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Location:High Wycombe, UK
Occupation:Bookseller
Profile:Current avatar: the fabulous Julian Bleach as Ariel in the RSC's 2006 production of The Tempest directed by Rupert Goold.

Please note: I'm female. :P


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Anyone feel hiding replacement boards is deceptive?  Jun 7 2011, 10:06:18 AM
The only exception is when the star performer's name is ABOVE the title on the marquee. If they are out, you can legally go to the box office and insist on a refund, because in that case, you ARE paying to see a performer, since their name is more prominent than the title.

Legally? No. The theatres are under no obligation to give a refund for a ticket, but in the case of above-the-title names, they almost all make the exception as a goodwill gesture. Alas, the fact they do common


So I Found This Poster At A Yard Sale Yesterday... (Help With It's Value)  Jun 6 2011, 09:25:09 AM
You will come back and let us know once you've found out, right? :)


Arcadia  May 26 2011, 05:33:56 AM
Tortoise, dude. Plautus is a tortoise. :P


Favorite BWW Board Posts  May 16 2011, 07:50:42 AM
Any Friday night meltdown, not just AntoniJan's. Though the creativity and hilarity that arose from those in particular astounds me to this very day.


After the Dance- Benedict Cumberbatch on Broadway  May 7 2011, 06:40:51 AM
Sir, surely you jest. "Excellent" is not strong enough a word for the majesty of this production!


After the Dance- Benedict Cumberbatch on Broadway  May 7 2011, 05:25:37 AM
I'm not gonna lie, I will scream and stamp my feet and weep in bitter envy if you get this production *and* Nancy Carroll *and* Adrian Scarborough. It was insanely wonderful and remains the utmost highlight of 2010 for me.


Most Famous Broadway Show?  May 3 2011, 08:32:15 AM
I would give extra points to Phantom because most people know it is a Broadway show but they also could describe the plot ("dude in a mask obsessed with a singer"). I'm not sure that's the case anymore for Cats or The Sound of Music.

Be fair, a lot of people who've seen Cats couldn't describe the plot of that either.

I'd say Phantom of the Opera. Do you really truly honestly think the average joe in the street knows what A Chorus Line is?


Has the memory of a beloved performer in the past ruined a show for you ?  Apr 29 2011, 10:56:29 AM
I don't know about "ruined", and it's not musicals, but I find it very difficult to warm to Gertrude and Horatio in most productions of Hamlet since falling for Penny Downie and Peter De Jersey in the recent RSC production. I'm also forever seeking a brilliant new Othello, but since Chiwetel Ejiofor at the Donmar Warehouse, I don't think it's going to happen. And I have a horrible feeling that, in Derek Jacobi, I have already seen the finest King Lear I ever will see.


Has a reviewer ever dismissed a Pull quote?  Apr 28 2011, 05:06:53 AM
My favourite recent pullquote is "I'm dying to see it!" for Umbrellas of Cherbourg. It's like they weren't even trying.


When people get the song title wrong  Apr 27 2011, 05:26:06 AM
"Pig No Pig" from Betty Blue Eyes will be repeatedly called "There's a pig in the house" no doubt.

Not as long as Ann Emery is playing Mother Dear.


JERUSALEM Reviews  Apr 22 2011, 05:36:58 AM
Richard II has that whole wonderful bit from John of Gaunt about how England ain't what it used to be. I don't know about the intermediate links, but if there is such a line, it does at least go back 400-odd years.


Go ahead! List every show you've seen in chronological order...  Apr 21 2011, 09:28:27 AM
Jordan: I'm at work, it's a slow day, and my theatre history is in conveniently accessible online lists anyway.


Go ahead! List every show you've seen in chronological order...  Apr 21 2011, 07:03:58 AM
If location is not specified, it's London. I'll mostly weed out repeat trips but may keep a couple in if I have reason for doing so. And I only started keeping detailed records in 2006, so you'll just have to imagine the repeated trips to Blood Brothers and Joseph that made up the bulk of my pre-2006 theatre-going life.

2006

Sunday in the Park with George - Wyndham's
The Woman in Black - Fortune
The Last 5 Years - Menier
Les Miserables - Queen's


The 30 Day Musical Theatre Song Challenge - DAY 6  Apr 19 2011, 05:33:56 AM
'Stars and the Moon' from Songs for a New World. Every. Damn. Time.


The 30 Day Musical Theatre Song Challenge - DAY 8  Apr 19 2011, 05:32:28 AM
'Lily's Eyes' from The Secret Garden - Philip Quast *and* Anthony Warlow.


The 30 Day Musical Theatre Song Challenge - DAY 2  Apr 14 2011, 04:24:07 AM
'Another Little Victory' from Betty Blue Eyes. I love Betty Blue Eyes and I genuinely have that song stuck in my head right now. XD


The 30 Day Musical Theatre Song Challenge - DAY 1  Apr 12 2011, 12:11:32 PM
Well, it'll have to be 'One More Angel in Heaven' from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. It's the first musical I remember knowing and that's still my favourite song from it. XD


What is the best production(s) you have ever seen at a reginal theater?  Mar 25 2011, 09:04:41 AM
I guess the RSC's kinda cheating, so I'll go with Richard II at the Tobacco Factory in Bristol.


Tony Award Categories you wish could be  Mar 21 2011, 03:31:29 PM
Best Script of a Play.

Seems unfair that 1) musicals get Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, and Best Score while plays just get Best Play, and 2) that a brilliant script may be wholly overlooked for awards if given a terrible production.


Sleep No More Character I.D.'s?  Mar 16 2011, 04:02:34 PM
While we're here, does anyone have a list of cast members they could share? :3


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