Follow the yellow brick only until 4th Sept
Follow the yellow brick only until 4th Sept
AnythingGoes23
Broadway Star Joined: 11/21/11
#1Follow the yellow brick only until 4th Sept
Posted: 5/4/12 at 5:46am
Wizard of Oz will close at The Palladium on 4th September.
Des O'Connor is the last Wizard
#2Follow the yellow brick only until 4th Sept
Posted: 5/4/12 at 5:48am
Finally an announcement (I assume?)
any talk on whats going in after?
#2Follow the yellow brick only until 4th Sept
Posted: 5/4/12 at 6:07amAnd Kenwright's touring production will start when ?
#3Follow the yellow brick only until 4th Sept
Posted: 5/4/12 at 6:12amIt apparently opens in Liverpool for Christmas
AnythingGoes23
Broadway Star Joined: 11/21/11
#4Follow the yellow brick only until 4th Sept
Posted: 5/4/12 at 6:23amMemphis is being lined up for a 4 month run from October to end of Jan. As I know of, its not 100% confirmed yet. I imagine it has now been confirmed
#5Follow the yellow brick only until 4th Sept
Posted: 5/4/12 at 6:24am
LOL - I thought I was giving just a silly comment as Kenwright is bringing almost all ALW's shows to the rest of the country these days.
Didn't know it was actually going to happen.
#6Follow the yellow brick only until 4th Sept
Posted: 5/4/12 at 6:28amNope, I have heard the rumour, although it should hopefully be the majority of the West End production. I think kenwright gets a hard time much of the time, however if all ALW shows go via him now it means we will never see a full scale ALW West End production on the road again. Both Evita and Joseph closed and neither did a major tour, only the Kenwright versions (which in the case of the former I actually liked much more).
#7Follow the yellow brick only until 4th Sept
Posted: 5/4/12 at 6:43am
"Des O'Connor is the last Wizard "
Now there's a sentance I never thought I'd read! He'll probably do a deccent job though.
Maybe I'm on nobody's side
http://phdconfessions.blogspot.com/
Jonwo
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/16/06
#8Follow the yellow brick only until 4th Sept
Posted: 5/4/12 at 12:07pm19 months is very good for a show on the Palladium. Des should give the show a boost in its final few months.
AnythingGoes2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/30/08
Jonwo
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/16/06
#10Follow the yellow brick only until 4th Sept
Posted: 5/4/12 at 4:13pm
Sunday makes more sense as it's the final performance of the week.
#11Follow the yellow brick only until 4th Sept
Posted: 5/4/12 at 4:39pmWill definitely have to see this again!
#12Follow the yellow brick only until 4th Sept
Posted: 5/4/12 at 4:48pm
I am sure the old crooner, Uncle Des will go down a storm, so don't tell me I didn't warn you.
Updated On: 5/4/12 at 04:48 PM
#13Follow the yellow brick only until 4th Sept
Posted: 5/4/12 at 4:50pm
It was selling tickets until 28 October until today so that's a strong sign. Not a show I'm going to miss, thought it was pretty awful.
And Phantom, more OAP jibes, really?!
#14Follow the yellow brick only until 4th Sept
Posted: 5/4/12 at 5:52pmWell, let's put it this way, I can only hope I'm still going like he is when I'm his age!
Tag
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
#15Follow the yellow brick only until 4th Sept
Posted: 5/4/12 at 11:21pm
Anyone know of design changes that are being made for the proposed tour?
Apparently the Toronto production will have some changes too.
#16Follow the yellow brick only until 4th Sept
Posted: 5/5/12 at 1:59am
Des pretty good in dreamboats last christmas, his voice was still a lot better than some who are 20 (50) years younger.
Makes sense for the show to do the summer and have something else in for Christmas.
Posner11
Stand-by Joined: 8/13/11
#17Follow the yellow brick only until 4th Sept
Posted: 5/5/12 at 6:26am
The relaunch version of Joseph did do a major tour with the crane lift at the end and set before it went back to the original BK version which I did see last year and was looking a bit ropey.
I thought the reason the revival Evita did not tour was due to the set which would have had to have a change and loss of height to fit other theatres - however as you say the BK version of Evita actually does a better job and certainly handles the second act better.
If it wasnt for BK productions there would be a lot of empty theatres most weeks.
#18Follow the yellow brick only until 4th Sept
Posted: 5/5/12 at 6:37am
^^ I dont disagree, I think Kenwright does an excellent job on the whole. But there was no reason why the last West End revival with Lee Mead couldn't have toured and maybe replaced his cheap touring version (his worst touring show in my view). The Palladium version toured back in the 90s.
I just hope where possible, when an ALW show gets a big West End production, it does tour. Or Kenwright does some just Number 1 venue tours now and again. As his shows are designed for so many venues, when it hits one of the big ones it sometimes looks small and cheap
Will be interesting to see what Kenwright does with WIW, LND and Sunset. A little more investment in sets and quality cast (especially as his prices seem to have rising recently) is all they need.
