT followers is so popular, I'd assumed would be a hard sell! Interested in going, mainly due to the historical importance the writers had in shaping musical theatre - but resent not getting a decent seat for 75 quid! Me too, it's amazing what chimes with the masses at any one time. I saw it with Elaine Paige in 2001 and don't feel any great need to revisit it, good as it was. |
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Post by Mr Snow on Feb 8, 2018 12:57:33 GMT
I don't want to boast – yes I do – but my first visit visit to the Palladium was to see Liberace on Thursday 5 May 1960. It was a warm night and the pal I was with and I walked down to the Mall and joined the crowds waiting to see the wedding procession of Princess Margaret the next day. London's Royal pagentry did not disappoint and I see I then went on to do a stint playing piano in the lounge of the Bayswater Hotel that evening. Indefatigable I was in those days! But were you there for my first visit, 16th April 1981? You may have missed me as Ella Fitzgerald and Oscar Peterson were vying for attention up on the main stage. (PS Tony I'm amazed by the detail of your diaries. I think its likely I went home straight afterwards?) |
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Post by tonyloco on Feb 8, 2018 13:46:47 GMT
(PS Tony I'm amazed by the detail of your diaries. I think its likely I went home straight afterwards?) Well, of course I didn't necessarily put down in my diary what I may have done after the show each night, but staying out all night on the Mall the night before a Royal Wedding was worth noting! Sorry I missed your first appearance at the Palladium on 16 April 1981 but I was at home that night, although around that time I was playing for various music hall and variety shows on a sporadic basis for the Aba Daba Music Hall Company, Hiss and Boo, Stratford East, Chats Palace, etc, as well as occasionally attending opera and ballet at Covent Garden and elsewhere. That was a time when I was attending very little theatre although I seem to have been to the Palladium on 3 February 1981 to see 'Dick Whittington'. There is no note in my diary of who was in it but the programme for this year's DW says Jim Davidson was Dick with Molly Sugden (Sarah the Cook), Clive Dunn, Windsor Davies, Melvyn Hayes, Lionel Blair, Victor Spinetti and the magician Zee also in the company. At this rate my memoirs seem to be writing themselves and I will just have to do some cutting and pasting! |
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Post by The Lost on Mar 6, 2018 5:39:17 GMT
Ruthie Ann Miles was hit by a car yesterday after it ran a red light at an intersection in Brooklyn. Her 4 year old daughter was killed, and Ruthie is critically injured in hospital. Please spare a thought for her, and her friend whose 1 year old daughter also lost her life in this tragic incident.
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