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Post by CG on the loose on Feb 15, 2020 0:41:02 GMT
42nd Street, Singin’ in the Rain at the Palace, Memphis, High Society at the Old Vic, Sunset Boulevard at the Comedy, and *whispers* Time at the Dominion. And many more that my brain is too addled to bring to mind.
Working in London 3 days a week - West End theatre trips have to be carefully planned now and cost a LOT more.
Ticket prices from 30+ years ago when I first moved to London.
The sense of occasion that a trip to the theatre provoked when I only went a handful of times a year (but I wouldn’t trade that for the amount of theatre I see these days)
The energy I had when this passion for theatre first bloomed.
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Post by musicallady on Feb 15, 2020 7:20:15 GMT
The original Bill Kenwright touring version of Joseph. Yes it was tacky and cheap but it had something about it the new revamped version can never have. Many happy days spent travelling all over the country to see it. Happy days.
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Post by horton on Feb 15, 2020 9:32:55 GMT
Another vote for the original production of Starlight Express, it was the first show I saw on my first trip to London and still holds a special place in my heart. Billy Elliot (I think I didn't enjoy Hamilton cause I blame it for Billy closing, even though that's irrational) Blood Brothers with Stephanie Lawrence (damn, I miss Stephanie Lawrence) Miss Saigon at Drury Lane Les Mis at the Palace The Bodyguard with Beverly Knight Witches of Eastwick at Drury Lane Pajama Game at the Shaftesbury Dress Circle But Billy Elliot is coming back at least |
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Post by londonmzfitz on Feb 15, 2020 13:23:34 GMT
......... Ryan .......... Sigh.
Also Groundhog Day. Was talking to a lady last night about it, she loved it too.
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Post by Dawnstar on Feb 15, 2020 15:05:41 GMT
Interpreted "miss" in the title of this thread as something that became part of your life - i.e. long runners! I think something can become part of your life even if it didn't run for that long. The show I most miss is Zorro. It ran for less than a year but in that time I saw it 22 times so it was part of my life at that time. It closed nearly 11 years ago but I still miss it painfully sometimes. I'm so nervous in case I get ill or the trains are screwed next Sunday & I can't get to Cadogan Hall for the concert performance (though it won't be the same without the staging).
The other West End shows I miss are Top Hat, Crazy For You (Regent's Park production) & Lend Me A Tenor. More generally, I miss the time prior to the last few years where seats were cheap enough that I could go & see any new musical to see what it was like, & when most of the musicals that opened appealed to me. In the last few years seat prices have gone up so much that I have to really want to see something & few of the musicals that have opened in the last 3-4 years have appealed to me. A combination of these two factors has meant I've seen comparitively few WE musicals recently. (I'm still going to a lot of theatre but not WE musicals.)
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Post by whoknows on Feb 15, 2020 17:57:13 GMT
Memphis & In The Heights are at the top of my list, together with the production of JCS at the Open Air Theatre and Once with the original cast.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2020 22:07:36 GMT
Wish I'd seen Company a second time. Doubt I'll ever see Patti Lu Pone again. This is why I made myself go a second time. I saw it fairly early on and it was just perfect, to the point I decided a second viewing couldn’t match it. Some shows stay with you for whatever reason and this stuck with me... and I talked myself into going again and it didn’t disappoint. I’ve seen Patti do solo shows, but to see her in a musical was a big thrill and I doubt she’ll do another after this. But the entire cast is one of the strongest I’ve ever seen and every role was perfectly cast. I wish it would come back or we’d get a DVD somehow, but I’d settle for a concert version in a few years reuniting the London cast. |
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Post by jakobo on Feb 16, 2020 13:05:15 GMT
How did they manage to do that? Did they use pouches? Yes. www.overyondr.com/howitworks. As entry was by ticket on your phone, staff walked the line outside. You showed them the ticket on your phone and they wrote your seat number on a nifty souvenir card. An usher scanned your phone ticket at the door, then another usher asked you to turn off / airline mode your phone and put it into a pouch then handed it back to you. At the end, ushers stood at the door with magnetic unlockers. You took the phone out of the pouch and dropped it into a container. Sounds quite smooth. I wish it was introduced everywhere, and especially in cinemas where the behavior is truly horrible nowadays. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2020 13:37:21 GMT
The Grinning Man. I came to it too late in the day, so didn’t have the chance revisit it. The cast recording still gives me chills. That and the production of Rent that began life at the Other Palace. Sublime.
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Post by frontrowcentre on Feb 16, 2020 17:21:45 GMT
But Billy Elliot is coming back at least ...is it?!! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2020 20:40:42 GMT
JCS at the Barbican and Company.
Two things I doubt I would have seen once without this board, and because of this board I saw both of them three times.
I’d give a kidney to see either again.
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Post by impossibleprincess73 on Feb 16, 2020 23:52:37 GMT
JCS at the Barbican and Company. Two things I doubt I would have seen once without this board, and because of this board I saw both of them three times. I’d give a kidney to see either again. I second that. I wouldn't have seen JCS at the Barbican without the amazing word of mouth from this board. It was simply stunning, so I thank you all for that. |
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Post by horton on Feb 17, 2020 11:48:01 GMT
But Billy Elliot is coming back at least ...is it?!! It is. |
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Post by intoanewlife on Feb 17, 2020 18:38:22 GMT
I wish it was introduced everywhere, and especially in cinemas where the behavior is truly horrible nowadays. Me too. I don't got to the cinema any more because of that. Not paying the price of a theatre ticket to hear someone eating. The last movie I saw at the cinema was Dark Knight Rises in 2012 in which I had to endure a crazy man wandering around the theatre talking to himself which appeared to be what he did day in day out in each theatre in the complex. The time before that we got yelled at by a demented ballerina and her dance troupe at Black Swan because we were apparently sitting in their seats (we had no idea it was even assigned seating) who then proceeded to get up and leave very noisily halfway through the film. I brought a projector and screen and now either get sample discs from industry mates months in advance (working at HMV for 20 years still has its perks) or just wait 6 months until the bluray is on sale for a fiver. No annoying people, better picture and sound quality and 3D movies are a million times better at home than in the cinema where the projector is calibrated by a 16 year old who doesn't know what they are doing. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 17, 2020 18:43:44 GMT
I wish it was introduced everywhere, and especially in cinemas where the behavior is truly horrible nowadays. Me too. I don't got to the cinema any more because of that. Not paying the price of a theatre ticket to hear someone eating. I’ve taken to going after work. 5 to 6 pm is dead. You can always get a seat and even if someone has decided to bring their tea with them you can move away. Works on Saturdays too. Go at mealtimes. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 17, 2020 18:44:08 GMT
Tea = dinner.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2020 5:10:07 GMT
Other people are the reason I often go to the cinema for the first showing on a Sunday morning a couple of weeks after a film has opened. There's hardly anyone there.
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Post by jakobo on Feb 18, 2020 12:32:54 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2020 20:30:30 GMT
Elaine Stritch at Liberty (Old Vic ). That broad knew how to work an audience.
Glad it is available on DVD.
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Post by alece10 on Feb 18, 2020 20:56:15 GMT
Elaine Stritch at Liberty (Old Vic ). That broad knew how to work an audience. Glad it is available on DVD. I forgot about that. It was amazing. O. Sire she was on the stage for about 3 hours the night I went |
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