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Post by Mark on Feb 2, 2019 22:40:48 GMT
Still quite a few tickets left for the £10 previews next week. Got a “restricted view” one for Friday night. Can’t complain for £10 when they’re going to be £55 for the main run!
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Post by Mark on Feb 5, 2019 9:01:49 GMT
Over three hours according to someone on Twitter 😐
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2019 9:44:52 GMT
Over three hours according to someone on Twitter 😐 Yikes, I'm seeing this at the weekend after a very long day! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2019 9:57:08 GMT
Classic Old Vic running time, very glad I booked a matinee!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2019 11:38:20 GMT
Oh for the love of LuPone, I'm supposed to be seeing this tonight. 3 hours+? I might give it a miss.
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Post by Rory on Feb 5, 2019 11:51:24 GMT
Oh for the love of LuPone, I'm supposed to be seeing this tonight. 3 hours+? I might give it a miss. Go for it @ryan! Rachel Chavkin sounds an interesting director. I'd say it'll be good. You could also scope out the bog situation at the OV! |
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Post by Polly1 on Feb 5, 2019 12:41:10 GMT
OV website says "2 hours 50 mins, with a 20 minute interval". Does that mean including the interval or plus? Am supposed to be going next Monday, if it really is still over 3 hours by then, I might have to think again.
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Post by david on Feb 5, 2019 12:46:06 GMT
OV website says "2 hours 50 mins, with a 20 minute interval". Does that mean including the interval or plus? Am supposed to be going next Monday, if it really is still over 3 hours by then, I might have to think again. Hopefully the 2hr 50mins is inclusive of the interval rather than having an additional 20mins. |
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Post by theatrelover123 on Feb 5, 2019 14:54:57 GMT
OV website says "2 hours 50 mins, with a 20 minute interval". Does that mean including the interval or plus? Am supposed to be going next Monday, if it really is still over 3 hours by then, I might have to think again. According to the OV BO the current running times are: Act 1 - 1 hour 35 mins Interval - 20 mins Act 2 - 1 hour 15 mins So 3 hours 10 mins in total |
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Post by Polly1 on Feb 5, 2019 15:12:29 GMT
^ Thank you for info, not very good news.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Feb 5, 2019 15:14:47 GMT
I reckon it will lose about 15 mins over the next week or so.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2019 18:11:01 GMT
I'm going to be very dehydrated this weekend given I'm seeing All About Eve on Friday and then this on Saturday - that's a crazy long Act 1!
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Post by drmaplewood on Feb 5, 2019 18:41:28 GMT
I’m glad I’m on the aisle
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2019 21:15:16 GMT
God it's long. I'm not a celebrity, get me out of here!
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Post by partytentdown on Feb 5, 2019 23:24:48 GMT
But is it any good?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2019 0:02:43 GMT
Well. For those of you who loved 'The Lehman Trilogy' you'll probably love this. For those of you who love a lot of exposition with their theatre, you'll probably love this. For those of you looking for an entertaining night out, you probably won't love this. Or at least you shouldn't.
It's long for a start but feels longer. Now, normally I like that in other areas but not when I'm shoehorned into a particularly uncomfortable Old Vic seat. It's clearly ambitious and tries to fit a lot in, so much so that I felt like I'd lived through the depression and beyond, and it rambles on and on without actually going anywhere. I don't know whether it was boredom or not but it seems that three lots of different actors play the three main characters and quite frankly I don't think I cared a jot about any of them, they were so one dimensional. I can't believe the same person who directed this laborious yawnfest also directed the thrilling 'Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812'.
On the plus side there's a revolve (hoorah!) and a bit of tap dancing from Ewan Wardrop for those having '42nd Street' withdrawal and Fred Haig is like a little bucket of charm singing and dancing up a storm. You also get some fairly dreadful southern accents from James Garnon and Francesca Mills to give you a couple of giggles and there's plenty of jazz and booze from the band knocking out classics like 'Sweet Georgia Brown' if that's your cup of tea.
Oh and they need to sort out the sound, the microphones weren't picking everything up and the sound kept coming and going. Or perhaps it was just my concentration.
I did like Fred Haig's bike though. That was nice.
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Post by barbra99 on Feb 6, 2019 0:16:15 GMT
Was there tonight also. Loved this, didn’t feel long at all in my opinion. The Lehman Trilogy is a good comparison.
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Post by wickedgrin on Feb 6, 2019 9:21:38 GMT
I did like Fred Haig's bike though. That was nice. I trust this is not a synonym @ryan |
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Post by barelyathletic on Feb 6, 2019 12:18:53 GMT
Also there last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. Didn't know the play at all going in, having never read or seen it. But, as a guide to the history of the American depression it worked really well. Yes, it's not great drama, but it does tell a fascinating and scarily relevant story of a wealthy country's drastic financial collapse and how nobody is protected from it.
Sounds depressing but it isn't. The cast are very good, though the doubling up is a director's theatrical trick rather than necessary. It's interesting visually but doesn't really add much to the characters. Generally however the staging is terrific, with a live band, great period songs from Golda Rosheuvel, and a 'Chicago' style tap routine from Ewan Wardrop. What's not to like?
It's pretty much a mishmash of bits of several other plays, including They Shoot Horses Don't They, The Grapes of Wrath, Girl From the North Country and (as Ryan's already said) The Lehman Trilogy. Oh! And Clarke Peters makes a great Morgan Freeman. But somehow it all works.
I was captivated throughout. It generally flew by and, as a production at the Old Vic, it's streets ahead of the mawkish A Monster Calls and the travesty that was Wise Children. Looking forward to The Price, All My Sons and Death of a Salesman even more now this is under my belt. Four stars.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2019 12:24:32 GMT
Honestly just liking your post for the "Clarke Peters makes a great Morgan Freeman" line.  |
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Post by partytentdown on Feb 6, 2019 17:08:42 GMT
How well sold is this? Just realised I've booked in the circle which I have previously hated. Not sure how I did that. I wondered if I might get a sneaky upgrade if it's half empty. Does that ever happen at the OV?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2019 17:28:47 GMT
Weirdly, I got an upgrade from the Lilian Baylis circle to the on-stage seats for High Society. I say "weirdly", because they didn't actually close the Lilian Baylis circle, they just... spontaneously decided that although I paid £12 for a bench seat, I apparently deserved a £90 stage seat? It is the only time I've ever been upgraded there though, so I don't know that it's worth holding out much hope for.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2019 21:15:07 GMT
Honestly just liking your post for the "Clarke Peters makes a great Morgan Freeman" line. Gosh I hope not. Especially with some of the allegations about MF going around. |
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Post by drmaplewood on Feb 6, 2019 23:26:06 GMT
Just under 3 hours tonight so they are trimming, could easily still do more though. Found this an odd one, nothing strictly bad about it but something always kept me at arms length. Did however make me even more terrified about Brexit!
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Post by chrissie on Feb 7, 2019 22:06:31 GMT
This was truly awful, tedious and dull. Is nowhere in the same league as the Lehman trilogy at all. It can’t decide whether to be a musical, a serious drama or a bit of both. Once again the Old Vic has staged this in the round for no apparent reason, it could have easily fitted on the vast Old Vic stage. It featured an enormous cast which added to the overall confusion as they seemed to be duplicating the main characters. I can’t see this selling out or even filling the theatre during its run.
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