The Stage

[demjerrie]

Hello everyone,
I just wanted to let you know that I wrote a letter to The Stage about how upset I am about Drowsy closing and how I think that the west end has become so commercial due to tv shows like Any Dream Will Do. It was published in todays issue and I am so happy about it!!!
All my love
Evie
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[holly0824]

Is there a link we can go to so we can read your article?

[demjerrie]

Here you go...I hope you like it!

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Published Monday 30 July 2007 at 10:20

I am so upset to hear about The Drowsy Chaperone closing on August 4. I have been to see it twice and wish I could have gone a lot more. I admit that the only reason I was drawn to the show was because I am a very big fan of one of the cast members, John Partridge. But after viewing the show for the first time, I immediately thought it was fantastic, witty, clever, entertaining and most of all, original. It was refreshing to see a brand new show and the early closure of it shows how commercial the West End has become. Programmes such as Any Dream Will Do and Grease is the Word, that supposedly are done to help promote musical theatre, have done nothing but ruin the chances of new arrivals to the West End. Both shows have been revived so many times and, truthfully, there is no real reason to do them again. People who want to open musical theatre to the public should not be creating these tacky and commercial shows, but be helping new and original creations, such as The Drowsy Chaperone, to appeal to the general public.

It is a brilliantly written musical comedy and it is a great shame that the West End shall lose such a fantastic show.



Evie-May (aged 15)


So what do you think?

[holly0824]

Brilliantly written. Maybe some producers will actually take your advice.

[demjerrie]

Thank you very much!