My Very Own British Invasion Previews
My Very Own British Invasion Previews
#1My Very Own British Invasion Previews
Posted: 2/1/19 at 10:27am
Was anyone at Papermill last night for the first preview? Anyone have any plans to go? Is this planning to transfer?
Patty3
Featured Actor Joined: 2/24/07
Cfried
Broadway Star Joined: 9/15/16
#3My Very Own British Invasion Previews
Posted: 2/1/19 at 3:32pmI’ll be there on closing night, but I’m curious to hear people’s thoughts. I’d heard the goal is Broadway.
#4My Very Own British Invasion Previews
Posted: 2/3/19 at 12:59pm
Afternoon.
Do you have any thoughts to share? How was it?
#5My Very Own British Invasion Previews
Posted: 2/4/19 at 3:47pm
Any updates on this? I not sure I get what the plot is supposed to be, something about Peter Noone? The newly released production images don't help, and their website doesn't show a song list or even a cast list.
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
barcelona20
Broadway Star Joined: 1/19/08
#6My Very Own British Invasion Previews
Posted: 2/4/19 at 3:58pm
I'm surprised the Beatles allowed their music to be used in this.
#7My Very Own British Invasion Previews
Posted: 2/4/19 at 7:15pm
Do we know for a fact that Beatles music is in the show?
Patty3
Featured Actor Joined: 2/24/07
#8My Very Own British Invasion Previews
Posted: 2/4/19 at 8:46pm
macnyc said: "Do we know for a fact that Beatles music is in the show?"
Yes, several Beatles songs are used as well as ensemble playing members of the group. It was a fun evening - we were 2nd row Mezz. The book was my least favorite part of the show. Not crazy about storyline. I grew up in 60s so music was faniliar to me. Not sure how much of the story was part of Peter Noone’s life. The program says his contribution was concept so I’m thinking it’s loosely based in him. The music and cast were great, though.
#9My Very Own British Invasion Previews
Posted: 2/4/19 at 9:42pm
I haven’t seen it. I watched the clip here. Maybe not fair, but this looks like...oh, what’s the word I’m looking for?.....
#10My Very Own British Invasion Previews
Posted: 2/5/19 at 10:12am
Yeah I guess its set in the Bag O' Nails club in London in the 60s and its kind of a flashback/memory play reenacting Peter Noone's and the British invasion of music to America. Theres a character that i'm thinking is supposed to be Mick Jagger, which would make the girl (Pamela) Marianne Faithful..? KTP plays a narrator of sorts (that doesn't bookend the show) based on Geno Washington. Lots of 60s music, energetic fun. Story? - barely there.
#11My Very Own British Invasion Previews
Posted: 2/5/19 at 10:26am
Thanks, Bro! I have tickets for later this month.
TheresaG
Stand-by Joined: 8/31/06
#12My Very Own British Invasion Previews
Posted: 2/5/19 at 10:59am
There is a complete playlist on Spotify of the songs by the original artists for this show. The Paper Mill has a link on their Facebook page to access it. It didn't move over here too well but if you go on Spotify, look for The Songs of My Very Own British Invasion.
Updated On: 2/5/19 at 10:59 AM#13My Very Own British Invasion Previews
Posted: 2/5/19 at 11:14am
Thanks for the Spotify info! That is one impressive song list. What a great era for pop music.
#14My Very Own British Invasion Previews
Posted: 2/23/19 at 7:52pm
I just got back from the matinee at the Paper Mill. My friend and I enjoyed hearing the music from our childhood and teen years, and the actors and singers are talented. Young Jonny Amies did a fine job as a teenage Noone. But that's not enough to overcome the blah story. It's hard to believe that with all the vibrancy of the music scene in London in 1964, and the larger-than-life characters who lived then, this was the best that Rick Elice could come up with, especially with the help and input from Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits fame.
And with Jerry Mitchell at the helm, I expected some exciting choreography. There wasn't much dancing at all beyond what I would term "movement."
#15My Very Own British Invasion Previews
Posted: 2/23/19 at 8:51pm
Looks like Papermill has another flop of an original show.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
jbird5
Broadway Star Joined: 12/20/15
#16My Very Own British Invasion Previews
Posted: 2/24/19 at 9:31am
barcelona20 said: "I'm surprised the Beatles allowed their music to be used in this."
The Beatles famously don’t own the rights to their own music.
barcelona20
Broadway Star Joined: 1/19/08
#17My Very Own British Invasion Previews
Posted: 2/24/19 at 9:48am
Are you sure?
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40457703
jbird5
Broadway Star Joined: 12/20/15
#18My Very Own British Invasion Previews
Posted: 2/24/19 at 10:04am
barcelona20 said: "Are you sure?
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40457703"
No, but I took “settlement” as they paid him to go away. They fought and won a similar case against Duran, Duran in the UK. Afterwards,They approAched Paul at the Grammys and warned him they would fight him even harder.
Cfried
Broadway Star Joined: 9/15/16
#19My Very Own British Invasion Previews
Posted: 3/2/19 at 11:16pmCaught tonight’s performance and unfortunately, the show is a mess. The cast delivers admirable performances and the physical production itself is handsome, but the book is beyond problematic. I don’t see how it could have any commercial potential.
