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Post by showbizkid on May 10, 2017 15:15:31 GMT
Any news on London yet?
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Post by ali973 on May 10, 2017 15:19:35 GMT
I'd wait until after the Tony Awards. I bet all their resources and focus is on the awards season in the US.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2017 15:39:39 GMT
To be honest, it is such a strong season on Broadway, I am not expecting much (if anything!) for Groundhog sadly. It's best chance is Andy Karl, which I have a very strange feeling is gonna happen. He got stellar reviews, a lot of press about his injury and carrying on, I just have a strange feeling he is gonna win. But other than that it won't win Musical. It won't win Book or Score sadly either. Director, again is a tough category. Set is a lock for Comet. I could see a chance at Choreography, but its a tight race.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2017 15:43:12 GMT
To be honest, it is such a strong season on Broadway, I am not expecting much (if anything!) for Groundhog sadly. It's best chance is Andy Karl, which I have a very strange feeling is gonna happen. He got stellar reviews, a lot of press about his injury and carrying on, I just have a strange feeling he is gonna win. But other than that it won't win Musical. It won't win Book or Score sadly either. Director, again is a tough category. Set is a lock for Comet. I could see a chance at Choreography, but its a tight race. I think Groundhog's only chance is Andy Karl. Director and choreography will go to Comet. They released this profile of Ben Platt today in the New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2017/05/10/theater/how-ben-platt-beame-the-toast-of-broadway-dear-evan-hansen-tony-awards.htmlIt's VERY sympathetic and 'look at how hard he's working at such a young age' etc. I could see this either working in Ben's favour or against it. I suspect some voters will eat it all up and others will think 'well Andy Karl has an injury and is just getting on with it'. Very interesting.
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Post by ali973 on May 10, 2017 16:09:55 GMT
Just how long IS this article? I like Ben, I thought he was terrific, and I think the show is great. I also follow the show on Facebook, and watch or read most of what they post. I also saw the Theatre Talk episode with Ben and his cast mates. But this article was way too long and overly indulgent. If I lost interest by the 5th scroll down the screen, I can' imagine who this is targeted to but a loyal fan base? Yes, he's remarkable and truly young for a bit show like this, but casting that aside, the same article could have been written about Alice Riley in Next to Normal. If he's too young for a role this big, then surely Glenn Close also deserves this kind of accolade for being 70 and playing a role like THAT.
I don't know..the show's PR people are obviously doing well and chugging out a lot, but this seems to be slightly over campaigning for him.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2017 11:21:31 GMT
One of my colleagues was just playing this (clearly working heard) Bradley Walsh having an utter meltdown over "Gobblers Nob"
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Post by ali973 on May 12, 2017 12:24:49 GMT
I don't get it.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2017 12:28:19 GMT
I think he's amused because it sounds faintly rude...
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Post by theatremadness on May 12, 2017 12:57:26 GMT
To gobble is to eat something hurriedly and noisily, therefore one can be a "gobbler". And knob is a British slang term for penis. I've always found it vaguely funny and now we all know the level at which my humour starts!
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Post by ali973 on May 12, 2017 12:59:36 GMT
Oh.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2017 13:07:07 GMT
To gobble is to eat something hurriedly and noisily, therefore one can be a "gobbler". And knob is a British slang term for penis. I've always found it vaguely funny and now we all know the level at which my humour starts! Indeed. I don't find it Bradley Walsh level hilarious but I did have a chuckle. And generally do in the film/musical too. Knob is just a funny word.
Sorry Americans if we don't conform to your high levels of humour
Also I was the only one in the office who knew the answer....
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Post by The Matthew on May 12, 2017 16:28:21 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2017 19:45:06 GMT
Its actually quite remarkable what the reviews and seemingly Tony nominations are doing for this show. Since opening, it has steadily been rising evey single in gross, not dipping once bar around the time Andy was ill, but if it continues the way it is going, within the next two weeks it will join the $1 million dollar club, having made $926,867.65 this week compared to $823,511.85... a rise of over $100,000 in just the one week!
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Post by Mark on May 15, 2017 22:37:37 GMT
I saw the matinee yesterday (Sunday) and it looked to be sold out. It wasn't on TKTS when I checked at 11am. Glad it has picked up.
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Post by kathryn on May 16, 2017 9:03:29 GMT
I saw the matinee yesterday (Sunday) and it looked to be sold out. It wasn't on TKTS when I checked at 11am. Glad it has picked up. One of the show cast was tweeting about it being 'sold out sunday'! I'm glad for the show. (Ok, maybe a little bit selfishly annoyed that I'll probably now have to get up early and dayseat for a reasonably priced ticket in August instead of swinging by TKTS.)
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Post by Mark on May 16, 2017 9:10:47 GMT
I saw the matinee yesterday (Sunday) and it looked to be sold out. It wasn't on TKTS when I checked at 11am. Glad it has picked up. One of the show cast was tweeting about it being 'sold out sunday'! I'm glad for the show. (Ok, maybe a little bit selfishly annoyed that I'll probably now have to get up early and dayseat for a reasonably priced ticket in August instead of swinging by TKTS.) It was quite an easy rush. I got there at 10:30 (box office opened at 12) and I was 5th in line.
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Post by kathryn on May 16, 2017 9:26:48 GMT
One of the show cast was tweeting about it being 'sold out sunday'! I'm glad for the show. (Ok, maybe a little bit selfishly annoyed that I'll probably now have to get up early and dayseat for a reasonably priced ticket in August instead of swinging by TKTS.) It was quite an easy rush. I got there at 10:30 (box office opened at 12) and I was 5th in line. Thanks. Of course, it might be busier in August!
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2017 22:53:56 GMT
Holy c**p... Phil Connors (II) and Frank Reynolds in the same video. Sorry but this is a BIG deal right now, the Always Sunny fan in me is freaking out.
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Post by stuartmcd on May 18, 2017 23:20:51 GMT
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Post by anthony40 on May 19, 2017 17:20:15 GMT
My Cast CD arrived today. Love the energy of it. Not too surprised the show was coolly received on Broadway, though. It's quite dense with the lyrics and I don't think attuned so much to the American ear with its word and sentence structure. Anyhow, brings back good memories. Mine too arrived today. Straight onto the i-Pod
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Post by Dawnstar on May 19, 2017 20:06:53 GMT
My Cast CD arrived today. Love the energy of it. Not too surprised the show was coolly received on Broadway, though. It's quite dense with the lyrics and I don't think attuned so much to the American ear with its word and sentence structure. Anyhow, brings back good memories. I'd forgotten the CD was released in May. Where did you order it from? I've just looked on Amazon & it says 1-4 weeks so I'm wondering if there's anywhere faster.
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2017 20:47:36 GMT
Can we really say Americans don't have an ear for dense Broadway lyrics when they just made Hamilton the phenomenon that it is?
I wouldn't say the show was coolly received, I'd say it was pretty accurately received. Mixed-to-positive reviews, multiple Tony nominations including Best Musical and a steadily increasing box office. It just had little chance of standing out when the quality of their musicals is higher than ours, particularly this year.
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Post by stuartmcd on May 20, 2017 12:10:44 GMT
I remember the review from vulture.com was rather negative about the score because it didn't rhyme properly.
"My idea of purgatory is a show that repeatedly spits terrible rhymes at you. I mean rhymes like erection/reception, ideas/rears, clock/cop, vistas/spinsters, gluten/solution, dresses/precious, collateral/battle, and water/shorter, to name just a few that tortured my ears in songs by Tim Minchin for the new musical Groundhog Day."
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on May 20, 2017 12:56:55 GMT
I remember the review from vulture.com was rather negative about the score because it didn't rhyme properly. "My idea of purgatory is a show that repeatedly spits terrible rhymes at you. I mean rhymes like erection/reception, ideas/rears, clock/cop, vistas/spinsters, gluten/solution, dresses/precious, collateral/battle, and water/shorter, to name just a few that tortured my ears in songs by Tim Minchin for the new musical Groundhog Day." They are people painting musical theatre into an artistic cul de sac, there never was an 'agreement' that only perfect rhymes, as opposed to general rhymes, are acceptable. Poetry has long got past any insistence on the former and such a fundamentalist view is unsustainable, they are manning barricades that have already been overrun. You also have a good degree of overlap of those who insist on perfect rhymes and those who moan and whinge about non American musicals and directors destroying the 'purity' of their ideal (or those Americans not from that narrow tradition). It's a proxy argument for cultural purity and I could never get on board with that.
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Post by jess173 on May 20, 2017 14:32:35 GMT
I'd forgotten the CD was released in May. Where did you order it from? I've just looked on Amazon & it says 1-4 weeks so I'm wondering if there's anywhere faster. I ordered mine last week on amazon. It said 2-4 weeks for delivery but I didn't mind as it is up on Apple Music and I've been listening to it on there since I saw the show. However last night I got an email that the cd will be delivered next Tuesday. So just go for it.
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Post by kathryn on May 20, 2017 23:17:59 GMT
I remember the review from vulture.com was rather negative about the score because it didn't rhyme properly. "My idea of purgatory is a show that repeatedly spits terrible rhymes at you. I mean rhymes like erection/reception, ideas/rears, clock/cop, vistas/spinsters, gluten/solution, dresses/precious, collateral/battle, and water/shorter, to name just a few that tortured my ears in songs by Tim Minchin for the new musical Groundhog Day." I took it that critic is totally unfamiliar with the tradition of comic song - which Minchin, of course, comes from - with it's unexpected/silly half-rhymes and almost-rhymes. Maybe it is more of a British/Australian thing? But then the Pythons were popular across the pond and then there's Weird Al Yankovitch... In any case, you'd think a professional critic observing a lyricist had done something consistently throughout would twig that he is using a Technique, and not failing at doing something else.
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Post by daniel on May 27, 2017 7:04:35 GMT
Seeing this in NYC on Wednesday - excited!
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Post by jess173 on May 28, 2017 15:54:53 GMT
Seeing this in NYC on Wednesday - excited! Lucky you! Have fun! Could you check if they have a souvenir brochure yet, please? They didn't have one when I saw it 3 weeks ago and I'm waiting for one to pop up on the playbillstore website but nothing has happened so far.
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Post by daniel on May 28, 2017 16:02:20 GMT
Seeing this in NYC on Wednesday - excited! Lucky you! Have fun! Could you check if they have a souvenir brochure yet, please? They didn't have one when I saw it 3 weeks ago and I'm waiting for one to pop up on the playbillstore website but nothing has happened so far. Yes of course! If they have one I'm happy to bring back to the UK for you, if you're willing to do PayPal + postage
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Post by jess173 on May 28, 2017 16:05:52 GMT
That would be awesome, thanks so much! Would it be too much to ask to post it to Germany? I'm of course happy to cover all expenses.
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