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Post by theatreian on Oct 26, 2019 21:46:55 GMT
Yes am seeing it in preview and can't wait.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2019 22:18:45 GMT
I'm also seeing it in previews. I know nothing except the excerpt of Waving Through the Window which keeps playing on the radio adverts, and that Ben Platt was seriously hyped and won the Tony.
I expect I'll either love it or hate it, let's see which it is!
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Post by 49thand8th on Oct 27, 2019 4:19:21 GMT
sorry, just tried to post the original twitter post Copy the URL of the tweet and paste it in here. The board software will automatically render it. |
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Post by shady23 on Oct 27, 2019 8:27:41 GMT
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Post by ellie256 on Oct 27, 2019 13:52:22 GMT
I hope we get some footage of Marcus singing soon! I’m not going until March but I’m super excited for this show.
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Post by ellie256 on Oct 28, 2019 20:17:20 GMT
I wonder if anyone on here has been lucky enough to be at the dress rehearsal tonight
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Post by HereForTheatre on Oct 28, 2019 20:26:01 GMT
I wonder if anyone on here has been lucky enough to be at the dress rehearsal tonight They are doing an open one then? I didn't know anything about it. |
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Post by ellie256 on Oct 28, 2019 20:38:29 GMT
I wonder if anyone on here has been lucky enough to be at the dress rehearsal tonight They are doing an open one then? I didn't know anything about it. I just saw a tweet from someone saying they were excited to be at tonight’s invited dress rehearsal |
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Post by amp09 on Oct 28, 2019 22:20:20 GMT
I can’t blooming wait. Going Thursday night 😆😆😆.
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Post by intoanewlife on Oct 28, 2019 23:29:20 GMT
I saw it in NYC a few years back, I enjoyed it but I don't think I need to see it again.
For anyone interested, there is a Robin Williams film from a few years ago called The Worlds Greatest Dad which had to have inspired this in some way, it is too similar otherwise.
IMO the film worked much better as it shared the blame of the whole situation with the morons who planted themselves into the drama and fed off it for their own glory just as much as the person who lied did.
That is sadly missing from DEH and for me it was probably the most interesting aspect of the story.
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Post by squidward on Oct 29, 2019 1:48:50 GMT
Saw it in NYC a couple of years back. It’s very slick, and was very moving to the teenagers around us, but we felt you could see the mechanics of it a bit too much on the stage. Everyone gets a song, and in the second half this becomes a bit draining as the songs (especially those of the parents) add very little. The lighting especially invoked the annoying Hamilton gig-theatre effect which unfortunately meant that there was a lot of walking around and then turning out front dramatically on nearly every song. It became funny after a while though. The songs are wonderful, but there was something that felt manipulative being sat there. It does and will work on the teens in the audience though as it gives many MANY opportunities to be emotional. But we couldn’t get past the feeling that it had all been engineered for a certain response. It works perfectly for the sort of inward looking “what about MY life and MY feelings” “does anyone care about ME?” mindset, which teenage years are all about. Less so adult ones. I’ll be going here though as I have two friends whom I know will love it, and not see those elements. But it fell into the good, not great category seeing it live. Which will save me £££ in the long term! I'll go in with an open mind but am expecting to find it very much as you describe. Classic American teenage angst! |
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Post by squidward on Oct 29, 2019 1:58:48 GMT
Saw it in NYC a couple of years back. It’s very slick, and was very moving to the teenagers around us, but we felt you could see the mechanics of it a bit too much on the stage. Everyone gets a song, and in the second half this becomes a bit draining as the songs (especially those of the parents) add very little. The lighting especially invoked the annoying Hamilton gig-theatre effect which unfortunately meant that there was a lot of walking around and then turning out front dramatically on nearly every song. It became funny after a while though. The songs are wonderful, but there was something that felt manipulative being sat there. It does and will work on the teens in the audience though as it gives many MANY opportunities to be emotional. But we couldn’t get past the feeling that it had all been engineered for a certain response. It works perfectly for the sort of inward looking “what about MY life and MY feelings” “does anyone care about ME?” mindset, which teenage years are all about. Less so adult ones. I’ll be going here though as I have two friends whom I know will love it, and not see those elements. But it fell into the good, not great category seeing it live. Which will save me £££ in the long term! I'll go in with an open mind but am expecting to find it very much as you describe. Classic American teenage angst! Thank goodness - I thought it was only me and my husband that felt like this about the show. You’ve absolutely nailed it with the description of ‘walking around and then turning out front dramatically 😏’. We were also stifling laughter as a result of this recurring directorial choice. When we saw it in NYC, we had the misfortune of seeing Noah Galvin as Evan,who turned the character into someone that just needed hitting over the head with a shovel. Impossible to empathise with in any way basically. We felt the score was good pop music, but nothing that’s very likely to endure. I do think the main audience demographic skews very young (which we’re not). It’ll be interesting to see what a British audience will make of it. |
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Post by amp09 on Oct 29, 2019 9:57:31 GMT
Digital Lottery announced: “As performances begin for the West End premiere of Dear Evan Hansen at the Noel Coward Theatre, producer Stacey Mindich announces a weekly digital lottery with the first draw taking place on Wednesday 13 November 2019. Patrons who are selected will be offered the option to purchase two tickets at £25 each. Full details for Dear Evan Hansen’s digital lottery can be found at delfontmackintosh.co.uk/DEHLottery or www.dearevanhansen.com/london” |
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Post by ABr on Oct 29, 2019 10:45:14 GMT
Digital Lottery announced: “As performances begin for the West End premiere of Dear Evan Hansen at the Noel Coward Theatre, producer Stacey Mindich announces a weekly digital lottery with the first draw taking place on Wednesday 13 November 2019. Patrons who are selected will be offered the option to purchase two tickets at £25 each. Full details for Dear Evan Hansen’s digital lottery can be found at delfontmackintosh.co.uk/DEHLottery or www.dearevanhansen.com/london”Also announced to have extended until May 2020! |
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Post by Rory on Oct 29, 2019 11:06:39 GMT
Why have they only extended for an extra 4 weeks? Seems short. 4th April extended to 2nd May.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2019 11:09:50 GMT
Why have they only extended for an extra 4 weeks? Seems short. 4th April extended to 2nd May. So I guess for Hamilton it kept demand up, and making the new tickets monthly (on your marks, set, go!) got people in a ticket buying frenzy. So I suppose they shift more this way.... |
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Post by Mark on Oct 29, 2019 11:10:35 GMT
Why have they only extended for an extra 4 weeks? Seems short. 4th April extended to 2nd May. A couple of other big shows so this - Hamilton, Book of Mormon. I guess it’s to keep perceived demand high. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2019 12:40:15 GMT
They have released a few extra £50 back of stalls seats for the next couple of weeks too.
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Post by theatre241 on Oct 29, 2019 13:17:20 GMT
Has anyone sat in the balcony at the noel coward? I have looked at seat plan but its hard to see what kind of angle your looking at it from when the curtain is down. They have released a few seats up there for £27 in the next few months
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Post by theatrelovely on Oct 29, 2019 13:29:26 GMT
I’m not too fussed bout this. Might see it if prices come down x
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Post by freckles on Oct 29, 2019 14:32:35 GMT
Has anyone sat in the balcony at the noel coward? I have looked at seat plan but its hard to see what kind of angle your looking at it from when the curtain is down. They have released a few seats up there for £27 in the next few months
It's not great, I sat there once and vowed never again. Lost a lot of the back of stage and it was uncomfortable.
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Post by ABr on Oct 29, 2019 15:32:56 GMT
Has anyone sat in the balcony at the noel coward? I have looked at seat plan but its hard to see what kind of angle your looking at it from when the curtain is down. They have released a few seats up there for £27 in the next few months We've sat on the back row of the Grand Circle, which is currently priced at £35, and had a fab clear view of the stage when we went to see The Inheritance! So I've just booked some tickets for up there! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2019 16:29:45 GMT
View from the back of the stalls is also good (currently £50) - sat there for The Inheritance. There's a good rake at the back of the stalls in the Noel Coward.
Given how this is selling I can't see discounts happening for a long while!
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Post by stuartmcd on Oct 29, 2019 16:32:19 GMT
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