Amelie at Berkeley Rep
Amelie at Berkeley Rep
#1Amelie at Berkeley Rep
Posted: 8/13/15 at 6:25pm
Full cast announced!
I'm very excited for this. I have a ticket to the first preview in a couple weeks, and I'll be sure to report back. I've never seen the movie, but this cast and creative team look great. Is the movie worth watching? Trying to decide whether I should go into it blind or not.
LittleCheno
Understudy Joined: 9/14/10
#2Amelie at Berkeley Rep
Posted: 8/14/15 at 2:25pm
I'm also very excited for this production and have tickets for the 2nd preview! I loved the movie and am super curious as to how that will translate on stage. I suggest watching it simply because it's a good move (don't know how it will affect your thoughts on the play though!) I think it is still on Netflix.
It looks like a great cast as well!
#3Amelie at Berkeley Rep
Posted: 8/15/15 at 10:52pm
The movie is beautiful, but if you haven't seen it, wait until after you see the show. ALWAYS best to go into a show as cold as possible.
Fantod
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/3/14
#4Amelie at Berkeley Rep
Posted: 8/15/15 at 11:14pm
Love the movie, and am going to the very first public performance. I very much hope it is good, though I have my doubts because the movie is so good.
#5Amelie at Berkeley Rep
Posted: 8/15/15 at 11:53pm
I ended up watching the movie last night. I agree that it was brilliant and very moving. As I was watching it, I was thinking about where the songs could be, and I think it has potential to really be something great, but we'll see.
"Love the movie, and am going to the very first public performance."
You're going to the first preview on the 28th too? Maybe I'll see you there :)
VintageSnarker
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/30/15
#6Amelie at Berkeley Rep
Posted: 8/16/15 at 12:23am
The photos of Samantha Barks say Vanessa Hudgens in Gigi. I hope it's just a case where it really comes to life on stage.
Fantod
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/3/14
#7Amelie at Berkeley Rep
Posted: 8/16/15 at 1:34am
JBroadway, maybe. I'll be the tall kid with white-blonde hair.
#8Amelie at Berkeley Rep
Posted: 8/16/15 at 1:39am
Why do people always run to the first preview, rather than give them time to tune the show more? Unless there's some crazy discount or something, or you plan to see it a few times... always seems like you're more likely to see an uneven performance given it is their first time in front of an audience.
#9Amelie at Berkeley Rep
Posted: 8/16/15 at 2:16am
"Why do people always run to the first preview, rather than give them time to tune the show more? "
I'm leaving for college 2 days after the 1st preview, so I didn't really have a choice.
#10Amelie at Berkeley Rep
Posted: 8/16/15 at 2:28am
As long as the first preview audience doesn't rip the poor thing to shreds.
If the world worked in 1964 as it did now FIDDLER and DOLLY never would have made it Broadway!
broadwaysfguy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/14
#11Amelie at Berkeley Rep
Posted: 8/16/15 at 10:18am
im going on aug 30 and very excited
i like going to first previews..something very exciting about it, but was booked friday
I do not beleive critics should review previews (they didnt in the old days), because its not really fair to review a work
in progress.
its kind of like going into an artists studio and reviewing their painting when its 3/4 done......
#12Amelie at Berkeley Rep
Posted: 8/16/15 at 12:02pm
I'm going to an early preview because it will give me a chance to see a show before it's finished and I LOVE that feeling of uncertainty. I am planning to see it again near the end of the run if it doesn't totally suck.
#13Amelie at Berkeley Rep
Posted: 8/16/15 at 11:52pm
I'm travelling to NY and San Francisco from Australia and have just booked a ticket for this for the Labour Day Weekend. Couldn't pass up seeing Samantha Barks in a World Premiere musical.
Just hope it's not too difficult to get to on AC Transit as the Bart trains aren't operating to Berkeley on that weekend.
I'm also seeing Phantom, Company and Billy Joel so not bad for a few days stay in San Francisco!
Fantod
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/3/14
#14Amelie at Berkeley Rep
Posted: 8/17/15 at 2:19am
Yeah, AC is a miserable experience (thankfully you don't go through China town, but with BART down, it might be worse). Start up a quarter jar (or whatever the equivalent is in Australia) and take an Uber. It will be worth it.
#15Amelie at Berkeley Rep
Posted: 8/17/15 at 2:23am
AC Transit's transbay buses tend to be a better experience than the local ones. Good luck! (I used to live in Alameda and worked in downtown SF.)
Yeah, you may want to lean toward Uber and Lyft.
Fantod
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/3/14
#16Amelie at Berkeley Rep
Posted: 8/17/15 at 2:26am
Lizzie, but with BART down that weekend, it means that all those people who usually take BART to get home will be on the busses. And I know it's Labor Day weekend, but of course a lot of people still work around that time in the city.
#17Amelie at Berkeley Rep
Posted: 8/17/15 at 2:36am
Haha, it's funny to see people on this board discuss Bay Area public transit. It's usually such a NY-centric board. I feel like 2 of my worlds are colliding.
#18Amelie at Berkeley Rep
Posted: 8/17/15 at 2:39am
That's a good point! I moved to NYC in 2011 so my immediate recall is fading. 
#19Amelie at Berkeley Rep
Posted: 8/17/15 at 4:21am
You have me worried now! I'm going to the Sunday 7pm performance. I can handle it being crowded, just as long as it's not dangerous for me to be travelling on my own on a Sunday night?
#20Amelie at Berkeley Rep
Posted: 8/17/15 at 5:21pm
"I'm going to an early preview because it will give me a chance to see a show before it's finished and I LOVE that feeling of uncertainty. I am planning to see it again near the end of the run if it doesn't totally suck. "
This exactly Im doing exactly the same thing. Also if I had never gone to the first preview of Bridges of Madison County, I never would have heard He Forgave Me, since they cut it out after that performance. I like they idea of getting to see and hear their whole vision before they start cutting things out of it.
Updated On: 8/17/15 at 05:21 PM
LittleCheno
Understudy Joined: 9/14/10
#21Amelie at Berkeley Rep
Posted: 8/17/15 at 5:26pm
You should be completely fine! I live in the East Bay and have never had any problems regarding safety, plus it's a Sunday, so transport shouldn't be too terrible on the buses....I feel like people just stay at home when the Bart is down.
Lilly7
Stand-by Joined: 7/7/15
#22Amelie at Berkeley Rep
Posted: 8/17/15 at 9:29pm
An alternative but less direct route would be to take the ferry and then take the Bart the rest of the way.
#23Amelie at Berkeley Rep
Posted: 8/17/15 at 10:00pm
"the" BART?
Fantod
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/3/14
#24Amelie at Berkeley Rep
Posted: 8/17/15 at 10:07pm
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Updated On: 8/17/15 at 10:07 PM#25Amelie at Berkeley Rep
Posted: 8/17/15 at 11:51pm
OK, thanks, I will look into the ferry option as well. Would that be a ferry to Oakland and then BART from there?
Apologies for getting off topic ??
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