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Post by ali973 on May 23, 2017 16:32:43 GMT
Personally i think you could say the same for waitress Waitress is such a weak show. Seeing Sara Barielles in it was great but it just shows how flawed the staging, choreography, etc are. That never stopped shows from coming to London  More than weak, I find it inconsistent. It can't decide if it's a serious musical drama or a comedy. And whenever it gets into comedy territory, I found it rather juvenile and basic. It does have a good score, a relatively good story and tends to be a crowd pleaser. I can see it doing well in London. |
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2017 16:33:38 GMT
Waitress has a great score though, and a popular one!
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Post by theatremadness on May 23, 2017 17:08:06 GMT
Groundhog Day! Groundhog Day! Groundhog Day! Groundhog Day! (continue ad infinitum)
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2017 17:32:02 GMT
i dont know the score but unless they get a big name to launch it im just not sure what would attract audiences
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Post by firefingers on May 23, 2017 17:32:42 GMT
Last I heard (about a month ago) plans for both Waitress and Finding Neverland had been shelved.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2017 17:38:46 GMT
I saw this show in January. It was very enjoyable. I'm glad I got to see it before it closed.
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Post by Jon on May 23, 2017 17:44:06 GMT
I'd love a short run of a play, and then maybe something like the Addams Family. Something niche, but with selling power. Any show that is good, not from Broadway and doesn't have to get be brand new, but could be a touring show with some added sparkle for London. It's a shame now that we immediately tend to think 'what musical could come from Broadway' when a London theatre becomes available. I'd rather not have touring productions in West End theatres. Beautiful has had a great run and it's touring so in the scheme of things, a show closing isn't that big a deal as it part of the West End cycle to refresh itself with new shows and new cast. |
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Post by zak97 on May 23, 2017 17:52:30 GMT
I'd love a short run of a play, and then maybe something like the Addams Family. Something niche, but with selling power. Any show that is good, not from Broadway and doesn't have to get be brand new, but could be a touring show with some added sparkle for London. It's a shame now that we immediately tend to think 'what musical could come from Broadway' when a London theatre becomes available. I'd rather not have touring productions in West End theatres. Beautiful has had a great run and it's touring so in the scheme of things, a show closing isn't that big a deal as it part of the West End cycle to refresh itself with new shows and new cast. I get what you mean about touring shows, but I mean the best of the bunch and then scaled up to West End standard. I was just thinking that there maybe some material on our on turf, not just on Broadway. |
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Post by Jon on May 23, 2017 18:26:57 GMT
I get what you mean about touring shows, but I mean the best of the bunch and then scaled up to West End standard. I was just thinking that there maybe some material on our on turf, not just on Broadway. Touring productions usually never scaled up their productions when they come to the West End, it's an additional cost to the producers which they don't need and wouldn't be willing to spend the money on. |
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2017 18:34:35 GMT
Whatever happened to Newsies? Can we finally bring that one over?
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2017 18:47:07 GMT
Bringing in a touring production would be so blah. It's time for an injection of something fresh and exciting.
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Post by Dawnstar on May 23, 2017 19:04:00 GMT
Somebody please march me to Aldwych before 5th August. I've been meaning to see tBeautiful since Cassidy Janson joined the cast & a year & a half later still haven't got round to it. There always seems to be something else higher up in priority...
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2017 20:34:59 GMT
Somebody please march me to Aldwych before 5th August. I've been meaning to see tBeautiful since Cassidy Janson joined the cast & a year & a half later still haven't got round to it. There always seems to be something else higher up in priority... Same here! Must go before August! |
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Post by showbizkid on May 23, 2017 20:54:26 GMT
Personally i think you could say the same for waitress Waitress is such a weak show. Seeing Sara Barielles in it was great but it just shows how flawed the staging, choreography, etc are. Totally agree - Waitress is a sweet yet dud show about everyone having affairs and nothing happens at the end! I soooo wanted to love it yet sadly didn't. |
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2017 23:37:31 GMT
The show has had a good run and only two ladies have been cast as the star role so show hasn't diluted across a long run. The tour starts only a month after the London run ends so it will be interesting to see how many of the cast remain with the show. I hope Cassidy does the tour as she's had great reviews and it is a wonderful part. I'd guess a few of the ensemble may move to more featured roles. Stephanie McKeon will only do about 10 weeks as Cynthia so I'd guess she'd be in line for tour. Lorna Want will be having her baby in July so she won't be available. Lorna said on twitter she'd have loved to have done entire West End run.
Groundhog Day needs a home so that could be a good fit as a replacement.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2017 0:03:01 GMT
I've not seen or know much about this show, but I'm curious. Will they just use the London set for the UK tour now or did they already start building before they announced closure? If it's the latter than it seems a bit of a waste (unless it's lined up to go somewhere else)!
Also regarding Groundhog Day at the Aldwych, seems to be a good fit and idea but if it was to arrive in spring, as previously stated, that would leave it dark for a while so I wonder what else could go in as a filler?
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Post by zak97 on May 24, 2017 8:46:38 GMT
Wonder if Chris Peluso may play Gerry on the tour. I believe he said somewhere he wants to work still in the UK, and was due to play Gerry in this cast but was stopped due to visa issues.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2017 9:29:14 GMT
I can see a limited run of Red Shoes popping up after it's Olivier wins...
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Post by Mark on Jun 13, 2017 18:49:30 GMT
Saw the matinee today, three out of the four leads were understudies - for Carole King, Gerry Goffin and Barry Mann. Leigh Lothian as Carole started off slightly timid but really grew on me. She completely came into her own during "Beautiful". It was my third time seeing the show and I really enjoyed it again, it really is a great collection of music.
Theatre wasn't full, stalls about 75% full with the upper circle closed and I got moved from my cheap rear stalls seat to a nice seat 6 rows back by the box office when I collected my ticket.
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Post by Dawnstar on Jun 13, 2017 21:25:35 GMT
Somebody please march me to Aldwych before 5th August. I've been meaning to see Beautiful since Cassidy Janson joined the cast & a year & a half later still haven't got round to it. There always seems to be something else higher up in priority... I finally got round to marching myself to the Aldwych last night. I can't honestly say the show did a lot for me but I saw Cassidy Janson & it's one off my list of need-to-see-before-they-close shows. I only recognised one song but I could tell which were the well-known-to-other-people songs because most of the surrounding audience started humming along & head bobbing. I have discovered that an audience humming along & rustling sweets is much less annoying if you're not enjoying the show that much anyway! On reflection I think the main reason I didn't enjoy the show much was because there were very few attempts to integrate the songs with the plot. Most of the time it was "Here's our latest song...and here's another one..and another one". There were only a couple of songs that were actually used to reflect the characters' emotional situations. |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jun 14, 2017 20:38:04 GMT
You only recognised one song? Have you been living in the wilderness?
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Post by Dawnstar on Jun 14, 2017 20:53:13 GMT
In terms of 1960s & 70s American pop music, yes. I'm not interested in it & have never listened to it. I hadn't even heard of Carole King until Beautiful's London transfer was announced. The only song I recognised was "We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place" and that was because it's in Return To The Forbidden Planet.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2017 21:43:41 GMT
In terms of 1960s & 70s American pop music, yes. I'm not interested in it & have never listened to it. I hadn't even heard of Carole King until Beautiful's London transfer was announced. The only song I recognised was "We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place" and that was because it's in Return To The Forbidden Planet. Wow, that is one of the only songs I didn't know! Though for example, the song I was most familiar with was the Locomotion and that was because of Kylie Minogue when I used to go to gay bars underage at about 15 about 7 years ago haha. |
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Post by theatre-turtle on Jun 14, 2017 21:51:21 GMT
Somebody please march me to Aldwych before 5th August. I've been meaning to see Beautiful since Cassidy Janson joined the cast & a year & a half later still haven't got round to it. There always seems to be something else higher up in priority... I finally got round to marching myself to the Aldwych last night. I can't honestly say the show did a lot for me but I saw Cassidy Janson & it's one off my list of need-to-see-before-they-close shows. I only recognised one song but I could tell which were the well-known-to-other-people songs because most of the surrounding audience started humming along & head bobbing. I have discovered that an audience humming along & rustling sweets is much less annoying if you're not enjoying the show that much anyway! On reflection I think the main reason I didn't enjoy the show much was because there were very few attempts to integrate the songs with the plot. Most of the time it was "Here's our latest song...and here's another one..and another one". There were only a couple of songs that were actually used to reflect the characters' emotional situations. I felt like it was highly derivative of Jersey Boys - it's as if the writers thought 'hey, this is a format that works, let's see who else we could apply it to' |
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Post by daniel on Jul 7, 2017 10:56:00 GMT
2 for 1 tickets until 22 July with code "GOTAFRIEND", at the official box office, offer via WOS.
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