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Post by greeny11 on Feb 25, 2018 16:05:13 GMT
I didn't see Esther Smith, but I thought Annabel Baldwin was really good as Delphi. However, she probably won't be there come June, especially as this is her second year in the company, and she'll probably want to move onto other projects.
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Post by Cedriko on Feb 26, 2018 2:00:17 GMT
Oh Ok Thank you for the info guys!
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Post by zahidf on Mar 11, 2018 22:22:39 GMT
Was at the performance tonight which waa cancelled because of the soho power cut.
SOOOO frustrating. Hope they can exchange tics for VERY soon. i dont want to wait too long
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Post by andrew on Mar 12, 2018 0:02:09 GMT
Was at the performance tonight which waa cancelled because of the soho power cut. SOOOO frustrating. Hope they can exchange tics for VERY soon. i dont want to wait too long I can only imagine how many Lumos jokes were made.
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Post by zahidf on Mar 12, 2018 13:37:13 GMT
Was at the performance tonight which waa cancelled because of the soho power cut. SOOOO frustrating. Hope they can exchange tics for VERY soon. i dont want to wait too long Extra performance April 6th in the afternoon. That or a refund I can maybe make it but annoyed i have to waste a holiday day to go because they have no weekend tics
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Post by daniel on Mar 16, 2018 23:23:31 GMT
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Post by Jon on Mar 16, 2018 23:48:51 GMT
Looks like they completely redid the theatre, it looks nothing like it did before but still stunning
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Post by firefingers on Mar 20, 2018 16:49:14 GMT
I understand the new cast coming in soon in town will be using updated scripts, containing changes that have been put in the Broadway run. Nothing major, but it will be interesting to see what they felt wasn’t quite right.
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Post by bob2010 on Mar 20, 2018 18:04:01 GMT
I understand the new cast coming in soon in town will be using updated scripts, containing changes that have been put in the Broadway run. Nothing major, but it will be interesting to see what they felt wasn’t quite right. Good opportunity for them to re-release the book
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Post by grocker on Apr 1, 2018 9:47:15 GMT
I've just watched HP and the Cursed Child on Broadway, and having watched it a handful of times in London with the original cast and the current London cast, it was interesting to note the little tweaks between London and Broadway.
Not sure if what I'm about to say constitutes as spoilers since I'm kind of spoiling the changes between London and Broadway, but in case anyone is concerned, this is the SPOILER WARNING if you plan on watching it on Broadway.
The play itself is executed mostly the same as its original London counterpart, but a few fun/interesting changes I noticed included the following:
The St Oswald's Home for Old Witches and Wizards sequence included some physical antics by the residents that aren't in the London production.
The young male attendant dealing with the residents in the Broadway version puts up more of a fight than the London version. The London attendant gets picked on by the residents, whereas the Broadway one is actively trying to get the better of them in his interactions.
The elderly black woman on the couch laughing as she pulls out fabric from her throat in the London version is replaced with an elderly woman embedded in the couch with her legs in disarray before saying the 'miserable old sod' line regarding Amos Diggory.
Scorpius and Hermione's line in St Jerome's church as the principal cast discuss theories about Delphi and Voldemort: 'You're not wrong.' (London) 'You're right.' (Broadway)
Not 100% sure on this, but I feel that Scorpius' lines about the fallacy of fulfilling and breaking prophecies when trying to reason with Delphi were cut in Broadway.
That's what I can remember from the top of my head, but it's still previews for the Cursed Child on Broadway, so I don't know if those changes are staying or going before the official opening night on April 22. I would tend to think they would stay if those are the changes they found necessary across the pond.
I agree with the comment above about it being the perfect opportunity to release a Broadway version of the script for changes.
I wish I could remember more specifics on the St Oswald's scene because I find movement/choreography to play a big part in this play and it's personally something I pay attention to when I watch live performances in general.
The refurbished Lyric Theatre is splendid. I wish I had more time in New York to watch it again to catch more changes, but alas, not everyone can own a Time Turner that gleams like gold just the way the Malfoys like it.
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Post by timothyd on Apr 25, 2018 14:29:27 GMT
Great visuals, bad story.
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Post by Cedriko on May 25, 2018 6:00:07 GMT
So... Because I will see them in 27 days (and counting, so excited indeed!) Anyone has seeing the thrid year cast? How were they? Albus? Scorpius? Harry? Ginny? And who plays Delphi? (I actually read the script and is one of my new favorite characters, sociophats had always a partcular interest to me, and yes, I know that this villian could be much better and her presense in the play is questionable for many, but, to be honest, I found her very appealing in some ways, particulary because of her parallelism with Harry and the inteligence that she has for making all this complicated plan; know that´s a very unpopular opinion, I beg you, be kind and don´t kill me with an Adeva Kedabra XD) Anyway: The new actress was any good or she is as lackauster as the other performers that played the role? (Never saw them of course but what I read in this forum and other´s sites is that the aactress were, unconvincing and panto in general...and I could imagine what this word means, but, to be absolutley sure: What does mean when you guys said: Her acting was very panto. Or: She is very panto? It has something to do with, to cartoonysh or with a Disney´s villian prototipe? (remember that I´m from Mexico, and there some things that I don´t get yet) Thank you! Have a nice day!
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Post by stuartmcd on Jun 20, 2018 16:07:25 GMT
I’m at Cursed Child today and they have definitely made some changes with the new cast. The main thing I remember is the terrible projection of an owl has now been replaced by a puppet. Don’t know the script well enough to comment on individual lines but it feels like a few lines have been changed or tweaked.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2018 10:39:13 GMT
Can I ask question should I fly to see the OBC of Cursed Child or see it in Melbourne which is closer to me or just do it in London?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2019 11:55:39 GMT
How is the London Cast?
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Post by Stephen on Jul 28, 2019 1:17:02 GMT
Any loud noises in this?
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Post by jgblunners on Jul 5, 2021 21:20:57 GMT
The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced they will cut the whole 1st act of the time turner saga - when they first go back in time, it results in Ron and Hermione not getting married. Instead they could just interfere with time the once and end act one with Voldemort Day. I’m sure I saw someone on Twitter speculate that they would be cutting a lot of the flashback/past scenes and focus more on the Albus/Scorpius story.
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Post by sfsusan on Jul 6, 2021 23:12:30 GMT
I may have missed some news... are they consolidating the two parts into a single performance, thus requiring cuts?
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Post by couldileaveyou on Jul 6, 2021 23:22:46 GMT
I may have missed some news... are they consolidating the two parts into a single performance, thus requiring cuts? Only in north America
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Post by sfsusan on Jul 7, 2021 23:38:46 GMT
Interesting. Do we Americans have shorter attention spans than folks in London? I saw the plays in London and thought they could have been done as a single performance since I remember Part II kind of dragged. (Although a second interval might have been warranted if the total time ended up being close to 4 hours. And they'd have to start at an awkward time unless they did matinees only.)
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Post by couldileaveyou on May 25, 2022 11:26:02 GMT
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Post by zahidf on May 25, 2022 12:36:18 GMT
Sounds terrible if they cut out all the scenes with the main bad guy
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Post by theatrefan77 on May 26, 2022 0:05:33 GMT
Really hope they don't do the short version in London. I love it as it is
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Post by fiyerorocher on May 26, 2022 1:59:36 GMT
Would love them to update the Albus and Scorpius relationship here, though
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Post by fiyerorocher on May 7, 2023 20:28:30 GMT
Okay does anyone know when they rewrote this? because re: my comment above, they *have* updated the Albus and Scorpius relationship and I had absolutely no idea!
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Post by theatrenerd on May 7, 2023 20:48:06 GMT
Okay does anyone know when they rewrote this? because re: my comment above, they *have* updated the Albus and Scorpius relationship and I had absolutely no idea! Looking at the Wikipedia page, I’m guessing it was when the one-part version began playing. I saw the show in London last November and also bought a copy of the play text and noticed the extra dialogue in the final scene wasn’t in the play text.
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Post by dollybm on May 8, 2023 15:52:01 GMT
Okay does anyone know when they rewrote this? because re: my comment above, they *have* updated the Albus and Scorpius relationship and I had absolutely no idea! The new dialogue was introduced with the Broadway version post-Covid. However, it didn’t make its way to the London production until the Year 6 cast took over in October 2022. At this point in London St Oswald’s was also cut, some of the soundtrack was revised and various line changes introduced. The final battle is now also shorter.
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Post by yokollama on May 8, 2023 23:40:27 GMT
I saw the closing performance of the Year 5 cast and Scorpius was still pining after Rose. (On another note, poor Luke/Scorpius accidentally smashed his face into the floor during the final staircase scene and was scrambling to hide his bloody face...) I revisited the show shortly after for their 1000th performance (I believe this was approx. 1 month into the Year 6 cast taking over) and the change was already in effect. One change that had me scratching my head was Albus remaining a Slytherin after the first time travel - to reduce the number of lines and/or for costume reasons?
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Post by fiyerorocher on May 9, 2023 0:09:20 GMT
I saw the closing performance of the Year 5 cast and Scorpius was still pining after Rose. (On another note, poor Luke/Scorpius accidentally smashed his face into the floor during the final staircase scene and was scrambling to hide his bloody face...) I revisited the show shortly after for their 1000th performance (I believe this was approx. 1 month into the Year 6 cast taking over) and the change was already in effect. One change that had me scratching my head was Albus remaining a Slytherin after the first time travel - to reduce the number of lines and/or for costume reasons? Maybe story reasons? He supposedly ended up in Gryffindor initially because he asked the sorting hat because of what Panju said, but it doesn't really make any sense that he'd ask then and not ask in the 'normal' timeline, especially after we see James tease him and how much he hates the idea of being in Slytherin. Although it does beg the question of exactly how Harry plans on keeping apart two boys living in the same dormitory.
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Post by dollybm on May 9, 2023 6:57:08 GMT
I never thought him ending up in Gryffindor made much story sense for the reasons above but the cynic in me does think it was a costume driven decision almost like a halfway between the original 2 part (which by year 5 London wasn’t even the original 2 part if you dial into specifics) and the 1 part. While the 1 part saves on casting some characters entirely it does also introduce a reduction in the number of costumes for some tracks that remain (Draco is one of the more obvious ones but the Snape track is also an example).
To the point about how Harry expects to keep apart two students in the same dormitory in London Draco’s dialogue is slightly changed to address this in the duel scene but I can’t remember the specifics of what he actually says and the 1 part shows Albus being in a single room.
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