London - mid March 2023

Any other musicals/plays in London that might be worth seeing?

I would like to see:

A Streetcar Named Desire

Newsies

Cabaret (for the third time with new cast)

Bonnie & Clyde (ambivalent about this)

2;22 A Ghost Story

My Son's A Queer (not sure about this either)

 

Thanks Jordan... Standing at the Sky’s Edge sounds interesting!

If you just want a fun, light ninety minutes, I can't recommend Choir of Man at the Arts Theatre enough. I've caught it a few times now and it's some of the most fun I've had in a theater.

Going!   

Mark_E said: "Bake Off is wonderful and well worth seeing."

 

Updated On: 1/29/23 at 08:57 AM

Streetcar was one of the most riveting intense and entertaining 3 hours I have ever spent in a theater.  Highly recommend - and Cabaret was equally excellent.  Both must sees.

 

Guys & Dolls sounds interesting as its immersive (have never seen the show before).

 

Thinking about going in early Summer/late Spring and looking at

Private Lives (Donmar)

The Motive & The Cue

A Little Life

See, I enjoyed “2:22”! I never see anything scary done well on stage and I thought this was mostly successful at creating something genuinely creepy with an ending I honestly didn’t expect. 

Check out theatreboard.co.uk for discussion on various UK productions. 

Theatremonkey's twitter threatd also seems to identify productions not on West End but potentially worth checking out. 


And, I'm with Jordan and Vernon - I enjoyed 2:22 at the Criterion which is cozier than the Lyric where it presently is - until it's next transfer!. 

(Updated to correct spelling helpfully pointed out by a different theatremonkey! - the correct one is this one: Theatremonkey (@Theatremonkey1) / Twitter )

Updated On: 1/29/23 at 09:07 PM

TheatreMonkey said: "ggersten said: "Check out theatreboard.co.uk for discussion on various UK productions.

Theatremonkey's twitter threat* also seems to productions not on West End but potentially worth checking out.

And, I'm with Jordan and Vernon - I enjoyed 2:22 at the Criterion which is cozier than the Lyric where it presently is - until it's next transfer!."

*Who, for the record, is not me!

ETA: I never Tweet, and seldom threat."

Sorry about that Chief!

I'm planning to be in London the last couple days of March and first couple days of April and Micemeat, Cabaret, and Bakeoff are top of my list. 

Does anyone have good recs for a show that would be playing on Sundays then? My three are don't have any Sunday shows!

Menier Chocolate Factory often has Sunday performances.

This site lets you filter listings by performance date, but it often doesn't have some of the smaller venues.

The problem with Theater Monkey and some of these other sites is that they tend to only list the West End and more prominent off West End theater companies, when a lot of the best productions in London are at smaller venues such as the Orange Tree or Theatre East. Not to mention some fantastic plays and musicals I've seen at fringe pub theaters. This is a list of some of them:  https://www.readersdigest.co.uk/culture/art-theatre/the-best-off-west-end-theatres-in-london

yyys said: "Looks like Heathers have shows Sundays at 5:30 PM. However, I am not sure if it is any good.



jkcohen626 said: "Does anyone have good recs for a show that would be playing on Sundays then? My three are don't have any Sunday shows!"

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It’s not. And didn’t they release a video recording anyway? I mean, if you have no other option and would prefer to see a show than do anything else I would still go to Heathers. But I think there are better ways to spend time. 

Jordan Catalano said: "See, I enjoyed “2:22”! I never see anything scary done well on stage and I thought this was mostly successful at creating something genuinely creepy with an ending I honestly didn’t expect."

I don't regret seeing it. My biggest pet peeve is that there was a masterful piece in there somewhere that got taken over by a crowd pleaser.