{"id":616,"date":"2023-05-22T05:55:49","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T05:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lsbo.co.uk\/blog\/?p=616"},"modified":"2024-08-23T12:40:47","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T12:40:47","slug":"this-fridays-fun-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lsbo.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/05\/22\/this-fridays-fun-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"This Friday\u2019s Fun Facts!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>WICKED\u2019s musical score pays tribute to The Wizard of Oz<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"8256\" height=\"5504\" src=\"https:\/\/lsbo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Lucy-St.-Louis-Glinda-and-Alexia-Khadime-Elphaba_Photo-by-Matt-Crockett_8332_RT.jpg\" alt=\"Wicked the musical\" class=\"wp-image-617\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As we all know WICKED the musical is based on the iconic 1939 film starring Judy Garland, The Wizard of Oz and acts as both a prequel and a sequel to the award-winning film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stephen Schwartz, the writer and composer of the show is happy to speak about the fact that his score is peppered with homages to Harold Arlen who wrote the music for the movie. The first seven notes of \u2018over the Rainbow\u2019 are repeated in WICKED\u2019S \u2018The Wizard and I\u2019 with the lyrics \u2018Un-li-mi-ted, my future\u2026\u2019 The reason that it\u2019s only seven notes is because according to copyright law, when you get to the eighth note, it is seen as copying the tune. It\u2019s played over a different chord but it is still the first seven notes of \u2018Somewhere Over the Rainbow\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Book London theatre tickets now for an \u2018Ozmipolitan night out because there really is \u2018no place like WICKED!\u2019 Find cheap, discounted or half-price <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lsbo.co.uk\/musical\/wicked\">WICKED tickets<\/a> here at LSBO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>MATILDA uses a huge number of props every year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/lsbo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/matilda-prod-shot.jpg\" alt=\"matilda theatre tickets\" class=\"wp-image-618\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are some astonishing figures showing just how many props are needed for the show!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>8,320 balloons are used every year and 105 metres of balloon elastic<\/li><li>There are 3,780 paper airplanes flown into the auditorium each<\/li><li>Over 100 tubs of chocolate spread are used in the show each year<\/li><li>Around 28,000 pieces of confetti are used every performance so that equates to nearly 12 million a year<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lsbo.co.uk\">London theatre tickets<\/a> now to see MATILDA at The Cambridge Theatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>THE MOUSETRAP is the longest-running show on the West End<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/lsbo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/mousetrap-70-years.jpg\" alt=\"mousetrap tickets\" class=\"wp-image-619\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Agatha Christie classic \u2018Who dunnit\u2019 first opened on the West End on the 25<sup>th<\/sup> of November 1952 so has been running for over 70 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The play was originally written as a radio play as an 80<sup>th<\/sup> birthday gift for Queen Mary before developing into the play we know and love today. The show has played over 30,000 performances and over 10 million people have seen the timeless play that remains just as popular to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The story follows a group of 7 strangers who find themselves snowed in at a country house in the middle of nowhere as news spreads of a suspicious murder in London. When a police sergeant turns up at the door, they realise that the killer is in their midst but the question is\u2026 \u2018who dunnit?\u2019 When the identity of the murderer is revealed, the audiences are asked to keep the identity a secret to keep the mystery alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Book <strong>theatre tickets now<\/strong> to see THE MOUSETRAP, London\u2019s greatest \u2018Who Dunnit\u2019. Secure your booking online or visit our box office in Leicester Square.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WICKED\u2019s musical score pays tribute to The Wizard of Oz As we all know WICKED the musical is based on the iconic 1939 film starring Judy Garland, The Wizard of Oz and acts as both a prequel and a sequel to the award-winning film. 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