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Post by VodkaStinger on Dec 21, 2023 13:56:15 GMT
I think the strike in America has caused lots of issues for actors, so (if it was Emily in Paris) she likely understood she'd be able to get back to London in time but filming schedules have changed and she's more tied into that than she was to this. As it turns out she was posting from London in her IG last week.
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Post by alece10 on Dec 21, 2023 14:45:13 GMT
I think the strike in America has caused lots of issues for actors, so (if it was Emily in Paris) she likely understood she'd be able to get back to London in time but filming schedules have changed and she's more tied into that than she was to this. As it turns out she was posting from London in her IG last week. Well she lost out big time.
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Post by marob on Jan 21, 2024 11:14:37 GMT
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Post by alece10 on Jan 24, 2024 20:18:21 GMT
Trailer for the cinema screening
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Post by karloscar on Jan 26, 2024 14:58:01 GMT
I'm going to report Michael Ball to the Hague for war crimes against You'll Never Walk Alone. Two notes murdered and several more injured in one single phrase! Surely they could have found a better line than that for their trailer.
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Post by solangelafitte on Jan 26, 2024 16:27:41 GMT
Yeah I have to admit, as much as I love Michael Ball doing his Michael Ball thing at times, I spent his performance wishing we got one of the gorgeous sopranos there performing You'll Never Walk Alone instead. And then maybe Julian doing Some Enchanted Evening.
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Post by marob on Feb 8, 2024 23:22:27 GMT
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Post by marob on Feb 10, 2024 13:35:22 GMT
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Post by mrbarnaby on Feb 11, 2024 15:07:08 GMT
I'm going to report Michael Ball to the Hague for war crimes against You'll Never Walk Alone. Two notes murdered and several more injured in one single phrase! Surely they could have found a better line than that for their trailer. Every time he opens his mouth and vibrato’s a song to death, I want the world to end. It’s so cheesy and embarrassing.
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Post by FairyGodmother on Feb 13, 2024 10:29:40 GMT
£17.99 for Vue Printworks Manc. I've paid £21 for Wilmslow. It'll be a lovely Valentine's trip with my gentleman friend. I did have a little peek at the song list, and I am again disappointed that nobody shares my love for State Fair. A duet of "Isn't it Kind of Fun", or a big ensemble "It's a Grand Night for Singing" would have been great. I have such a soft spot for the film — Dick Haymes's gorgeous voice, red-headed Vivian Blaine, Margie apparently having an ironing board set up in her tent for all those beautiful dresses that I'm sure a teenage farmer's daughter would have had, poor boring Harry and his ideas for a modernised farm, the mincemeat competition... I'm glad Cinderella is getting a bit more of an outing. I like most R&H though, so it was always going to be an easy sell!
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Post by interval99 on Feb 14, 2024 18:53:12 GMT
2 hours 34 mins so looks to be the full evening show. Vue not done a great promotion on this not listing it in the theate events page but reasonable number here. Looking forward to seeing the performances again and hopefully getting a tv showing and a streaming/blu-ray release soon.
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Post by alece10 on Feb 14, 2024 19:10:45 GMT
2 hours 34 mins so looks to be the full evening show. Vue not done a great promotion on this not listing it in the theate events page but reasonable number here. Looking forward to seeing the performances again and hopefully getting a tv showing and a streaming/blu-ray release soon. Will be interesting to hear your thoughts. I do hope there is a TV showing or DVD of this as its one of the best and classiest concerts I have seen on a long time.
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Post by barrowside on Feb 14, 2024 22:15:27 GMT
I'm just back from this and absolutely loved it. Who is Lily Kerhoas? - she was absolutely stunning as Laurie and Julie.
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Post by Wilf on Feb 14, 2024 22:43:42 GMT
Lily is currently Christine in Phantom, was also Cosette in the staged Les Miz and is on the DVD.
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Post by barrowside on Feb 14, 2024 22:52:02 GMT
Lily is currently Christine in Phantom, was also Cosette in the staged Les Miz and is on the DVD. Thank you - I thought she was wonderful. Destined to be a star.
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Post by interval99 on Feb 14, 2024 23:58:14 GMT
Another enchanted evening with this show and like all good shows it's let me relived my cherished memories of the original show but also offered many new aspects overlooked on the night.
Filmed in very high quality HD its powerful seeing these performances in full movie screen scale and in a way you cannot even experience front row at the theatre. I was surprised how moving and the emotional impact the songs had this time around.
There is no doubt this recording will have a release, hopefully worldwide and both streaming and physical. The quality of the HD picture is much more defined than most live recordings and even the credits have been carefully thought out. One lovely touch is the full song credits are listed in the order of the show four at a time and not just the normal song scroll you get. All the cast, orchestra, chorus and dancers are fully credited in the credits which scroll over the carousel waltz, and which the whole cinema audience stayed to listen and watch right to the end!
It was also great that while the main show rightly belongs to the performers the orchestral suites which bookend the start and end are used to show close ups of the orchestra and give all a moment in the spotlight.
You get both Rita and Andrew Lloyd Webber speeches (ALW was very emotional and was nice to see as he only did this in the evening show so it was new to me) the only ommissions I could see were the anadotes from Audra about her audition fainting and Maria hiding stagehands under her king and I hooped skirt.
The only thing which was unfortunate was while the vocals capture is perfect and brought to the fore the 40 strong orchestra seems to have been downplayed and was no way the rich enveloping sweep it was at the theatre. This does seem to be a deliberate choice as it's all the way through and indeed the audience sound also seems quieter. While in no way is the sound weak I had high hopes of hearing the show sound through a cinemas sound system and having heard live opera showings know the orchestral sound can be amazing.Showed this best with the Kansas city dance which should have been a rousing cacophony of tap and orchestra but the sound was way too muted compared to the energy on stage.
But very glad we have a recording of a true one day only event and a true tribute to Rogers and Hammerstein and wonderful how it let me see some broadway stars, Aaron, Patrick and Audra(who we meed back ASAP even if it's only a concert), also renewed the admiration for some I had seen before, Julian, Maria, but also allowed me to see why this board had been raving about Joanna Ampil and still introduced several new performers Lily and Johny. But as said in December everyone gave their all for this show.
There are only dimly lit shots of the audience until the end when there are a few quick shots of the bows behind the performers looking out and if you were in the central first ten rows you may spot yourself in a very quick moment of shared stardom .
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Post by alece10 on Feb 15, 2024 3:04:43 GMT
Another enchanted evening with this show and like all good shows it's let me relived my cherished memories of the original show but also offered many new aspects overlooked on the night. Filmed in very high quality HD its powerful seeing these performances in full movie screen scale and in a way you cannot even experience front row at the theatre. I was surprised how moving and the emotional impact the songs had this time around. There is no doubt this recording will have a release, hopefully worldwide and both streaming and physical. The quality of the HD picture is much more defined than most live recordings and even the credits have been carefully thought out. One lovely touch is the full song credits are listed in the order of the show four at a time and not just the normal song scroll you get. All the cast, orchestra, chorus and dancers are fully credited in the credits which scroll over the carousel waltz, and which the whole cinema audience stayed to listen and watch right to the end! It was also great that while the main show rightly belongs to the performers the orchestral suites which bookend the start and end are used to show close ups of the orchestra and give all a moment in the spotlight. You get both Rita and Andrew Lloyd Webber speeches (ALW was very emotional and was nice to see as he only did this in the evening show so it was new to me) the only ommissions I could see were the anadotes from Audra about her audition fainting and Maria hiding stagehands under her king and I hooped skirt. The only thing which was unfortunate was while the vocals capture is perfect and brought to the fore the 40 strong orchestra seems to have been downplayed and was no way the rich enveloping sweep it was at the theatre. This does seem to be a deliberate choice as it's all the way through and indeed the audience sound also seems quieter. While in no way is the sound weak I had high hopes of hearing the show sound through a cinemas sound system and having heard live opera showings know the orchestral sound can be amazing.Showed this best with the Kansas city dance which should have been a rousing cacophony of tap and orchestra but the sound was way too muted compared to the energy on stage. But very glad we have a recording of a true one day only event and a true tribute to Rogers and Hammerstein and wonderful how it let me see some broadway stars, Aaron, Patrick and Audra(who we meed back ASAP even if it's only a concert), also renewed the admiration for some I had seen before, Julian, Maria, but also allowed me to see why this board had been raving about Joanna Ampil and still introduced several new performers Lily and Johny. But as said in December everyone gave their all for this show. There are only dimly lit shots of the audience until the end when there are a few quick shots of the bows behind the performers looking out and if you were in the central first ten rows you may spot yourself in a very quick moment of shared stardom . Great review, thanks. Now I have to see it because I was in row D of the stalls so want to see if I was captured on camera.
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Post by FairyGodmother on Feb 15, 2024 9:08:28 GMT
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Post by Wilf on Feb 15, 2024 10:00:31 GMT
Spent a brilliant afternoon at Showcase Cinema Dudley reliving the matinee performance, one of the highlights of my theatre going experiences in 2023. Excellent value at £13.30 for general seats, will be going back to see it again. Worth the money to hear the fantastic vocal performances, Audra and Julian outstanding, almost as emotional as seeing them live. Good to hear Jonny Labey as he had major microphone issues at the matinee. The only other bit I can think of that wasn’t in the cinema version was Rita Moreno talking about Yul Brynner swearing when he stepped on things while barefoot.
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Post by solangelafitte on Feb 15, 2024 10:04:39 GMT
Thanks for this! Seems to have a bit more info in it than the physical one on the day which I don't think included the song list. Much to the irritation of the elderly couple next to me who only bought it for that. 😬
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Post by alece10 on Feb 15, 2024 10:44:12 GMT
Thanks for this! Seems to have a bit more info in it than the physical one on the day which I don't think included the song list. Much to the irritation of the elderly couple next to me who only bought it for that. 😬 Yes I was disappointed there was no song list as there is no way I could remember all the songs afterwards. I was hoping they would do the same as they did for the Sondheim Gala Concert and give you the song list as you left. I'll see if I can print off the online one and add to my programme. Edit - pleased to see the orchestra is also listed in the online programme which was also missing from the main programme (and possibly the chorus).
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Post by marob on Feb 15, 2024 13:39:04 GMT
The free programme is a nice touch, especially as the credits have been updated. They only originally credited the 10 stars and 3 ‘featured.’ They’ve added the dancers, the ensemble and the choir, as well as the orchestra.
Nice to see they’ve added Jonny Labey to the ‘featured’ cast, as I said at the time he was really prominently featured yet wasn’t credited at all.
They’ve also added credits for the film, which I noticed includes this…
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Post by marob on Feb 18, 2024 17:08:51 GMT
Lovely afternoon revisiting this. And thankfully my ugly mug didn’t make the cut.
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Post by david on Feb 18, 2024 20:40:13 GMT
Caught the cinema screening this afternoon. A fantastic 2.5 hr concert to celebrate 80yrs of R+H.
The orchestra sounded wonderful and with those vocals from a stellar line up really brought home the genius of R+H to write such timeless scores.
The only criticism would be giving MB the classic YNWA. I wished one of the ladies had sung it or Julian O.
For the £16.45 I paid it was excellent value and a 5⭐️ event.
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Post by macksennett on Feb 18, 2024 20:51:30 GMT
I thoroughly enjoyed the cinema broadcast this afternoon - one of four people in our local cinema! Some fantastic songs & performances.
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Post by solangelafitte on Feb 19, 2024 11:00:24 GMT
Well this was just lovely to revisit. Think I might have enjoyed it even more in the cinema, which was surprisingly busy. Everyone even sat quietly/gently swayed through the whole of the Carousel Waltz and credits. Was a pity they cut out some little stories but the editing was really great overall, flowed nicely. And big plus to me being *just* out of shot a couple of times.
I really do hope this is released on DVD/CD at some point. I'd love to have professional recordings of some performances, particularly Joanna and Julian's.
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Post by frankubelik on Feb 21, 2024 18:05:53 GMT
Largely hugely enjoyable. As ever, an unpopular opinion but the Americans were really "en point" with the Brits paling into comparison. Audra, Patrick & Aaron outstanding with Marisha playing around with notes which was annoying. I did not like the "juve lead" as she seemed apprehensive (maybe understandable) and whilst LsL sings well, her vocal tics are distracting. Not sure the entire concert was staged so well with misuse of the ensemble. AJC needs to watch her voice now too. Would have preferred a "guest vocalist" for some numbers and cut Mr Ball entirely. Julian tries too hard in a vocal entirely unsuited for his range. The sound in the cinema was appalling. No idea why Freidman was there.
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Post by VodkaStinger on Feb 21, 2024 21:29:52 GMT
Went to see this on Sunday, only 4 people in my showing. Really enjoyed to re-visit the concert (actually there was some novelty for me as I went to the matinee so didn't get to see ALW), although I wish they kept the personal stories.
Looking forward to get this on DVD / Blu-ray.
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Post by ceebee on Feb 25, 2024 23:30:43 GMT
Saw this today in a totally full cinema. An appreciative audience. I don't know where to start - do many highlights. Agree with the earlier post - the American performers were first class. I want a miniature Simon Lee conducting dancing flower type toy to put on my desk. He's so animated! This show was flawless and set the bar for concerts. I loved it!
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Post by interval99 on Mar 4, 2024 22:15:47 GMT
Not sure if this is good or bad sign for a full release of the show but the r&h official site are offering it as a streaming view for one week at the end of March for North America region only. Interactive viewing party to launch it. At least gives a chance for American board members to see what we were raving about. live.rodgersandhammerstein.com/?mc_cid=b7d1b81437&mc_eid=fe52b6ba2b
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