#126
Posted: 1/10/10 at 3:51pm
^Mark I think I saw you. Were you in the stalls bar before the doors opened, sitting down?
and it was great! =)
and it was great! =)
Legally Blonde - The Musical - Savoy Theatre — Page 6
#128
Posted: 1/10/10 at 5:30pm
Then I definitely saw you haha! Me and my friend were there reading our programmes, I'll say hi if I see you again haha.
#129
Posted: 1/11/10 at 1:25pm
Does anyone here read Michael Coveney's blog? No, me neither, but someone pointed out to me this utterly bizarre post about the "trauma" of having to sit through a regular performance of Legally Blonde rather than the big opening night. Stupid, snobbish and hilariously out of touch with reality... he's the new Nicholas De Jongh!
http://blogs.whatsonstage.com/2010/01/11/critics-not-pretty-in-pink/
http://blogs.whatsonstage.com/2010/01/11/critics-not-pretty-in-pink/
#130
Posted: 1/11/10 at 1:36pm
"And of course, worse thing of all, plonked in the middle of a row for the routine, undeserved standing ovation that I would have cheerfully exchanged for having my teeth extracted with a pair of garden pliers."
Im sure if we all chipped in we could sort that for him? What a miserable git.
Im sure if we all chipped in we could sort that for him? What a miserable git.
#131
Posted: 1/11/10 at 1:40pm
Haha! Sorry, but that is rather funny and a lot of it is true.
#132
Posted: 1/11/10 at 1:53pm
Im with Mama on this one. Also, how do shows producers stop the press printing reviews? Surely the press can do what they like?
'And whoever thought the perfect film script — it’s an absolute gem of cynically assembled construction and wit — would transfer to the very different demands of a musical theatre libretto?'
Have to say thats how I felt about it on Broadway.
'And whoever thought the perfect film script — it’s an absolute gem of cynically assembled construction and wit — would transfer to the very different demands of a musical theatre libretto?'
Have to say thats how I felt about it on Broadway.
#133
Posted: 1/11/10 at 2:07pm
What's wrong with producers using the press to get interest in a show..well done for getting in the Guardian.
It's a great show...and the Michael Coveney "review".....I thought I could be a misery, but he's taken it to unknown heights!
It's a great show...and the Michael Coveney "review".....I thought I could be a misery, but he's taken it to unknown heights!
#134
Posted: 1/11/10 at 2:37pm
That was such a nasty article and ma ehis sound like some 95 year old snob
former sadm2 (wink)
#135
Posted: 1/11/10 at 4:50pm
As well as that nasty semi review which has come out (the messege board under the article is not happy) the show is getting amazing press with the Gaurdian saying its a hit before its even opened etc
The intresting thing in todays gaurdian article are the production costs
Friedman believes one problem with the New York version was the cost: it cost $16m (£10m). In London it will cost £2.5m. The running costs are also in different leagues: $650,000-700,000 in New York; £180,000 in London.
Thats one hell of a slashed budget. I think this show could run for quite some time
The intresting thing in todays gaurdian article are the production costs
Friedman believes one problem with the New York version was the cost: it cost $16m (£10m). In London it will cost £2.5m. The running costs are also in different leagues: $650,000-700,000 in New York; £180,000 in London.
Thats one hell of a slashed budget. I think this show could run for quite some time
former sadm2 (wink)
#136
Posted: 1/11/10 at 4:50pm
As well as that nasty semi review which has come out (the messege board under the article is not happy) the show is getting amazing press with the Gaurdian saying its a hit before its even opened etc
The intresting thing in todays gaurdian article are the production costs
Friedman believes one problem with the New York version was the cost: it cost $16m (£10m). In London it will cost £2.5m. The running costs are also in different leagues: $650,000-700,000 in New York; £180,000 in London.
Thats one hell of a slashed budget. I think this show could run for quite some time
The intresting thing in todays gaurdian article are the production costs
Friedman believes one problem with the New York version was the cost: it cost $16m (£10m). In London it will cost £2.5m. The running costs are also in different leagues: $650,000-700,000 in New York; £180,000 in London.
Thats one hell of a slashed budget. I think this show could run for quite some time
former sadm2 (wink)
#137
Posted: 1/11/10 at 4:57pm
I haven't seen the show so have no opinion on it, it was more the bizarre comments about the audience (what exactly constitues a normal person in Michael Coveney's world?) and the general miserygutsiness I was amused by. 
#138
Posted: 1/11/10 at 5:31pm
"Friedman believes one problem with the New York version was the cost: it cost $16m (£10m). In London it will cost £2.5m. The running costs are also in different leagues: $650,000-700,000 in New York; £180,000 in London."
That is REALLY cheap to run!
Or put it this way - It only needs to sell at 66% capacity and at an average ticket price of £30 for it to break even! That is fantastic producing from Sonia Friedman since it will easily do more than this each week, and so even selling half price at TKTS won't harm the show.
Here is the article btw
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2010/jan/10/legally-blonde-musical-west-end
Edit:
I obviously talk way too much haha
http://blogs.thestage.co.uk/shenton/2010/01/omigod-you-critics/
That is REALLY cheap to run!
Or put it this way - It only needs to sell at 66% capacity and at an average ticket price of £30 for it to break even! That is fantastic producing from Sonia Friedman since it will easily do more than this each week, and so even selling half price at TKTS won't harm the show.
Here is the article btw
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2010/jan/10/legally-blonde-musical-west-end
Edit:
I obviously talk way too much haha
http://blogs.thestage.co.uk/shenton/2010/01/omigod-you-critics/
Updated On: 1/11/10 at 05:31 PM
#139
Posted: 1/12/10 at 4:59am
Lots of wet seats at the Savoy tonight!!!!
#141
Posted: 1/12/10 at 4:51pm
How surprised was I to be told by a friend to look in the Guardian on Page 7 to find a photo of my partner and I at stage door of Legally Blonde!!! It was the night I'd won tickets to see this last thursday on Facebook! (My partner is the black haired dude in the left corner and I'm beside him in the hat lol) Love this show!!
#142
Posted: 1/12/10 at 6:37pm
I've already been back.
#143
Posted: 1/13/10 at 5:27am
Went last night and my review is drafted. Have to observe the embargo, so can't say anything else.
#144
Posted: 1/13/10 at 6:29am
And review filed. Can't discuss it in public, but that doesn't mean people can't send a message to ask.
#145
Posted: 1/13/10 at 9:30pm
I have to say the producers / promoters of this show have done a great job of marketing it via 'alternative' media. It helps that it has a built in audience appeal for many who get their news/views from such sources rather than through traditional channels.
Plus it has Sheridan Smith giving a knockout performance and seemingly charming every single person who waits at the (improvised) stage door for her, along with many of her co-stars. That sort of thing goes a long way to building positive word-of-mouth.
I was at the first preview and the audience was very enthusiastic and up-for-it (and most of them a good deal younger than me, damn them!), but I wouldn't exactly say the response was akin to Beatlemania. I've been at other shows in previews where the response has been far louder. But by and large, it boded well for the show imho.
As for Michael Coveney: he tried a similiar schtick when he 'reviewed' Priscilla - i.e. insulting the audience and apparently being totally out of touch with the concept that the vast majority of people go to the theatre to be entertained. Poor soul having to sit among such misguided fools!
He doesn't even seem particularly well-informed either. I recall his Priscilla review referring to the '1996 film' (released in 1994) and describing Tony Sheldon as a 'long-standing Australian drag queen' rather than one of the finest and most respected stage actors his country has ever produced. So I have very little time for MC and the blog linked above helps to cement my opinion. The man comes across as an insufferable and priggish snob of the worst kind.
Plus it has Sheridan Smith giving a knockout performance and seemingly charming every single person who waits at the (improvised) stage door for her, along with many of her co-stars. That sort of thing goes a long way to building positive word-of-mouth.
I was at the first preview and the audience was very enthusiastic and up-for-it (and most of them a good deal younger than me, damn them!), but I wouldn't exactly say the response was akin to Beatlemania. I've been at other shows in previews where the response has been far louder. But by and large, it boded well for the show imho.
As for Michael Coveney: he tried a similiar schtick when he 'reviewed' Priscilla - i.e. insulting the audience and apparently being totally out of touch with the concept that the vast majority of people go to the theatre to be entertained. Poor soul having to sit among such misguided fools!
He doesn't even seem particularly well-informed either. I recall his Priscilla review referring to the '1996 film' (released in 1994) and describing Tony Sheldon as a 'long-standing Australian drag queen' rather than one of the finest and most respected stage actors his country has ever produced. So I have very little time for MC and the blog linked above helps to cement my opinion. The man comes across as an insufferable and priggish snob of the worst kind.
Seen some shows in my time....
#146
Posted: 1/14/10 at 6:51am
So who is his anticipated audience for the piece? Surely not the same theatregoers he's just insulted?
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