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Dear Evan Hansen going to West End!
#50Dear Evan Hansen going to West End!
Posted: 9/14/19 at 5:39am
Social anxiety is like being British 101. Also, the UK core theatre audiences are in my opinion much, much less sophisticated than NYC. Low quality & generic means it'll fit right in. Plus if you look at the current sales, it does seem like this will probably be a hit.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#51Dear Evan Hansen going to West End!
Posted: 9/14/19 at 5:58am
qolbinau said: "Also, the UK core theatre audiences are in my opinion much, much less sophisticated than NYC."
This is interesting. I agree that there is a difference, but it depends on how you would describe "sophisticated". Some might consider UK audiences more sophisticated. Some of them might look down on a show like this and vice versa. It's a bit of the "religious person versus the gay person problem", both can look down on eachother and hope the other will one day see the truth.
My point was that in the USA at the moment, socially, the victim role is very supported and often used and accepted as a way to get what you want, and the core theatre audience there might share this vision as it is all very left and free spirited. This might not be the case in the UK. But I have seen other low quality & generic shows do well in the UK, so you do have a point there, who knows what will happen.
UK audiences might look down on a show like this and vice versa. It's interesting but we shouldn't underestimate the differences in society.
#52Dear Evan Hansen going to West End!
Posted: 10/17/19 at 7:32pmConsidering, they had Canadian actors do the virtual community voices for the Toronto production, are they going to be using British actors for the West End production and do we know who is doing it?
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#53Dear Evan Hansen going to West End!
Posted: 10/18/19 at 2:02am
Benj Pasek posted a few clips of the cast singing You Will Be Found at their sitzprobe on his Instagram Story and they sound fantastic.
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Updated On: 10/18/19 at 02:02 AM
#54Dear Evan Hansen going to West End!
Posted: 10/30/19 at 10:01am
Did anyone watch the first preview last night?!? If so, how was the west end cast?
#55Dear Evan Hansen going to West End!
Posted: 12/6/19 at 5:58am
I caught both Evans this week here in London. The cast they’ve assembled here really is quite perfect and the production is as good as anyone would want it to be.
That said, I’m still thinking about Marcus Harman who is the standby Evan. Besides Platt, he’s hands down the best Evan I’ve ever seen and as I said in another thread about the role, the performance he’s giving reminds you why an actor can only do it 6x a week. And while I also enjoyed Sam Tutty (regular Evan), I found him to be a bit too “manic” and I never really connected with his interpretation of the character. And while I left the show with my face wet from tears after Harman, I just didn’t get the same emotional impact from Tutty. I find it interesting that (to me) this is the second time I found the alternate to be a much more convincing actor - I think Michael Lee Brown was phenomenal and far and away better than any of the Evans he covered for (besides Platt).
Other than that, I really want to single out Lauren Ward’s Cynthia (I’ll always think that’s a better role than Heidi) and Rupert Young’s Larry. Both were heartbreaking and perfectly cast.
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#56Dear Evan Hansen going to West End!
Posted: 12/6/19 at 7:25am
Their performance of YWBF sounded amazing!! I think it was on Brroadway.com.
