WHAT TO SEE IN LONDON

If you like QUEEN, I'd consider WE WILL ROCK YOU!!!

BILLY ELLIOT
SOUND OF MUSIC
MARY POPPINS - CANT BEAT THE LONDON PRODUCTION

Sorry, I just have to say this real quick- um, if you're going any time before Dec 30th, PLEASE, go see wicked ohhh all right, if you like- have a strong DISlike against idina, then maybe dont, cause its not worth it, but I guarantee you, if you DO like idina at all, wicked any place else will NOT be the same as wicked in london :) And honestly, I'm not positive on this but I thiink tickets can be pretty inexpensive, so to see Idina Menzel in wicked (which chances are she'll never do again), why the heck not!? lol. But... thats just me.. but I felt like I needed to say it just because I feel like anyone going to london in that time frame needs to go see wicked- because its not fair to the people like me, who would give ANYTHING to go, but cant because of money issues, not to! haha

ok, that sayed:
I've heard AMAZING things about Billy Elliot- and that would be my number one show to see after wicked if I were going

I'd also suggest Mary Poppins, if not simply for the yummyness that is Gavin Creel! lol, but no, it sounds like a really cute show

aaand honestly I dont really know much about other shows, but those are just the ones I'd be most interested in!

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I had a chance to go to London last year and see a few shows and I highly recommend Billy Elliot. While I realize it will eventually make its way to NY as well, it is a London created show and it outstanding...one of the best theatre experiences I've had in a while...you won't be disappointed...As far as Wicked is concerned...Idina was lovely....I am forever glad I got to see it, but seeing it without Idina, while not as good, will still be a great experience for you in LA. Don't pass up the chance to see Billy Elliot before they cut it up to bring it here!!

"Sound of Music" press night is Nov. 15th.

Preview reveiws have been postive about Connie, I have not read any with the new Capt. I did get to hear an audio clip of Connie singing "My Favorite Things" and she sound very good. Photos and clips will be online soon for SOM. I think tonight is the benefit show (or that might have been last ngiht).

If I were going I would see "EVITA," "Billy Elliot," and "Porgy and Bess" I hear they are all good.


Yours,

Carolyn

BENT doesn't close until December 9th, though it was booking until January 13th. Odd that the producers would close it right before the tourists come in for the holidays.

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We Will Rock You is closed...no? and it sucks.

Please don't see Blood Brothers...it was the worst thing I've ever seen in my life.


most anything else is fantastic....a lot of my favorite stuff is closed now (I was there from Jan - May this year)....


I would suggest Sunday in the Park, though.

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Blood Brothers is my favorite musical I have seen in London. I also saw it on Broadway. My whole family found it very moving. We all loved it.

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well i dont mean to sound like an overobsessive freak but yeah billy elliot is just amazing! the boys in it are soo brilliant and they dance so well, i was just bedazzled watching it! the whole cast is amazing and so if you're going to see a show, go see that one! ooh and try to get it when Leon Cooke or Colin Bates are performing... because theyre by far the best dancers!

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I thought Hans Peter Janssens was actually kind of static and creepy, with his big eyes. Gorgeous voice, though.

See Evita, definitely.

I haven't seen it, but apparently Dirty Dancing is the hottest ticket around at the moment. (I don't think it's a musical, though).

I cannot stress this strongly enough - 'THE WOMAN IN BLACK'!!!!!

I've seen a lot of London productions this year, and that's the one that stuck with me most. Yup, more than the first night of previews of 'Wicked' and 'The Last Five Years' with bonus Jason Robert Brown Q&A session. Absolutely terrifying. You MUST see it.

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