Patti LuPone: “I feel as if Broadway is turning into Disneyland, circus or Las Vegas… the ticket prices: outrageous. There’s so many obstacles that prevent Theatre from being the tool that it should be in our society, which is an education.”
David Harewood: “My wife went to the theatre the other day, it cost her nearly £200 - who could afford that? We all need to start talking about it and protecting it because if we’re not, if we’re not careful it will vanish.”
Patti LuPone: “I don’t support how Broadway has changed… we are not educating audiences, we are pandering to them — everybody wants to be in show business, everybody wants to be on Broadway: I’d love it if they knew what they were doing.” 🙃 🎭
Patti Lupone: “I don’t believe how expensive the tickets are at the door. It’s become an elite sport. If you’re going to develop audiences, you have to get young people in the theatre, and they have to see more than Back to the Future.”
In 1993, Andrew Lloyd Webber fired Patti LuPone & replaced her with Glenn Close. LuPone sued him & she got more than $1m, which she partly used to build a pool behind her family house in Connecticut: The Andrew Lloyd Webber Memorial Pool 👌
Cinderella closes tomorrow - please can we give a big & hearty round of applause to the cast and crew for putting up with Andrew Lloyd Webber for 2 years👏
it seems Andrew Lloyd Webber referred to
@ALWCinderella
as a ‘costly mistake’ in a letter read by a staff member at the curtain call today - unbelievable 🤦♂️😐
60 people attended a protest today against the handling of the closure of
@ALWCinderella
after cast & crew were fired via social media organised by
@EquityUK
outside the Gillian Lynne Theatre ✊
in 1993, Andrew Lloyd Webber fired Patti LuPone & replaced her with Glenn Close. LuPone sued him & got more than $1m, which she partly used to build a pool behind her family house in Connecticut: The Andrew Lloyd Webber Memorial Pool 👍
Gird your loins: Devil Wears Prada musical will have an exclusive preview run at Theatre Royal Plymouth in Jul 2024, prior to Dominion, West End in Oct 2024 👠
Andrew Scott: “No matter how zeitgeisty or how modern you think your play is, if you are having to spend £150, no person between the age of 16-25 or beyond is going to be able to afford that. That is frustrating to me. It is important that it doesn’t remain an elitist art form,”
Patti LuPone on premium ticket prices: “Make it a popular sport, not an elite sport… Premium seats! What the f***?! It’s the same seat — it’s not better because it has a cushion on it. It’s the same seat. If you pay premium, you’re pushing the ticket prices up. It’s crazy.”
Sometimes I wonder what it must have been like to see classic musicals for the first time.
Today I'm wondering that about Sweeney Todd.
Imagine being out having a nice time on Broadway in 1979 then that happens. Incredible.
insane to think Merrily on Broadway has $699 tickets - some people won’t earn that in a month 🫣we can’t afford to price a generation of theatre goers out like this
Dames Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Floella Benjamin, Sheila Hancock, Maureen Lipman, Joanna Lumley, Sian Phillips, Penelope Wilton, Patricia Routledge & Joan Collins on stage at the Palladium to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital yesterday🤩🫶
Disappointing that
#OlivierAwards
overlooked Sir Peter Hall in the In Memoriam Tribute.
He ONLY founded the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre.
Do better
@OlivierAwards
👀
best actress in a supporting role goes to legend Haydn Gwynne, her son Orlando accepts the award. “we’ll love you forever mum and we are so, so proud.” 😿 RIP🎭 🙏
#OlivierAwards