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#25London- West End Help/Recommendations
Posted: 5/22/23 at 12:28am
Cabaret is excellent and highly recommend - get the dining seats if you can - it will only enhance your evening.
I am going this weekend and just read on TheatreBoard UK that Laura Carmichael is out of Private Lives for the rest of its run - was really looking forward to seeing her in this - love that Donmar Warehouse.
Also seeing - The Motive & Cue, Guys & Dolls and A Little Life.
Not sure about Brokenback Mountain
Owen22
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/24/11
#26London- West End Help/Recommendations
Posted: 5/23/23 at 9:49am
Private Lives is terrific. Don't miss. Besides Mike Feist I didn't much like Brokeback though. Guys and Dolls is one of those prductions Londoners will talk about for years to come. And if its still playing. Once On This Island at Regents Park is very good.
And I walked out of A Little Life at interval.
#27London- West End Help/Recommendations
Posted: 5/23/23 at 10:15am
Owen, curious why you walked out. I thought it was remarkable but It isn’t for everyone, that’s for sure. But curious about what it was for you that made you want to leave.
#28London- West End Help/Recommendations
Posted: 5/23/23 at 10:37am
Play Esq. said: "Not a big fan of London in the summer but this revival of my favorite show is getting me there, if only for a quick weekend: The Pillowman."
Not a fan of London in the summer? whyyyyy?
"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
MadsonMelo
Broadway Star Joined: 3/24/14
#29London- West End Help/Recommendations
Posted: 5/23/23 at 3:09pm
Cabaret! Cabaret! Cabaret!
But also Guys and Dolls.
And A Little Life and The Pillowma.
Phillyguy
Stand-by Joined: 8/27/22
#30London- West End Help/Recommendations
Posted: 5/24/23 at 3:31pm
Cabaret is absolutely fantastic!
I also really enjoyed Mousetrap if you have never seen it, although it’s coming to Broadway next year
Theatre Fan3
Featured Actor Joined: 1/27/15
#31London- West End Help/Recommendations
Posted: 5/24/23 at 6:19pm
Nobody has mentioned it but I would highly recommend checking out ABBA VOYAGE while you are in London. It was definitely the highlight of my recent trip to London ... in fact I enjoyed it so much the first time I saw it at the beginning of the week that I turned around and booked another ticket for the end of the week. It's like nothing you've ever seen before and the audience LOVE IT!!
Owen22
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/24/11
#32London- West End Help/Recommendations
Posted: 5/25/23 at 12:46am
Jordan Catalano said: "Owen, curious why you walked out. I thought it was remarkable but It isn’t for everyone, that’s for sure. But curious about what it was for you that made you want to leave."
It was too much! I had heard that the novel was literate torture porn, but I was unprepared by how exceedingly dark (to the point of almost satire) the play's story was! Plus I didn't believe some of the motivations. If it had been acted, written, and directed better I'm sure I wouldn't have left however. But I am also so over van Hove. A View From the Bridge was remarkable, but really everything he has done since (including West Side Story) has left me resentful or disappointed.
Owen22
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/24/11
#33London- West End Help/Recommendations
Posted: 5/25/23 at 12:51am
I saw The Motive and the Cue yesterday and it is not to be missed!!! Mark Gattis will be winning the Olivier (and if the show moves to Broadway, as it should, the Tony). With Johnny Flynn right at his heels!
yyys
Leading Actor Joined: 6/29/14
#34London- West End Help/Recommendations
Posted: 5/25/23 at 7:24am
Nice, Johnny Flynn needs to tour again! it has been awhile....
Owen22 said: "I saw The Motive and the Cue yesterday and it is not to be missed!!! Mark Gattis will be winning the Olivier (and if the show moves to Broadway, as it should, the Tony). With Johnny Flynn right at his heels!"
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