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Slightly off topic as it relates to West End practice but this reminded me that when I saw Come From Away in London back in August I had a standby on in the Annette/Beverley/etc track. I had no clue until she came onstage because there was no announcement, the West End doesn't tend to do inserts in the programme (as they're optional purchases rather than everyone getting a free Playbill), and if you're seated in the Grand Circle at the Phoenix, as I was, you go in through a different entrance...

Rainah said: "Most the evidence I've seen shows bootlegs having a mildly positive effect on sales via word of mouth. The big issue with most shows is that no one has heard of them. The average tourist wants to see a show but has never heard most of the titles, they shrug and pick chicago because hey that was a good movie. In terms of sales, I find it similar to a pro sports game. Watching it live in the stadium is a vastly different experience than at home on your tv, and the people who shell...

Caitlin Kinnunen has also been very vocal on social media about struggling with anxiety and panic attacks - she had to call out of a few performances of The Prom because of it & even had to call out mid-show a couple of times due to onstage panic attacks. She's very upfront and honest about it which I really appreciate in terms of lessening the stigma around mental health, especially in such a high-pressure career.

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Actually, those in themselves are very helpful answers and very much in line with my opinions on the matter based on all the research I've done so far & my own personal experience! I obviously didn't want to let my own opinions flavour the survey itself because there are a lot of other people who do think musicals can vary wildly in terms of how commercial they are (and what a "commercial" musical even IS) and the real point of this survey is just to try and get a broader sense of how people ...

Hey! I go on this preamble in the form itself but so you know what you're getting into(!) - I'm a music student at the University of Oxford writing my undergraduate dissertation on the commercialisation of Broadway musicals, with a particular focus on the 2017/18 season. As part of this I want to get an idea of how audiences and fans feel about this topic, to compliment what I've taken from critical responses to these shows and the more academic reading I've done. As a longtime lurker on the...