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London Loved It/New York Hated It
#25London Loved It/New York Hated It
Posted: 12/30/25 at 5:38pm
everythingtaboo said: "
There was a period of transfers that were well-received in London, but underwhelmed critically or commercially here. I recall Jumpers andEnron, to musicals like The Woman in White,American PsychoandTaboo."
Woman in White was a baffling transfer as it was always struggling in London (and got very mixed reviews) ultimately running a year and a half (and I kinda have a soft spot for the show, so take little pleasure in that :P )
American Psycho seems to be the Almeida curse that Tammy Faye suffered from as well. Don't get me wrong, I think it's a MUCH better and more interesting show. But in both cases the shows got great reviews and had sold out limited engagement runs in the TINY (300 seats?) Almeida and then, I guess call it producers' hubris, the decision was that the next move should be a big Broadway production.
(I guess Taboo suffered from that too--the DVD of the London production shows how reliant it was on being a VERY intimate production. I assume for Broadway there was a concern maybe that they had to really exaggerate and play up things like the 80s London club scene for whatever reason and, God love Charles Bush but he wasn't a great fit for the sincerity of the show, although I'm sure he was just doing what he was asked to, by camping it up.)
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#26London Loved It/New York Hated It
Posted: 12/30/25 at 6:18pm
Just popped in my head and that big Thanksgiving Turkey being Chess well up to 2 months ago, this a test production is someone’s Else’s Story!
#27London Loved It/New York Hated It
Posted: 12/30/25 at 9:38pm
Chess of course is an obvious example--but not only was the Broadway version a different production, it was a vastly different text as well. Does that make a difference? (I suppose that's true of Taboo as well.)
#28London Loved It/New York Hated It
Posted: 12/30/25 at 11:13pm
I’m at a loss why Blood Brothers is so beloved, it’s truly awful in every way
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more.
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#29London Loved It/New York Hated It
Posted: 12/30/25 at 11:47pm
Coming the other way, 2 shows that lasted less than 2 months in the West End, Spring Awakening and The Drowsy Chaperone. Not even Elaine Page couldn't sell tickets for that. I dont recall it having much publicity before it opened.
#30London Loved It/New York Hated It
Posted: 12/31/25 at 1:43am
TotallyEffed said: "I can’t be the only one who thinks Kinky Boots is trash."
I think Kinky Boots is only trash in the context of all the succeeding Jerry Mitchell helmed musicals. He’s reused his entire bag of tricks from Kinky Boots on every one of his other shows that KB begins to feel derivative.
It never really made sense to me that Groundhog Day, American Psycho, and Tammy Faye would transfer to Broadway following limited runs at non-profit London Theatres. It’s like if Hamilton were to have skipped Broadway to open on the West End following its sold out engagement at The Public.
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#31London Loved It/New York Hated It
Posted: 12/31/25 at 2:12am
Jeffrey Karasarides said: "The Trevor Nunn-helmed revival of Oklahoma!.
When it was in London, it received a ton of acclaim. Although when it eventually came to Broadway, it wasn't as well received."
Yeah, I always wondered why this was such a non event. I had seen Patrick Wilson in the tour of Carousel, I guess almost five years before he played Curly on Broadway--and he was terrific.
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