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Post by stuart on Mar 9, 2019 8:00:43 GMT
I can’t believe we’ve gone 14 pages with nobody mentioning perhaps the biggest West End flop in recent memory.
I Can’t Sing - The X Factor Musical
Lasted just 6wks before closure with a reported loss of £4m.
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Post by stuart on Mar 6, 2019 17:38:57 GMT
Is this the same one that is playing in las vegas? It certainly looks like it. Wouldn’t surprise me if this played in rep a night or two a week with something else at a small theatre (The Hippodrome? Lyric? Other Palace?)
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Post by stuart on Feb 28, 2019 9:32:47 GMT
At the Open Air theatre last year I noticed the same thing, warnings about anyone bringing a bag over a certain size not being allowed to take them in, and yet there were loads of people with huge backpacks there... And then you’ve got me who actually got the tape measure out at home to ensure my bag fit within their guidelines...
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Post by stuart on Feb 26, 2019 16:25:36 GMT
Nathan Sykes is my prediction for Joseph.
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Post by stuart on Feb 22, 2019 21:46:42 GMT
Seeing the show tomorrow for the 3rd time but 1st time with new cast. Any idea if anyone is off at the minute? I believe Waylon Jacobs is covering Lafayette/Jefferson all week.
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Post by stuart on Feb 20, 2019 10:45:53 GMT
I’m seeing the show again on Saturday so can we not lock the thread again before then? Thanks.
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Post by stuart on Feb 8, 2019 23:05:34 GMT
I went to buy tickets for a few upcoming shows at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow on my lunch the other day and I noticed two older gentlemen standing near the stage door with bundles of programmes for different shows. On my way out the theatre, I noticed that there was a lady standing, chatting, laughing and happily signing the bundles they had. It was Jodie Prenger who was on her way in for a matinee. She seemed almost jovial with these two punters who had clearly been waiting on her turning up.
Not often you see someone wait at stage door before a show, is it?
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Post by stuart on Jan 28, 2019 21:29:17 GMT
‘A cup of ambition’ is one of the cleverest pieces of merch I’ve seen for a while. They’ll sell a tonne.
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Post by stuart on Jan 27, 2019 22:15:07 GMT
I think The Play That Goes Wrong will be on the West End for many many years to come. The Duchess is a small theatre and is likely to find another guaranteed long runner in the immediate future.
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Post by stuart on Jan 27, 2019 22:04:47 GMT
How appropriate a former understudy ‘& Peggy’ goes on to star in ‘& Juliet’. She was a cover for all the three sisters (and covered Anjelica much more often than other two) so the joke kinda fells flat. P. S. Don’t like jokes based on people being covers/understudies Well aware Miriam was cover for all 3 sisters (and I saw her perform as both Angelica and Peggy/Maria). The post was not at all based on her being an understudy, just more pointing out the coincidence that she was previously playing a character colloquially named ‘& Peggy’ and is going on to play a character called ‘& Juliet’.
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Post by stuart on Jan 27, 2019 17:14:54 GMT
How appropriate a former understudy ‘& Peggy’ goes on to star in ‘& Juliet’.
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Post by stuart on Jan 25, 2019 11:28:45 GMT
Plot/song predictions:
Juliet is actually a bit relieved when Romeo kills himself (One Less Problem without You by Ariana Grande) Juliet goes on this trip to Paris with 3 friends (3 by Britney) Juliet kisses a girl and likes it (I Kissed a Girl by Katy Perry) Juliet falls out with one of her friends (Bad Blood by Taylor Swift) Juliet splits up with someone (We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together by Taylor Swift) Juliet gets back together with said person (My Life Would Suck Without You by Kelly Clarkson) Juliet realises she is still young with lots to learn (I’m Not A Girl, Not Yet a Woman by Britney) There is a happy ending (Can’t Stop the Feeling by Justin Timberlake)
I might pass on tickets....
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Post by stuart on Jan 24, 2019 23:51:47 GMT
And it’s crashed already... (Unless this was just a placeholder site for something more exciting...)
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Post by stuart on Jan 24, 2019 23:14:30 GMT
This has all the makings of a hit. An unbelievable creative group and an amazing star.
Feel free to quote me when this closes after 19 performances...
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Post by stuart on Dec 29, 2018 23:34:01 GMT
contact ticketmaster directly and they should be able to rebook you at the same price you initially paid for. If they say they can't then bring up trading standards and it should be fine. I did try this but unfortunately the text/email from Ticketmaster arrived at 5:01pm and their social media/phone team both close at 5pm on a Saturday. Looks like the 8pm show tomorrow is now sold out, annoyingly!
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Post by stuart on Dec 29, 2018 18:32:48 GMT
Just found out my show tomorrow afternoon is cancelled but the evening show is going ahead? Not sure what a few hours difference is going to make to allow the show to go ahead at 8pm but not at 4pm?
Ticketmaster have said they will process a refund and we can buy again for the evening show. However, we bought our tickets in a Black Friday deal so got them for half price. Repurchasing them would mean buying them at full price? That doesn’t seem right at all!
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Post by stuart on Dec 27, 2018 17:52:40 GMT
Tonight’s show has been cancelled due to cast illness.
“Kenny Wax, Global Musicals and George Stiles, the producers of Six, are sorry to announce the cancellation of tonight’s performance due to cast illness. The remainder of the run is scheduled to go ahead as planned.”
I’m seeing the show this weekend, really hoping it goes ahead as I’ve been looking forward to it for ages!
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Post by stuart on Dec 22, 2018 13:51:10 GMT
I absolutely loved this. So unexpected but a real joy. Great songs and performances by all.
I really hope this finds an audience as I can see it becoming a cult Christmas classic. I hope it’s not long before someone gets a stage version on the go.
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Post by stuart on Dec 22, 2018 9:50:51 GMT
Oh, I just hate the movie, the story and the songs. But how do you really feel about it?
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Post by stuart on Dec 17, 2018 14:40:47 GMT
It could be used to record TV programmes like Michael Mackintire which is currently recorded at Drury Lane and with it closing for referb in Jan would need a home. Britain's Got Talent have used it the last few years for the London auditions too. Perhaps a Vegas style residency could be next in line for the Dominion? I have often wondered why London theatres haven’t investigated the possibility of this. I’m sure there are a number of stars who could sell out 50 shows in a 2,000 capacity theatre over the space of a year.
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Post by stuart on Dec 5, 2018 22:59:14 GMT
Not quite the theatre but Graham Norton was at Claire Richards’ (from Steps!) solo gig the other night.
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Post by stuart on Dec 5, 2018 22:52:44 GMT
I went to see Lea Michele and Darren Criss earlier this week. Really good show that I’d highly recommend. The woman sitting next to me was taking photos throughout with her phone which turns out wasn’t on silent, meaning I got to hear ‘click’ every time she took a photo (which was a lot).
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Post by stuart on Nov 30, 2018 13:19:01 GMT
ALW repeatedly said about a year ago he wanted Liam Payne to do it. Cheryl Tweedy for narrator... I’d pay good money to see these two on a stage together....
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Post by stuart on Nov 24, 2018 8:34:38 GMT
I don’t know why but my first thought would be that this would open in Vegas? Penn & Teller live and perform there, it’s seen as the home of magic. This might offer the Strip something a bit different.
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Post by stuart on Nov 21, 2018 22:50:09 GMT
The show needs to be "sold" more?? Looks full all the time. They need to announce the extension first if they want to “sell” it to more people who haven’t yet heard much about it. To clarify, I meant “sell” as in “showcase” the show a little bit more as Alexander Hamilton is the song that they did at the Oliviers and appears on all of the Spotify/Apple Music Musical playlists when it’s not actually the best representation of the show. I’m still obsessed with the show but when I mention Hamilton to people there’s still quite a lack of knowledge around what it actually is. Apart from the Oliviers, it hasn’t really had a showcase for the British public.
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Post by stuart on Nov 21, 2018 19:00:26 GMT
Do we know what the cast performed at the Royal Variety? I was hoping they’d do Yorktown to try and sell the show a little bit more but it looks like Jamael and Rachel were in their opening costumes when they met Harry and Meghan so presume it will be Alexander Hamilton again.
I also thought they might have had a King George appearance given the occasion.
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Post by stuart on Nov 11, 2018 13:17:09 GMT
It isn’t a kids' show,is it? So they should do something about the publicity for this. IMO, the usher should have been more proactive and offered the children alternative seats! No loss to anyone and good will all round. The theatre website did say “Suitable for ages 12+” at the top of the page so I presume these parents either ignored said warning or thought it would be appropriate regardless.
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Post by stuart on Nov 10, 2018 23:52:01 GMT
I managed to get Edinburgh tickets this morning suspiciously easily. Opened Ticketmaster, clicked for 2 Standing tickets, paid for them, job done by 10:31am.
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Post by stuart on Nov 10, 2018 23:50:55 GMT
Sorry for the long post but I would be intrigued to hear how the forum would deal with what I experienced at today’s The Comedy About a Bank Robbery tour matinee in Glasgow.
We were sitting to the side of one of the Circles. Our seats weren’t restricted view but the ones immediately next to us were as would’ve been the ones in front of those. Right before curtain, a family consisting of 2 parents and 2 children (a girl and boy aged 7 and 9 I’d say?) sat in the row in front of us including in 2 of the aforementioned restricted view seats. As the show started, the young girl clearly realised her seat was restricted view and decided she wanted to sit on her dad’s lap, thus blocking half of the stage for those behind. However, as his seat was most likely restricted view too, she then leaned forward quite considerably which resulted in her blocking our view of almost two-thirds of the stage. A few loud tuts from my party had no reactions from the parents who seemed to largely be enjoying the show and ignoring their restless children.
I was really at odds with what to do here. There was nobody sitting in the restricted view seats next to me and I tried shuffling along but the father/daughter continued to take up most of the view. As I was essentially at the end of the row, I managed to sneak out the side to speak to an usher and explain the situation. She (very helpfully I should say) told the father that she had to sit in her seat and even provided a booster cushion to the young girl. That helped for approximately 6 minutes until she wanted back on her dad’s lap again. It was at this point that the young boy in this family also decided his view wasn’t good enough and stood up to watch the end of the first half, meaning our view of the stage was now just the very extreme right corner. Again, neither parent addressed this.
At the interval, I spoke to the same usher again who said that we could move to the very back of the circle but these seats would be restricted view. She also contacted a manager who offered seats in the back row of the Stalls, but these would also be restricted view. We were at odds with what to do but when the family didn’t arrive back for the start of Act 2, we just remained where we were. Oh, how we were wrong! A few minutes in (and after a false start owing to a tech problem) the family arrived back at their seats. The entire spectacle repeated itself during the second act - girl can’t see, gets on dad’s knee, usher tells her to sit down, parents don’t react, son then decides to stand up again. It was when the son stood up for the second time that the mother took action, by sending him to the end of the row to stand in the aisle and watch the show! This meant the little girl then decided to move seat a few times and sit on her mum’s knee before finally deciding she wanted to stand in the aisle too. I think the parents realised it was a lost cause by this point and made a hasty exit 20 minutes before the end.
In my view, I would’ve been happy to move to a restricted view seat at Intermission just to see some of the show but as my friends pointed out, we’d paid full price for non restricted view seats. Why should we have to move to a cheaper seat because of others?
What was the right thing to do here? In my opinion, the show isn’t exactly child friendly so were the parents in the wrong for bringing their children into a show they wouldn’t enjoy? Were the ushers in the wrong for not being proactive in managing the situation? Was I in the wrong for not asking the parents to deal with it?
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Post by stuart on Nov 10, 2018 23:24:22 GMT
No Dave Hearn at the Glasgow matinee today but still thoroughly enjoyed it! It was my second time seeing the show and the touring cast are just as strong as the ones I saw in the West End about a year ago.
We did have three show stops though owing to sound and power issues. One 5min one straight after the interval, another 10min one right before the wall scene and a third immediately after the second when it was clear that there was still no sound for FoH (apparently the side of stage’s sound was fixed so they assumed the whole theatre was). The irony of a Mischief Theatre production going wrong was not lost on us. It meant it was well past 5:30pm before the curtain went down on the 2:30pm matinee!
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