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Post by horton on May 10, 2016 10:08:28 GMT
Sheridan's agent/ manager/ spirit guide need to be giving better advice at the moment. Plenty of celebrities get snide comments in the press- they are wise enough to keep quiet, knowing attention will very quickly move on. (Look how we have virtually forgotten the threesome scandal).
Sheridan is baiting the bear- maybe she can't help it or maybe she actually needs the attention. Time for someone to help her get back on track- either by having proper sick leave (meaning also too sick to tweet), or take up more professional conduct at work.
(PS Why is Parsley writing in blank verse again? Is he planning an anthology or is he Carol Ann Duffy in disguise?)
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Post by horton on May 9, 2016 11:19:34 GMT
It's the great "if only..." Much as I loved the show at the Dominion, in the Shaftesbury it would have been sublime.
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Post by horton on May 9, 2016 10:08:45 GMT
The CD has now been consigned to my "gave it a chance" shelf...
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Post by horton on May 9, 2016 9:50:46 GMT
Maybe it was an attempt to garner sympathy. Tiredness can usually be hidden...
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Post by horton on May 6, 2016 18:06:59 GMT
I re-watched the film recently and was shocked at how syrupy I found it. I don't think it has aged well.
Increasingly, I worry about some of the reports that have emerged about the darker side of Barrie's nature. A saccharine musical is hardly likely to win me over.
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Post by horton on May 4, 2016 19:07:53 GMT
Stop mentioning the bar, you meanies!
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Post by horton on May 3, 2016 9:55:07 GMT
Who wouldn't be on their best behaviour after such a slip?
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Post by horton on May 2, 2016 15:12:52 GMT
I don't know the lady, but certainly there are plenty of "celebs" who court media attention. But it's like playing with a cobra- oh so easy to get bitten!
I'm not sure how interested she would be in a hug from a stranger.
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Post by horton on May 2, 2016 9:01:30 GMT
It is upsetting but exactly as I called it earlier- the show couldn't continue because she was causing such disturbance and would not let the understudy go on. Probably threats of agents getting involved, too.
The curtain business could just mean she tried to do it but was prevented by cast and/ or crew.
There is bound to be some exaggeration in the way the Mail describes it, but the seed of the truth is there. So to all those who sniffily insist it was just a technical hitch and nothing to do with the actor- well, the story is bound to come out...
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Post by horton on May 1, 2016 23:23:10 GMT
link?
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Post by horton on May 1, 2016 18:09:13 GMT
Do we really think people wouldn't understand "the moving stage broke" or "the speakers on stage broke" or "the music technology computers broke"? Bull!
Most contracts these days have a confidentiality clause for anything that happens in the rehearsal room or backstage. I imagine cast have to keep their mouths shut, but if some nonsense story was put out, there would probably be some staff who would reveal that a lie had been told. By saying nothing, at least they can't be accused of lying.
But it maes the truth a little more apparent...
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Post by horton on May 1, 2016 11:04:03 GMT
What does she have to be "defiant" about?
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Post by horton on Apr 30, 2016 7:47:12 GMT
Surely The Sun isn't read for actual news?
(It drives me insane that even BBC website, the broadsheets and their websites report TV programmes as if they were news. If I wanted to know what was happening on Bake Off I'd watch it. Lazy journalism and free advertizing- it's a cozy arrangement but it just makes the news dumber)
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Post by horton on Apr 29, 2016 23:02:55 GMT
I worked on Martin Guerre and it was just about the most technically complex show ever at that time. Not really a fair comparison.
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Post by horton on Apr 29, 2016 13:05:59 GMT
I was at a performance of a show I won't name but it stopped clearly because a cast member had a significant problem. There was a 15 minute wait and then an alternate resumed. This was still described as a technical difficulty although clearly it did not involve, set, music, sound or lights.
The technical difficulty at Funny Girl could still be described as such even if it involved personnel issues. Especially if other people reacted badly to such issues and things got ugly. As observed earlier, cancelling a full house is a very extreme, expensive step to have to take.
(I do know someone who was at the performance last night)
I guess we'll know if they manage to rectify the problem tonight.
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Post by horton on Apr 29, 2016 8:58:49 GMT
Unless more details emerge of the actual technical hitch which made the show unworkable, I'll remain sceptical. These must be hard times for those involved and let's recall family circumstances might also be in play.
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Post by horton on Apr 28, 2016 8:00:32 GMT
Michal C Hall is definitely reported as coming with the show
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Post by horton on Apr 27, 2016 15:36:33 GMT
There is a very interesting re-telling of backstage politics in Gerald Schoenfeld's autobiography. Tim Rice hated what Trevor Nunn did with it and Nunn really doesn't come out of it in a flattering light.
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Post by horton on Apr 25, 2016 14:44:13 GMT
No, it's not the latest incarnation of Dreamboats and Petticoats!
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Post by horton on Apr 25, 2016 9:12:25 GMT
Back to topic...
I think it is naive to expect better standards of behaviour than can be found elsewhere in the country. Manners are so appalling and selfishness so rife that it would be a miracle if it were not to be found in a theatre auditorium, too.
The thing I find most repellent is the way people are so completely unapologetic about their selfish lack of consideration for others. It's their right to do whatever they please, it would seem.
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Post by horton on Apr 24, 2016 14:14:21 GMT
Sure
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Post by horton on Apr 23, 2016 18:30:26 GMT
As previously mentioned, in an open run it might be different, but the proposal here was clearly: "see Glenn Close in Sunset Boulevard". Not "see Sunset Boulevard- Glenn Close might be in it". Especially bearing in mind a whole bunch of people might book tickets who never set foot in a theatre and / or musical show, standard terms are quite possibly not readily known. And just as on Broadway, the producers would be well-advised to maintain goodwill for the future by acknowledging the diminution of the product provided by exchanging tickets.
Incidentally, I don't have tickets for this show as- ironically- I'd quite like to see Sunset Boulevard but not with Glenn Close in it!
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Post by horton on Apr 23, 2016 17:27:21 GMT
I'm not talking about whether they were good or not- just whether they recouped investment and therefore had a decent run. And yes shows do flop on Broadway, the point is, ALL new British musicals in London seem to die on their arse- nowadays even Cam Mac and ALW are not immune. The demographic has changed massively over the past 20 years and the industry doesn't seem to notice and/ or care, as if it is quite natural.
Having worked in the West End during the heydays of the late 80s and early 90s, I can't help but grieve the loss of creativity, artistry and employment British musicals used to bring.
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Post by horton on Apr 23, 2016 17:11:58 GMT
So anyone who has ever missed the small print deserves to be duped by the big over-the-title unique selling point? Garbage! Unless the T&C are as clearly displayed in the same font size as the star of any vehicle, there are grounds for complaint of unfair advertising.
It is only your opinion that the understudy is better than the star- better in what respect? Once again, if the producers did not think there was value in hiring and prominently advertising their star, they would have cast a much cheaper alternate. Clearly, Glenn Close offers something unique for many of the people buying tickets.
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Post by horton on Apr 23, 2016 14:37:55 GMT
Apparently they are only seeing people from the Royal for this...
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Post by horton on Apr 23, 2016 14:35:21 GMT
Fun Home, Hamilton, Gentleman's Guide, Spring Awakening, Book of Mormon (ish), In the Heights, Urinetown, Drowsy Chaperone, Spelling Bee. Just off the top of my head- new musicals coming from a non-movie adap source which recouped their investment. Broadway is in a MUCH healthier position with its new musicals.
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Post by horton on Apr 23, 2016 13:50:21 GMT
There was a thread about his on the other board and it was mentioned in another thread on here.
The vast majority of UK musicals in the past 20 years have lost money, apart from jukebox shows.
If you take out those shows aimed at family/ kids audiences you are left with 0 British musicals that have been commercially successful since Billy Elliot and Acorn Antiques. All those figures declaring record-breaking box office relate to the old guard (Phantom, Les Mis) and the family shows (Matilda, Lion King, Wonka) and the occasional revival- usually from Chichester.
The new British musical is an endangered species. The audience just isn't there.
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Post by horton on Apr 23, 2016 13:43:13 GMT
There is also the issue of the legacy fallout from this- how many people will feel burned and not buy tickets like this ever again? How many people will think "maybe she/ he won't show up"? Everyone loses when the customer service is as poor as this.
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Post by horton on Apr 23, 2016 11:48:40 GMT
Nice question!
I'd love to be able to bring back Gregory Hines in ANYTHING. Such a prodigious talent!
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Post by horton on Apr 22, 2016 20:07:22 GMT
Elaine was the best, said it before, will say it again!
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