Don't forget, making fun of Nazis is bad now according to our president. So the show will have to be reworked.
Does anybody think this show could work scaled down? The West End production of Young Frankenstein was really scaled down and it worked better then it did on Broadway. At least in my opinion.
One of the main reasons Heathers is so successful on the West End right now is the star casting of Carrie Hope Fletcher. She is a Youtuber with a huge teenage fan base. Most people want to see her not the show. The show is set to close when her contract in late November.
Unless The Producers can find someone with the right draw don't expect it to transfer.
In February 1997 I was a college freshman at Texas Tech University in Lubbock Tx. My girlfriend at the time asked if I wanted to see "Hello, Dolly!" and I said no, I wanted to watch are subpar basketball team instead. I dumbly missed Carol Channings final week in Dolly to watch a basketball game that I'm pretty sure Tech lost.
If you excuse me I'm going to scream into a pillow about how much of a stupid mistake I made.
Tim Minchin is going on a UK tour in 2019 so he might try to build momentum by preforming some of the songs on tour.
Unfortunately when Scott Rudin pulled out of the show the remaining producers should have rethought the strategy of going to straight to Broadway. They should have waited a season before coming to Broadway and to build a must see status from London.
I didn't know the creatives put their own money in the show. I guess that might have clo
Most of the musical houses in the West End are already booked up for the 2019-20 so unless they make some major scenic changes I doubt it would be earlier then 2021. Plus, Dear Evan Hansen and Come From Away are both opening in the next year and if the producers are smart they should wait until the hype of both shows die down so they don't have a repeat on Broadway.
I'm slowly coming to the realization that they might honestly be having a hard time comi
I've been talking with a few of my theatrically inclined friends and we've all came to the conclusion that the first few previews are going to be rough. We think that the puppet will get stage fright and not work correctly for the first few performances.
With nobody in the cast the puppet is going to be the main selling point. The puppet is a technical master piece which, I'm willing to bet, will not be running correctly during the first few weeks of previews. Plus, it has the same producers as Moulin Rouge so, if KK is not a soldout hit when Moulin Rouge opens I suspect KK will move back to the jungle.
It is the same set used when the show toured across the US from 09-13. So cheap but not that cheap...
The Prince Edward was MP's original home in London so they might have some of that set sitting in storage somewhere. But I think the days of the a full staged Banks house is gone.
BritCrit said: "I think Frozen is still on track to open at Drury Lane in 2020. In spite of all the speculation that its success may be built on foundations of sand, grosses of $2 million a week and attendance from the likes of Kanye and Beyoncé is proof that Frozen has done pretty well on Broadway so far. In addition, it is directed by West End icon Michael Grandage, and we want to showcase his biggest project on our biggest stage. Even if grosses drop sharply, I can sti
I'm going to go conspiracy theory here: Blue is a cool color which would make people mind's subconsciously become calm. If the person feels calm when they see the poster they might be more inclined to buy a ticket and talk about the show.
This comes from the two classes of psychology I took in college ten years ago so, I might be all wrong.
I've got a really random question over something really small. For the marquee of A Chorus Line there was an electric ticker at the bottom that would have words and sentences ticking across it.
What did the ticker say? I've seen one photo that lists the creators but does it say anything else? Was it only up for A Chorus Line or did other shows use it? It is just me or did it look tacky or did it look better in person?
Cuba Gooding Jr. is joining the show as Billy Flynn from October 6th- November 18th,
I saw him in London early this year and he can't sing the role at all and the acting is very stiff. Lets all hope he has gotten better or it will be a train wrack.
Have any of you read Ethan Morddon's book, "All That Jazz: The Life and Times of the Musical Chicago"? I really want to read it but, none of the libraries around me has it so, I might buy it on Amazon, which is not cheap. What are your thoughts about the book and is it worth the money.?
The show is currently celebrating its 15 year in New York City. I was lucky enough to catch the show in the spring of 2004 and I keep on meaning to catch it again but it keeps sliping my mind.
Has anybody caught it lately? Does the humor still hold up or is it becoming dated? How is the cast?
Last question, I know "For Now" lyrics were changed after George Bush left office to a different political figure but, I forgot what it is? Have they changed again sinc
Patti LuPone FANatic said: "Dallas Fan, I am curious if you have any idea how the West End Chicago is doing business-wise. If they're doing well enough, then a theatre transfer would make sense."
Pretty much what everthingtaboo said and, you have to remember it first closed only five years earlier and has toured extensively ever since. It came back when nobody really was dying for it to be back and right from the gate they were stunt casting with Cuba
It looks like the West End revival of the revival is closing on January 5th unless they can find a new theater because Come From Away is set to open at the same theater in late January.
