London Loved It/New York Hated It
London Loved It/New York Hated It
Timon3
Stand-by Joined: 4/29/20
#1London Loved It/New York Hated It
Posted: 12/29/25 at 8:35am
So thinking of those London transfers where New York hated the show, from the top of my head thinking, Cabaret, King Lear (Glenda Jackson) and Enron.
What others?
lilpunkin
Understudy Joined: 9/14/04
#2London Loved It/New York Hated It
Posted: 12/29/25 at 8:38am
Tammy Faye? (Which to be fair was a clusterf*** behind the scenes.)
Rupert Goold is kind of the patron saint of this thread in general.
#3London Loved It/New York Hated It
Posted: 12/29/25 at 9:33am
Enron was so good. Americans don’t like shows about stupid Americans.
Matilda deserved so much better.
#4London Loved It/New York Hated It
Posted: 12/29/25 at 10:13am
I was about to say, Matilda wasn't "hated" and had a respectable run but by rights should maybe still be running. It was not quite as good as in Stratford or even London but still so much better than all but a very handful of 21st century musicals, and more accessible to general audiences than those.
valebal7
Chorus Member Joined: 9/19/18
#6London Loved It/New York Hated It
Posted: 12/29/25 at 11:01am
The Glenda Jackson Lear wasn't a transfer.
Mincemeat is doing well but it certainly didn't receive the same rapturous reception here as it did in the UK.
Back to the Future will end its run in London after over four years and the Olivier, while it ran just shy of a year and a half here at a massive loss and was all but shut out of the Tonys.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
Updated On: 12/29/25 at 11:01 AM
#7London Loved It/New York Hated It
Posted: 12/29/25 at 11:11am
Coram Boy. Debuted at the National Theatre, even had a return engagement, and then transfered to NY and closed at the Imperial after a month.
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