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Post by firefingers on Feb 12, 2016 10:25:05 GMT
Interesting, I have never seen Show Boat so I think I will simply have to go. Does anyone know how big the orchestra was during the Crucible run?
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Post by MrBunbury on Feb 12, 2016 10:35:22 GMT
When will the tickets be on sale? Londontheatre.co.uk said today at 10 AM but I cannot find any place where they are actually sold.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2016 10:43:53 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2016 10:49:25 GMT
Really want to see this - loved Rebecca Trehern in City of Angels. Think it is going to be a solo trip though, as it doesn't appeal to my husband or usual theatre going friends.
Anyone got an opinion on the side seats at this theatre? I am looking at a £39.50 tickets which for the date I want are near to the front side on.
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Post by MrBunbury on Feb 12, 2016 11:01:57 GMT
Thanks! I have booked my ticket for July ( a good month to be on a boat on the Mississippi…).
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Post by raiseitup on Feb 12, 2016 11:04:46 GMT
I'm really very excited to see this as I never managed to get up to Sheffield. The cast is delectable too, any guesses as to who's going to replace Xavier?
Also, before anyone asks...
DAY SEATS* A limited number of Day Seats are available for personal callers at the New London Box Office from 10am (from Midday on Boxing Day & New Year's Day) on the day of the performance. (Max. 2 per person & strictly subject to availability)
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Post by Michael on Feb 12, 2016 11:24:28 GMT
Does anyone know how big the orchestra was during the Crucible run?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2016 12:07:23 GMT
Castingwise, I wonder if they might be considering opening it with a short-term performer in the role of Gaylord then inviting Xavier back once he's done with Sunset (maybe even with a second press night). There's only a month of overlap, and they're booking until January, so it's not like it would be a short-term thing for him. I suppose it depends what he might want too, he could easily have other irons in the fire...
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Post by Someone in a tree on Feb 12, 2016 12:17:39 GMT
Hurrah. Excellent news
When I saw it in Sheffers I was head into the stage and the view was excellent. I did hear a few folk in the interval who were sat on the sides and and couldn't appreciate Blossom in its all its glory
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2016 13:06:18 GMT
Replacements for Xavier? My guesses would be: Hadley Fraser Dan Burton Julian Ovenden Alex Gaumond or possibly a big name from the States? If so, please let it be Michael C.Hall.
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Post by firefingers on Feb 12, 2016 13:13:25 GMT
Does anyone know how big the orchestra was during the Crucible run? Cheers Michael.
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Post by Michael on Feb 12, 2016 13:15:27 GMT
Replacements for Xavier? My guesses would be: Hadley Fraser Dan Burton Julian Ovenden Alex Gaumond or possibly a big name from the States? If so, please let it be Michael C.Hall. What was the name of one of the songs in last year's Jest End? Yeah, Killian yeah? Seriously, I could see Oliver Tompsett as Gaylord.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2016 13:22:46 GMT
Seriously, I could see Oliver Tompsett as Gaylord. I know it's incredibly childish but that character name gives you so many options for innuendo . . .
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2016 14:51:20 GMT
Isn't innuendo double-entendre? With a name like that, we're firmly in single-entendre territory, surely!
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Post by couldileaveyou on Feb 12, 2016 15:46:24 GMT
is it sure Michael won't be in it?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2016 15:49:21 GMT
is it sure Michael won't be in it? He'll be too busy helping Glenn Close with her turban. I've seen 'Fatal Attraction'. That's a woman you don't cross. Show Boat sails into London's glitzy West End on 9th April, Sunset Boulevard is on from 1st April to 7th May.
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Post by couldileaveyou on Feb 12, 2016 16:46:09 GMT
is it sure Michael won't be in it? He'll be too busy helping Glenn Close with her turban. I've seen 'Fatal Attraction'. That's a woman you don't cross. Show Boat sails into London's glitzy West End on 9th April, Sunset Boulevard is on from 1st April to 7th May. Oh right, how silly of me (especially considering that I'm going to see sunset three times)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2016 17:10:14 GMT
Hard to say at this point, Jelly Bean. From what they have on sale so far, it looks like the entire front section of stalls has gone, and they will play almost on 3 sides on a thrust stage. If that happens, then the sides should be good, I think. When I saw it in Sheffers I was head into the stage and the view was excellent. I did hear a few folk in the interval who were sat on the sides and and couldn't appreciate Blossom in its all its glory Thanks for this theatremonkey and Reich. I've blown my theatre budget and gone for the face on ticket. You only live once......
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Post by Michael on Feb 12, 2016 18:31:23 GMT
Isn't innuendo double-entendre? Innuendo is Italian for "suppository." (Bob Monkhouse - may his dear soul rest in peace) And I always thought it was a Queen song. You learn something new every day
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Post by loureviews on Feb 12, 2016 20:46:56 GMT
Top prices in excess of £125 apparently, but mid-prices at £75 and £50-odd.
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Post by showtoones on Feb 12, 2016 21:02:11 GMT
I just got my ticket for Showboat and it was in Row H center for 59 pounds (previews) that is top price, non premium
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Post by Michael on Feb 12, 2016 21:14:59 GMT
is it sure Michael won't be in it? Yeah, I'm definitely not in it
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 12, 2016 21:29:56 GMT
Top prices in excess of £125 apparently, but mid-prices at £75 and £50-odd. Good grief I paid about £30 for the front row head-on at Sheffield.
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Post by wickedgrin on Feb 12, 2016 22:20:41 GMT
Yes, I paid £27 front side on in Sheffield! It's not so grim up north!!!!
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Post by Dawnstar on Feb 12, 2016 22:34:31 GMT
Top prices in excess of £125 apparently, but mid-prices at £75 and £50-odd. Good grief I paid about £30 for the front row head-on at Sheffield. For some reason £26 sticks in my mind for Sheffield, but I could be wrong & I'm on a train so can't check right now. I know my Cambridge-Sheffield train ticket cost more than the theatre ticket. I was afraid that even if it did transfer the prices would triple so I'm glad I saw it in Sheffield because I'll never be able to afford front row centre in London. And because of seeing Michael Xavier. Re the unfortunately named Gaylord, I'm not sure quite what it says about today's society that the audience when I saw it reacted more to that than to the black characters being hit & called niggers. Edited to add: booked for 1st preview, as I already have a matinee booked in London that day. I've gone for a £39.50 seat, as I can't quite bring myself to pay £59.50 for a show I saw last month for less than half that.
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Post by showgirl on Feb 13, 2016 5:54:42 GMT
Given the ticket prices and advertised length of the run (even at this stage), I'm not rushing to book and am hoping for deals nearer the time/once it opens.
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Post by Mr Wallacio on Feb 13, 2016 9:08:16 GMT
Glad this is coming to London so I get a chance to see it.
Whilst it's frustrating when prices increase a lot in price when they reach the West End I am ok for this show as my journey to and from London and ticket for this show would still be cheaper than had I gone to Sheffield to see it.
I will of course be holding out for offers though before locking a date a date in for this.
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Post by Michael on Feb 13, 2016 9:20:38 GMT
Good grief I paid about £30 for the front row head-on at Sheffield. For some reason £26 sticks in my mind for Sheffield, but I could be wrong & I'm on a train so can't check right now. Just checked my ticket: I was in D24 and paid £26.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Feb 13, 2016 9:21:39 GMT
There will be offers a go go for this with those prices!
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Post by basdfg on Mar 8, 2016 23:20:27 GMT
All booked up to see this on the 18th June. Have adored the songs from this for years so am very excited. Am sitting on the side which will be a new experience. Plus in the stalls. Have only sat in the stalls for Jersey Boys in 2012( Parents got a special offer out of a magazine), every other show in the dress circle but I prefer being closer to the stage and as I am paying I am sitting where I want to sit. I wonder when the new Gaylord will be announced? And does anyone have a song list? The one on the Goodspeed opera house is wrong because Hey Feller was included in Sheffield.
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