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Post by robertb213 on Dec 12, 2019 14:03:33 GMT
There are some great songs in the film soundtrack (Wild Women Do, King Of Wishful Thinking, It Must Have Been Love), it's a shame they couldn't be worked in as well somehow.
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Post by alece10 on Dec 12, 2019 14:12:08 GMT
I was listening to the cast recording on my way to work today and quite like the music.
They will just have to make it clear it's new songs not music from the film. Same applies to Sister Act when that opened and people expecting the songs from the film.
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Post by robertb213 on Dec 12, 2019 15:10:49 GMT
To be fair I suspect people will only be expecting the title song anyway 😀
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2019 15:30:53 GMT
I think the main problem this show has is that it is an entirely new score that doesn't feature any music from the film soundtrack which was massive at the time. I don't even think it had Pretty Woman in it on Broadway until a couple of months after it opened. I think the general public probably thinks it is a jukebox musical and it'll have an initial rush of ticket sales because of that. Then once it opens and word of mouth hits, it'll die just as fast as it did on Broadway. This is where Sister Act is going (though it's gonna be a sell out limited season so will be too late). Literally all the people I know who have bought tickets are a) not usual musical go-ers and b) think is gonna be the film (and it's songs) live on stage. They have no idea it's the Menken musical! Back to Pretty Woman - not seen the film for years but the only song I remember is Pretty Woman itself. I think the Bryan Adams score, whilst not life changing, serves the show well. In a move that's probably never happened in the history of the world for a direct transfer of the same production (someone tell me I am wrong!) am hoping for a more elaborate set than they had on Broadway though - and am looking fwd to seeing it, though gonna try and hold out for a deal. 85 top price non premium is too much. |
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Post by Mark on Jan 4, 2020 12:17:13 GMT
Looks like Rachael Wooding will be Kit -
Great choice!
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Post by Theatre Fan on Jan 6, 2020 14:07:29 GMT
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Post by latefortheoverture on Jan 6, 2020 17:31:25 GMT
Glad to see Rachael Wooding back in the West End, she's amazing!
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Post by lynette on Jan 7, 2020 20:15:27 GMT
Don’t have a go at me but unless there is some serious rewriting here, isn’t the message somewhat old hat and a teeny bit non pc these days? I love the film but am aware that being a call girl and getting lucky with a rich guy isn’t recommended these days as a career for our daughters.
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Post by intoanewlife on Jan 7, 2020 20:47:10 GMT
Don’t have a go at me but unless there is some serious rewriting here, isn’t the message somewhat old hat and a teeny bit non pc these days? I love the film but am aware that being a call girl and getting lucky with a rich guy isn’t recommended these days as a career for our daughters. Was it ever lol |
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Post by stevej678 on Jan 10, 2020 20:09:28 GMT
Just spotted there's a cheeky Friday matinee on 6th March. Seems to have been added in the absence of a Monday evening performance that week.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2020 1:48:31 GMT
I think the main problem this show has is that it is an entirely new score that doesn't feature any music from the film soundtrack which was massive at the time. I don't even think it had Pretty Woman in it on Broadway until a couple of months after it opened. I think the general public probably thinks it is a jukebox musical and it'll have an initial rush of ticket sales because of that. Then once it opens and word of mouth hits, it'll die just as fast as it did on Broadway. I never understood why some of the original soundtrack songs could not have been licensed. I can understand that the Roy Orbison estate might be strict on marketing but that is one of the top 10 most successful songs ever. The songs by Go West and Natalie Cole I would think could have been acquired fairly easily. It Must Have Been Love would have been a natural fit but with Roxette's lead singer sadly dying recently, plans for their back catalogue could be up in the air. |
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Post by edi on Jan 11, 2020 9:33:11 GMT
Don’t have a go at me but unless there is some serious rewriting here, isn’t the message somewhat old hat and a teeny bit non pc these days? I love the film but am aware that being a call girl and getting lucky with a rich guy isn’t recommended these days as a career for our daughters. The message has never been PC and that's why I never understood why so many people (mostly women) used to love the movie. I even heard at the time that it was some kind of a feminist movie. Personally I couldn't stand the movie for this very reason |
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Post by danb on Jan 11, 2020 10:15:51 GMT
Don’t have a go at me but unless there is some serious rewriting here, isn’t the message somewhat old hat and a teeny bit non pc these days? I love the film but am aware that being a call girl and getting lucky with a rich guy isn’t recommended these days as a career for our daughters. The message has never been PC and that's why I never understood why so many people (mostly women) used to love the movie. I even heard at the time that it was some kind of a feminist movie. Personally I couldn't stand the movie for this very reason The original movie script was called ‘3000’ ;a lot darker and grimier, (Viv's fee was a lot less money, there was no fairytale ending and Kit died of a drug o/d) so initially it was a cautionary tale, but it got fluffed and polished into something totally the opposite but which captured the mood of the times. It was Disney at the end of the day. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2020 10:54:38 GMT
I think the main problem this show has is that it is an entirely new score that doesn't feature any music from the film soundtrack which was massive at the time. I don't even think it had Pretty Woman in it on Broadway until a couple of months after it opened. I think the general public probably thinks it is a jukebox musical and it'll have an initial rush of ticket sales because of that. Then once it opens and word of mouth hits, it'll die just as fast as it did on Broadway. I never understood why some of the original soundtrack songs could not have been licensed. I can understand that the Roy Orbison estate might be strict on marketing but that is one of the top 10 most successful songs ever. The songs by Go West and Natalie Cole I would think could have been acquired fairly easily. It Must Have Been Love would have been a natural fit but with Roxette's lead singer sadly dying recently, plans for their back catalogue could be up in the air. Surely it was a creative decision rather than a legal/financial one regarding rights. While some of the lyrics in the musical are contrived, and the music is quite samey (Edward's songs), I like that they've gone for an original score for this. If any musical were to use music from the original film it should have been Sister Act. IMO. |
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Post by alece10 on Jan 11, 2020 11:36:52 GMT
I think a lot of people will be going to see this expecting to hear the music from the film.
It was the same with Sister Act although, in my opinion, the music for Sister Act the musical was better than the songs in the film. But I do like a bit of Alan Menken.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2020 12:05:54 GMT
I think a lot of people will be going to see this expecting to hear the music from the film. It was the same with Sister Act But I think that's because the songs in Sister Act are part of the story. The characters perform them in the film, and the film itself was classed as a musical comedy. So I can understand people expecting to hear the same songs in a stage version. |
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Post by danb on Jan 11, 2020 12:10:09 GMT
Sister Act was just a light comedy film about a choir with a couple of songs in it; not a musical comedy.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2020 12:43:56 GMT
I would disagree (and for what it's worth, so does Wikipedia - not that that's infallible). There are certainly more than a couple of songs in the film.
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Post by danb on Jan 11, 2020 13:22:33 GMT
There are only four songs ‘performed’ in the film is where I’m coming from. The rest are just soundtracking.
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Post by dontdreamit on Feb 10, 2020 21:30:45 GMT
Front Row now on sale for ATG members. I had a look for the second preview- £175 each. Am wondering if I had the right glasses on for a moment!
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Post by longinthetooth on Feb 10, 2020 22:14:18 GMT
Front Row now on sale for ATG members. I had a look for the second preview- £175 each. Am wondering if I had the right glasses on for a moment! I had a look at the prices for the date I'm going in April. They seem to have shot up, as the seat I have is almost double the price now! |
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Post by latefortheoverture on Feb 13, 2020 10:12:07 GMT
Someone’s posted a pic of the stage after curtain call, presumably at the dress rehearsal and the stage looks drastically different...
The palm trees are still there, but instead of a big coloured cloth at the back, it’s all black. With red light bars, like the bodyguard’s set. I imagine, from the looks of them, they are what’s in the bodyguard. Sliding panels that can make the stage smaller etc. Looks slightly worse than the naked broadway set....
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2020 17:31:00 GMT
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 13, 2020 17:46:41 GMT
Looks like the entrance to a bingo club.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Feb 13, 2020 19:44:04 GMT
The set on Broadway was downright ugly and cheap so I fully expect this to be an even worse touring version of it, as it will be touring after the London run.
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