‘Groundhog Day’ by Tim Minchin and Danny Rubin
21 July 2023
Last Wednesday we were at the Old Vic in London to see the stage musical version of ‘Groundhog Day’, with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin and book by the screenwriter of the 1993 film, Danny Rubin. ‘Groundhog Day’ was originally produced at the Old Vic seven years ago, reuniting Minchin with Director Matthew Warchus, who had worked together on ‘Matilda’. Now, appropriately enough, ‘Groundhog Day is back at the Old Vic, in a revised version. In comparison to the film, the stage version has more time to explore the premise of what you would do if you were condemned to repeat the same day over and over again. The first half is fun but a little inconsequential. But after the interval the production becomes darker, more morally complex and much more interesting. Andy Karl’s performance as TV weatherman Phil Connors is a tour de force. He is hardly off stage throughout the show and the sleight of hand needed to ensure he is always ready to emerge from the bed in his B&B as the day starts again - despite having just been somewhere else on stage in a completely different costume - is brilliantly done.
posted by Robin Simpson @ 9:33 am
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