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Post by Someone in a tree on Feb 25, 2019 14:14:30 GMT
The discount for Universal Credit is such an insult. An absolute joke. Its making me angry.  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2019 16:26:03 GMT
I am not sure there is anything about typical staging for The Light in The Piazza that requires a big house. I saw it several times at Lincoln Center and in some regional production houses that were much smaller. They all worked.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Mar 20, 2019 20:32:57 GMT
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Post by danieljohnson14 on Apr 4, 2019 9:16:59 GMT
Alex Jennings has joined the cast!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2019 9:24:22 GMT
I love Alex Jennings, I love the score, I have nothing particular against Renee Fleming, I'm even fairly fond of Dove Cameron, but the prices for this show are obscene and Adam Guettel is not a nice person to a degree that I'm uncomfortable following him as an artist anymore because of his personal politics (which SUCKS because I love his music but I can only go so far when it comes to separating the art from the artist). Why would they make this harder for me than it is by casting Alex Jennings for heaven's sake?
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Post by winonaforever on Apr 4, 2019 9:24:24 GMT
I'm looking forward to seeing this in June. I shall have to listen to the music first because I can't imagine it as a musical (I really like the film)
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Post by QueerTheatre on Apr 4, 2019 10:10:16 GMT
I love Alex Jennings, I love the score, I have nothing particular against Renee Fleming, I'm even fairly fond of Dove Cameron, but the prices for this show are obscene and Adam Guettel is not a nice person to a degree that I'm uncomfortable following him as an artist anymore because of his personal politics (which SUCKS because I love his music but I can only go so far when it comes to separating the art from the artist). Why would they make this harder for me than it is by casting Alex Jennings for heaven's sake? Oh no. What don't i know? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2019 10:27:37 GMT
He seems to believe that anti-white racism is a thing, he came out in favour of Brett Kavanaugh stating that Dr Christine Blasey Ford lacked credibility, and by his own admission he has been - at the VERY least - unkind to women over the years. So he's probably been not-great for years but I just can't get past his thinking that "Christine Blasey Ford's timing is very suspicious" is a take worth not only having but also worth stating in public, that was a very difficult period for a lot of us. EDIT: this link possibly worth a read on the subject: www.theintervalny.com/editorial/2018/09/on-adam-guettel-silence-and-the-fear-of-nothingness/ |
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Post by learfan on Apr 4, 2019 10:32:34 GMT
I too love Alex Jennings and would be tempted by this but the prices!!! Surely there will be some deals, they cant have sold too many?
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Post by QueerTheatre on Apr 4, 2019 10:47:26 GMT
Oh god. Yup trashbag. Thank you for letting me know!
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Post by scarpia on Apr 4, 2019 10:56:44 GMT
I didn't know that about Adam Guettel - that's disturbing. :/
Count me as another potential audience member who was looking forward to this and then got totally deterred by the obscene prices.
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Post by Polly1 on Apr 4, 2019 14:21:41 GMT
Was interested in this anyway but Alex Jennings makes it even more attractive. However I'm also waiting on discounts. Tickets sales look poor, unsurprisingly, but maybe the RFH doesn't discount?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2019 14:23:27 GMT
I've got the impression that this production is going to the States after it's done in London, so maybe they don't care so much about ticket sales as long as they get some good press they can take with them?
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Post by Someone in a tree on Apr 4, 2019 14:59:23 GMT
I've got the impression that this production is going to the States after it's done in London, so maybe they don't care so much about ticket sales as long as they get some good press they can take with them? LA opera is its next destination |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2019 8:03:58 GMT
Was interested in this anyway but Alex Jennings makes it even more attractive. However I'm also waiting on discounts. Tickets sales look poor, unsurprisingly, but maybe the RFH doesn't discount? They do - for instance timeout had discounts for Circus 1903 at the Festival Hall last year. Although I guess it may depend on the producer of an individual show? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2019 8:42:30 GMT
God I am trash for Alex Jennings. Damnit. But I am also trying not to support utter trashbag artists (generally if it's not their PERSONAL show I'm less fussy, but god he's a bit of a dirtbag isn't he?)
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Post by squidward on Apr 5, 2019 12:46:01 GMT
God I am trash for Alex Jennings. Damnit. But I am also trying not to support utter trashbag artists (generally if it's not their PERSONAL show I'm less fussy, but god he's a bit of a dirtbag isn't he?) Mr Guettel seems to be a very 'complex' man. The thing I can't get my head around if he actually is as portrayed (and he didn't do himself ANY favours with that tweet), how on earth did Tina Landau (fabulous & highly political left wing feminist director/writer) manage to work alongside him to create the masterpiece that is Floyd Collins? Maybe Mr Guettel had a personality change since that collaboration? Also when I saw him in concert at The Hippodrome a few years ago (with Caroline Sheen and a couple of others whose names escape me), he seemed an utterly lovely chap. Very strange indeed (maybe he's just very good at playing that part?). I would have thought in this day and age, there may be quite a few artists who may not want to collaborate with him after that tweet though. I guess it's part of the on-going debate about whether it's possible to separate a person's views/deeds from their art. |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Apr 5, 2019 14:47:52 GMT
Already doing "No booking fee" deals for this, so... Thanks My hat just blew off with excitement |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2019 15:56:58 GMT
God I am trash for Alex Jennings. Damnit. But I am also trying not to support utter trashbag artists (generally if it's not their PERSONAL show I'm less fussy, but god he's a bit of a dirtbag isn't he?) Mr Guettel seems to be a very 'complex' man. The thing I can't get my head around if he actually is as portrayed (and he didn't do himself ANY favours with that tweet), how on earth did Tina Landau (fabulous & highly political left wing feminist director/writer) manage to work alongside him to create the masterpiece that is Floyd Collins? Maybe Mr Guettel had a personality change since that collaboration? Also when I saw him in concert at The Hippodrome a few years ago (with Caroline Sheen and a couple of others whose names escape me), he seemed an utterly lovely chap. Very strange indeed (maybe he's just very good at playing that part?). I would have thought in this day and age, there may be quite a few artists who may not want to collaborate with him after that tweet though. I guess it's part of the on-going debate about whether it's possible to separate a person's views/deeds from their art. The sad truth is that a lot of views and behaviour have been legitimised, in some American’s eyes, by the election of Trump. If there is any use in him it’s been to reveal those who share in his hate, even if the sheer prevalence of it is so dispiriting. As Sun Tzu said in ‘The Art of War’ - “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle”. |
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Post by squidward on Apr 5, 2019 18:53:13 GMT
Mr Guettel seems to be a very 'complex' man. The thing I can't get my head around if he actually is as portrayed (and he didn't do himself ANY favours with that tweet), how on earth did Tina Landau (fabulous & highly political left wing feminist director/writer) manage to work alongside him to create the masterpiece that is Floyd Collins? Maybe Mr Guettel had a personality change since that collaboration? Also when I saw him in concert at The Hippodrome a few years ago (with Caroline Sheen and a couple of others whose names escape me), he seemed an utterly lovely chap. Very strange indeed (maybe he's just very good at playing that part?). I would have thought in this day and age, there may be quite a few artists who may not want to collaborate with him after that tweet though. I guess it's part of the on-going debate about whether it's possible to separate a person's views/deeds from their art. The sad truth is that a lot of views and behaviour have been legitimised, in some American’s eyes, by the election of Trump. If there is any use in him it’s been to reveal those who share in his hate, even if the sheer prevalence of it is so dispiriting. As Sun Tzu said in ‘The Art of War’ - “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle”. You're right about Trump, but I'd like to think that the majority of artists working in theatre don't concur with his toxic viewpoint. Maybe that's a generalisation, but thankfully in my years of working in theatre and TV, I've never come across anyone who espoused that vile sexism/racism. Maybe I've just been fortunate in who I've worked with.I just can't believe someone like Tina Landau would put up with that sort of thing for a second. |
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Post by Snciole on Apr 6, 2019 22:41:02 GMT
So as I am Jennings obsessed so I spent £38 on a balcony ticket. *GULP* but I also love Florence. Here is hoping I get bumped up and a free limoncello.
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Post by Snciole on Apr 6, 2019 22:44:17 GMT
The discount for Universal Credit is such an insult. An absolute joke. Its making me angry. I agree. My mum is on UC and she is strugggling to eat and pay her bills. I could just about buy a £67 ticket with my AMEX and I am in full time work. An absolute low. |
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Post by learfan on Apr 8, 2019 18:56:04 GMT
So as I am Jennings obsessed so I spent £38 on a balcony ticket. *GULP* but I also love Florence. Here is hoping I get bumped up and a free limoncello. Haha, thinking of doing this now. Must be a good chance of being bumped! |
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Post by Snciole on Apr 8, 2019 19:38:21 GMT
So as I am Jennings obsessed so I spent £38 on a balcony ticket. *GULP* but I also love Florence. Here is hoping I get bumped up and a free limoncello. Haha, thinking of doing this now. Must be a good chance of being bumped! I am hoping to be bumped up to Jennings' lap at those prices. |
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Post by learfan on Apr 8, 2019 20:53:19 GMT
Haha, thinking of doing this now. Must be a good chance of being bumped! I am hoping to be bumped up to Jennings' lap at those prices. Easy tiger! |
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