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I cannot miss this. A little sad that the Bath production is dead. Can anyone recommend the best time to try to travel to London (from the US) in Feb-April of next year while this is still running? Excited for the staging.

Does Vanessa Williams have a scheduled or planned departure date? Last time I was in London was between its run at the Plymouth and opening at the Dominion. I'd love to try to catch her when I'm back towards the end of August/start of September if she's still in the show!

I saw a Tuesday matinee of the show blind last summer and it was one of the best theatrical experiences of my life. (I majorly regret not getting Sangria, but will do so next time). I don't think I would have loved the cast recording prior to seeing the show, but I downloaded it and listened to it as I exited the theatre and killed time before my evening show. I can't think of another show where I've immediately wanted to listen to the cast recording like that. I'm hoping to catch one of the ...

binau said: "Well DBAK I hate to brag but I did manage to catch the Lizzy/Carolyn show - but I wish I had seen the understudy men too and never got to!!!"I bet it was such a great show! Between us, we saw all four, then!

getatme said: "Last I heard, Roundabout is interested in transferring it. The goal is certainly broadway, but for the 2025 - 2026 season. My guess would be Caissie (obviously), Jamie, Eleanor, and Jack Wolfe would transfer with it."I'm really hoping for a 2025-26 transfer. I got to see the show once a the Donmar and 7 times at Wyndham's, but I'm hoping my last show wasn't my goodbye. Caissie absolutely deserves a Tony win, and I don't see it as likely if this runs in 2024-25. I also cannot im...

I'm planning my first Broadway trip in March around this show. I've been revisiting the cast recordings and reading up on previous productions, particularly non-Broadway Roses. I found this newspaper article from 1962 about Betty Hutton ad-libbing in one of the early touring productions super hilarious. Thought I'd share.

TaffyDavenport said: "east side story said: "I cannot imagine any replacement signed a 12 month contract here. If casting in NY is anything like it has been in London, I would say the leads will exit after 3-6 months."They're talking about Bebe. Tickets are on sale until March 29, which is the end of 12 months since the first preview. If Bebe is contracted for a year, that'll be her departure date. As for the leads, they're probably contracted until that date, as well, which would be just ove...

I've seen this production twice on the West End. I was able to catch Maude/Mason last year and Layton/Rhea a few weeks ago. I have no idea if it'll be running next time I make it to London, so I'm debating trying to squeeze in a visit to see the Broadway production in March, which is when I'm planning my trip to see Gypsy... It looks like Adam/Auliʻi are slated to be there the week I'm aiming for, but has there been any word of Bebe exiting?

Caught the show last Tuesday while I was in London. That night feels like such a fever dream. I could not believe I was finally getting an opportunity to see Imelda Staunton on the West End??? I had dreamed of that day since 2003/4 when I first heard her as the Baker's Wife on the Original London Cast Recording of Into the Woods. I thought she was utterly fantastic. While this was my first time seeing the show, I feel like with the wrong actress, Dolly would come off as somewhat one note/supe...

I had tickets to see this last September and our performance was canceled due to cast illness. I love the music, but from what I heard of the translation into English, it's like they ran the German lyrics through Google translation and called it a day. The lyrics sounded abysmal from the two songs they released to YouTube. Still, I would have loved to have seen it. I hear Kara Lane was great as Danvers. I haven't seen so much as a song list so far.

Planning to see this in Seattle next month. Seen some videos of Katerina and I cannot believe the pipes on that girl! I'm also so excited for the Criterion edition of the film! Never saw that coming.

Seeing the show a few times the week of August 19th and I can't wait to see how everyone has grown since the Donmar last year. Caissie Levy's Diana sits easily in my top 5 musical theatre performances, comfortably next to Alice Ripley's. Personally speaking, I was diagnosed with bipolar 1 several years after becoming a fan of next to normal and seeing the 1NT/a few regional productions. While I related to the show from a teenage angst lens back in 2009/2010, I now see a lot of my own struggle...

binau said: "I genuinely think if you see the show for the first time (i.e. you didn't see the Bette Midler revival) you will enjoy it, I highly recommend going and you will probably have a great time especially if you love Staunton. I'm personally partial to the Bette Midler revival cast recording (just love the supporting cast, very much missed in London), the Pearl Bailey recording, occasionally the original Carrol Channing recording. That said - the songs of this show would be a classic, ...

So, I am seeing this relatively blind in about 3 weeks. The big draw for me is Imelda Staunton. I don't like going to shows mainly/just for one performer as a rule, but this will be my first major West End revival, which will make it special no matter what. I do know some of Dolly's songs and I read The Matchmaker way back in college. Does anyone have thoughts on which cast recording is the absolute best, and where I should start?

Dylan Smith4 said: "The first preview is Two Weeks from Tomorrow! Who's going? Can't wait to see the show later this summer!"Next to Normal is my favorite non-Sondheim musical of all time. The Donmar production/cast was one of the most thrilling theatrical experiences of my life. I have tix to see the West End transfer 4 times in August to make it up to my teen self for only catching the 1NT once. Did anyone happen to catch Carolyn Matiland as Diana last year? I'm super curious about how she'...

Apart from some regional/community productions, I had only gotten to see the 1NT live with Alice Ripley way back in 2010 prior to embarking on my first ever trip out of the country to see the Donmar production last year. I am so grateful it's back this summer and have tix to see it 4 times in August. I'm curious to see how it translates to a bigger theater, but I hope they don't change up the staging much. I wish I had gotten to see Marin in person to have seen all of what I feel is the holy ...

My fiance forwarded me the email that we qualified to book early since we had attended the production at the Donmar. I automatically booked tickets to the matinee and evening shows on August 24th!!! This will be my first solo trip out of the country. It didn't feel impulsive at all haha. Praying that Caissie returns and if the show *does* transfer to Broadway, I'm going to plan a trip to see it there too!

I've lived in Seattle for several years now. I had missed a few premieres at the 5th Avenue/Rep prior to the pandemic so one of my major pledges was to catch as many new musical premieres as I could once we got shows up and running again. I love the 5th Avenue so much (our recent productions of Into the Woods and Sweeney Todd were remarkably good btw!) In 2022, the 5th hosted two premieres: Afterwords and Griswolds Broadway Vacation. Afterwords was a breath of fresh air; it took me to similar...

JasonC3 said: "Theatreboard posters are saying a theatre has been secured for a 16-week West End run with Cassie in 2024. Take it with a grain of salt until official announcement."I really hope this is true. I was planning to do a solo NYC/Broadway trip next spring/summer, but I will go back to London again in a heartbeat to see Caissie/this production again. Desperately hope they can keep the entire cast. I think they had such good chemistry and wonderful interpretations that Trevor Dion Nic...

JasonC3 said: "After seeing Lea Salonga's as Lovett this week in London, I'd love to see her cast alongside any Sweeney who could keep the show running post-Groban."She would be amazing!