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For me….this musical, is absolutely brilliant….loved it! Probably the best & most memorable shows. 10/10

When I heard they were going to make a musical, my first thought was DO-NOT-TOUCH-THAT-MOVIE!!! But… I was there last week at the opening night in the Dominion Theatre and I must say I was very pleasantly surprised. I fully agree the cast is excellent, staging and set design top, outfits top. Regarding music: some numbers (e.g. I only love you for your body) are 100% Elton-style, others may be more difficult to be recognized as his compositions. The refrain of the number „Runway“ sung by Emily reminds me of „Somewhere“ from West Side Story - I really hope it‘s not going to turn out to be a plagiarism… Regarding singing: generally very good, except the high note at the end of The Devil wears Prada (the ball scene) sung by someone from the cast and which was totally off-pitch/flat and really hurt my ears. They should work a bit more on that one with their vocal coach. I was also glad that they kept a lot of the original text from the movie. Especially Miranda’s famous cerulean-monologue was kept almost in its entirety. However, I was missing the equally famous „Florals? For spring?! Groundbreaking!“ Also, they added some additional story lines like Emily‘s flirting with the nurses in the hospital where she is hospitalized following her accident (Bon Voyage). This is something which is not in the original movie but nevertheless a good idea as an 11 o‘clock number. Overall, a very positive experience.

Did they make them gay?

I saw the show in May and found the Fates distracting from the entire production. The Fates are, from mythology, three goddesses who roughly look the same (beautiful) but have different functions...but the emphasis is trio. In this production, the Fates were straight out of the Sesame Street vignette that one of these things does not belong together. The production had two women, roughly the same size, with the third the size and height of the other two...together. it does not matter if s/he were a very large woman, a trans woman, or a man in drag....it was distracting from the entire production. The Fates were background singers...both figuratively for the play and literally. The size discrepancy added no value to the production. Only detracted

Thank you for this!!!

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I'm excited, Shaina writes incredible lyrics and the music by Elton John there's really not much to say! im sure the music will be amazing!

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if you don't now the ty show, will you still be able to follow the storyline?

Interesting, enjoyed hearing your thoughts! I saw it on the first preview and I enjoyed it, but it wasn't an overall favourite for me. Agree the cast were fabulous especially Amy di Bartolomeo, there were some really amazing set and lighting pieces as well! Think it's a fun addition to the West End!

Why doesn't anyone ever mention the props! The prop supervisors are there from the start and set the scenes!!! Fab

Thanks for the thorough review - I can tell from your euthusiasm that you really liked this one. I'm seeing it in two weeks cannot wait! Saw Vanessa Williams open a musical concert at Cardogan Hall today so really looking forward to seeing her as Miranda! Did you happen to check out the stage doors after the show?

I actually wanna watch this :p

London is scary, lots of scary things happening. Its creepy as well, be careful

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That’s really pretty!

There is nothing like the golden age musicals dear , Emelda .and the entire company were more than amazing , brilliant show , it’s been many a year since I saw the entire theatre on their feet , applauding for over 5 mins

Some other xmas suggestions are the candlelight concerts, also the nightmare before christmas concert at Wembley arena

My choice for a Christmas trip to London this year will be Cameron Mackintosh’s new production of Oliver at the Gielgud Theatre, which is a transfer of the highly successful Chichester Theatre staging and is directed and choreographed by the brilliant Matthew Vaughan.

Saw it few weeks ago for the first time just before cast change and absolutely loved it… I booked to see it again on 2nd and 16th November only because my favourite Elphaba (Rachel Tucker) is playing Persephone:)

Also Southbank / royal festival hall has some shows

I’m planning to see this show on Broadway and will definitely check the time!

Mark Rylance is a heavyweight of the stage. Flew to London just to see him in Jerusalem. I’ll try to watch this. Do you think his performance may get an Olivier nomination?

Completely overrated, so many better musicals in the West End, that doesn't include ' Hamilton ',which is also very overrated.

Taking Broadway by a seismic earthquake TikTok is raving about it and Nicole OMG

“Suited for the new audiences”??? Who, the white hating liberals and progressives? Stop ruining great writers work but rewriting them or changing the race or gender of the characters!

I would like to see Hayley Atwell in Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing in London next year who is an excellent actress from the Marvel movies and the Mission Impossible franchise. The production also stars Tom Hiddleston from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Nicole Scherzinger was excellent in Sunset Boulevard 😀

Unique stage door tip ! Travelled to see Crazy for You’s final show last NYE at Gillian Lyne theatre. Family needed assistance to seats in the Circle. Only lift access is basically via Stage Door and back corridor. So after show we followed musicians out…..with hoards outside to see Charlie Stemp and others. Unfortunately I am not a spitting image of Charlie but had wished we’d stayed around in corridor to have met stars before meeting the crowds (….”Who could ask for anything more” !!!)

Love these, and Legally Blonde is a cool wild-card pick for No.5. My picks change day to day, but would be similar, I think: 1) Hadestown 2) Next To Normal 3) Hamilton 4) Dear Evan Hansen 5) Heathers Wicked would be right up there too! Keep up the good work.

Stage door is definitely a matter of luck - most of the time I do get to meet the cast and get autographs/photos at the stage door but for example I tried 3 times for Sarah Jessica Parker and all three times she didn't do the stage door (and there were people there who had tried even more times than that!). With Tom Holland I had a selfie stick with me otherwise I would have not been able to snap him due to the massive crowd. Aside from Broadway, London's West End is definitely the place to see stars in plays/musicals.

Might go see Sigourney Weaver in The Tempest. Not your calibre or West End but I saw Woody Harrelson and Andy Serkis in Ulster American at the Riverside Studios they were both amazing especially as hadn’t seen Andy in human form before, just CGI.

You sound so DUMB...

michael jackson is innocent investigated by the fbi for 12 years and no evidence and found not to forget he was found not guilty

No thanks .

What do you except? Did you see the original? It’s not a new show , you can’t change the book and what it’s about

Nothing can compare to MJ sorry 😂

Hello Dolly was amazing, and it's great to see Starlight Express back, there are so many great shows this year, but so many short runs!

Matilda?

Is there a recording for the play?

I saw the same cast!

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Great video very interesting, Paris is such a beautiful city, I think I would have bought a ticket to see Les Miserables as I could follow the story and the music and lyrics does sound great in the French version. You definitely should of called your video ‘Emily in Paris’ 😀