Recommended show(s) for early November?

[karen24]

Posted: 7/21/15 at 8:40pm

Hi,

I'll be coming to the UK in late October/early November and will have five nights in London (11/6 through the 10th.) Are there any shows I should particularly try to see? I get to NYC quite often so have already seen, for example, Matilda, Curious Incident, Billy Elliott, Wicked, 39 Steps and Once. Would love to see something that hasn't gotten to NY yet or may not get there at all. I've been thinking about Gypsy; I have seen it with Patti LuPone but I hear Imelda Staunton is wonderful. I'm interested in both musicals and plays. Also love Shakespeare.

Recent favorites in NYC were Hedwig, Fun Home, Curious Incident, On the 20th Century and Something Rotten.

Thanks!

[bob8rich]

Posted: 7/22/15 at 3:46am

Imelda Staunton's performance in GYPSY is the greatest performance I have ever seen on a West End stage (in almost 50 years of theatre-going). The entire cast are also outstanding. It's pretty much a "must see"!

MISS SAIGON is also a fantastic production of a brilliant show.

If you did not see MEMPHIS on Broadway, that's well worth a visit.

The new musical BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM is really wonderful.

And the current cast of LES MIS are fantastic.

[imeldasturn]

Posted: 7/22/15 at 9:15am

In addiction to the ones suggested by Karen (especially Gypsy! Imelda Staunton is delivering one of the greatest performances EVER!), I wouldn't miss "Farinelli and the King" to see the magnificent Mark Rylance in action. And if you love Shakespeare there is going to be a Young Vic production of Measure for Measure and Comedy of Errors and As You Like It at the National

[ggersten]

Posted: 7/22/15 at 12:40pm

Memphis will be closed when you visit.  So will Hamlet with the Cumberbatch.

Sunny Afternoon should be a good time - if you like The Kinks.  (It won the Olivier for Best New Musical)

The Hairy Ape will be at the Old Vic.  (no idea if it will be good)

A new David Hare play - The Moderate Soprano - opens at The Hampstead. (no idea if it will be good).

The Gypsy production has received almost universal acclaim - and is probably the "don't miss" show.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a "do miss" show - although whatever eventually comes to NYC likely will be quite different.

 

 

 

[karen24]

Posted: 7/24/15 at 2:28pm

Thanks everyone! I think I'm definitely going to try to see "Gypsy," and the Mark Rylance play is intriguing, as are the Shakespeare plays. Well, pretty much everything I did see "Memphis" so no worries there about missing it.

Karen

[thehen28]

Posted: 8/3/15 at 6:56am

I´d recommend seeing "Funny Girl" at the Menier Chocolate Factory although I´m not sure the exact dates yet

Also I´d check out Xanadu at Southwick Playhouse

http://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/the-large/xanadu/ 

Updated On: 8/3/15 at 06:56 AM