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Post by djdan14 on Apr 15, 2021 13:01:40 GMT
So it has been announced the Nash will be doing a musical a year going forward.
What do we want to see?
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Post by nick on Apr 15, 2021 13:05:17 GMT
I hope they'll commission some new works alongside retreads*.
* sorry 'retreads' sounds wrong. I'd like to see a decent version of Godspell because I'm an aging hippy.
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Post by theoracle on Apr 15, 2021 13:29:12 GMT
I’ve been asking for Pacific Overtures for a while now. Would be amazing to have another Sondheim on the Olivier stage and this would be a great way to advance diversity in theatre I think.
But Matt Hemley (The Stage) has said that Rufus Norris has already confirmed Martin Guerre, Witches of Eastwick and On Your Feet apparently?
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Post by Mark on Apr 15, 2021 13:31:56 GMT
Hoping it will be new musicals and that any revivals are in addition. We still have the Roald Dahl Witches coming hopefully (was meant to be last Christmas) and the transfer of Standing at the Sky’s Edge
I’d like the next London Road, something unique that we could only get from the NT.
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Post by schuttep on Apr 15, 2021 13:37:15 GMT
I'd like them to revive their own musical Seberg.
Obviously, I'm joking but it would be interesting to see it.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2021 13:39:09 GMT
I’ve been asking for Pacific Overtures for a while now. Would be amazing to have another Sondheim on the Olivier stage and this would be a great way to advance diversity in theatre I think. But Matt Hemley (The Stage) has said that Rufus Norris has already confirmed Martin Guerre, Witches of Eastwick and On Your Feet apparently? I follow Matt on Twitter and that's definitely a joke! Nice guy :-) Obsessed with Gloria Estefan! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2021 13:40:20 GMT
Not sure about new stuff (assume no chance of ALW?) but I'd love them to do Here Lies Love again. That was awesome at the Dorfman!
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Post by anthony40 on Apr 15, 2021 16:03:42 GMT
I'd like to see The Light in the Piazza.
Having seen the PBS Broadcast, and then seeing it at the Royal Festival Hall, I think it's exactly the kind of show the National would do.
Or even The Bridges of Madison County
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Post by Someone in a tree on Apr 15, 2021 16:40:59 GMT
Kander and Ebb's The Visit. Show em how its done!
Plus, lot of new British writing and rare shows by the likes of Kurt Weill & other established composers.
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Post by ThereWillBeSun on Apr 15, 2021 16:59:01 GMT
I'd like to see The Light in the Piazza. Having seen the PBS Broadcast, and then seeing it at the Royal Festival Hall, I think it's exactly the kind of show the National would do. Or even The Bridges of Madison County Piazza was done at Royal Festival Hall and from what I remember it didn't sell that well. Bridges was at Menier, again, stunning but still quite recent. |
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Post by ThereWillBeSun on Apr 15, 2021 17:01:14 GMT
I’ve been asking for Pacific Overtures for a while now. Would be amazing to have another Sondheim on the Olivier stage and this would be a great way to advance diversity in theatre I think. But Matt Hemley (The Stage) has said that Rufus Norris has already confirmed Martin Guerre, Witches of Eastwick and On Your Feet apparently? I follow Matt on Twitter and that's definitely a joke! Nice guy :-) Obsessed with Gloria Estefan! I've performed The Witches of Eastwick and it's a great show for females!!! I'd actually love it to be updated for today as it is quite dated. |
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Post by djdan14 on Apr 15, 2021 17:16:04 GMT
In terms of Broadway transfers never seen here I would like them to try
- A gentleman’s guide to love and murder
- Newsies
- Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
And yet to make it to Broadway but A strange loop sounds interesting.
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Post by juicy_but_terribly_drab on Apr 15, 2021 17:47:45 GMT
I'd love to see some original works or some American works that are unlikely to be done on the West End but deserve a big production (like Lachiusa's Giant that I mentioned elsewhere recently or some of the other shows mentioned in this thread already). Ooh Ragtime!
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Post by ThereWillBeSun on Apr 15, 2021 18:02:23 GMT
In terms of Broadway transfers never seen here I would like them to try - A gentleman’s guide to love and murder - Newsies - Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 And yet to make it to Broadway but A strange loop sounds interesting. Not come across A strange loop before, thank you! |
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Post by Being Alive on Apr 15, 2021 18:09:30 GMT
Ragtime in the Olivier.
Witches of Eastwick in the Lyttleton
Next to Normal in the Dorfman.
Thank you.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Apr 15, 2021 18:16:01 GMT
In terms of Broadway transfers never seen here I would like them to try - A gentleman’s guide to love and murder - Newsies - Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 And yet to make it to Broadway but A strange loop sounds interesting. Not come across A strange loop before, thank you! Strange loop - Took me a while to get into it when I did. Oh boy. Fabulousness. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2021 18:54:32 GMT
Hoping it will be new musicals and that any revivals are in addition. We still have the Roald Dahl Witches coming hopefully (was meant to be last Christmas) and the transfer of Standing at the Sky’s Edge
I’d like the next London Road, something unique that we could only get from the NT.This. As much as another Sondheim would be great, the prospect of revivals overall doesn't do much for me. Much rather some innovative new experiments. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2021 19:38:38 GMT
Tim Minchin has mentioned he is working on a new musical (more complex and darker than both Matilda and Groundhog Day) with a British playwright so maybe that could be one of them.
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Post by happytobehere on Apr 15, 2021 20:18:15 GMT
I’m hoping for a good mix of new British musicals (e.g stuff like London Road or Standing at The Sky’s Edge), and revivals of shows that didn’t get as big an audience as I would’ve hoped or just haven’t been to the U.K. yet (e.g. Next To Normal, A Strange Loop, Groundhog Day, Jagged Little Pill)
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Post by Being Alive on Apr 15, 2021 20:35:37 GMT
Standing at the Sky's Edge is a given as they said they're going to do it, so I'm excited to see what happens with that.
I hope they alternate between a lavish revival and supporting new musicals
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Post by firefingers on Apr 15, 2021 20:36:58 GMT
Tim Minchin has mentioned he is working on a new musical (more complex and darker than both Matilda and Groundhog Day) with a British playwright so maybe that could be one of them. Last I heard, which was fairly recently on a podcast, the lead producer (Andre Ptaszynski) died suddenly and that project so it has been kicked into the long grass sadly as Minchin was very close with them having done Matilda and Groundhog Day together. |
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Post by meister on Apr 16, 2021 6:04:38 GMT
Honestly, I can see them doing The Sound of Music. It could look great in the Olivier, and honestly, would probably be a cash cow for them. I’d like to see R&H’s Cinderella too, but I suppose ALW’s musical will stop that happening for the foreseeable. We haven’t had a South Pacific for a while either. I could see How To Succeed... working in the Lyttleton, I wonder if they could convince Daniel Radcliffe to do it all again for a London audience? Newsies was a good shout too. Got one this summer in Chichester! |
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Post by fluxcapacitor on Apr 16, 2021 7:15:29 GMT
Hoping it will be new musicals and that any revivals are in addition. We still have the Roald Dahl Witches coming hopefully (was meant to be last Christmas) and the transfer of Standing at the Sky’s Edge
I’d like the next London Road, something unique that we could only get from the NT.This. As much as another Sondheim would be great, the prospect of revivals overall doesn't do much for me. Much rather some innovative new experiments. Totally agree. There’s very little in the way of outlets for new British musical theatre, and the National could really help by investing in new shows. Thinking about recent seasons, Hadestown, although not British, did well for them didn’t it? Which proves there is an appetite for new MT even with no link to a movie or a previous brand. I’d be more excited about original shows being given that same kind of production value and support than yet another Sound of Music. |
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Post by ThereWillBeSun on Apr 16, 2021 12:52:44 GMT
It's nice to see the controversy about the NT doing musicals is now a thing of the past.Yes - there was such a thing! What I would like them to do is either "invest" in new works, transfers from regional theatres of either new British musicals or well reviewed revivals - after all it is the National Theatre of Great Britain - and lesser known shows or ones that didn't make it over the "pond" for whatever reason.Let's face it the NT doesn't have to depend on a boffo to stage it.As long as they don't revive JEAN SEBERG.Any musical that starts with the lead climbing out of the car boot after committing suicide needs to stay in the past. More regional work please 👏 Not all about London. |
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Post by musicalmarge on Apr 16, 2021 13:10:31 GMT
I follow Matt on Twitter and that's definitely a joke! Nice guy :-) Obsessed with Gloria Estefan! I've performed The Witches of Eastwick and it's a great show for females!!! I'd actually love it to be updated for today as it is quite dated. What’s dated about it? Why update it? That’s the show. Does Kiss Me Kate, King and I and Grease need woke makeovers? Fascinating discussion |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2021 13:16:08 GMT
Tim Minchin has mentioned he is working on a new musical (more complex and darker than both Matilda and Groundhog Day) with a British playwright so maybe that could be one of them. Last I heard, which was fairly recently on a podcast, the lead producer (Andre Ptaszynski) died suddenly and that project so it has been kicked into the long grass sadly as Minchin was very close with them having done Matilda and Groundhog Day together. He's not half having a bad run of things is Minchin, from the fizzling out of GHD on Broadway to the movie that got pulled, now this. |
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Post by anthony40 on Apr 16, 2021 16:38:55 GMT
What about Jason Robert Brown's Parade?
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Post by Being Alive on Apr 16, 2021 19:16:24 GMT
What about Jason Robert Brown's Parade? I would be fully on board with this. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2021 1:21:13 GMT
The National should do lesser produced work like 'The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas'
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