Charlie Stemp CRAZY FOR YOU West End - Reviews, News & Discussion Thread — Page 5

blaxx said: "BenjaminNicholas2 said: "ggersten said: "blaxx said: "Dylan Smith4 said: "Charlie Stemp is the STAR! If they bring this over, he’s the string attached. They just need to market him better over here! I’m telling you, he’s not to be missed!"

While I agree he's very good, he doesn't make or break the Stroman staging that was already a massive hit in the 90s., with many others playing the role successfully.

Put Tom Holland in this, for example, and no one would miss Stemp much in term of box office + star quality."

Tom Holland might even sell more tickets

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Holland can't do anywhere near what Stemp is doing in the role now.

And if they simplify the tap for Holland, it would ruin the whole show."

Oh please, if he's playing Fred Astaire and played Billy Elliott he can do this with eyes closed.

My point is that, as good as Stemp is, a big star with a solid dance background can easily take over and make the show a mega hit."

He played Billy Elliot 15 years ago and since then he said he regretted having given up on dancing. Playing Fred Astair in a movie doesn't mean he can dance for 2 hours and a half on stage eight times a week. It's not that Stemp can't be replaced, but we can't ignore the demands of the role either

Updated On: 8/16/23 at 06:16 AM

This is sad. The show was incredible! Makes me wonder if the plans of possibly transferring it to New York are still happening.

Dylan Smith4 said: "This is sad. The show was incredible! Makes me wonder if the plans of possibly transferring it to New York are still happening."

I unfortunately think the Broadway transfer is DOA. The show only lasted for 6 months on the West End and they had to move the originally planned closing date from mid-Jan to 12/30 just shows how badly it was selling.

It doesn't matter how great the dancing and production numbers are when the book is so old fashioned and full of clunky old jokes. This is the sort of show best left to Summer stock & community theatre where people are more forgiving when they are only paying $50 or less. People were eating up the local production here in the Spring that starred a local TV personality & his wife (one of the hosts of Love It or List It Vancouver). I left at at intermission, but I'm an old snob. - the rest of audience loved it.

I saw this last week, and I thought it was terrific! The audience was really into it and everyone was having a great time. So charming. I do wish this would transfer. I liked it a lot more than the original. And this is definitely a better evening than the overrated Guys & Dolls revival.