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Ah, the things you find out with Google ... I never realized that Josie Walker was in so many shows that I've seen over the years in London.  Besides THE BEAUTIFUL GAME, she was Mrs. Wormwood in the original cast of MATILDA and also the mother in EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE.  What a truly gifted and talented performer.  Her comedic performance in MATILDA such a contrast to her powerful and emotional performances in THE BEAUTIFUL GAME and EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOU

Lately I've been listening to some of my cd's of shows that I hadn't listened to in quite some time and came across the one for ALW's THE BEAUTIFUL GAME which I was fortunate enough to see with the original cast in London when it first opened.  I had forgotten just how powerful the show was and how much I had enjoyed it.  I'm not positive but I don't think that it every made a transfer to Broadway which is a real shame.  I loved the entire score from the

GavestonPS said: "I mean no disrespect. We should add that for all we know, she may have drowned while ensuring her son made it back into the boat. Or the child might have fallen into the water and his mother got in to rescue him, only to find she couldn't get back in the boat without tipping it over and throwing her son back into the water. I.e., she may have given her life for his."

Having seen photos of the boat there was no chance of anybody tipping it over.&

Sorry if this doesn't belong on this board but I figured there might be people that would be interested in this and might not have seen the story since there is basically NO ACTIVITY on the West End board.

 

The Lion King's London home, the Lyceum Theatre, has been flooded

Sure wish they would have filmed WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND and THE BEAUTIFUL GAME.  Would love to see STARLIGHT again but it wouldn't be the same as seeing it in the theatre with the original London staging ... that was truly a fun night!! And it brings back memories of Stephanie Lawrence.  RIP

The boxed set finally arrived.  Haven't had a chance to look at all items included in the set in depth but I did notice, and was rather disappointed, that the dvd's are housed in mere paper sleeves.  I would have thought that for the price they could have at the very least had some sort of a more substantial case to protect them.  Interested in what others thought.

Yes, I realized that as soon as I'd hit the "Post Message" button .... I have already made the correction.

LarryD2 said: "imeldasturn said: "Gavin Creel has announced it days ago..."

He announced days ago that he had been tested and was "pretty sure" he had it. He announced today that he had, in fact, tested positive."

I wonder if Sara Bareilles has been tested since she and Gavin were starring together in WAITRESS in the West End but cut their runs short in order to get back to the US.

They are getting plenty of flack over the price on their Facebook page.  Their response to justify the price is  " The costs to create this film were very high up front, so unfortunately in order to even have a chance of recouping this investment we have to mark the price around the cost of a Broadway ticket. The cost of filming, mastering and paying all the actor and creative fees for this film make it necessary initially to sell this limited edition box set for around the pri

They fail to mention that on top of the $169.99 is an additional $20.99 for "Standard shipping" (4-6 weeks).

Just received this response in regards to my inquiry asking if there was a blu-ray disc included ....

" Thanks for your email. We are evaluating a later version that would include more unseen footage, but in so far as quality is concerned, the films were shot at HD and not 4K, so what you get on DVD is already at the best quality we can deliver. We’ll keep everyone posted on future releases, but in the meanwhile, for simplicity and logistics, and to make it accessible to the

Wasn't it originally advertised (way back when) as a blu-ray/dvd release?  Is there seriously not a blu-ray disc included for this price????

i don't think this will impact ticket sales to the various stage productions in a negative way at all ... if anything, it will most likely even stimulate sales.  The reality of the situation is there are a great number of people out there that simply can't afford broadway/touring ticket prices that would love to see this production but are financially not in a position to do so.  A normal wide theatrical release in theaters will give these people the opportunity to experienc

Call_me_jorge said: "Theatre Fan3 said: "Plannietink08 said: "https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Sony-and-Netflix-In-Talks-for-MATILDA-Movie-Musical-Distribution-Deal-20200128



Interesting that Netflix are getting involved."

So this looks like it will be going the way of "The Irishman&qu

Plannietink08 said: "https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Sony-and-Netflix-In-Talks-for-MATILDA-Movie-Musical-Distribution-Deal-20200128



Interesting that Netflix are getting involved."

So this looks like it will be going the way of "The Irishman" and be a streaming release in the US rather than a theatric

Perhaps it would have been better off as a straight comedy rather than a musical.