Waitress - Adelphi Theatre / U.K. Tour / Cinema

KMP - tick
“Woman’s Hour” & “iPlayer Radio” please
Full marks though for no use of “of” instead of “have”

Now incorporate “get your hands off my miscarriage” into a conversation tomorrow.

I was holding out for LP-P when the show was first announced. I love her, she had one of the strongest voices in The Light Princess and I've been obsessed with her ever since!!

Aww thank you, I was enthralled throughout and had a few silent tears over the course of Act 2.

That’s sweet of you to say, the only moment I missed a beat from sideline was ‘Becky’ & ‘Karl’ moment at the start of Act 2, I couldn’t see them as they were total stage right but was all good apart from that.

So I had friends in Dress Circle (Trekkie Monster) so I went up to their bar in the internal & they told me they had some bad behaviour people in their section (I can report the offenders were far better in Act 2) they had a sweet rustler and a couple in front that talked to each other although Act 2 they were quiet and had a cry so they must have got enthralled too!! Oh I course reported to them of the perfect behaviour down in the stalls with my surroundings patrons but o did notice the woman bring M&Ms when they returned at the very last minute of the interval & I thought ‘oh no’ sorry if effected you but I couldn’t hear any rustling at all & had a perfect Act 2!

Maybe a silly question but would this have been eligible for the Olivier Awards this year, given that it hasn't officially opened?

Nope, next year.

Just wondering about The Olivier Awards next year. Who would be eligible for leading actress? KMP or whoever takes over? Or both?

Katherine McPhee, she originated the role.

Yes the Oliviers have often done strange things for replacements, but for a new production, the Olivier voters will attend around the same time as the press, which would make KMP the eligible one.

If the producers (for some reason) wanted to get them back to rewatch it with KMP’s replacement, it would probably cost them money. In addition to which, they wouldn’t go to the extent of bringing (what they see as) a name over to not have her nominated for the Olivier. She could well be hoping for it, too.

The Tonys have previously attempted a “Best performance in a recreated role” category, but it’s never worked out.

Also saw it this afternoon. Certainly the audience loved it. I was a bit more luke warm. A lovely way to pass an afternoon beyond question but it felt more like a US sitcom with tunes to me. I couldn’t go with with the themes at all. Maybe because I was distracted by the idea that it was too big a theatre. Having the band on stage just like CFA - is it economics? - suspends belief when played out on such a big stage. Had it somewhere more intimate like Southwark Playhouse I might have felt more included in what is clearly intended to be an empathetic shared experience. A couple of other similar traits to other new shows in town ... the diction on the big ballads was not good and I couldn’t make out the words at all. Belting out a big number is not much good if you don’t know what is being sung... and why another high stage?

When was the opening night? Or had it not opened yet? It feel like it's been in previews for a while now!

As recently as this decade they’ve had different people nominated in consecutive years for the same role. Kyle Scatliffe and Brandon Victor Dixon in 2014 and 2015 respectively and a few years before that was Ruthie Henshall & Maria Friedman both as Velma Kelly one year after the other. I’d love to know what the official rule is.