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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2016 12:18:20 GMT
A fuller view of Ramin's abs you mean!  Oh, I'm sure that's not exactly what DJ14 means . . . I had a perfe t view of his crotch last time...  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2016 16:30:17 GMT
So turns out, just checked the website and Kerry is doing the matinee today! Well I thought she was brilliant the last time, so am looking forward to seeing her again! |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2016 18:34:43 GMT
You guys this performance made me really sad. But not for the reasons you may expect.
The performance itself was brilliant. A murmur came through the audience as the show began as the cast came on, as Ms. Ellis, despite being advertised as on, was replaced by Natalie McQueen, which I was personally thrilled about but clearly some weren't. Natalie Law covered Natalie's ensemble part. But Natalie McQueen did a great job and the bits that Kerry was missing, I felt Natalie encompasses and vice versa. The cast was fantastic overall. Victoria just gets stronger and stronger. I really enjoyed it overall, as i did on opening night.
But the sadness part, it came in two psrts. First, that people care so much about the casting of Kerry when it is a great show in my opinion but also that audiences, even at the Kerry listed performances, aren't coming to see it. Maybe it should be cheaper or a shorter run, but the Circle was closed and the Stalls were only about 60% full. At the end, only myself and about three others cheered at the cast bows and most of the audience clapped at the end of the group number after the bows. Maybe it was just because the audience at Opening Night were very lively and gave a standing ofation that this felt very obviously lacking in comparison, but it just saddens me that people don't support new musicals.
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Post by Michael on Nov 18, 2016 19:17:53 GMT
At the end, only myself and about three others cheered at the cast bows and most of the audience clapped at the end of the group number after the bows. Maybe it was just because the audience at Opening Night were very lively and gave a standing ofation that this felt very obviously lacking in comparison, but it just saddens me that people don't support new musicals. Maybe they just didn't like it? Why should anyone support new shows just because they're new even if they didn't like it? |
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Post by shady23 on Nov 18, 2016 21:28:30 GMT
When new musicals are so ridiculously expensive people are going to go when an advertised "name" is on and they WILL be a little disgruntled when that advertised "name" is not on.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2016 22:44:14 GMT
At the end, only myself and about three others cheered at the cast bows and most of the audience clapped at the end of the group number after the bows. Maybe it was just because the audience at Opening Night were very lively and gave a standing ofation that this felt very obviously lacking in comparison, but it just saddens me that people don't support new musicals. Maybe they just didn't like it? Why should anyone support new shows just because they're new even if they didn't like it? I didn't just mean about the specific audience not being supportive, I was meaning people not going to new musicals generally. my bad wording. |
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Post by viserys on Nov 19, 2016 8:16:49 GMT
Daniel, we must have been at the same performance yesterday!
I thought the applause was okay. I didn't mind that Kerry wasn't on as I was going for Ramin mostly ("phwoarr"...!) and I liked the show itself quite a lot. My kind of music, But yea, I had waited for a fat discount to come along. Wouldn't have paid the original price for such a slight thing.
PS: Loved the girl in the row in front me who calmly began to unpack a sandwich in the middle of the show and chomped her way through until the finale...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2016 8:38:08 GMT
Daniel, we must have been at the same performance yesterday! I thought the applause was okay. I didn't mind that Kerry wasn't on as I was going for Ramin mostly ("phwoarr"...!) and I liked the show itself quite a lot. My kind of music, But yea, I had waited for a fat discount to come along. Wouldn't have paid the original price for such a slight thing. PS: Loved the girl in the row in front me who calmly began to unpack a sandwich in the middle of the show and chomped her way through until the finale... I saw her! you must of been really close to me too unless there were more than one sandwich eater? I was in E11 I think, or E13.  |
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Post by viserys on Nov 19, 2016 8:39:54 GMT
I was the red haired woman in D10 |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2016 10:03:58 GMT
I was the red haired woman in D10 Ahhhhhh hey girl hey! |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2016 23:27:41 GMT
Was anyone there tonight? Lin-Manuel Miranda was
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Post by lewis on Nov 20, 2016 0:49:22 GMT
Was anyone there tonight? Lin-Manuel Miranda was i was there. he seemed quite down and subdued when i passed him in the lobby - hard not to project the pence hamilton thing, but may well not have been anything at all. standing o at the end, but a few people leaving mid way through. thought the show was dire - forgettable music, forgettable design, phoned in performances, infuriating encore number post curtain call! victoria hamilton barritt was very good though - cant help but imagine it seved as an extended hamilton audition!! |
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Post by samsam1985 on Nov 22, 2016 8:13:01 GMT
What a waste of time and talent. Incredible cast but it was all just so FLAT and so DULL. What a waste. This needs to be taken off the west end asap... DISASTER. But Ramin took his top off so that was worth the £15
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Post by ctas on Nov 22, 2016 11:54:12 GMT
I saw this about a month ago and still haven't been able to word how much I hated it. Turned up with high hopes and VHB is a fantastic performer but that's honestly all I can note that was good. I almost wished there was an interval so I could run away home. A sung through rock musical about a set of toxic relationships- no thanks.
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Post by confessor on Nov 22, 2016 22:21:50 GMT
This one is quite polarising isn't it! I saw it a couple of weeks ago, not really knowing what to expect and I really enjoyed it. General consensus about how great VHB is though, and I'd thoroughly agree with that.
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Post by Dawnstar on Nov 22, 2016 23:09:26 GMT
I'm annoyed I missed seeing Victoria Hamilton Barrett, given most comments seem to say she was the best thing about the show. However I can't face sitting through it a 2nd time in order to see her.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2016 0:24:04 GMT
I'm annoyed I missed seeing Victoria Hamilton Barrett, given most comments seem to say she was the best thing about the show. However I can't face sitting through it a 2nd time in order to see her. I have a feeling you might get a chance to see her in Hamilton. |
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Post by Dawnstar on Nov 23, 2016 20:07:39 GMT
I'm annoyed I missed seeing Victoria Hamilton Barrett, given most comments seem to say she was the best thing about the show. However I can't face sitting through it a 2nd time in order to see her. I have a feeling you might get a chance to see her in Hamilton. Highly unlikely, as I have no intention of ever seeing Hamilton! |
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Post by ctas on Nov 23, 2016 23:42:36 GMT
I'm annoyed I missed seeing Victoria Hamilton Barrett, given most comments seem to say she was the best thing about the show. However I can't face sitting through it a 2nd time in order to see her. She'll do other shows! I've seen her in plenty of roles now and she's been great in all of them. |
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Post by lonlad on Nov 24, 2016 1:13:53 GMT
Victoria H-B is the wrong ethnicity for Hamilton unless she were to play the King ??
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2016 7:32:33 GMT
Victoria H-B is the wrong ethnicity for Hamilton unless she were to play the King ?? Isn't she latina?? |
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Post by ctas on Nov 24, 2016 7:36:13 GMT
No, Italian.
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Post by viserys on Nov 24, 2016 7:51:39 GMT
Phillipa Soo wasn't Latina either...
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Post by ali973 on Nov 24, 2016 7:55:26 GMT
Does anyone know what time the show is over tonight?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2016 8:18:59 GMT
Anyway, she doesn't think of herself as white. Not that it matters, but I'd say she could definitely be considered for Hamilton
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