Paddington Al Hirschfeld March 2027 — Page 2

Paddington live on GMA this morning! Heart immediately warmed!

TheatreFan4 said: "If Victoria doesn't come over (fingers crossed she does)... Sherie as Millicent?"

Actually kind of an underrated choice, I would love to see Grace McLean as Millicent

Robbie2 said: "TheatreFan4 said: "If Victoria doesn't come over (fingers crossed she does)... Sherie as Millicent?"

Jennifer Simard"

I just finished listening to the cast recording full through for the first time, and I immediately heard Jennifer Simard singing “Pretty Little Dead Things”. She and Victoria Hamilton-Barritt have a very similar tone and way of enunciating.

First preview is 80% sold out.

I don't worry about ticket sales for previews and early months of the run, what I wonder is how the show will sustain past its first 9-12 months.

In the U.K., the character of Paddington is about as beloved as you can get and the show is a love-letter to London. In the U.S., he's less omnipresent among children (some of us grew up on Corduroy and Pooh). The movies didn't sell well here but have achieved a cult status in certain corners of the internet.

The quality and universality of the show might sell it more on Broadway than the I.P. 

Updated On: 6/17/26 at 03:41 PM

MadsonMelo said: "James Hameedand Arti Shah are likely special Tony winners because I doubt the Tonys will do anything close to Olivers did"

Yes and perhaps to the designer too.

The Oliviers love to give a group award/nom, but the Tonys changed the rules sometime between BILLY ELLIOT and MATILDA. And I am all in favor of how the Tony rules work currently.

I really don’t know much about this show, aside from listening to a couple of songs on the cast recording. But I have read plenty of complimentary comments, already had Evita tickets for the previous evening, so we decided to make another advance purchase. The prices seemed reasonable enough, and I hope our right orchestra seats will be OK. 

ETA: Now I remember the brief thread with reviews from when the London show opened. Play Esq., binau and Jordan Catalano all sung the musical’s praises to an extent I didn’t expect. I haven’t seen any of the films but that thread - and the show’s subsequent awards haul - made me think I should give it a try. We’ll see what I think next April.

Updated On: 6/17/26 at 07:35 PM

An adorable message to team PADDINGTON from the soon-to-close MOULIN ROUGE!, now entering its final summer:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DZtHk7TO3hC/?igsh=MW9vZDY5bmg2YXBmbw==

From what I know there are only 3 broadway theatres that had the fly height needed for this show. 

Although the character of Paddington has been around in the UK for decades, id say it was only with the movies and then the skit with the Queen that catapulted Paddington into beloved national treasure status and something beyond a young kids story book. Thats when he started popping up everywhere with special experiences etc. Without those things I'm not sure the show would have been as popular as it has been.

Growing up in the 80s I was aware of him but was never a large part of childhood, especially when compared to something like Thomas The Tank Engine for example.

I was wondering myself if the Nederlander’s offered the Marquis and Shubert’s offered the Majestic. Bit strange why Paddington didn’t go into the St James as that is in the middle of Broadway, the Al Hirshfeld is a bit out of the way.

Do you know what theatres have the fly height?

 

 

I spoke to Bonnie Langford after the show this week and (since this was outside around a dozen other people I think it's fine to say here) I asked her if she was planning to come to Broadway with it. She said no, that the only people coming over are James Hameed and Artie Shah (Paddington) and that the Broadway production wants to do "their own thing" with the rest of the cast and I think that's a very smart idea. So the dream casting can continue. :)