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Post by alece10 on May 2, 2018 18:28:34 GMT
Got an e mail just now from Charing Cross theatre and it said
Very soon we will be announcing our new season at Charing Cross, including the world premiere of a new musical, and the long awaited UK premiere of a Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. Watch this space for the exciting announcements of what these will be!
Let's start guessing.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2018 18:51:38 GMT
Oh wow! Please let it be Hedwig!
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2018 18:54:33 GMT
Was thinking maybe A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, The Visit( Maybe with Shelia Hancock) or Next to Normal. Would be a very fun venue for Hedwig.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2018 18:56:20 GMT
It wouldn't be the UK premiere of Hedwig though.
Please by some miracle let it be Next to Normal, I can't think of anything more long-awaited than that.
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Post by Phantom of London on May 2, 2018 19:04:09 GMT
Next to Normal isn’t a Tony Award winning musical, where a Gentlman’s Guide..............is, could also be Hedwig.
Next to Normal and Hedwig could go straight into the West End and bypass the fringe.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2018 19:05:49 GMT
Next to Normal isn’t a Tony Award winning musical, where a Gentlman’s Guide..............is, could also be Hedwig. Next to Normal and Hedwig could go straight into the West End and bypass the fringe. Next to Normal won multiple Tony awards. |
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2018 19:11:05 GMT
Also do we think the new musical be the already announed 'It happen during in Key West ' or a different show.
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Post by Phantom of London on May 2, 2018 19:25:27 GMT
Next to Normal isn’t a Tony Award winning musical, where a Gentlman’s Guide..............is, could also be Hedwig. Next to Normal and Hedwig could go straight into the West End and bypass the fringe. Next to Normal won multiple Tony awards. Not for Best Musical it didn’t. |
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2018 19:27:29 GMT
The original post isn't specific about what Tony award (s) this musical in question won, we can't leap to "why, it simply MUST be a Best Musical winner!" conclusions based on so little info.
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Post by Phantom of London on May 2, 2018 19:50:47 GMT
No
But if you are using in your advertising a “Tony Winning Musical”, you would expect a Tony for BEST MUSICAL or BEST MUSICAL, not for outstanding score or outstanding actress.
Also every producer and artistic director have tried to get the rights for Next to Normal, but simply David Stone (owner), will not release them , he makes a fortune from Wicked, so why would he?
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2018 19:51:13 GMT
Would be surprised at Next to Normal. Falsettos? Raisin?
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Post by theatremadness on May 2, 2018 19:54:25 GMT
No But if you are using in your advertising a “Tony Winning Musical”, you would expect a Tony for best musical or best revival, not for outstanding score or outstanding actress. But why? If it won a Tony it won a Tony....as Baemax says, you're jumping to conclusions that don't exist. Winning for Outstanding Score would still be just as "impressive" as winning for Best Musical or Revival, as it implies that the score is award-winning, and that makes up a large part of the musical. But anyway, we can see exactly what they mean when whatever show it is, is announced! |
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Post by Phantom of London on May 2, 2018 20:04:25 GMT
A Tony Award winning musical is one that won best musical or revival.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2018 20:07:01 GMT
As an example, Newsies is advertised here as a Tony Award winning musical, despite the fact that Once beat it for Best Musical. I've seen it time and time again in promotions for shows.
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Post by LaLuPone on May 2, 2018 20:10:22 GMT
Is there a small chance it could be Dear Evan Hansen? I know it’s not exactly “long-awaited” but there’s definitely a lot of excitement for the possibility of it from the UK theatre community. They might want to try it Off-West End first to see if it’s the same hit over here and if it can do well without Ben Platt. I don’t know though maybe they might be able to market it in the West End straight-off with Pasek and Paul’s Greatest Showman success.
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Post by Jon on May 2, 2018 20:17:48 GMT
Is there a small chance it could be Dear Evan Hansen? I know it’s not exactly “long-awaited” but there’s definitely a lot of excitement for the possibility of it from the UK theatre community. They might want to try it Off-West End first to see if it’s the same hit over here and if it can do well without Ben Platt. I don’t know though maybe they might be able to market it in the West End straight-off with Pasek and Paul’s Greatest Showman success. I imagine the producers of DEH would want a West End theatre rather than somewhere like the Charing Cross. |
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Post by theatremadness on May 2, 2018 20:39:40 GMT
A Tony Award winning musical is one that won best musical or revival. But that's simply not true. A Tony Award winning musical is a musical that has, as the phrase suggests, won a Tony Award. There is absolutely no category of Award specified. Not even you have specified a category. Just Tony Award winning. As in won a Tony Award. Any Tony Award. You're making up your own specifications that don't make much sense and then claiming them as fact! |
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Post by Dr Tom on May 2, 2018 21:48:14 GMT
Bridges of Madison County?
Also wouldn’t mind it being Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, the new version has never played in the UK.
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2018 8:10:10 GMT
Next to Normal isn’t a Tony Award winning musical Alice Ripley says . . .  |
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Post by Phantom of London on May 3, 2018 17:49:54 GMT
Next to Normal isn’t a Tony Award winning musical Alice Ripley says . . . W Ha love the clip. Next to Normal is excellent, I saw it 3x on the Great White Way. It deserved its Tony for best score and orchestrations, as did Alice Ripley deserve her best actress musical. Billy Elliot deserved the win that year for best musical (this is controversial.) If the Charing Cross Theatre did say it is bring a Tony winning musical and it was Next to Normal, that would be underhanded, but I am sure no one on here will be complaining, not me!!! As I said earlier every producer and artistic director have tried for this and failed, as David Stone won’t budge on the rights. If you were David would you release the rights to the Charing Cross Theatre, that has no real track record of putting on revival, or would you release the rights to a more prestigious theatre, such as the Menier, National and Young Vic? This is what I think David will do in the next 5 years, with a view of taking it back to Broadway. |
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2018 18:07:07 GMT
Could this be Natasha, Pierre etc.? My instincts tell me that the venue would be completely wrong though.
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Post by Mark on May 3, 2018 18:11:35 GMT
"Long awaited"...
Nobody's been waiting for Gentlemens Guide. Everyone's been waiting for N2N... maybe Baz will have news tonight
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Post by learfan on May 3, 2018 21:22:59 GMT
Hopefully, he hasnt had a decent scoop for a while!
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2018 21:33:59 GMT
Could this be Natasha, Pierre etc.? My instincts tell me that the venue would be completely wrong though. Oof I doubt it but please. |
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2018 16:16:32 GMT
I doubt it is Great Comet or DEH. It says "long awaited"... Those won Tony Awards barely a year ago.
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