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Post by djdan14 on Nov 5, 2020 23:35:00 GMT
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Post by drfootlights on Nov 5, 2020 23:37:18 GMT
this sounds like it could be fun!
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Nov 6, 2020 16:06:02 GMT
Will definitely be booking the world premiere at Wimbledon. There's usually a red carpet outside which anyone can at least step on to for a photo.
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Post by Dr Tom on Nov 6, 2020 18:45:50 GMT
This should be a lot of fun. When do the tickets go on sale? I can't wait for them to "Let Me In".
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Nov 6, 2020 20:39:40 GMT
13 November for Wimbledon unless ATG cardholders get a presale.
At least one venue - Everyman Theatre Cheltenham - is already on sale. Top price tickets there are £42.
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Nov 13, 2020 14:21:14 GMT
On sale now. No presale or even a reminder from ATG and I forgot to book until a few minutes ago; too late to get decent seats on opening night at the New Wimbledon Theatre but booked two in stalls row A for Saturday evening. Seats from £13, mine cost £42.50.
The three front rows AA, BB and CC are not on sale but could be added later depending on staging, that often happens at Wimbledon.
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Post by Dr Tom on Nov 13, 2020 15:27:14 GMT
On sale now. No presale or even a reminder from ATG and I forgot to book until a few minutes ago; too late to get decent seats on opening night at the New Wimbledon Theatre but booked two in stalls row A for Saturday evening. Seats from £13, mine cost £42.50. The three front rows AA, BB and CC are not on sale but could be added later depending on staging, that often happens at Wimbledon. I was poised for 10am, then got caught up in a work task and it was after 12 before I remembered. A lot of the Stalls were already gone for the first show, so I ended up booking one of the Price Promise seats out to the side. I also intend to see if the first three rows go on sale. Curious to see how this one turns out. I do like the music, but I can't remember the Osmonds having any real jeopardy in their story. |
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Mar 25, 2021 18:04:23 GMT
This is now opening at Leicester Curve on 3 February 2022 for just three days, though not on sale yet. Tour doesn't reach Wimbledon until August 2022. Nearby Bromley is earlier - 26-30 April.
We've booked Ipswich, the second venue on the tour. The front two rows of the stalls there are low-priced @ £23 but from what I recall it's not due to a particularly high stage, just their policy.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 25, 2021 9:17:41 GMT
Extensive tour! TOUR DATES 2022 Thu 3 – Sat 5 Feb LEICESTER Curve Tue 8 – Sat 12 Feb IPSWICH Regent Theatre Tue 15 – Sat 19 Feb GLASGOW King’s Theatre Tue 22 – Sat 26 Feb OXFORD New Theatre Tue 1 – Sat 5 Mar WOKING New Victoria Theatre Tue 8 – Sat 12 Mar CHELTENHAM Everyman Tue 15 – Sat 19 Mar WOLVERHAMPTON Grand Theatre Tue 22 – Sat 26 Mar DUBLIN Bord Gais Energy Theatre Tue 29 Mar – Sat 2 Apr BLACKPOOL Winter Gardens Tue 5 – Sat 9 Apr STOKE-ON-TRENT Regent Theatre Tue 12 – Sat 16 Apr BELFAST Grand Opera House Tue 19 – Sat 23 Apr PETERBOROUGH New Theatre Tue 26 – Sat 30 Apr BROMLEY Churchill Theatre Tue 3 – Sat 7 May NORTHAMPTON Royal & Derngate Tue 26 – Sat 30 Jul SOUTHEND Cliffs Pavilion Tue 2 – Sat 6 Aug YORK Grand Opera House Tue 9 – Sat 13 Aug MANCHESTER Palace Theatre Thu 23 – Sat 27 Aug LONDON New Wimbledon Theatre Tue 30 Aug – Sat 3 Sep TORQUAY Princess Theatre Tue 6 – Sat 10 Sep LIVERPOOL Empire Tue 13 – Sat 17 Sep SUNDERLAND Empire Tue 20 – Sat 24 Sep EDINBURGH Festival Theatre Tue 27 Sep – Sat 1 Oct BRIGHTON Theatre Royal Tue 4 – Sat 8 Oct CARDIFF New Theatre Tue 11 – Sat 15 Oct HIGH WYCOMBE Wycombe Swan Tue 18 – Sat 22 Oct HULL New Theatre Tue 25 – Sat 29 Oct BIRMINGHAM The Alexandra Theatre Tue 1 – Sat 5 Nov ABERDEEN His Majesty’s Theatre Tue 8 – Sat 12 Nov SOUTHAMPTON Mayflower Theatre Tue 15 – Sat 19 Nov DARTFORD The Orchard Theatre Tue 22 – Sat 26 Nov BRADFORD Alhambra Theatre Tue 29 Nov – 3 Dec LLANDUDNO Venue Cymru theosmondsmusical.co.uk |
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Post by sukhavati on Aug 27, 2021 4:02:35 GMT
Awesome - in Edinburgh AFTER the Fringe...
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Post by robertb213 on Nov 23, 2021 23:31:24 GMT
First listen 😀
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Jan 13, 2022 11:59:44 GMT
This is now opening at Leicester Curve on 3 February 2022 for just three days, though not on sale yet. Tour doesn't reach Wimbledon until August 2022. Nearby Bromley is earlier - 26-30 April. We've booked Ipswich, the second venue on the tour. The front two rows of the stalls there are low-priced @ £23 but from what I recall it's not due to a particularly high stage, just their policy. Just been notified that the Ipswich run " has been cancelled due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic". Disappointing for us. Just that week though, still opening at Leicester and all other dates bookable. |
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Post by ladidah on Jan 13, 2022 12:06:46 GMT
I have tickets for this!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 13, 2022 12:32:38 GMT
Me too. There have been some cast announcements. There’s gonna be a lot of teeth on that stage!
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Post by Mark on Jan 13, 2022 12:38:47 GMT
It’s time for shows to stop blaming Covid for everything and just say it’s down to poor ticket sales for cancelled venues. If the first venue is going ahead then no reason Ipswich couldn’t. The only venues with a reasonable means for blaming Covid at the moment are Scottish/Wales/NI.
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Post by Oleanna on Jan 13, 2022 12:46:20 GMT
It’s time for shows to stop blaming Covid for everything and just say it’s down to poor ticket sales for cancelled venues. If the first venue is going ahead then no reason Ipswich couldn’t. The only venues with a reasonable means for blaming Covid at the moment are Scottish/Wales/NI. But poor ticket sales are, in large part, due to COVID? |
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Post by Mark on Jan 13, 2022 13:01:47 GMT
It’s time for shows to stop blaming Covid for everything and just say it’s down to poor ticket sales for cancelled venues. If the first venue is going ahead then no reason Ipswich couldn’t. The only venues with a reasonable means for blaming Covid at the moment are Scottish/Wales/NI. But poor ticket sales are, in large part, due to COVID? But they wouldn't be cancelling those performances if they were sold out. Most shows are struggling with ticket sales due to Covid. It's unfortunate that there's no buyer confidence and especially for new touring shows, but I'm sure if it was Hamilton going on tour it would probably have sold out. |
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Post by firefingers on Jan 14, 2022 0:02:56 GMT
They cite covid as it means they can bring the cancellation under the covid parts of the contracts. In the case theatre workers, it means you don't get paid for that week, and they can do that at essentially no notice. May well mean there aren't cancellation fees with the venues too, but I'm not privy to that info.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2022 0:57:43 GMT
Is there really an audience for this? Yes, there will be ladies of a certain age there, but enough to fill theatres for a week in each venue? I'm not convinced.
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Post by ronnette on Feb 3, 2022 21:59:09 GMT
Anyone in tonight can give us a review?
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Post by drfootlights on Feb 4, 2022 12:00:08 GMT
I was in last night and have to say, I was pleasantly surprised. There is the making of a brilliant show in there.
Curve was absolutely packed and the fans absolutely lapped it it up from the moment it started. There was chanting "WE WANT THE OSMONDS before it started which set up an electric atmosphere. Some standing at the end of Act One and everyone was up standing after the final number until the end.
The book needs tightening but there are some great musical moments. The set is simple but looks really slick and the lighting design is exceptional.
It's not breaking boundaries, bit it is a fun and nostalgic night which I recommend highly!
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Post by Daffodil on Feb 4, 2022 12:23:08 GMT
I agree with the previous comment. The show told their story very well. The boys playing the young Osmonds were great. I really enjoyed the music and the evening flew by. Jay Osmond was there and was happy to pose for selfies with fans.
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Post by ladidah on Feb 7, 2022 9:14:46 GMT
Great news, I'm booked for October.
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Post by lolalou on Feb 7, 2022 9:17:55 GMT
Caught this yesterday. Great bit of storytelling.
Songs performed with hi energy and a blast of nostalgia. Brilliant choreo. Really captured the spirit of the era. The five leads had charisma, sang well with some nifty dancing:
The Osmonds were really huge back in the day
Overall a fun production and a story worth telling
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Feb 24, 2022 3:38:02 GMT
Saw and enjoyed (most) of this at Oxford today. Had a £19.50 senior matinee ticket booked a couple of days ago.
Matinee was cancelled. Notification received at 12.46 while en route in coach from London. Went to theatre on arrival at Oxford and was told on the door that "Jay" had tested positive for COVID, a new Jay was rehearsing, the understudy had already taken a part, but the evening performance would go on. I could get either a transfer to any other performance or a refund. Took nearly an hour to reach the front of the queue for the box office to arrange a switch to tonight though I did get a part refund as a front row single seat had been reduced to £13. Managed to fill the time with a trip to Witney thanks to my bus pass, keeping warm on buses and at Wetherspoons in Witney and the new Wendy's in Oxford.
Unfortunately the start was pushed back to 19.45. The Director came on then and explained what had happened and the show started at 19.50ish. I had been told it finished at 22.15 on Tuesday, the exact departure time of the last coach from Oxford to London that would get me home to Kent so I was expecting to leave a few minutes early, but actually had to miss a fair chunk of the second act including Love Me For A Reason and Crazy Horses, which was disappointing. Got home at 1.30 am instead of the expected 8.30pm. Couldn't even get a train all the way from Victoria - the dreaded replacement bus due to overnight engineering work.
Jay was played by Tristan Whincup, script on tablet in hand, and he did a fine job. It's an interesting story a lot of which I didn't know and is much more than a jukebox musical. The audience loved it. Pleased I've also got bookings at Bromley and Wimbledon and will hopefully see the whole show then. Most of my theatre trips go smoothly and I can cope with the occasional one that doesn't.
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Post by showgirl on Feb 24, 2022 5:09:01 GMT
FrontroverPaul I know you are used to travelling frequently and extensively all round the country but I think you are astonishingly equanimical about this chequered experience, which beats even my nightmare visit to Oxford Playhouse 2 years ago (when a landslip on one line required a tortuous diversion and the performance turned out to have been brought forward by 30 minutes without all ticket-holders being contacted.) It's not clear whether you enjoyed what you did see but I hope so, and you say the audience did. I was havering about booking as for me, Woking is the best location of the tour dates announced so far and that means 4 trains in total, except there will be a bus replacement on the only day I can go. I did actually go ahead and book yesterday and I can hardly complain, compared to what you had to contend with. Comments I've seen so far have been positive and though Woking town centre is grim, the theatre itself is lovely and only minutes from the station.
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Feb 24, 2022 11:21:30 GMT
FrontroverPaul I know you are used to travelling frequently and extensively all round the country but I think you are astonishingly equanimical about this chequered experience, which beats even my nightmare visit to Oxford Playhouse 2 years ago (when a landslip on one line required a tortuous diversion and the performance turned out to have been brought forward by 30 minutes without all ticket-holders being contacted.) It's not clear whether you enjoyed what you did see but I hope so, and you say the audience did. I was havering about booking as for me, Woking is the best location of the tour dates announced so far and that means 4 trains in total, except there will be a bus replacement on the only day I can go. I did actually go ahead and book yesterday and I can hardly complain, compared to what you had to contend with. Comments I've seen so far have been positive and though Woking town centre is grim, the theatre itself is lovely and only minutes from the station. Yes I did enjoy what I saw ( my first sentence confirms) and I fully expect the same or worse will happen again sooner or later.C'est la vie. In my view The Osmonds Musical is the best new show of its kind since Jersey Boys and I hope positive word of mouth, social media and ideally some TV exposure will build audiences - Oxford was about 60% full last night. |
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Post by showgirl on Feb 24, 2022 15:12:51 GMT
Wow, FrontroverPaul: your opinion of the show is quite an accolade. I'm sorry I missed your comment at the start of the post; I was scouring the end of it where you commented on the audience reaction for your own but should have re-read the whole piece. I hope you are able to enjoy your 2nd and 3rd visits in full and without any critical delays, though as you say, these things happen. In your position I'd probably have been too distracted by what had happened, and then by concern about travelling home, to focus fully on the performance, so well done on that score, too - enviable sang-froid. |
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Post by Dr Tom on Mar 2, 2022 10:08:03 GMT
An excellent show, packed full with good music and performed with enthusiasm.
This is very much Jay Osmond's story of his family and how he perceived them. He comes across very much as the sensible member of the group.
Jay was also watching from the box at Woking last night and got a very enthusiastic response from the (mostly older and female) audience.
It was an interesting audience. On the way in, I heard some people talking who I'm sure were expecting to see the original Osmonds, not a musical. There were people sat behind me who had managed to watch the entire first half of the musical talking about the family, then found out more information from Wikipedia and seemed surprised at the information that had already been presented. I do think some people tune out of the dialogue and only want the music.
I was sat in the middle of the front row, so a perfect view, although the tears of the cast members really do get to you, especially Ryan Anderson's struggles as Merill. All five leads were excellent and Alex Lodge, who has made a career out of playing Mormons, really shined in the central role as Jay.
Running time, 2 hours and 40 minutes. The audience was really enthusiastic for the mega-mix at the end.
This isn't as dynamic as many other musicals of the type, but the Osmonds certainly had an interesting career, much of which I wasn't aware of. You certainly got the sense of the Osmonds having been a music making machine. Definitely more than just a tribute show and I think this would do very well in the West End.
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Post by showgirl on Mar 6, 2022 5:41:10 GMT
I saw and enjoyed the matinee in Woking yesterday. Not quite a full house (upper circle looked shut as it did for Waitress at the same venue a couple of weeks earlier) but very decent and this is a large - and lovely - auditorium to fill.
The audience, perhaps not surprisingly, seemed to consist of women of a certain age, some of whom started swaying along and waving their arms in the air quite early on but I didn't see or hear any misbehaviour, other than some mobile use missed by the ushers who seemed to be keeping a vigilant eye on the audience throughout. They also issued a stern warning on entry to the auditorium about "no singing along or filming until the final 16 minutes", which seemed very specific to me but in any case, I would do neither of those things and I put my phone off, as always, before the performance started.
It was well performed and interesting but slightly too long: it could, and should, easily lose at least 15 minutes of the 2 h 45 running time. I was never an Osmonds fan but recognised and enjoyed most of the songs. I wasn't familiar with all the background, including that they had come to notice via the Andy Williams show (which I do recall from childhood) but really the story was much the same as that of any other musical biopic, ie of artistic differences, contract issues and financial problems, with the addition of parental control by the father which seemed to border on abusive - what we would now probably call "coercive control" or even child abuse.
So I was shocked in a way to see this portrayed as part of an entertainment and I doubt that this was the "warts and all" version, but at least it was made clear and the fact that the show is happening presumably means those concerned have made their peace and given their consent. Not only did this show remind me in multiple respects of The Drifters Girl and Jersey Boys, both of which I've seen recently, but also King Richard, though George Osmond wasn't depicted as being in the Richard Williams league when it came to manipulation.
I'd be interested to read comments about these issues from anyone else who has seen the show or subsequently does.
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