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Post by fiyero on Mar 17, 2021 15:05:40 GMT
While it sounds right is that a reliable source? (It’s flagged as Wicked the Musical news)
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Post by mjh on Mar 17, 2021 16:10:34 GMT
It's disappeared off the Lowry's website so it looks like it's been pulled to accommodate the Barbican delay.
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Post by fiyero on Mar 17, 2021 16:14:00 GMT
It's disappeared off the Lowry's website so it looks like it's been pulled to accommodate the Barbican delay. Off sale at The Mayflower too. Looks like they are trying to get their ducks in a line!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 17, 2021 18:38:38 GMT
It's disappeared off the Lowry's website so it looks like it's been pulled to accommodate the Barbican delay. Knew it!
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Post by musicalmarge on Mar 18, 2021 14:54:44 GMT
The new performance schedule for ANYTHING GOES starring Megan Mullally, Robert Lindsay, Felicity Kendal and Gary Wilmot. The show will now open at London’s Barbican Theatre on Friday 23 July for a strictly limited 12 week season until Sunday 17 October.
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Post by Being Alive on Mar 18, 2021 15:04:31 GMT
To me, that's fairly realistic (provided nothing goes too drastically wrong...!)
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Post by fiyero on Mar 18, 2021 15:14:36 GMT
The new performance schedule for ANYTHING GOES starring Megan Mullally, Robert Lindsay, Felicity Kendal and Gary Wilmot. The show will now open at London’s Barbican Theatre on Friday 23 July for a strictly limited 12 week season until Sunday 17 October. I’ve swiftly booked Socially Distanced Prince of Egypt to replace it on my calendar. I’ll wait and see what happens to this cursed TodayTix booking (Waitress, Secret Garden, Christmas Carol, Anything Goes so far!)
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Post by Dawnstar on Mar 18, 2021 16:32:13 GMT
Interesting casting choice Haydn Oakley as Lord Evelyn Oakleigh! 😄 I think he's fairly suitable for the role. The incongruity is that they've cast a Reno Sweeney who is decades older than both the character was envisaged to be and than he is.
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Post by couldileaveyou on Mar 19, 2021 12:02:22 GMT
The truth is being spoken
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Mar 19, 2021 12:06:08 GMT
The Lowry are refunding all ticket holders for the cancelled dates in September so it looks like the tour isn't being rescheduled.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Mar 19, 2021 16:00:44 GMT
The truth is being spoken I mean, he has a point. But I think it’s a bit unfair to compare an actual full poster design against a social media banner.
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42ndBlvd
Ensemble
come and meet those dancing feet!
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Post by 42ndBlvd on Mar 19, 2021 23:02:57 GMT
The truth is being spoken I mean, he has a point. But I think it’s a bit unfair to compare an actual full poster design against a social media banner. The overall marketing of this production has been to put it lightly... crap. The 3D logo is boringly hideous. It's a shame because the marketing for the broadway production was elegant and beautiful and I thought that was going to be revived. The bursting LED lights used as backgrounds for the website and pretty much all images has literally nothing to do with the show or it's set design. It's all about trying to seem glitzy and over glamorous which unfortunately British audiences have come to expect in musical marketing. It feels like a panto more than anything.
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42ndBlvd
Ensemble
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Post by 42ndBlvd on Mar 19, 2021 23:21:58 GMT
Interesting casting choice Haydn Oakley as Lord Evelyn Oakleigh! 😄 I think he's fairly suitable for the role. The incongruity is that they've cast a Reno Sweeney who is decades older than both the character was envisaged to be and than he is. Reno's age has become more ambiguous over the years being played by women of all ages which works fine but Kathleen's production requires Reno to be very physical - she has a lot of dancing during the title number and needs to immediately go back into singing. Sutton Foster, Stephanie J Block and Rachel York made it look effortless in previous versions of her productions but and I'm a bit worried about Meghan's casting. Maybe some choreography will be cut for her which is also fine, anything to see to this fantastic staging again!. Every other characters casting is perfect in terms of age and requirements.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2021 0:11:31 GMT
The truth is being spoken I saw this tweet earlier and agree (mostly). I also felt the same way when Young Frankenstein came over... I could go on about posters and marketing, but I'll refrain from digressing further from Anything Goes.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 20, 2021 7:25:53 GMT
The truth is being spoken I saw this tweet earlier and agree (mostly). I also felt the same way when Young Frankenstein came over... I could go on about posters and marketing, but I'll refrain from digressing further from Anything Goes.How about starting a thread? I’d be interested!
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Post by danb on Mar 20, 2021 7:59:51 GMT
I love some of the creativity the long runners have used in their marketing. The character portraits Les Mis did a few years ago were stunning.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Mar 20, 2021 8:36:59 GMT
Yes the artwork isn't the greatest but at the moment I really don't care as live theatre is coming back
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Post by fiyero on Mar 20, 2021 19:43:58 GMT
For people who booked from Barbican directly have they announced what’s happening to tickets for earlier dates (moved, cancelled and voucher to rebook). I’ve booked with TodayTix and unsure if I should book myself for my preferred date and seat
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Post by n1david on Mar 20, 2021 21:44:37 GMT
I booked direct with Barbican, got an email last on Thursday saying that I would get a revised e-ticket for a different date within the week, with the opportunity to contact the Barbican to change the date if the new date didn't suit.
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Post by n1david on Mar 21, 2021 14:51:47 GMT
I booked direct with Barbican, got an email last on Thursday saying that I would get a revised e-ticket for a different date within the week, with the opportunity to contact the Barbican to change the date if the new date didn't suit. ...and the revised ticket has come in today, regrettably for a date that doesn't work for me. The replacement is for the equivalent date in the run given the amended dates.
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Post by fiyero on Mar 21, 2021 15:38:41 GMT
I booked direct with Barbican, got an email last on Thursday saying that I would get a revised e-ticket for a different date within the week, with the opportunity to contact the Barbican to change the date if the new date didn't suit. ...and the revised ticket has come in today, regrettably for a date that doesn't work for me. The replacement is for the equivalent date in the run given the amended dates. That’s the problem I’m trying to avoid. Not sure if TodayTix will do the same, how much later was your new date?
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Post by n1david on Mar 21, 2021 16:42:07 GMT
I was originally booked for June 8, which was just after the revised opening date of June 5 (and meant that my booking had become a preview performance which I wasn't thrilled about) Was rebooked to 27 July which is about the same number of days after the new opening date, so I imagine everyone has been moved to the same relative performance in the run. Barbican responded very quickly to my email to move me to mid-August.
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Post by fiyero on Mar 21, 2021 17:11:05 GMT
I was originally booked for June 8, which was just after the revised opening date of June 5 (and meant that my booking was a preview performance which I wasn't thrilled about) Was rebooked to 27 July which is about the same number of days after the new opening date, so I imagine everyone has been moved to the same relative performance in the run. Barbican responded very quickly to my email to move me to mid-August. Thanks. By that maths I’m already double booked on my new date so I might just go ahead and book a date I can do.
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Post by kerrie on Mar 23, 2021 8:41:25 GMT
Has anyone had new dates from London theatre direct yet?
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Post by mjh on Mar 23, 2021 9:18:34 GMT
Has anyone had new dates from London theatre direct yet? Not yet...
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Post by Dave B on Mar 23, 2021 11:40:56 GMT
Has anyone had new dates from London theatre direct yet? Nope. I was coming here to ask the same thing.
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Post by viserys on Mar 23, 2021 12:08:10 GMT
I'm still waiting to hear from them too
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Post by kerrie on Mar 23, 2021 18:31:26 GMT
I'm still waiting to hear from them too They are still selling seats for 24th July matinee which isn't going ahead
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