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Post by sophie92 on Sept 4, 2016 22:07:10 GMT
Jamie Muscato is my dream choice for Christian, and has been for a long time as I lived in hope of a stage version eventually happening. He did a lovely (in my opinion) Elephant Love Medley with his Dogfight co-star Laura Jane Matthewson at a charity concert last year - there's a snippet of it here
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Post by westendwendy on Sept 5, 2016 12:46:27 GMT
If this can't fill a 2000+ theatre, then I don't know what can... I can imagine this could fill 2000+ theatres for 6 months, but after that I would expect a dip, only slightly, but in a big theatre that is probably much more noticed.
I don't get this - these theatres have been around for over a century. The reason why the Palladium, Theatre Royal and Dominium are difficult to sell is because the shows there have been RUBBISH or over priced.
If Harry Potter/Frozen/Mormon/Hamilton/Madonna in Kiss of the Spiderwoman were in them - they would sell out for years, so the argument isn't there.
The main problem with the West End is that we unfortunately have just not produced good enough musicals recently.
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Post by zak97 on Sept 5, 2016 12:54:27 GMT
I can imagine this could fill 2000+ theatres for 6 months, but after that I would expect a dip, only slightly, but in a big theatre that is probably much more noticed.
I don't get this - these theatres have been around for over a century. The reason why the Palladium, Theatre Royal and Dominium are difficult to sell is because the shows there have been RUBBISH or over priced.
If Harry Potter/Frozen/Mormon/Hamilton/Madonna in Kiss of the Spiderwoman were in them - they would sell out for years, so the argument isn't there.
The main problem with the West End is that we unfortunately have just not produced good enough musicals recently.
But Harry Potter is selling out because it's the only way to experience the play live, and people are coming from all over the world to see it. I doubt people would fly across the world to see Moulin Rouge. Equally, is Moulin Rouge as popular with a young audience as with the film's original demographic? Harry Potter seems to have a much wider audience base. Equally, Harry Potter sells out because it's a new story, which makes the play sell out for years, as that intrigue fascinates people much more probably than a musical adaptation of a known story. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2016 12:54:36 GMT
... or shows with a very limited shelf life. After the TV crowds have lost interest, or have their attention taken back to the box for something else, so the box office finds its twiddling its thumbs.
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Post by theatremiss on Sept 5, 2016 13:32:29 GMT
I'd love to see Anna O'Byrne or Laura Pitt-Pulford as Satine and perhaps Bradley Jayden as Christian. I wouldn't want to see Forster in this, he's kept me away from POTO and I don't want to be kept away from this.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2016 14:31:27 GMT
I don't get this - these theatres have been around for over a century. The reason why the Palladium, Theatre Royal and Dominium are difficult to sell is because the shows there have been RUBBISH or over priced.
If Harry Potter/Frozen/Mormon/Hamilton/Madonna in Kiss of the Spiderwoman were in them - they would sell out for years, so the argument isn't there.
The main problem with the West End is that we unfortunately have just not produced good enough musicals recently.
But Harry Potter is selling out because it's the only way to experience the play live, and people are coming from all over the world to see it. I doubt people would fly across the world to see Moulin Rouge. Equally, is Moulin Rouge as popular with a young audience as with the film's original demographic? Harry Potter seems to have a much wider audience base. Equally, Harry Potter sells out because it's a new story, which makes the play sell out for years, as that intrigue fascinates people much more probably than a musical adaptation of a known story. Young audiences don't buy premium tickets. Moulin Rouge is an incredibly popular title. |
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Post by westendwendy on Sept 6, 2016 11:44:07 GMT
The problem with the West End is that it's cheap. Well... we have Thriller running - enough said. We don't have the quality control Broadway has.
Another issue is society and social behaviour. The U.K. elite don't see musicals (too snobby), non white audiences rarely go (most audiences are white), the chav culture can't afford to go, train fares cost more than the theatre tickets. America has a far less classless society and musical theatre is part of general mass entertainment.
The amount of people in the UK who turn their noses up when I say how often I go to the theatre is rather shocking!
Break those barriers and alongside the tourists West End theatres would be full.
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Post by kathryn on Sept 6, 2016 12:30:23 GMT
Personally, I'd love to see Rosalie Craig as Satine. Not sure who I'd pick for Christian though. Hadleigh Frasier. |
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Post by kathryn on Sept 6, 2016 12:45:28 GMT
But Harry Potter is selling out because it's the only way to experience the play live, and people are coming from all over the world to see it. I doubt people would fly across the world to see Moulin Rouge. Equally, is Moulin Rouge as popular with a young audience as with the film's original demographic? Harry Potter seems to have a much wider audience base. Equally, Harry Potter sells out because it's a new story, which makes the play sell out for years, as that intrigue fascinates people much more probably than a musical adaptation of a known story. Young audiences don't buy premium tickets. Moulin Rouge is an incredibly popular title. No, but their parents do - as a big birthday or Christmas present. You can buy a couple of premium tickets for the price of an Xbox, and it's probably less than the price of the latest iPhone. There's a difference between what someone is willing to pay for a one-off 'event' - which is what Cursed Child is for a lot of people - and what they're willing to pay when they do something more regularly. I'd expect Moulin Rouge to attract a core crowd of musical theatre lovers - I would bet most people who love the film love other musicals as well - who go to the theatre at least once in a while and will be paying for it out of their own pocket. It'll chug along happily I'm sure but I wouldn't expect it to be a huge sensation like Cursed Child. Not unless they pull off some impressive celeb casting! |
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Post by andrew on Sept 6, 2016 13:40:01 GMT
If they need some "star names" to boost the cast, the Green Fairy and maybe Zidler may be the best choices for that (although I think Broadbent would be a bit old now for such a physically demanding role every night on stage?) Broadbent didn't do his own singing (or rather it was heavily patched by an opera singer) in the film, he'd never have been up for this on the stage. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2016 15:55:33 GMT
the chav culture can't afford to go That one I'd debate a bit, LOL. Yes, they don't always have (to be Marxist about it) the "culture capital" to know how to obtain access to theatre - but cash? Quite often there - if you go by the various documentaries that show homes with far more modern electrical goods, and more of them, than many can afford. Being chav is not exclusive to people who have little money. I see plenty of people with money behaving in such a way! |
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Post by demelza on Sept 9, 2016 22:14:07 GMT
Personally, I'd love to see Rosalie Craig as Satine. Not sure who I'd pick for Christian though. Hadleigh Frasier. Hadley would never go for it. I remember seeing tweets in the past where people were discussing Moulin Rouge as a stage production and tagged him in tweets about how he'd be a great Christian and he's said that he's not a fan of the film so he wouldn't consider doing it. A shame, really - he'd be incredible. One can only hope that he'd change his mind! |
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2017 14:23:10 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2017 11:14:54 GMT
Is there news?
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Post by ali973 on Oct 6, 2017 11:19:51 GMT
Didn't they just release a full cast of the creative team?
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Post by Someone in a tree on Oct 6, 2017 11:21:42 GMT
Let's just hope it's a bold and new production and not the film on stage
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2017 11:49:30 GMT
Let's just hope it's a bold and new production and not the film on stage To be fair, either would make me happy. A faithful recreation would be brilliant, a "bold... new" has the potential to alienate existing fans and is a big risk. Look at it in reverse, Phantom. A "bold...new" production on film instead the original on film by-and-large was the wrong move and critically unsuccessful. |
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Post by musicalmarge on Oct 6, 2017 12:21:37 GMT
I didn't think it was Baz who was reluctant for the stage version to happen so much as the rights holders for the songs. Though, granted, there's no reason why it can't have an entirely new score... A new SCORE?!!! Moulin Rouge IS the score!!! |
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Post by alece10 on Oct 6, 2017 12:21:45 GMT
They were going to do one of those immersive screenings of the film at the Phoenix last year that never happened. Maybe it's going to happen.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2017 12:28:07 GMT
I didn't think it was Baz who was reluctant for the stage version to happen so much as the rights holders for the songs. Though, granted, there's no reason why it can't have an entirely new score... A new SCORE?!!! Moulin Rouge IS the score!!! yes. Craig Armstrong's work on the score for MR is stellar. It would be such a shame to transfer the show to stage without it. With regard to the notion that the stage show hasn't happened because of song rights holders reservations, I'm not sure I'd agree. Notable composers of songs from the film include Queen, Elton John, Bowie. All who have had music rights acquired either for jukebox or original stage productions. So I'm not sure that argument has much leverage. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2017 12:29:48 GMT
 Two-time Emmy nominee Sonya Tayeh (So You Think You Can Dance) will craft the moves of "Lady Marmalade" and more tunes for the stage adaptation of Moulin Rouge, based on Baz Luhrmann's 2001 motion picture. The musical will hold a previously announced developmental workshop from October 30-December 15. Joining the previously reported director Alex Timbers and book writer John Logan on the creative team will be scenic designer Derek McLane, costume designer Catherine Zuber, lighting designer Justin Townsend and sound designer Peter Hylenski. Moulin Rouge centers on a spectacular club filled with emotions, surprises and effervescence. The story follows a young poet (played on-screen by Ewan McGregor) who is exposed into the Moulin Rouge and begins an affair with the club's star (played in the film by Nicole Kidman). As was the case in the movie, the stage musical's score will feature some of the most beloved popular music of the past 50 years. Casting and details of the premiere engagement of Moulin Rouge! The Musical will be announced in the coming months. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2017 12:38:39 GMT
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Post by horton on Oct 6, 2017 13:13:46 GMT
This isn't a hot title any more.
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Post by QueerTheatre on Oct 6, 2017 19:36:27 GMT
This isn't a hot title any more. lol, yes. yes it is. |
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Post by horton on Oct 7, 2017 6:39:50 GMT
I guess we shall see- it might do well with the hen night crowd. It's nowhere near the cultural phenomenon it was at the time of the movie release.
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