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What musical shall I see?

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LG93 · 24/12/2023 14:42

Just that really, don't often get to go so want to make the most of it!

Loved - Billy Elliott, Phantom of the opera
So so - wicked, we will rock you
Didn't enjoy - lion king, singing in the rain

Current thoughts are Hamilton (but if I've watched it on Disney is this a waste?!) Les Mis, Matilda, SIX, open to other suggestions too!

Hoping now I'm no longer with ex-DH I might get to go more often but probably not enough that it won't matter if it's rubbish!!

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CoffeeWithCheese · 28/12/2023 10:54

BusySittingDown · 25/12/2023 20:56

Wicked is the absolute best thing that I have ever seen! I can't believe that there are people in the world that are indifferent to it/don't like it. I know, people have different tastes, shocker! 😂

I went to see Wicked on a cheap last minute ticket and, I'll admit it was half term so the audience was probably not representative, it was full of the most poorly parented kids going who (apart from two little sweeties sat next to us) really did not "get" it at all. Songs were kind of "meh" apart from the couple of well-known big hitters - it's not one I'd go to see again in a hurry.

I want to see Hadestown when it returns soooo badly and I'd love In The Heights to be available to see on stage.

Come from Away is on Apple TV I believe (from what my boss was telling me).

I can't cope with watching Matilda for some personal reasons that make it a bit too close to some elements of my childhood - I really struggled with the Netflix film (it's the bits where the Trunchbull is publicly humiliating individual kids - it's too close to what the evil primary head used to do when I was at school and I was often the target).

Apart from Angelica (who sounded like she had a raging sinus infection when we went - poor thing), I think the current London Hamiton cast is the best I've seen - Aaron Burr in particular is utterly superb and it's the best of the Elizas (which I think is a role that seems to be really hard to pitch right between being strong and powerful without going into "rip her idiot husband's balls off and ram them down his throat" - which seems much more what her sister would like to do to him... if you know the deleted Congratulations song especially)

BusySittingDown · 28/12/2023 12:56

CoffeeWithCheese · 28/12/2023 10:54

I went to see Wicked on a cheap last minute ticket and, I'll admit it was half term so the audience was probably not representative, it was full of the most poorly parented kids going who (apart from two little sweeties sat next to us) really did not "get" it at all. Songs were kind of "meh" apart from the couple of well-known big hitters - it's not one I'd go to see again in a hurry.

I want to see Hadestown when it returns soooo badly and I'd love In The Heights to be available to see on stage.

Come from Away is on Apple TV I believe (from what my boss was telling me).

I can't cope with watching Matilda for some personal reasons that make it a bit too close to some elements of my childhood - I really struggled with the Netflix film (it's the bits where the Trunchbull is publicly humiliating individual kids - it's too close to what the evil primary head used to do when I was at school and I was often the target).

Apart from Angelica (who sounded like she had a raging sinus infection when we went - poor thing), I think the current London Hamiton cast is the best I've seen - Aaron Burr in particular is utterly superb and it's the best of the Elizas (which I think is a role that seems to be really hard to pitch right between being strong and powerful without going into "rip her idiot husband's balls off and ram them down his throat" - which seems much more what her sister would like to do to him... if you know the deleted Congratulations song especially)

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The first time I went to see Wicked (seen it twice I love it so much) we were walking out of the theatre after it finished and I could hear the woman behind us explaining the plot to her friend who had struggled 😄. It's probably not a great one to take young kids to.

Yes, yes, yes to In The Heights! I would absolutely love to see that if it came back to the theatre. I loved the film.

I really want to see Mean Girls TBH. I'll probably have to wait until it tours though, I'm nowhere near London and going to the West End is an expensive do.

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