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Post by Rory on Apr 2, 2023 12:39:39 GMT
This thread does my head in. I'm gonna stop reading it! Everyone hearing all these different things.
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Post by theatrefan62 on Apr 2, 2023 13:01:33 GMT
This thread does my head in. I'm gonna stop reading it! Everyone hearing all these different things. It's a dick move, and tbh I'm sick of the April fools articles in general. Never funny or as clever as they think, and in this day and age nothing seems 'obviously a joke' anymore. What's worse is websites don't seem to have the intelligence to take down their joke articles when the time has passed, or remember the midday rule. Had so many Google articles recommended today which are April fools ones. So all its doing is spreading more misinformation than we already have.
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Post by Rory on Apr 2, 2023 13:26:21 GMT
I agree. They piss me off, sorry.
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Post by cezbear on Apr 2, 2023 13:53:29 GMT
Perhaps I'm wrong but rather than a stupid April fools from him, I more assumed Theatre Fan had just read it on here and was passing it off as his own secret gossip again.
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Post by Rory on Apr 2, 2023 13:58:45 GMT
Perhaps I'm wrong but rather than a stupid April fools from him, I more assumed Theatre Fan had just read it on here and was passing it off as his own secret gossip again. Probably.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2023 11:51:24 GMT
My husband was at an event last Sunday (26th) and was told by a couple of people there that this was no longer dead in the water and it was looking likely to transfer in.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Apr 3, 2023 13:56:04 GMT
This is exhausting.
It wasnt even any good 🤣
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Post by hadeswasking on Apr 3, 2023 14:01:44 GMT
Judging by the poll on this board, a lot of us loved it! Almost like theatre is a subjective art-form, woah!
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Post by theatrefan62 on Apr 3, 2023 14:11:09 GMT
Judging by the poll on this board, a lot of us loved it! Almost like theatre is a subjective art-form, woah! And that people aren't right all the time when it comes to gossip (as we've seen). That said, I'll believe it when we see it.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Apr 3, 2023 15:27:23 GMT
Judging by the poll on this board, a lot of us loved it! Almost like theatre is a subjective art-form, woah! I know… I was joking. I didn’t like it, but clearly some did and are desperate for it to transfer!
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Post by Being Alive on Apr 3, 2023 15:32:30 GMT
I just want A production of Into The Woods!
I thought this had its merits but I can think of better cast/creatives for a West End run
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Post by mattnyc on Apr 3, 2023 15:36:16 GMT
So this was or was not an stupid April Fools joke?
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Post by Someone in a tree on Apr 3, 2023 15:41:38 GMT
I just want A production of Into The Woods! I thought this had its merits but I can think of better cast/creatives for a West End run I would love for the MCF production to return
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Post by couldileaveyou on Apr 3, 2023 15:45:59 GMT
Perhaps I'm wrong but rather than a stupid April fools from him, I more assumed Theatre Fan had just read it on here and was passing it off as his own secret gossip again. oh yeah it's what he always does
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Post by Being Alive on Apr 3, 2023 15:58:36 GMT
I just want A production of Into The Woods! I thought this had its merits but I can think of better cast/creatives for a West End run I would love for the MCF production to return Oh I want something big and glitzy, either produced by Sonia Freidman and/or (preferably) directed by Marianne Elliott
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Post by theatrefan62 on Apr 3, 2023 16:03:39 GMT
I would love for the MCF production to return Oh I want something big and glitzy, either produced by Sonia Freidman and/or (preferably) directed by Marianne Elliott Me too I've seen people say this show is done all the time, but it really isn't. Not in a big way. They're either concerts or limited runs at smaller theatres.
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Post by Being Alive on Apr 3, 2023 16:25:57 GMT
We've not had a proper full scale revival inside a theatre in London since 1998 at the Donmar...there have been three full scale productions in London since it premiered - 1990 at the Phoenix, 1998 Donmar and 2010 in Regents Park.
People who say this is done all the time are mad 😂
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Post by alece10 on Apr 3, 2023 17:01:53 GMT
There was also a production at the Menier in 2016.
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Post by theatrefan62 on Apr 3, 2023 17:25:30 GMT
There was also a production at the Menier in 2016. There was but it was still very small scale and stripped back. Considering its one of Sondheims more accessible shows, and had a fairly successful movie adaption that is often on TV I'm surprised it's not had a major revival.
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Post by couldileaveyou on Apr 3, 2023 17:32:47 GMT
At the Royal Opera House in 2007 too!
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Post by alece10 on Apr 3, 2023 17:49:40 GMT
At the Royal Opera House in 2007 too! I remember that one. It was in one of the smaller theatres attached. Good cast if I remember rightly but can only think of Anne Reid who was possibly the bakers wife.
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Post by Being Alive on Apr 3, 2023 17:50:36 GMT
At the Royal Opera House in 2007 too! For two weeks, hence why I didn't include it as a major revival. YEs, it's popped up, but there have only been three major productions of it that since it first premiered, 33 years ago.
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Post by theatrefan62 on Apr 3, 2023 17:55:28 GMT
At the Royal Opera House in 2007 too! I saw that one and good as the cast was, I've been waiting for a full revival ever since.
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Post by danb on Apr 3, 2023 18:22:33 GMT
This is a bit of a conundrum isn’t it? I was excited to see this having only seen ‘some’ of the film. The pedigree of the people involved promised something visually spectacular, but it was really quite ‘lo-fi’ and more like music hall than a musical. I loved Barney Wilkinsons’ Jack and the wee Scottish lass playing ‘little red’. The rest were what I call ‘zeros’; neither good nor bad, just there and perfectly functional. I was really pleased to see it but, given the level of excitement I’ve seen for other productions in Bath, it didn’t have anywhere near the buzz required to power a successful London run, and it was nowhere near a sell out…not without a shed load of PR, tv spots and dare I say it, a couple of tv names. Furthermore it was ‘exactly’ what I thought it would be in terms of what it looked like and the performances, which I also can’t imagine would please the critics.
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Post by og on Apr 4, 2023 7:34:39 GMT
I would love for the MCF production to return Oh I want something big and glitzy, either produced by Sonia Freidman and/or (preferably) directed by Marianne Elliott I'm sure Elliott could do an interesting job but not sure the inevitable monochromatic set with neon lighting would do the source material justice hehe
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Post by Boob on Apr 4, 2023 10:12:29 GMT
At the Royal Opera House in 2007 too! I remember that one. It was in one of the smaller theatres attached. Good cast if I remember rightly but can only think of Anne Reid who was possibly the bakers wife. Jack’s mum I think? Baker’s Wife was Anna Francolini (from memory).
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Post by alece10 on Apr 4, 2023 10:44:05 GMT
I remember that one. It was in one of the smaller theatres attached. Good cast if I remember rightly but can only think of Anne Reid who was possibly the bakers wife. Jack’s mum I think? Baker’s Wife was Anna Francolini (from memory). Sounds right. I was thinking she would have been a bit old to be the bakers wife. Thanks.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Apr 4, 2023 10:52:02 GMT
I remember that one. It was in one of the smaller theatres attached. Good cast if I remember rightly but can only think of Anne Reid who was possibly the bakers wife. Jack’s mum I think? Baker’s Wife was Anna Francolini (from memory). Great cast, fab set and a full orchestra and yet it never worked for me
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Post by profquatermass on Apr 4, 2023 11:42:00 GMT
What's your definition of major revival? I've seen it loads of times at fringe theatres eg the Landor, the Cockpit etc plus the odd amdram And even if you only count three major revivals that's more than most musicals get (Gypsy has only had one London revival since the 1970s for example)
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Post by David J on Apr 4, 2023 12:31:51 GMT
Aren’t we forgetting the Regent’s Park one. Actually outdoors! Can’t get more major revival than that
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