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Post by FairyGodmother on May 10, 2021 12:21:41 GMT
A few songs were cut from the film, so that would add a bit of time if they put them back in.
The books are very different from the film. Emelius Browne comes from 1666 for a start!
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2021 11:49:59 GMT
Just booked two tickets for Curve, I think Laura Pitt-Pulford would be a good fit if they went younger
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Post by Being Alive on May 20, 2021 12:34:05 GMT
From what I understand the workshop was done with an older Ms Price (late 40s early) but she was told that when this hits the stage they're going to cast the role younger, so I'd agree that LPP is about the right sort of age (although she has a young child now so practically that may not work)
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Post by emeraldbaudelaire on May 21, 2021 19:14:46 GMT
Just booked this, I must go and watch the film now its been years!
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Post by Theatre Fan on Jun 3, 2021 11:15:47 GMT
Reportedly casting is being announced tomorrow, which means I'm expecting Baz to announce tonight 🤞 x
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Post by geweena on Jun 3, 2021 21:49:12 GMT
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Post by Being Alive on Jun 3, 2021 21:59:45 GMT
Utterly perfect casting - the regions really won with this. Can't wait now!
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Post by marob on Jun 3, 2021 22:49:53 GMT
Is Bedknobs and Broomsticks really that well-loved to do such an extensive tour? I’ll have to have another look at it, but when I saw it a couple of years ago on TV I thought it was pretty unremarkable and don’t remember any of the songs.
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Post by Being Alive on Jun 3, 2021 22:58:20 GMT
I think so - it was a staple of my childhood, it's one of Angela Lansbury's best films, and it's just joyful!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 4, 2021 6:36:21 GMT
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Post by danb on Jun 4, 2021 7:06:33 GMT
Is Bedknobs and Broomsticks really that well-loved to do such an extensive tour? I’ll have to have another look at it, but when I saw it a couple of years ago on TV I thought it was pretty unremarkable and don’t remember any of the songs. I don’t think it matters tbh. It’s 3 words that people recognise, or at least think they do; with the Disney name behind it. Stick ‘Bippitty Bobbitty Boo’ behind any advert and you’re onto a winner!
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jun 4, 2021 8:17:11 GMT
Is Bedknobs and Broomsticks really that well-loved to do such an extensive tour? I’ll have to have another look at it, but when I saw it a couple of years ago on TV I thought it was pretty unremarkable and don’t remember any of the songs. I don’t think it matters tbh. It’s 3 words that people recognise, or at least think they do; with the Disney name behind it. Stick ‘Bippitty Bobbitty Boo’ behind any advert and you’re onto a winner! They should try that for all musicals. Bippitty could fix the problems with Martin Guerre's book, Bobbitty could sell thousands of tickets for a rare Sondheim musical and Boo could make Wonder.land good
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Post by richey on Jun 4, 2021 8:19:56 GMT
Is Bedknobs and Broomsticks really that well-loved to do such an extensive tour? I’ll have to have another look at it, but when I saw it a couple of years ago on TV I thought it was pretty unremarkable and don’t remember any of the songs. I don’t think it matters tbh. It’s 3 words that people recognise, or at least think they do; with the Disney name behind it. Stick ‘Bippitty Bobbitty Boo’ behind any advert and you’re onto a winner! Except that song is from a different film....
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Post by danb on Jun 4, 2021 8:28:12 GMT
Shhhhh, nobody needs to know that it does‘t have any songs they’ll know. I just thought ‘Circle of Life’ was too obvious. 😂
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Post by Figaro on Jun 4, 2021 8:58:39 GMT
Now for the guessing game, what theater is available from May 2022 to house this in the West End!?
I'm going with the Lyric, once Bob Marley concludes in April.
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Post by danb on Jun 4, 2021 9:08:59 GMT
Perhaps a limited Summer stop at the Palladium? We don’t know the scale of it yet, and if they were happy to put Wind in the Willows in there all bets are off!
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jun 4, 2021 9:13:52 GMT
What great casting. I never even thought of her but of course she's perfect.
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Post by firefingers on Jun 4, 2021 10:52:01 GMT
Could the West End handle/would Disney want Lion King, Frozen, Poppins and Bedknobs all running at the same time? If not, but do want to bring Bedknobs into town, then it frees a theatre for it to go into.
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Post by musicalmarge on Jun 4, 2021 11:06:03 GMT
Well I’m worried about this. It won’t be the production standards of Mackintosh or Disney on Broadway. Even the casting video sounds and looks touring cheap if you ask me.
I think it will be a regional cheesy 8/10 standard and good attempt at the film on stage using a cherry picker type Chitty arm for the bed (they did that on tour). BUT.... as it’s not having millions thrown at it or staying in one location it won’t be the marvel or Harry Potter 10/10 it could be.
I hope I’m wrong!!
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Post by fluxcapacitor on Jun 4, 2021 12:54:33 GMT
Well I’m worried about this. It won’t be the production standards of Mackintosh or Disney on Broadway. Even the casting video sounds and looks touring cheap if you ask me. I think it will be a regional cheesy 8/10 standard and good attempt at the film on stage using a cherry picker type Chitty arm for the bed (they did that on tour). BUT.... as it’s not having millions thrown at it or staying in one location it won’t be the marvel or Harry Potter 10/10 it could be. I hope I’m wrong!! I don't think you can read too much into that casting video. MT video edits are notoriously badly done - just look at ALW's Cinderella, and that's not exactly on the cheap! Plus the base animation is actually bespoke and quite nicely done. I think it's just a matter of "make something quick with these headshots". I'm actually very excited about this. Casting is bang on (I would have liked Laura Pitt-Pulford, but Diane Pilkington is perfect) and I'm actually quite happy if it's being approached differently to other recent Disney musicals, with more creative approaches to the magic and sets rather than just throwing money at it. As long as they leave the heelys with Little Mermaid... I also think the movie is bigger than a lot of people realise. It isn't Poppins, but it's a staple and certainly the nostalgia factor is going to push it, if nothing else.
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Post by TheatreTwittic on Jun 4, 2021 13:09:28 GMT
Well I’m worried about this. It won’t be the production standards of Mackintosh or Disney on Broadway. Even the casting video sounds and looks touring cheap if you ask me. I think it will be a regional cheesy 8/10 standard and good attempt at the film on stage using a cherry picker type Chitty arm for the bed (they did that on tour). BUT.... as it’s not having millions thrown at it or staying in one location it won’t be the marvel or Harry Potter 10/10 it could be. I hope I’m wrong!! I will be honest....the music used in the promo clips really does grate on me. The 'organ' in particular 🙈 Hopefully it's something they knocked up for promo only and not the actual sound of the production.
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Post by westendboy on Jun 4, 2021 19:36:58 GMT
I wonder if this is in fact a glorified workshop production similar to what Disney did with ALADDIN when it was tried out orginally in Seattle (2011) before being turned into the bemoth it became. There's no point spending millions on a production if the concept just doesn't work.Unlike MARY POPPINS which was orginally staged in Bristol as a pre West End tryout currently - to my knowledge -there is no London theatre earmarked for it. That is an interesting assumption! That could be the case, but not certain.
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Post by musicalmarge on Jun 4, 2021 19:56:58 GMT
God I hope it’s good. You are right above that money doesn’t always work. I thought Frozen was average and lacked creativity.
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Post by sph on Jun 4, 2021 23:22:05 GMT
I feel it's going to be a lot less "literal" than Mary Poppins on stage. Maybe using more quirky theatrical techniques and the cast has a few experienced puppeteers in there too.
Something halfway between Mary Poppins and Peter and the Starcatcher (in case anyone caught it in New York). That's my prediction anyway. I doubt there'll be a bed flying over the audience.
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Post by westendboy on Jun 6, 2021 17:05:52 GMT
I doubt there'll be a bed flying over the audience. Although that would be amazing to see! I can imagine the bed doing this, similar to 'Chitty' at the Palladium.
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 6, 2021 17:52:27 GMT
As long as a little cockney kid says the immortal line 'what's that got to do with my knob?', they can take my money now.
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Post by ThereWillBeSun on Jun 6, 2021 21:13:08 GMT
As long as a little cockney kid says the immortal line 'what's that got to do with my knob?', they can take my money now. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 6, 2021 22:04:34 GMT
Leaves me giggling like a teenager, every single time.
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Post by Figaro on Jun 7, 2021 9:07:24 GMT
Looking at the cast, it looks like one of the children characters has been cut.
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Post by fiyero on Jun 7, 2021 9:37:45 GMT
Looking at the cast, it looks like one of the children characters has been cut. I was wondering about that but thought maybe a young adult was playing the role instead, the adults don’t seem to have named parts.
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