West End Reopening Tonight!

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/17/21 at 10:48am

I want to say Break a Leg to everyone performing tonight and to the audiences who get to sit there and experience the house lights going down for the first time...Im damn jealous. I hope theres lots of curtain speech videos later tonight!

[BCfitasafiddle]

Posted: 5/17/21 at 11:20am

Jordan Catalano said: "I want to say Break a Leg to everyone performing tonight and to the audiences who get to sit there and experience the house lights going down for the first time...Im damn jealous. I hope theres lots of curtain speech videos later tonight!"

I echo it all! Would love to hear people's experiences if anyone happens to be going! :)

[RippedMan]

Posted: 5/17/21 at 12:40pm

I need more footage of "Death Drop" with my fav drag queens!! 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 5/17/21 at 12:59pm

Enjoy every second of it, all! 

[ArtMan]

Posted: 5/19/21 at 9:44am

For those interested.  Jetblue sent me an email today with a fare sale from NYC to London roundtrip for in the $500s for their basic fare.  I haven't been to London in a while, but that fare seems really good.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/19/21 at 10:03am

That’s odd. We’re not on the UK’s green list so people (as of right now) still have to quarantine for 10 days, with the possibility of stopping after 5 days/negative test. That’s what I’m doing in a few weeks when I go unless they change it. But it’s odd for an airline to be promoting airfare to a place you can’t “freely” go to.

[ArtMan]

Posted: 5/19/21 at 10:07am

While I was playing with it to see if the roundtrip was really that price, the fares went as far as October.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/19/21 at 10:11am

So they’re offering them right now? How weird. Hopefully they know something we don’t! lol

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/19/21 at 10:13am

Also - the EU announced today that vaccinated Americans can travel again so the UK really needs to make sure they update their travel list and get some of these tourism dollars this summer.

[ArtMan]

Posted: 5/19/21 at 10:17am

Jordan Catalano said: "So they’re offering them right now? How weird. Hopefully they know something we don’t! lol"

Yes.  I deleted the email so can't give you specifics.  I only checked fares for September and October, but it looked like they had it for June and on.  Not being in a while, is that a low fare?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/19/21 at 10:18am

$500 round trip? Yeah. Jump on that immediately!

[ArtMan]

Posted: 5/19/21 at 10:32am

The info was for all of you.  I'm not going.

[binau]

Posted: 5/19/21 at 10:33am

Any recommendations for things currently on? Seems a little bit of a soft reopen.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/19/21 at 10:35am

Well, if you wait a couple weeks to go you’ll have Prince of Egypt, Hairspray, ALW’s Cinderella, Joseph..., Pretty Woman and more.

[imeldasturn]

Posted: 5/19/21 at 10:39am

I wouldn't recommend Prince of Egypt to my worst enemy. But yeah it is a soft opening, only the tourist traps and the McMusicals are (or are going to be) back on. The Old Vic's new season is pretty exciting, but it won't start before September and Anything Goes won't open before a month either. Probably Hairspray will be the nicest thing in town. And I know loads of people who can't wait to see Linzi Hateley's return to Joseph. There's a new play with Simon Russell Beale as Bach opening at the Bridge in a month, I'd love to see it if I were in London.

Updated On: 5/19/21 at 10:39 AM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/19/21 at 10:50am

I CAN. NOT. WAIT. to see Linzi in Joseph!

[¿Macavity?]

Posted: 5/19/21 at 11:16am

AMÉLIE will start performances again in a couple days, I'm hoping to get out and see that one. I'm a bit busy the next couple months so we'll see, but for sure this July I'm going to see two productions of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC. One in Buxton, and one in Leeds, literally a day apart! Not West End, but they're decent profile productions! The one in Buxton has Janie Dee as Desiree!

[ggersten]

Posted: 5/19/21 at 1:18pm

Six reopens in London on Friday. yes, way!

 

[RippedMan]

Posted: 5/19/21 at 1:21pm

Where is Amelie playing? I love the London version. 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/19/21 at 1:22pm

Amelie starts in a couple days.

[imeldasturn]

Posted: 5/19/21 at 1:24pm

RippedMan said: "Where is Amelie playing? I love the London version."

Criterion Theatre in Piccadilly

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/19/21 at 1:35pm

Oh sorry - I read that as asking when Amelie is playing.

[charles91]

Posted: 5/19/21 at 4:20pm

I just watched "Herding Cats" streaming from the Soho Theatre on Stellar. It was a really moving play and the performances are excellent (with one actor streaming in live from the US!). Not quite back to the norm just yet but wow does it feel good to see something new/live again! 

[Bwayornoway]

Posted: 5/19/21 at 4:23pm

Yes! Cheers to all our mates across the pond!  Though some of the shows I want to see won't open for a bit- I can't wait for Back to the Future and Joseph with Linzi Hateley to open and hear what people think!  

[Mark_E]

Posted: 5/20/21 at 10:39am

Jordan Catalano said: "Also - the EU announced today that vaccinated Americans can travel again so the UK really needs to make sure they update their travel list and get some of these tourism dollars this summer."

I agree, although the same could be said about allowing vaccinated Brits to travel to the USA!