Posted: 2/20/22 at 7:27pm
Jordan Catalano said: "Are you asking how the set compares to the original production?"
My ass still hurts from sitting on those sh*tty wooden blocks at the off-Broadway production!
Posted: 3/5/22 at 5:05pm
Show started tonight and I’m reading Taron fainted onstage. Hope he’s alright!
Posted: 3/5/22 at 5:21pm
https://mobile.twitter.com/ATDazzles/status/1500234151206821891
He's alright but the understudy will finish the show. Must be a rare for an understudy to go on during the first preview!
Updated On: 3/5/22 at 05:21 PM
Posted: 3/5/22 at 6:02pm
Per twitter, seems that the set was really hot n all the actors were sweating buckets bc lights were heating the metal
Posted: 3/5/22 at 7:55pm
I was in the audience and from our side it wasn’t that warm.
I did notice Jonathan Bailey had armpit sweat most of the time onstage but then again he was onstage 99% of the time. I didn’t notice the sweat on Egerton but he fainted during an intense scene near the end of the play so we all thought the fainting was part of the play until Jonathan Bailey and the other actors told production to stop the play.
Am glad Taron is ok healthwise.
Posted: 3/5/22 at 11:00pm
Being first preview, it’s the first time they’ve had a house full of warm bodies, so they might not have adjusted the temperature properly as the evening progressed. Sometimes they even shut the HVAC down completely at the top of the show if it’s an old system that is loud and effects the sound design. I feel bad for the guy. Fainting feels awful and is embarrassing.
Posted: 3/6/22 at 3:59am
From what I recall, no props just a stage with one big circle with 2 inner circles that all rotate.
The set reminded me of Betrayal (without the chairs.) very simple and the direction was excellent. There were no chairs so for a show with no intermission, Jonathan Bailey was mostly standing the entire show onstage (with occasional sitting down or lying down on the floor.) There was one scene where Taron wasn’t onstage so at least he got a break.
Taron wore a blue longsleeve buttoned shirt plus an undershirt. Bailey wore a plain tshirt. Early in the play Bailey asked Taron to take his shirt off to see his body of perfection “fatty bits” and all (and we the audience wished he did!) 
We saw the armpit sweat on Bailey but didn’t really see the sweat on Taron due to the undershirt. Taron fainted near the end of the play at roughly 1hr35m mark during a very intense scene.
Overall, the audience was very supportive to both Taron and his understudy Joel that evening. Entire audience gave a standing ovation at the end which is rare to see in the West End.
Posted: 3/6/22 at 5:08am
“ Entire audience gave a standing ovation at the end which is rare to see in the West End.”
Actually I’d claim they are becoming more and more common now.
Posted: 3/6/22 at 2:29pm
Wick3 said: "I did notice Jonathan Bailey had armpit sweat most of the time onstage"
Is it wrong that I find that so hot?
Anyway, how is the height of that stage? I saw pics from Twitter and I doesn't look like you can see a thing from the first row.
Posted: 3/6/22 at 4:30pm
^ this! I loved Cock so much off-Broadway and really curious how the design changed one production to the next!
Posted: 3/6/22 at 5:05pm
The Duke theatre on 42nd St.and I do remember sitting on those wooden slats on a circular stage. It was a decent production having a limited run.
Posted: 3/6/22 at 6:39pm
I saw and really enjoyed it. I love Elliot's direction - but she tends to go with big production type shows, and this one seem so small in scale, so love to know how she brought her flare to it.
Posted: 3/6/22 at 9:17pm
https://www.instagram.com/p/CawlSgYIhDq/
Above is the introduction director Marianne Elliott gave at the start of the first preview. I just realized there was a long bench that blended in with the back wall. You can see the 3 concentric circles and they all rotate.
"it's all about the word ballet and it invites you, the audience, to participate and joining the ride with us coming on this imaginative journey with us..."
Posted: 3/7/22 at 5:54pm
thanks for that! if you follow the hastag on IG you'll see more pics and the marquee too!
Posted: 3/7/22 at 7:27pm
So it looks like a standard seat setup with the set itself in the round. I’m open to it, but loved the ring like seats at the Duke.
Posted: 3/15/22 at 6:48pm
First reviews are out and they seem to be mostly 3 or 4 stars
Posted: 3/23/22 at 10:53pm
Taron is off all week with covid but they are offering tickets exchanges, which is unusual for the West End. I saw it last week and wasn't vert impressed
Posted: 4/2/22 at 4:43am
They actually stopped doing exchanges during his COVID absences. Now I’m wondering if they will refund tickets as typically they don’t.
Posted: 4/2/22 at 4:50am
Also I did end up seeing the show with the understudy. I personally found it entertaining, Jonathan Bailey was hilarious (think Company but dialled back a little), the music was really interesting and the understudy was actually also very good. It’s not going to win a Pulitzer or any awards really but I sometimes I think it’s ok to have a decent night at the theatre without shaking because your world has been turned upside down hehe.
Posted: 4/2/22 at 4:56am
I also wonder if they stopped doing exchanges because the producers knew this was about to happen.
Posted: 4/2/22 at 5:43am
Posted: 4/2/22 at 6:12am
I requested a refund and was refused so I filed a dispute with my credit card company
before I get a lecture about "you are paying to see the play not who is in it" this production leveraged Mr Egertons name to justify above average prices for a play in the West End (upwards of 175 pounds!)
this isn't a case of him missing the last few shows, this enegagement has NINE weeks remaining
to not offer refunds or ATG offering to credit the amounts towards the purchase of other shows is absurd
Updated On: 4/2/22 at 06:12 AM
