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Post by Dave25 on Jan 28, 2016 18:42:00 GMT
Now that makes much more sense. It looks like they are creating a professional recording then.
I wonder what they thought was missing from the 25th Anniversary filmed performance, maybe some close-ups?
Also, there is almost a year in between then and now, do the actors still look the same? Haircut, weight, etc. And the actors who left the show a while ago, were they just able to deliver the same performance as back then without any rehearsal?
Anyway, it's good that they can promote this as the 25th Anniversay Gala performance, with the guest performances of Lea etc as bonus feature. Even though they might use more of the newly filmed material.
They probably keep this recording secret until after the Broadway revival, but I personally think it will only boost the ticket sales, just like the Les Mis and Phantom 25th gala performances on dvd.
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Post by danielwhit on Jan 29, 2016 0:21:48 GMT
Everything sounds positive - however curious all the same. I personally think the current cast is stronger than the original one, overall.
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Post by Dave25 on Jan 29, 2016 0:57:50 GMT
Everything sounds positive - however curious all the same. I personally think the current cast is stronger than the original one, overall. I think Rachelle Ann go as Gigi and Kwan Ho Hong as Thuy were better than the current cast. I loved Alistair Brammer and I love Chris Peluso, very different but both good. It's mainly Ellen that was a total miscast in the original revival cast. Edit: If they spend 2 days to shoot extra material with the original cast, I hope they fix the wrong melody lines of Eva too. I mean, this is the chance to do certain parts justice and use multiple takes. |
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Post by ali973 on Jan 29, 2016 8:32:11 GMT
Everything sounds positive - however curious all the same. I personally think the current cast is stronger than the original one, overall. I think Rachelle Ann go as Gigi and Kwan Ho Hong as Thuy were better than the current cast. I loved Alistair Brammer and I love Chris Peluso, very different but both good. It's mainly Ellen that was a total miscast in the original revival cast. Edit: If they spend 2 days to shoot extra material with the original cast, I hope they fix the wrong melody lines of Eva too. I mean, this is the chance to do certain parts justice and use multiple takes. You're my official spokesperson. Yes on Rachelle and yes on Kwan. Yes on Ellen then vs now. |
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Post by Joseph Buquet on Jan 29, 2016 14:11:57 GMT
For anyone who's interested, some more tickets have been released for closing night (mainly premium...)
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Post by danielwhit on Jan 29, 2016 15:39:24 GMT
I think Rachelle Ann go as Gigi and Kwan Ho Hong as Thuy were better than the current cast. I loved Alistair Brammer and I love Chris Peluso, very different but both good. It's mainly Ellen that was a total miscast in the original revival cast. Edit: If they spend 2 days to shoot extra material with the original cast, I hope they fix the wrong melody lines of Eva too. I mean, this is the chance to do certain parts justice and use multiple takes. You're my official spokesperson. Yes on Rachelle and yes on Kwan. Yes on Ellen then vs now. True - Thuy was the role role which made me say "overall" rather than entirely. I can't say I have been overly taken by either Gigi above the other one. Siobhan is by far the best Ellen out of the bunch I've seen, and I think I slightly prefer Chris to Alistair. In any case, let's hope this is a full commercial release. Would seem silly to spend time recording everything only to hide the footage. |
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Post by broadwaylover99 on Jan 29, 2016 16:00:59 GMT
I'm going tomorrow, could anyone direct me to where the cast board is, if there is one?
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Post by Nelly on Jan 29, 2016 16:16:22 GMT
I'm going tomorrow, could anyone direct me to where the cast board is, if there is one? As you enter the foyer its on the wall right next to the furthest door to the left, next to the entrance to the grand circle. Enjoy! |
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Post by broadwaylover99 on Jan 29, 2016 16:18:51 GMT
I'm going tomorrow, could anyone direct me to where the cast board is, if there is one? As you enter the foyer its on the wall right next to the furthest door to the left, next to the entrance to the grand circle. Enjoy! Thank you very much for your help! |
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Post by talkstageytome on Jan 29, 2016 19:42:28 GMT
Do they sell other unsold tickets to those in the queue at dayseat prices after the dayseats have been sold? Looking at the trains the earliest I can get there is 7:30 really.
I promise I'll stop asking about dayseats now. I have a friend coming up and I don't want to give her unrealistic expectations.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 30, 2016 12:49:10 GMT
I will i'm sure see this before it finishes. I would wait until the tour but i imagine it will be scaled down and so better to go for the full effect and production.
I've been looking at seats. Dress Circle, how is that for this this show? Centre mid dress circle is what i'm looking at.
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Post by ali973 on Jan 30, 2016 12:53:33 GMT
Any more scaling down and this will be a concert! I doubt it'll be scaled down, as this version is actually the tour version with a helicopter. I can imagine them being able to tour this helicopter as well. Visually this version really works, but it's not all that complicated and I can imagine it touring to most decent facilities that house West End type shows on tour.
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Post by Dave25 on Jan 30, 2016 13:22:57 GMT
I hope they scale it up a bit for the Broadway version, I feel the sets are too simple and not intimate enough at times.
It looks like a tour set indeed, with some props on an empty black stage.
"Dreamland" is just a black stage with a little round piece in the middle and some chairs on stage.
"Last night of the world" is a black hole in the show to me now, I really don't understand why is has to take place on the back of the tiny turning Dreamland bar.
I also don't like the "Sun and moon" and "why god why" sets, which are also just a black stage with the bed upstairs in the steel pipe construction.
Same goes for "Room 317" just a chair and a bed on an empty black stage.
I really feel this show benefits enormously from the smaller stages rolling down the actual stage. It made it much more intimate and dynamic (Dreamland, Kim's bedroom, last night of the world, back in town, room 317, etc). It made the show look more interesting as they could play with it, walk around it, sometimes in front of it, which meant a different location (I still taste your kisses, when the set was slowly moving backwards, also in Dreamland and last night of the world).
I think that important scenes such as Kim and Chris' first night and I still taste your kisses actually happen centre stage and not somewhere way up in the back and that certain scenes such as sun and moon and lnotw are not in some kind of stockroom or on the street. Also, I miss the stage on the stage in Dreamland when the girls present themselves, now they are just standing on a prop chair. This "toning down" of the show also tones down the impact and emotions for me, therefore this production is less raw. Because when I see "last night of the world", I want to feel the illusion of what Kim and Chris feel, I want a romantic atmosphere, with orange, better than life lighting, a fan on the bamboo ceiling, a muggy feel and a bed with a gently flowing mosquito net, this is their fantasy, a storage room won't make the emotions of the scene more real for me. The director and Cameron really need to adjust their views of what "real and raw emotion" in theatre as well as in film actually means. There is much more you can use to heighten emotions for the audience. Toning everything down and pretend it is more raw is not the solution.
This is also the big mistake they made in the Les Mis film, which is basically a theatrical performance on a pavement. I hope that when they make a Miss Saigon film they go all the way with the execution of the scenes. For example after Kim shoots Thuy, don't do it in an alley or storage room between a bin and a clothes line. Make it theatrical, it is the end of Kim's world in her mind, so show it, create a haunting fantasy space with a choir of ghosts singing "This is the hour". Etc.
Theatre and film are a triumph of the fantasy. Especially with musical which should never be too literal, because per definition it is not. (sung thoughts etc).
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Post by talkstageytome on Jan 31, 2016 9:27:10 GMT
By 7.30am there were 25 today, I was told. I'm guessing you were there and it's too late now. They just try and sell what they can - depends on how busy there are on price, it seems on previous reports I've had. So, what happened? My friend was the one who submitted that report!  We were fine but ended up (we were a group of 6) with two people in the grand circle loges (which were very restricted, we all swapped round in the interval.) but the people behind us weren't so lucky. There was a full house (at the matinee). The show was fabulous though. I really didn't love it the first time round but this time I was honestly crying for about nine tenths of gthe show. Richard Carson was hugely likeable and age apropriate as Chris and Sooha Kim was just wonderful as Kim. I LOVED her. We also had Aaron Lee Lambert as John who was good, and certainly didn't riff as much as John Maynard. Overall, a fantastic show. I'd definitely see it again if I had the time (which sadly I don't). |
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Post by richey on Jan 31, 2016 17:47:36 GMT
By 7.30am there were 25 today, I was told. I'm guessing you were there and it's too late now. They just try and sell what they can - depends on how busy there are on price, it seems on previous reports I've had. So, what happened? My friend was the one who submitted that report! We were fine but ended up (we were a group of 6) with two people in the grand circle loges (which were very restricted, we all swapped round in the interval.) but the people behind us weren't so lucky. There was a full house (at the matinee). When you say the GC loges were very restricted, how bad were they? I'm in one for the final show, it was the only seat available when I booked |
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Post by talkstageytome on Jan 31, 2016 17:57:51 GMT
My friend was the one who submitted that report! We were fine but ended up (we were a group of 6) with two people in the grand circle loges (which were very restricted, we all swapped round in the interval.) but the people behind us weren't so lucky. There was a full house (at the matinee). When you say the GC loges were very restricted, how bad were they? I'm in one for the final show, it was the only seat available when I booked I mean, they weren't terrible, but oh my gosh did by back hurt by the end of the act! If you sat in it straight and didn't lean over the rail then the seats face literally the wall on the other side of the theatre. But the view was alright (except clipping off a bit of the side of the stage that I couldn't lean far enough to see.). I think they'll be fine for you, but they weren't the greatest. |
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Post by richey on Jan 31, 2016 18:00:46 GMT
When you say the GC loges were very restricted, how bad were they? I'm in one for the final show, it was the only seat available when I booked I mean, they weren't terrible, but oh my gosh did by back hurt by the end of the act! If you sat in it straight and didn't lean over the rail then the seats face literally the wall on the other side of the theatre. But the view was alright (except clipping off a bit of the side of the stage that I couldn't lean far enough to see.). I think they'll be fine for you, but they weren't the greatest. ah ok thanks. I've seen it twice before, I just wanted to be there for the atmosphere of final night so should be alright. I've just looked at the 'view from my seat' facility on the website and it's not too bad |
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Post by 49thand8th on Jan 31, 2016 18:46:55 GMT
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Post by iwani on Jan 31, 2016 21:27:03 GMT
Quick question from a long time lurker (onlly just found the forum's new home), I think I'm going to be unable to go to the last performance, where would the best place be to try and sell the ticket? Do people buy tickets on Ebay these days?
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Post by Michael on Jan 31, 2016 21:41:14 GMT
Quick question from a long time lurker (onlly just found the forum's new home), I think I'm going to be unable to go to the last performance, where would the best place be to try and sell the ticket? Do people buy tickets on Ebay these days? You could just post your offer here, maybe another board member is interested. |
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Post by daniel on Jan 31, 2016 21:46:52 GMT
Quick question from a long time lurker (onlly just found the forum's new home), I think I'm going to be unable to go to the last performance, where would the best place be to try and sell the ticket? Do people buy tickets on Ebay these days? What seat do you have for the evening? A friend may be interested! |
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Post by iwani on Feb 1, 2016 7:34:33 GMT
I have stalls D6... I was just a bit unsure if anyone would want to buy on a forum! Though they are welcome to. I had a quick look at stubhub but not sure how many people actually buy from there? Seems v expensive.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2016 1:31:29 GMT
Hey folks, I still have tickets for the final 2 shows on Saturday 27th February...1 ticket for Matinee and 1 for the Evening.
Both centre Row B in the Stalls
Message me if you're interested.
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Post by daniel on Feb 2, 2016 7:09:45 GMT
Hey folks, I still have tickets for the final 2 shows on Saturday 27th February...1 ticket for Matinee and 1 for the Evening. Both centre Row B in the Stalls Message me if you're interested. Hey James, how much are you looking for for the evening show ticket? I have a friend who may be interested! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2016 13:03:23 GMT
Hey folks, I still have tickets for the final 2 shows on Saturday 27th February...1 ticket for Matinee and 1 for the Evening. Both centre Row B in the Stalls Message me if you're interested. Hey James, how much are you looking for for the evening show ticket? I have a friend who may be interested! Im just looking £40...face value is £60-something |
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We were fine but ended up (we were a group of 6) with two people in the grand circle loges (which were very restricted, we all swapped round in the interval.) but the people behind us weren't so lucky. There was a full house (at the matinee). 
