are these productions going to hit London
are these productions going to hit London
FBay
Understudy Joined: 9/12/15
#1are these productions going to hit London
Posted: 9/25/15 at 6:54pm
Hamilton West End ? Fun Home West End? In The Heights West End?
#2are these productions going to hit London
Posted: 9/25/15 at 10:16pm
In The Heights is running in Kings Cross http://www.intheheightslondon.com/
Hamilton is rumoured to be coming over next year, but I reckon 80% of it's audience will be American tourists.
Haven't heard anything about Fun Home coming over, but most Tony winners for Best New Musical end up on this side of the pond sooner or later.
#3are these productions going to hit London
Posted: 9/26/15 at 4:35am
Hamilton has been announced (or heavily rumored?) to open in 2017 and there were so rumors as well about Fun Home after it picked up Best Musical... In the Heights is opening in less than a week, but it has been in London before.
#4are these productions going to hit London
Posted: 9/28/15 at 2:49pm
I wouldn't be surprised to see Fun Home at the National's smallest permanent space. (If I'm not allowed to call it the Cottesloe, I'll call it nothing at all).
#5are these productions going to hit London
Posted: 9/30/15 at 8:33am
We are still waiting for Next To Normal so I wouldn't hold your breath on Fun Home. I also can't see Hamilton doing huge business here.
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andy614
Swing Joined: 3/9/14
#6are these productions going to hit London
Posted: 9/30/15 at 9:47am
What about Finding Neverland and Something Rotten?
I'm sure i read Gary Barlow say FN is coming next year but that is as far as he went. I'd love to see Something Rotten here. Anyone heard anything on those two?
#7are these productions going to hit London
Posted: 10/1/15 at 9:43am
Hopefully these two won't ever come over, but I think there are rumors on Finding Neverland
Updated On: 10/1/15 at 09:43 AM
andy614
Swing Joined: 3/9/14
#8are these productions going to hit London
Posted: 10/1/15 at 10:02am
imeldasturn said: "Hopefully these two won't ever come over, but I think there are rumors on Finding Neverland
I see. As you didn't like them they shouldn't come over here for other people to possibly enjoy? 
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#9are these productions going to hit London
Posted: 10/2/15 at 10:00am
I was kidding! If they come I probably won't see them but be glad for their fans who will have the chance to.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 8/31/15
#10are these productions going to hit London
Posted: 10/4/15 at 1:44pm
Hamilton is confirmed not rumoured. Lin has tweeted the news himself. 2017, not decided on which theatre yet.
Next to Normal hasn't come over yet because whoever has the UK rights isn't letting go of them. They tried to do a production at Edinburgh Fringe last year but cancelled a few days before because they couldn't get the rights.I definitely think Fun Home will appear at some point, maybe not on the West End though.
#11are these productions going to hit London
Posted: 10/9/15 at 9:14pm
Hamilton is rumoured to be going into the New London.
i don't think it will be a big hit here either.
Next to Normal is a strange one, think the rights owner are still holding out for the West End or the National. I would think the fringe would bite their arm off to stage this.
yankeefan7
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/14/12
#12are these productions going to hit London
Posted: 10/12/15 at 6:17pm
"Hamilton is rumoured to be coming over next year, but I reckon 80% of it's audience will be American tourists. "
My wife and twenty something daughters saw in on Broadway in September and it is fantastic!! American tourists might want to try and see it in London because it is incredibly hard to get a ticket on Broadway and it is expensive !! Would be interested in seeing the reaction to it on the West End.
Updated On: 1/17/16 at 06:17 PM
PrimWallFlow
Swing Joined: 1/8/16
#13are these productions going to hit London
Posted: 1/8/16 at 3:18pm
Hmmm I think Hamilton will do well in London. It's a phenomenal show and apparently most Americans don't know much about Alexander Hamilton anyway so it's not like they have much of a leg up.
#14are these productions going to hit London
Posted: 1/9/16 at 5:48am
Hamilton is a sure thing now, In the Heights is in London right now, N2N is such a strange situation and I'm pretty sure we'll see Fun Home sooner or later
nataliealana
Stand-by Joined: 2/4/13
#15are these productions going to hit London
Posted: 1/14/16 at 2:33pm
It's Hedwig I'm crying out for. There was talk of it opening this year but no more news.
It's not going to happen, but I'd welcome Heathers with open arms.
macbeth
Broadway Star Joined: 5/7/03
#16are these productions going to hit London
Posted: 1/15/16 at 11:14am
Hamilton will come in 2017 with Lin Manuel opening the production, likely for 3 months.
yankeefan7
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/14/12
#17are these productions going to hit London
Posted: 1/17/16 at 8:15am
"Hamilton will come in 2017 with Lin Manuel opening the production, likely for 3 months."
That's good, would be even better if Leslie Odoms Jr (Burr) comes also, most people think he will win the acting Tony not Lin Manual.
#18are these productions going to hit London
Posted: 1/17/16 at 10:02am
That's good, would be even better if Leslie Odoms Jr (Burr) comes also, most people think he will win the acting Tony not Lin Manual.
I don't think Miranda will win the Tony... it's between Odoms and Danny Burstein for Fiddler.
BroadMagTech
Broadway Star Joined: 5/9/15
#19are these productions going to hit London
Posted: 1/17/16 at 7:32pm
Victoria Palace Theatre is rumored.
#20are these productions going to hit London
Posted: 1/17/16 at 9:01pm
Hamilton will do well here in London , as a musical on Oliver Cromwell in New York or a play on King Charles III.
lotiloti
Broadway Star Joined: 1/23/06
#21are these productions going to hit London
Posted: 1/20/16 at 9:07am
I found Hamilton, yet another over hyped Broadway show. And although relevant to the time, I suspect the anti British thread which runs through it may offend some in London. Also I don't believe the score would attract enough of the predominately older London audiences. And with Americans being told by their dreadful news channels, that terrorists abound on every street corner in Europe. I'm not sure their will be enough to keep it going. I thought K&I, Allegiance would do well in London. I also loved the Deaf West, Spring Awakening. I found Fun Home tedious beyond words. I was also surprised & saddened, that in 2015, two Broadway shows (Finding Neverland & Something Rotten) stilling using fag gags. Both productions and scores were both lazy & generic. It's a shame all the talented people on stage, are given such mediocrity to deliver.
#22are these productions going to hit London
Posted: 1/20/16 at 6:12pm
Like any show, Hamilton will have people who love it and people who do not. But I see no reason why it would not work with a British audience – you do not need to know US history to appreciate it. As for me – I LOVED it. In fact I thought it was groundbreaking, unique, breathtaking to look at and the score is both exciting and astonishingly beautiful to listen to (the cast album is on constant repeat with me!). In The Heights is currently wowing audiences in London and has established a huge fan-base, so no reason why another Miranda show cannot do the same. (And as for not attracting older audiences, I am in my 60s and was simply blown away by its brilliance.)
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PrimWallFlow
Swing Joined: 1/8/16
#23are these productions going to hit London
Posted: 1/22/16 at 3:16pm
Obviously hard to say for sure (IIRC Rent lasted for less than 2 years in London) but Hamilton and Fun Home are both fresh & well-crafted shows so in principle they should be able to handle extended runs in the UK.
pupscotch
Broadway Star Joined: 1/24/16
#24are these productions going to hit London
Posted: 2/5/16 at 10:17am
I don't think Hamilton will be a huge hit in London. It will attract fans of the show that have seen it on Broadway or listened to the cast recording, but I don't think it will attract the average British theatergoer. It is called Hamilton: An American Musical, after all. Is Lin-Manuel coming with it? I didn't know that.
yankeefan7
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/14/12
#25are these productions going to hit London
Posted: 2/27/16 at 2:15pm
In The Heights is currently wowing audiences in London and has established a huge fan-base, so no reason why another Miranda show cannot do the same. (And as for not attracting older audiences, I am in my 60s and was simply blown away by its brilliance.)"
I saw "Hamilton" last September and the audience was mostly over 50, myself included. It is fantastic and it was the loudest and longest standing ovation I have ever seen on Broadway when the show was over.
