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Post by stevej678 on Aug 17, 2019 19:07:53 GMT
Performances from 28th November until 21st December.
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Post by AddisonMizner on Aug 17, 2019 19:11:44 GMT
Ooo, exciting! A Lloyd Webber I don’t know very much about. Count me in! Where did you get the info from? There is nothing on the website. Are tickets on sale yet?
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Post by stevej678 on Aug 17, 2019 19:15:52 GMT
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Post by AddisonMizner on Aug 17, 2019 19:18:31 GMT
Thank you.
Is it definitely the Lloyd Webber?
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Post by stevej678 on Aug 17, 2019 19:34:51 GMT
Thank you. Is it definitely the Lloyd Webber? Could well be a revival of the Union's 2015 production which was Labey/Taylor, not Lloyd Webber, though no confirmation either way on the ticket page. |
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Post by steve10086 on Aug 17, 2019 19:38:28 GMT
Thank you. Is it definitely the Lloyd Webber? Could well be a revival of the Union's 2015 production which was Labey/Taylor, not Lloyd Webber, though no confirmation either way on the ticket page. Wouldn’t risk booking until this is clarified. I’d put money on it being the non-ALW version considering, as you say, they’ve done that there before. |
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Post by AddisonMizner on Aug 17, 2019 20:25:10 GMT
I’ll wait an see. Really want it to be the Webber, as never seen it.
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Post by Phantom of London on Aug 17, 2019 22:19:27 GMT
They did Whistle Down the Wind a couple years back, back as others have said it was the Richard Taylor version, I would wait until you book s this one is awful.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Aug 18, 2019 8:22:41 GMT
I found the ALW version to be terrible. Gale Edwards and Hal Prince couldn't make it work.
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Post by anita on Aug 18, 2019 9:42:09 GMT
I'm only interested if it's the ALW version - love it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2019 10:16:48 GMT
Oh God - am in two minds. Love the ALW show but am desperate for a decent big budget West End production so I can get the dreadful Kenwright tour out of my mind.
That said I would like to see it again....
Not a massive fan of the Sauna/Union though. And am also of an age where I am over unallocated seating. So think overall might be relieved if it's not the ALW version so I won't have to go.
But anyway, West End revivals of Whistle and also The Beautiful Game (never gonna happen sadly) would be high on my wish list.
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Post by AddisonMizner on Aug 18, 2019 10:31:36 GMT
Oh God - am in two minds. Love the ALW show but am desperate for a decent big budget West End production so I can get the dreadful Kenwright tour out of my mind. That said I would like to see it again.... Not a massive fan of the Sauna/Union though. And am also of an age where I am over unallocated seating. So think overall might be relieved if it's not the ALW version so I won't have to go. But anyway, West End revivals of Whistle and also The Beautiful Game (never gonna happen sadly) would be high on my wish list. One of my regrets is not seeing THE BEAUTIFUL GAME at the Union a couple of years ago. |
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Post by intoanewlife on Aug 18, 2019 13:54:16 GMT
I would love to see ALW's Whistle again so here's hoping, even though The Union is an absolute horror show.
This and Beautiful Game are the only 2 Webber musicals I can actually stomach.
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Post by tommy on Aug 18, 2019 16:03:57 GMT
Hasn't The Beautiful Game been revived last year (The Other Palace)? Only know the (beautiful) music.
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Post by intoanewlife on Aug 18, 2019 17:45:29 GMT
Hasn't The Beautiful Game been revived last year (The Other Palace)? Only know the (beautiful) music. I know it was on somewhere recently, but I juuuust missed it  |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Aug 18, 2019 17:58:53 GMT
NYMT did it at The Other Palace last summer (Beautiful Game, I mean)
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Post by chernjam on Aug 19, 2019 3:31:18 GMT
I wonder if ALW will give Whistle "The Other Palace" treatment. Get Jim Steinman in town, do some re-work and do a proper revival. The score really is one of his most under-appreciated ones and I think it's a fascinating story. It's hard to pull off - as it all hangs on that one moment when "the Man" says "Jesus Christ" - it has to be said in a way that's sarcastic but not too much - and the kids, especially Swallow have to be naïve but not too childish (or the whole swallow/Man relationship gets really disgusting). It's a tight rope. But the score is so good, it's worth another go. And the London production I believe made it's investment back.
Interesting - I remember reading an interview with ALW that he looks back and wishes he had continued with the Hal Prince version. Wished that he and Hal talked about it when they had their interview at the other palace
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Post by steve10086 on Aug 19, 2019 5:08:54 GMT
Unfortunately, I doubt Jim Steinman will ever come to London again. He’s too ill, and couldn’t even make it over for Bat Out Of Hell.
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Post by Oleanna on Aug 19, 2019 7:00:09 GMT
I think the ALW version would be a wonderful candidate for a limited summer run at the Coli, with the right cast.
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Post by richey on Aug 19, 2019 19:14:23 GMT
I think the ALW version would be a wonderful candidate for a limited summer run at the Coli, with the right cast. I could see it working in the Open Air theatre too. Would be good to see a revival of it as I loved the original |
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Post by intoanewlife on Aug 19, 2019 21:02:18 GMT
Didn't Whistle have a pretty big revival a few years ago just before Harry Potter moved in?
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Post by intoanewlife on Aug 19, 2019 21:02:49 GMT
I think the ALW version would be a wonderful candidate for a limited summer run at the Coli, with the right cast. I loved the original Me too, I literally bawled the whole way through it lol |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2019 21:30:22 GMT
Didn't Whistle have a pretty big revival a few years ago just before Harry Potter moved in? That was the Kenwright tour that came into town for a few weeks. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2019 21:30:44 GMT
Didn't Whistle have a pretty big revival a few years ago just before Harry Potter moved in? Much longer ago! The Kenwright tour went in as a filler. Edit - was between Woman in White and Spamalot according to Wiki! |
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Post by intoanewlife on Aug 19, 2019 21:55:45 GMT
Whoops didn't realise it was that long ago.
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