Another bump for Finding Neverland

[RW3]

Posted: 1/23/15 at 10:55am

Press Agent is gone!

[Back Row]

Posted: 1/23/15 at 11:20am

Harvey gonna Harvey.

[Patash]

Posted: 1/23/15 at 11:57am

Interesting. I just bought tickets two days ago and have gotten two emails saying the same thing -- something about issuing the tickets themselves is temporarily delayed, so I've not been able to print them yet.


Here's the actual message from Ticketmaster -- I've never seen anything quite like it before -- and I've gotten this email each of the last two days:

"Don't worry, your tickets are coming - whether you're printing, going mobile, getting them in the mail, or planning on in-store pickup! This temporary delivery delay just gives us time to run routine checks that ensure all fans get a fair shot at seats, like confirming every buyer is a fan and not a bot, making sure everyone sticks to the ticket limit, etc."




Updated On: 1/23/15 at 11:57 AM

[kyl3fong2]

Posted: 1/23/15 at 12:38pm

I purchased tickets for An American in Paris via Ticketmaster and got the same note.

Also, just looked at tickets for Gigi and it appears there will be a delivery delay with tickets for that show as well with ticketmaster citing February 23rd as delivery date....

[kade.ivy]

Posted: 1/23/15 at 1:14pm

In regard to the Ticketmaster message, I've gotten the same message from them when buying tickets to the Orpheum in Memphis-I think it was for Book of Mormon when it was there. It seems like they hold tickets for high-profile events to make sure everything is good. Of the same token, it might be an issue with the production, and Ticketmaster just sent its default message for delayed deliveries.

[kyl3fong2]

Posted: 1/23/15 at 1:17pm

I also noticed that while my ticket has been bought (but isn't available for delivery with that message) my seat still shows as available if I click in to the event date via Ticketmaster to try and purchase tickets.

May just be a glitch or...

[haterobics]

Posted: 1/23/15 at 1:21pm

That message is normal with Ticketmaster. Usually it is a delay to ferret out people who are buying up volume across multiple shows, or just to deter scalpers who want to immediately list tickets they have rather than wait... whereas someone who is just going to use tickets to attend their show personally, waiting a week or something for their tickets doesn't matter, since it will still be well in advance of the show.

Many huge concerts will hold tickets until a month or two before the show for that reason, scalper deterrent. Happened with me for U2, Bruno Mars, Sam Smith, almost any major concert.

[perfectlymarvelous]

Posted: 1/23/15 at 1:38pm

Oy gevalt.

[haterobics]

Posted: 1/23/15 at 2:08pm

Well, if you let people immediately print tickets, you could still print and sell them after Ticketmaster had canceled them for buying beyond the limit, etc.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 1/23/15 at 8:48pm

Have they announced a full cast yet?

[rcwr]

Posted: 1/24/15 at 12:47am

No full cast has been announced. I'm particularly interested in the ensemble so I've been poking around. Of the ensemble members from the ART production: Jonathan Ritter's twitter says "Currently in OZ...Soon to be in NEVERLAND..."; Paul Slade Smith's blog says explicitly that he's in it again; Dana Costello announced she's in it again; and Mary Page Nance tweeted this week, "Well folks the official day has come. I'm going to Broadway! @dustin_flores #FindingNeverland #TheMine #BroadwayDebut."

Gaelen Gilliland is doing Honeymoon in Vegas and Thayne Jasperson is doing Hamilton so they seem unlikely, though who knows.

At least one of the kids will be new (ie not from the ART production), though it doesn't say which character he'll play: http://wingspanconservatory.wingspanarts.org/2014/12/12/jackson-demott-hill-is-making-his-broadway-debut/

If anyone's seen other casting confirmations, please share!

[TheatreKid3]

Posted: 1/27/15 at 12:32am

They have updated the logo and it looks so much better. It captures the magic much more than that ugly orange green/orange combo. Well done.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 1/27/15 at 1:50am

Where?

[TheatreKid3]

Posted: 1/27/15 at 2:01am

I'm not sure how to post pictures in this forum, but if you visit www.findingneverlandthemusical.com you will see it. They've also added J.M. Barrie & Sylvia's silhouettes to the London skyline as well as added some depth and texture to the larger head silhouette. It's much nicer.

[Princeton Returns]

Posted: 1/27/15 at 2:21am

Hmm I wouldn't say it's that much of an improvement. The Leicester artwork was so much nicer and captured the story better. Mind you the more I read and hear of this shoe the further it seems to get from the source material

[BwayinVan]

Posted: 1/28/15 at 1:27am

Judging by Melanie Moore's Twitter and Instagram she is alluding to being part of the Broadway run...interesting to see who else will be on board

[Bilbo3]

Posted: 1/28/15 at 6:30am

Thayne Jasperson almost stole the show. I hope they keep his character for the Broadway run.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 1/28/15 at 8:06am

I'm not sure how this is a "bump' They would have hired another rep and had them working before they severed ties with the first.

[rcwr]

Posted: 1/29/15 at 3:58pm

If anyone's interested, the FN site -- http://findingneverlandthemusical.com -- is now streaming a full song from the show. It's called "When Your Feet Don't Touch the Ground" and here it's sung by Gary Barlow, one of the two composers (Elliot Kennedy is the other one). The melody is different in some places from how it was sung at ART, but I don't know enough about music to suss whether that's a change that has happened in the interim or if Barlow is just kind of doing his own thing on this recording.

(ETA: Although in another sense it's not the full song, because the full song is a duet and has two people singing at the same time.) Updated On: 1/29/15 at 03:58 PM

[maxkko]

Posted: 2/2/15 at 11:00am

Kevin Kern is in the show!

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 2/2/15 at 12:40pm

Is there still a dog-boy?

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 2/2/15 at 1:00pm

Going back to what rcwr said, it looks like all the boys are going to Broadway, this new kid could very well be the understudy.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 2/2/15 at 1:12pm

Well Thayne Jasperson is in Hamilton. I am going to guess that Kevin Kern is Morrison's standby? He's done that a few times now.

[rcwr]

Posted: 2/2/15 at 1:36pm

I'm thrilled to pieces that the ensemble includes so many from the ART ensemble! They were SO good. I encourage people who are able to go see this to do so however you feel about Matthew Morrison and Kelsey Grammar (I personally adored Jordan and McGrath and, if I were able to get to NY, would be feeling very bummed about Morrison and Grammar). Melanie Moore and Emma Pfaeffle as Peter and Wendy -- oh, my heart. The two of them with Jonathan Ritter, Ron Todorowski, and Mary Page Nance as dancing servants -- hilarious. Josh Lamon and Paul Slade Smith as fussy actors -- hysterically funny.

Also pleased that the four original kids are there. As Mattbrain says, the two new ones could be understudies? Or maybe they're going to do an intentional rotation, as happens sometimes with kids' roles? Are these kids' roles big enough to do that?

Updated On: 2/2/15 at 01:36 PM

[Bilbo3]

Posted: 2/2/15 at 1:39pm

Exciting!