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SouthernCakes said: "ArtfulAmy love to hear your review! Have friends in the cast!"SouthernCakes, that is so awesome for your friends to be part of "Billy Elliot" at Goodspeed! I'm really looking forward to seeing it and I'll be sure to share my thoughts :) I'll also add to others' comments about the original staging of "Les Mis" and the indelible imagery of the hulking barricade halves tilting 90 degrees as they coming together then split apart, and the 360 degree revolving that occurs in be...

SueBee06 said: "The entire sequence starting from the beginning of The Angry Dance in Billy Elliott through to the end is one that stands out in my memory. That was one of the most effective uses of props, projections, lighting, and scenery with staging and choreography that I've seen."YES! Especially that moment when the police shields slam down in unison to form a wall behind Billy, on cue with a bold blue lighting change, as Billy launches into pirouettes. I'm curious how the Goodspeed pro...

RippedMan said: "I just think there's no merit in saying it's the longest running musical when it's not the original production anymore?"Yup, I feel the same way.

Lott666 said: "A concert version? For 16 weeks?!? I can't imagine they'll be selling those performances out."I'm very skeptical too, although the announcement has surprisingly garnered a lot of general enthusiasm in the official "Les Miserables" Facebook page comments. To me, this concert version at the Gielgud just seems like a tacked-on buffer to fill the gap between the staging transitions at the Queen's so that the show can illogically and bogusly somehow retain its "longest running music...

There's been news reported about the details of the Gielgud run, this interim "transfer" to the Gielgud will be a 16-week staged concert version: https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Michael-Ball-Alfie-Boe-Will-Reunite-for-Concert-Version-of-LES-MISERABLES-20190205Is a 16-week concert run sustainable when people can just watch either the 10th or 25th Anniversary DVDs in their own living rooms? Other than the draw of seeing a Alfie Boe/Michael Ball "Confrontation" sung in person, will theater...

Soaring29 said: "Are they finally going to get rid of that awful marching in One Day More?"Nope, the new staging has more extreme marching with the students weaving sideways and forward like a zig-zag pattern and it almost looks like they're pushing each other out of the way as each row makes its way forward. The effect can be a bit nauseating since the students march in multiple directions in front of a Paris street projection which moves as though it's shrinking and disappearing behind. Plu...

The Stage reports today that royalty negotiation talks have started between the RSC and Mackintosh (https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2019/rsc-begins-crunch-talks-cameron-mackintosh-les-miserables-royalties/). To quote from it, "RSC chief executive Catherine Mallyon confirmed to The Stage that negotiations with Mackintosh were ongoing in light of the changes. 'As part of the conversation we will be discussing the level of change around the royalties for the two productions,' she said. She added...

I'm still very sad about this news as I am biased towards the original staging (and set design!) which I've seen in a few of its incarnations (Original Broadway run at the Imperial, Third US National Tour, first Broadway revival at the Broadhurst and in the West End at the Queen's).I've seen the new staging (second Broadway revival at the Imperial) and I although I wasn't completely offended by it, I found it very contradictory, like it had an identity crisis. It's marketed as a reimagining, ...

Is there any correlation between this announcement and the profit loss to Delfont Mackintosh Ltd. from the over-budget refurbishment of the Victoria Palace Theatre that was reported today? I understand that theatre refurbishments are necessary but is sacrificing the masterpiece of "the longest running musical" and mecca of the West End that cemented Mackintosh's career really worth the cost?https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2019/budget-60m-victoria-palace-redevelopment-halves-cameron-mackintosh...

Both "Billy Elliot" and "Matilda" are very unique cases in which multiple young performers originated the title role. The Olivier Awards had set a precedent that the Tony Awards followed (first closely then loosely) for both sets of nominations. In 2005 the three original London Billys shared the Olivier Award for Best Actor and in turn the Tony committee decided that a similar nomination should be in place for the three original Broadway Billys in 2009. After the four original London Matilda...