Red Alert! - Dr. Strangelove West End Autumn 2024

I think “The Shining” was scrapped all together, sadly.

Jordan Catalano said: "I think “The Shining” was scrapped all together, sadly."

Agreed. I suggested it as a joke only to find out it was really happening - and got enthused by what Van Hove could do. It would have been different - and I think would have been truly frightening (if not scary).

I love Armando Iannucci's TV and film work (The Thick of It, In the Loop, Veep, Death of Stalin, etc). This looks right up his alley and I'm excited for it!

Jumpin_J said: "After seeing the way he butchered Network, I hate Ivo's work. The petals have fallen off this rose years ago and critics are finally starting to agree. He's just an enfant terrible doing things on stage because he can. Anyone who throws their money away at this garbage, I have zero sympathy for."

Ivo isn't involved with this project. It's adapted by Armando Iannucci (the creator of Veep) and Sean Foley, with Foley directing.

Steve Coogan set to star

Steve Coogan is luxury casting. Crossing my fingers that somehow I’ll end up in London during its run.

Wonder if he will play the same 3 roles as Sellers, or if they’ll switch it up? The roles were always fluid with Sellers during the development process, I believe at one point he was to play the Slim Pickens role as well.

When Groundhog Day was adapted as a musical someone said no one should have tried to put a flawless movie on stage and that's why it failed. Might be even more true with Dr. Strangelove.

My god was this painful to sit through: it’s just not funny at all. The acting is fine, it’s well directed and well staged, but there is simply nothing to do other than stare at the scenery and cringe at the attempts at humor.

Would have sat through Starlight Express again to have avoided this experience!

Dylan: It’s really not a political play so much as it is a line-reading of a political movie (that I admire) with hamstrung current political references. The complete absence of laughter in the house was staggering…this is a comedy after all.

Maybe it will improve, but I’m skeptical. I’d suggest to wait until it’s locked and reviews are out before you make your decision. Especially at those prices!

Had he been alive, Robin Williams would have killed it in this role(s). He always seemed to be the true heir to Peter Sellers.

Conveniently leaving out the many negative reviews.
it’s not a success.