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Post by Dawnstar on Feb 27, 2017 19:37:39 GMT
Feb 27, 2017 9:21:47 GMT londonmzfitz said:
Two other women in the front row cornered us on the way out - this was the woman with a full beaker of red wine that "Chris" walked into and spilt some of it down her arm, he mopped her up whilst saying "surely you don't need THAT much wine ..." One of them obviously didn't get it (alcohol didn't help), she liked Book of Mormon better, saying she thought that was really funny. I said, yes, but this is a very English thing, where as BOM is American. "BOM isn't American"! she said .. yeah, we left her and her pissed mate hanging off Henry Lewis in the foyer doing selfies ..
Why would someone want selfies with the cast if they even didn't like the show that much? Strange!
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Post by infofreako on Feb 27, 2017 19:54:45 GMT
Does seem very odd behaviour. I assume you enjoyed it in spite of the idiots.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2017 23:24:17 GMT
Glad you got your ticket mishap sorted, Dawnstar. I was at the matinee on Saturday; loved it as much as I did the first time!
Either my memory is really bad though, or various bits are new. For instance, was there always audience participation in the ledger scene?
I think there were a couple of moments where things did go a little bit wrong, too, which is always fun...
They were doing a charity collection afterwards and lovely Henry Shields was on my door, but as ever, my shyness got the better of me so I just ended up shoving my money in the bucket rather than wishing them all the best for Broadway. For a moment there, I did think: 'what would Ryan do?' But then I decided I didn't really want to get arrested. ;-)
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Post by Dawnstar on Feb 28, 2017 8:24:02 GMT
Either my memory is really bad though, or various bits are new. For instance, was there always audience participation in the ledger scene? That depends on the audience. There's always been the potential for it to happen but sometimes the audience call out & sometimes they don't. What else did you think was new? I only spotted 2 small changes this past week compared to how the show was running in January. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2017 21:06:55 GMT
It ran in my mind that Dave Hearn always missed the sofa at one point early on when he sat down, but that didn't happen this time.
And I didn't remember there being so much stuff going on after the set collapsed at the end; I thought the set was the very last thing to go.
But bear in mind I haven't seen the show since it first transferred to the Duchess, and my clearest memories of it are when they were performing in the tiny Trafalgar Studios...so it may well be my memory lying to me!
There was an irritating bloke at the back who kept shouting out. It was OK for the ledger scene because Shields ran with it and had a Peter Pan style 'this is not a pantomime' exchange with the audience. But the bloke did it again with the sound effect of the clock striking midnight and it totally ruined the joke. Combined with irritating loud laugh woman sitting quite close to me, it's fair to say I was contemplating committing another murder or two at Haversham Manor myself...
'Trevor' was looking for the dog in the ladies' at the matinee. Or rather getting women to squeeze the dog toy (not a euphemism) to call him, 'because I'm not allowed in here any more'. :-)
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Post by Dawnstar on Feb 28, 2017 21:22:33 GMT
It ran in my mind that Dave Hearn always missed the sofa at one point early on when he sat down, but that didn't happen this time. And I didn't remember there being so much stuff going on after the set collapsed at the end; I thought the set was the very last thing to go. But bear in mind I haven't seen the show since it first transferred to the Duchess, and my clearest memories of it are when they were performing in the tiny Trafalgar Studios...so it may well be my memory lying to me! There was an irritating bloke at the back who kept shouting out. It was OK for the ledger scene because Shields ran with it and had a Peter Pan style 'this is not a pantomime' exchange with the audience. But the bloke did it again with the sound effect of the clock striking midnight and it totally ruined the joke. Combined with irritating loud laugh woman sitting quite close to me, it's fair to say I was contemplating committing another murder or two at Haversham Manor myself... 'Trevor' was looking for the dog in the ladies' at the matinee. Or rather getting women to squeeze the dog toy (not a euphemism) to call him, 'because I'm not allowed in here any more'. :-) Oh yes, he did & I did notice that but that changed a while ago. In fact I can't rememeber if any Maxes other than him have done it. I rather envy you that. Having seen the 2 act version so many times I find it difficult to remember much about what it was like at Trafalgar Studios. Trevor nearly going into the Ladies, and in fact Trevor interval action full stop, is something that only Rob Falconer does. Subsequent Trevors haven't done anything in the interval. It was good to see it briefly back! Right at the start of the Lodon run there was more interval action - I remember seeing Henry L & Henry S arguing over whether Robert was allowed to come & get an interval ice cream! - but that went very early on. (If I'm boring pepole then someone tell me to shut up but I like the minutiae when I repeat-view shows!) |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2017 0:01:52 GMT
A lot of the interval dog-hunting seemed to be taking place in the dress circle and I was mid-stalls, so I didn't see much of what went on but I heard the laughter!
Another thing that struck me was when they are stretching to answer the telephone, Max hooks his foot around the receiver and, when I've seen him do it in the past, he always somehow managed to flick it up right into his hand. This time it went pretty wide and the lady who had gone up onstage for the pre-show segment gamely trooped up again and handed him the receiver. But this is just a 'whatever happens from night to night' occurrence, I'm guessing.
One of the props on the wall also seemed to roll much further than the cast expected - Henry S made a grab for it but too late. Nancy I think thought he wasn't going to grab it at all, so she lunged for it at the same time, and ended up skidding into his legs as the prop continued serenely on its way. Someone in the front row grabbed it. FOH went over and spoke to them shortly afterwards, so I guess they were just doing a quick health and safety check in case anyone broke a fingernail...
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Post by Dawnstar on Mar 2, 2017 20:42:38 GMT
Another thing that struck me was when they are stretching to answer the telephone, Max hooks his foot around the receiver and, when I've seen him do it in the past, he always somehow managed to flick it up right into his hand. This time it went pretty wide and the lady who had gone up onstage for the pre-show segment gamely trooped up again and handed him the receiver. But this is just a 'whatever happens from night to night' occurrence, I'm guessing. Yep, I've never seen that one before, though I have seen a dropped prop handed back at TCAABR. Watch this, people, it's brilliant! Cornley holds a Broadway press conference! (The first few minutes can be skipped but once it get's going it's great.) |
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Post by cheesy116 on Mar 7, 2017 22:51:32 GMT
What role is Jonathan in this ? I saw the tour tonight and he is played by a black man called Jason Callender but he certainly wasn't in the show I just saw. I can't work out from which of the understudies may have played this tonight, is it a character that can be cut or am I being extremely naive not remember a main characters name ?
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Post by danielwhit on Mar 7, 2017 22:59:45 GMT
What role is Jonathan in this ? I saw the tour tonight and he is played by a black man called Jason Callender but he certainly wasn't in the show I just saw. I can't work out from which of the understudies may have played this tonight, is it a character that can be cut or am I being extremely naive not remember a main characters name ? Easiest described as "corpse who isn't a corpse, and manages not to corpse despite causing the audience to corpse", I think. In English - Charles Haversham, who begins the play as the dead body on sofa. |
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Post by cheesy116 on Mar 7, 2017 23:09:22 GMT
What role is Jonathan in this ? I saw the tour tonight and he is played by a black man called Jason Callender but he certainly wasn't in the show I just saw. I can't work out from which of the understudies may have played this tonight, is it a character that can be cut or am I being extremely naive not remember a main characters name ? Easiest described as "corpse who isn't a corpse, and manages not to corpse despite causing the audience to corpse", I think. In English - Charles Haversham, who begins the play as the dead body on sofa. Lol thanks. It's probably confused me even more now, whys he called Jonathan in the programme ? James Watterson played Charles tonight and he is also the person who is in all the cast pictures in the programme ?? |
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Post by danielwhit on Mar 7, 2017 23:44:48 GMT
Easiest described as "corpse who isn't a corpse, and manages not to corpse despite causing the audience to corpse", I think. In English - Charles Haversham, who begins the play as the dead body on sofa. Lol thanks. It's probably confused me even more now, whys he called Jonathan in the programme ? James Watterson played Charles tonight and he is also the person who is in all the cast pictures in the programme ?? Because all the characters (as in the members of the drama sociery) play parts within the play they are staging. For example the character of Chris Bean plays Inspector Carter, Jonathan Harris plays Charles Haversham and so on. I can't help with who's who in the current cast, unfortunately. I'm sure others on here could  |
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Post by cheesy116 on Mar 7, 2017 23:59:44 GMT
Lol thanks. It's probably confused me even more now, whys he called Jonathan in the programme ? James Watterson played Charles tonight and he is also the person who is in all the cast pictures in the programme ?? Because all the characters (as in the members of the drama sociery) play parts within the play they are staging. For example the character of Chris Bean plays Inspector Carter, Jonathan Harris plays Charles Haversham and so on. I can't help with who's who in the current cast, unfortunately. I'm sure others on here could Ahhhh ok that's helped me understand it a lot now! I hadn't thought that the characters themselves were playing the characters, that went right over my head. It's very unusual that I saw his understudy tonight but it's the understudy who is in all the pictures in the programme, hopefully someone can help |
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Post by sophie92 on Mar 8, 2017 6:40:50 GMT
Ahhhh ok that's helped me understand it a lot now! I hadn't thought that the characters themselves were playing the characters, that went right over my head. It's very unusual that I saw his understudy tonight but it's the understudy who is in all the pictures in the programme, hopefully someone can help I think I'm correct in saying that Jason Callender was injured right at the very beginning of the tour and missed a few shows, so I would assume he's not in the photos because he wasn't able to be there when they taken. |
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Post by cheesy116 on Mar 8, 2017 13:42:18 GMT
Ahhhh ok that's helped me understand it a lot now! I hadn't thought that the characters themselves were playing the characters, that went right over my head. It's very unusual that I saw his understudy tonight but it's the understudy who is in all the pictures in the programme, hopefully someone can help I think I'm correct in saying that Jason Callender was injured right at the very beginning of the tour and missed a few shows, so I would assume he's not in the photos because he wasn't able to be there when they taken. Thanks Sophie that make sense. He was great so no complaints from me! I loved this show a lot, it wasn't as completely on the floor rolling about laughing stuff as some people make it out to be but my sides were still splitting for the majority. Some of the mishaps were hilarious and some of them I didn't expect, especially the one with the balcony/'2nd floor'. 4.5/5 for sure. I expected the running joke with the missing dog to have more of an influence with jokes later on, I felt as if it was building upto something |
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Post by Dawnstar on Mar 9, 2017 17:07:13 GMT
I expected the running joke with the missing dog to have more of an influence with jokes later on, I felt as if it was building upto something It builds up to Max-as-Arthur-the-gardener's entrance with an unoccupied dog lead & his subsequent attempts to get round the lack of dog in that scene. Were you expectiong something more? On the original tour they had a dog (a different one at each venue I believe) come on for the curtain call but that got cut for the West End. First Broadway preview tonight. I hope it goes well/badly (depending on point of view!) for them! Moderators, do we need to have a Broadway thread or can any comments continue on here, given it's the same cast as London? |
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Post by londonmzfitz on Mar 9, 2017 17:28:20 GMT
*Hands up for keeping it here*
Watching the cast twitter feed, sounds like the dress rehearsal (in front of School of Rock and Cats Broadway casts) went brilliantly. Broken legs to them all xxxxxxxxxx
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Post by cheesy116 on Mar 9, 2017 18:22:13 GMT
I expected the running joke with the missing dog to have more of an influence with jokes later on, I felt as if it was building upto something It builds up to Max-as-Arthur-the-gardener's entrance with an unoccupied dog lead & his subsequent attempts to get round the lack of dog in that scene. Were you expectiong something more? On the original tour they had a dog (a different one at each venue I believe) come on for the curtain call but that got cut for the West End. First Broadway preview tonight. I hope it goes well/badly (depending on point of view!) for them! Moderators, do we need to have a Broadway thread or can any comments continue on here, given it's the same cast as London? I remember that whole scene but I still felt as if at some point a dog would appear or something more would happen afterwards as I had heard off someone else there's a dog in it so it must have been the dog at the curtain call that they saw. |
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Post by Dawnstar on Mar 9, 2017 19:03:55 GMT
I remember that whole scene but I still felt as if at some point a dog would appear or something more would happen afterwards as I had heard off someone else there's a dog in it so it must have been the dog at the curtain call that they saw. As far as I know, and I did actually have a conversation about it with Rob Falconer the other week, the first tour was the only time a dog has appeared. That is in the UK, no idea what the various overseas productions do. Talking of overseas productions, my aunt, currently holidaying in Australia, saw the Australian TPTGW production in Melbourne the night before last & very much enjoyed it. Having taken her to see TCAABR at Christmas, I'm pleased to see that my Mischief Theatre prosetheltising is working! |
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Post by londonmzfitz on Mar 17, 2017 17:30:44 GMT
Oh Lordy!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2017 17:31:38 GMT
Why are these guys not in EVERYTHING?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2017 17:32:41 GMT
SNAP! Great minds Fitzy!  |
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Post by londonmzfitz on Mar 17, 2017 17:37:43 GMT
Aw Jeez Ryan! Lets see who gets more likes. I will give chocolate buttons to anyone who likes my post!
Killian Donnelly tweeted a snippet earlier too.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2017 17:41:30 GMT
Aw Jeez Ryan! Lets see who gets more likes. I will give chocolate buttons to anyone who likes my post! Killian Donnelly tweeted a snippet earlier too. And I'm willing to go with chocolate buttons AND some under the table action. I have no shame. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2017 18:22:57 GMT
There's this one too. JJ Abrams is a really great sport with all the promo for this show. Your name's Judy Judy Abrams??
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