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jaqs, on 07 May 2013 - 03:52 PM, said:

At the insistance of a minor cast member, (one of several trying to engineer a standing ovation during a Megamix after an interminable show), I did indeed rise to my feet which then rather publically marched across the front of the side stalls (I was in the centre blocks of seats) to the nearest exit. Not the reaction he was intending I think.

It felt damn good - and the production was being filmed which may have given them some additional editing to do!!

mallardo, on 07 May 2013 - 06:47 PM, said:

Personaly I think we should state that the story is "too american" for the British public, relocate the story to Liverpool, and call it "The Colour Purple" - just to get our own back for "The Full Monty".  

Eastender, on 22 January 2013 - 11:46 AM, said:

Talking just the London productions, and also discounting Gypsy and West Side Story where Sondheim did the lyrics

Funny Thing Happened 1963-65 (792 performances)
Little Night Music 1974-5 (406 performances)
Side by Side by Sondheim 1976-9 (806 performances)
Follies 1987-9 (644 performances)

With the combined productions (including small scale off-west-end), Sweeney, one of the most revived shows in London over the past few decades, must have exceeded any of these.

Make that a third. A show that I hated restaged in a venue I dislike.

This is only very slightly above Viva Forever at the bottom of the "to see" list!

timsy99, on 05 December 2012 - 11:46 AM, said:

Sounds perfect casting for the Spice Girls then !!

in 1930, at the Duchess Theatre, "The Intimate Revue" over-ran by so much on opening night that it was eventually abandoned and the rest of the run cancelled. Not even one complete performance.

Good on Sarah Millican for making a stance

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I am having a long overdue clear out of the CD cabinet and amongst the CD's destined for the charity shop are the following. If anyone wants them (NO copies, all original discs in case most with paper insert ("dust jacket"), then first claim them on this thread - first come, first served. Then send me a A5 stamped addressed envelope (address to be given) with the following First / Second class Royal Mail stamps

1 disc £1-08p / £0.92p
2 discs £1-96p / £1-72p
3 discs £2-48p / £2-16p

***Anything Goes (1989 LC)*** taken by MrTumnus
Barbra - Back to Broadway (Compilation)
***Boy From Oz (OBC)*** taken - Richard 2711
Carmelina (OBC)
Carousel (OST)
Cinema - Elaine Paige (Compilation)
Company (OBC)
Crazy for Gershwin - 2disc (Compilation)
Evening with Alan J Lerner - (Compilation) no "dust jacket"
Fame - The Musical (OLC)
Jolson - The Musical (OLC)- ex Library copy not perfect condition.
Magic of the Musicals 2disc (Compilation) no "dust jacket"
Piaf - Elaine Paige (Compilation)
Scandal (OST)
Songs of Lerner & Loewe (Compilation)no "dust jacket"
***Sunday in the Park with George (OBC)*** taken by MrTumnus
***Symphonic Sondheim (London Symphony Orch)*** taken by MrTumnus
That’s Entertainment Part 2 (OST)
The Card (OLC)
The Fix (OLC)
***The Last 5 Years (US - Butz/Scott)*** taken - Richard2711
The Light in the Piazza OBC
Two's Company (OBC)
Wizard of Oz - highlights (1989 RSC)