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Post by Being Alive on Mar 16, 2022 16:47:57 GMT
I got in for £35
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Post by alece10 on Mar 16, 2022 17:01:08 GMT
I'm away then so won't be able to go which is a shame as I really enjoyed seeing the show at Drury Lane.
Mind you I don't remember too much apart from the flying and a song about washing.
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Post by danb on Mar 16, 2022 17:10:36 GMT
Yes! ‘Dirty Laundry’ is the only song that has stayed the course for me.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Mar 16, 2022 20:08:08 GMT
Giles Tererra is SO wrong for this.
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Post by theoracle on Mar 16, 2022 22:11:04 GMT
Well, Cameron Mackintosh has managed to make his way into my savings... Can't believe this is being announced day after Sondheim's Old Friends. Nevertheless, I'm very excited to see this and to hear this score live and what a treat to have it take place a few days after my birthday. I would've loved to have seen Joanna Riding but alas, I was too young for this - hopefully Maria Friedman will bring back some original cast members for an encore or something.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Mar 17, 2022 7:01:47 GMT
Well, Cameron Mackintosh has managed to make his way into my savings... Can't believe this is being announced day after Sondheim's Old Friends. Nevertheless, I'm very excited to see this and to hear this score live and what a treat to have it take place a few days after my birthday. I would've loved to have seen Joanna Riding but alas, I was too young for this - hopefully Maria Friedman will bring back some original cast members for an encore or something. Joanna Riding was a revelation in this, and I’m not just talking about her abs. I feel the show was massively underrated but sadly opening it at Drury Lane sunk it. It just wasn’t a big enough show to fill that theatre. It was a much tighter show at the Prince of Wales but sadly as they rushed it in there, it looked cheap as chips. |
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Post by Peter on Mar 17, 2022 9:53:54 GMT
Well, Cameron Mackintosh has managed to make his way into my savings... Can't believe this is being announced day after Sondheim's Old Friends. Nevertheless, I'm very excited to see this and to hear this score live and what a treat to have it take place a few days after my birthday. I would've loved to have seen Joanna Riding but alas, I was too young for this - hopefully Maria Friedman will bring back some original cast members for an encore or something. Joanna Riding was a revelation in this, and I’m not just talking about her abs. I feel the show was massively underrated but sadly opening it at Drury Lane sunk it. It just wasn’t a big enough show to fill that theatre. It was a much tighter show at the Prince of Wales but sadly as they rushed it in there, it looked cheap as chips. I remember there was a rumour at the time (probably apocryphal!) that it was penciled in for the Prince Edward but the 'filler show' that took the theatre in 1999 did slightly better than expected and so Witches moved to Drury Lane! |
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Post by partytentdown on Mar 17, 2022 10:09:44 GMT
V short queue for tickets. Prices seem quite extravagant but hey-ho.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Mar 17, 2022 17:28:53 GMT
Id have thought this would be ripe for a regional full revival. I've always expected Curve to do it but nothing seems doing.
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Post by theoracle on Mar 17, 2022 18:28:23 GMT
Indeed, demand was lower than anticipated. No £1k tickets here but plenty of tickets still available compared to the Sondheim show. I was no41 in the queue when I logged in at 10:02am and bagged a nice premium seat in the stalls. I was also in a meeting at the time and pretending to be typing notes whilst I entered my card details haha.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2022 19:56:32 GMT
The trouble for me is that these concerts are always midweek. Never going to happen for me.
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Post by matty on Mar 17, 2022 20:04:20 GMT
Had this on my list for ages, so glad ill get to see it, even if it is just in concert.
Any sense of whether this will be more like Bonnie & Clyde in Concert or more like Camelot in Concert?
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Post by theatremiss on Mar 17, 2022 20:28:32 GMT
Got a couple of seats in the DC. I hope they cast better than Terrera for the female leads
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Post by actorsinger on Mar 17, 2022 21:34:32 GMT
I hope they’ve got someone on standby for him as he seems to pull out of most jobs…
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Post by lilyshepard on Mar 18, 2022 12:19:08 GMT
Anyone know how old the three are meant to be. Heard rumours about Carrie Hope Fletcher but thought she might be a bit young?
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Post by horton on Mar 18, 2022 12:33:13 GMT
Joanna Riding was a revelation in this, and I’m not just talking about her abs. I feel the show was massively underrated but sadly opening it at Drury Lane sunk it. It just wasn’t a big enough show to fill that theatre. It was a much tighter show at the Prince of Wales but sadly as they rushed it in there, it looked cheap as chips. I remember there was a rumour at the time (probably apocryphal!) that it was penciled in for the Prince Edward but the 'filler show' that took the theatre in 1999 did slightly better than expected and so Witches moved to Drury Lane! I believe this was true. |
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Post by horton on Mar 18, 2022 12:34:09 GMT
But Michael Crawford was the original star until... creative differences.
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Post by Peter on Mar 18, 2022 19:44:19 GMT
Anyone know how old the three are meant to be. Heard rumours about Carrie Hope Fletcher but thought she might be a bit young? Possibly for Jennifer? I would say the Witches need to be (and look) much older - mid 30s and upwards. Very curious to see who they get! But Michael Crawford was the original star until... creative differences. I remember that - think it was reported on Playbill Online at the time, but obviously changed before the formal casting announcement. From the rumours of the level of creative control he subsequently got on Dance of the Vampires, I can’t imagine Cameron would have allowed it… |
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Post by Being Alive on Mar 18, 2022 20:43:42 GMT
Genuinely can't think of anything id like to see less really than Carrie doing Waiting for the Music to Begin.
Would honestly love to have Jo Riding, Josefina Gabrielle and Rebecca Thornhill all come back and play the roles 20 years on
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Post by ThereWillBeSun on Mar 19, 2022 14:21:12 GMT
I did the show almost 10 years ago so for me, it is a very personal connection. I have booked and really looking forward to this!
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Post by macksennett on Mar 19, 2022 16:56:17 GMT
Genuinely can't think of anything id like to see less really than Carrie doing Waiting for the Music to Begin. Would honestly love to have Jo Riding, Josefina Gabrielle and Rebecca Thornhill all come back and play the roles 20 years on I loved Rebecca Thornhill in WoE - she’s always a standout in everything she does. Would love to see her Sukie again (with Loose Ends reinstated). |
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Post by theoracle on Mar 19, 2022 22:25:10 GMT
Oh I think a special encore with original cast members will definitely happen. As for who the witches this time around will be, I think they will be "names". Cynthia Erivo, Aimie Atkinson and Alice Fearn could be contenders?
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Post by partytentdown on Mar 19, 2022 23:21:43 GMT
Am I right in thinking some of the original witches may not be delighted by the prospect of Ms Friedman directing them?...
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Post by Being Alive on Mar 19, 2022 23:25:28 GMT
Someone from Six will be in there because they need to sell tickets
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Post by Peter on Mar 20, 2022 12:44:45 GMT
I don’t think they would get Lucie Arnaz over, and doubt Ian McShane would wish to revisit the show. No idea about the nature of any alleged disagreements from 21 years ago, but would love to see Jo Riding there in some capacity - ditto Rosie Ashe, Stephen Tate etc…
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