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Post by Phantom of London on Jul 29, 2018 12:56:03 GMT
The Dominion would mean that Bat Out of Hell would be no more, not surprising as not many people there when I saw it.
I was underwhelmed when I saw this on Broadway and understand why it didn’t win the Tony,moor both leads Lauren and Harry were insipid, however the support from Norbert and Diana where brilliant, so uneven casting.
Cameroon Mackintosh will have a say what theatre this will end up at.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2018 12:14:41 GMT
Rosemary Harris will take over from Dame Diana Rigg as Mrs Higgins from September 11th. Let's hope she doesn't decide to take Sunday off.
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Post by couldileaveyou on Aug 23, 2018 14:52:59 GMT
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Post by Jon on Aug 23, 2018 14:57:27 GMT
Wasn’t Benanti rumoured for Eliza before Ambrose was cast, she should be good in the role.
It’ll be interesting to see if they get a name for Higgins when HHP leaves,
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Post by ali973 on Aug 23, 2018 16:51:46 GMT
She did it!
Benanti has been campaigning for Eliza for ages. She really wanted it, and was open about how she was turned down. She quoted the casting directors saying "that's a hard no."
But it looks like whatever she did finally worked. I find her perfect for the role though she reads a bit older than what people will expect. I also don't see her matching with HHP. This needs to be filmed for PBS though, and I would love for it to run until next year so I can see it!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2018 17:30:20 GMT
Benanti is Queen! ❤️
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2018 17:53:46 GMT
It whould be noted Laura is only in the show until February and will continue, like Lauren, to perform 7 rather than 8 shows a week! Diana Rigg will be pissed.
Thrilled by this news, Laura will be amazing!
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Post by poster J on Aug 23, 2018 19:12:14 GMT
Yes!!! I'm going to NY in November so this is definitely on my list now.
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Post by Being Alive on Aug 23, 2018 22:11:30 GMT
Laura Benanti. Eliza Dootlitle. It’s a literal match made in heaven. She’ll be perfect. Sad she can’t win/at least be nominated for a Tony for it though
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Post by mallardo on Aug 23, 2018 22:34:40 GMT
As Ali notes above, Benanti reads older than she is and older that Lauren Ambrose for sure. Actually she might read older than Harry Hadden-Paton. She has a natural sophistication that is not what we're used to in Eliza. On the other hand she's a superb actress so it will be fascinating to see what she makes of the role.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2018 22:35:27 GMT
Laura Benanti. Eliza Dootlitle. It’s a literal match made in heaven. She’ll be perfect. Sad she can’t win/at least be nominated for a Tony for it though I don't know the ins and outs of the rules entirely, but I'm sure there has been cases where a takeover for a role has been nominated before, maybe not at the Tony's before. Its definately happened at the Oliviers with the likes of Mel C getting nominated for Blood Brothers, Martine and Joanna both nominated and winning for My Fair Lady and the three leads of Sunset getting nominated in consecutive years. I don't think the Tony's have come to think of it. That said, Laura will of course deserve an award should she be amazing. She will probably be nominated for a Drama League Award or something, they nominated Lin twice for the same role, why not her? Then again, he is Lin, the rules are made up as they go along. 😂😂
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Post by Being Alive on Aug 23, 2018 23:17:32 GMT
Yeah she can’t be nominated for a Tony - replacements can’t as far as I’m aware (correct me if I’m wrong). She deserved it for Women on the Verge and was ROBBED by Nikki M James from BOM!
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Post by harrietcraig on Aug 24, 2018 2:23:46 GMT
Yeah she can’t be nominated for a Tony - replacements can’t as far as I’m aware (correct me if I’m wrong). You're right. The only exception to the "no Tony nominations for replacements" rule came when Larry Kert, who replaced Dean Jones as Bobby in the original production of Company a month after the show opened, was nominated for best actor in a musical. Presumably an exception was allowed in that case because Dean Jones was in the show for such a short time, most Tony voters would not have had a chance to see him in the role (which is obviously not the case with Ambrose/Benanti). In case anyone is wondering, Hal Linden won the Tony that year for The Rothschilds.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2018 6:52:54 GMT
Yeah she can’t be nominated for a Tony - replacements can’t as far as I’m aware (correct me if I’m wrong). She deserved it for Women on the Verge and was ROBBED by Nikki M James from BOM! I was shocked Alexi was not even nominated in the Oliviers. She really was a-maz-ing ! and brought r-e-a-l. humanity to the role this might beef topic. So it maybe moved!
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Post by 49thand8th on Aug 27, 2018 16:06:36 GMT
Yeah she can’t be nominated for a Tony - replacements can’t as far as I’m aware (correct me if I’m wrong). She deserved it for Women on the Verge and was ROBBED by Nikki M James from BOM! That's not how robbery works, but ok.
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Post by Being Alive on Aug 27, 2018 17:07:34 GMT
I mean fair - I just thought it was a much better performance. I’m going off topic slightly
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2018 7:28:06 GMT
Danny Burstein set to replace Norbert Leo Butz beginning January 8th for a limited run through April 28th. He will star alongside Laura as well as whoever takes over from her also, Harry will continue in his role.
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Post by Jon on Oct 17, 2018 14:05:11 GMT
Danny Burstein is very good casting for Alfred Doolitle. I’m sure once Harry leaves, they’ll cast a name for Higgins
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Post by Sam on Oct 17, 2018 14:08:20 GMT
I am so tempted to go back to see this again. Unfortunately looks like I'm now out of annual leave until April :C I'd really like to see Laura.
For me the biggest disappointments in this were Lauren and Norbert's accents so I'd like to see others in these roles. Harry was amazing.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2018 0:27:52 GMT
Laura is rocking it one-woman style at the minute. She's so fabulous.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2018 9:19:55 GMT
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Post by Being Alive on Oct 24, 2018 11:59:15 GMT
Hardly surprising, she's got a really weak immune system and a small child at home. Goes back in to the old 'you pay for a show, not a meet and greet' thing.
Anyway, theres a beautiful video of her first curtain call on Twitter (i don't know how to link it). I'm so glad she's getting to play her dream role - she's a perfect fit for it (and if she'd have originated it, I think she'd probably have beaten Katrina Lenk to the Tony - I know I've not seen Laura, but I saw Katrina).
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Post by raider80 on Oct 24, 2018 15:04:26 GMT
Even though she isn't stage dooring she is going to pre-sign a bunch a playbills to handed out at the stage door after the show which I think is really sweet of her to do.
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Post by poster J on Oct 24, 2018 15:54:01 GMT
Even though she isn't stage dooring she is going to pre-sign a bunch a playbills to handed out at the stage door after the show which I think is really sweet of her to do. I'm seeing the show in a few weeks so that's good to know, thanks! I certainly don't blame her for not doing the stage door! Really looking forward to this, My Fair Lady is one of my favourite shows and Laura is such a talent.
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Post by poster J on Nov 21, 2018 4:42:00 GMT
For me the biggest disappointments in this were Lauren and Norbert's accents so I'd like to see others in these roles. Harry was amazing. I agree Norbert's accent is terrible, he sounds more upper class than Higgins or Pickering! Unfortunately Laura Benanti's isn't much better. She's a great comedic actress and a wonderful singer, but she cannot do an English accent - her Cockney was far too polite (no need to pronounce the t at the end of words!) and her more refined version had a really strange accent to it, it sounded like a Spanish or French native speaking English. The ensemble were mostly pretty poor as well in the accent department, and they pronounced Ascot in a very weird way! Only Higgins, Pickering and Mrs Pearce had solid accents. I wondered if it was just me being the fussy Grit, but the American lady sitting next to me said she thought the accents were dodgy as well. It's a pretty production, the set works well and the acting is generally good, but some scenes were a bit lacklustre (The Rain in Spain) or just messy (the dancing in the Embassy Ball sadly) and I couldn't get past the poor accents. A disappointment overall.
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Post by musicalmarge on Dec 12, 2018 15:37:25 GMT
I presume this is coming to the West End next year?
I randomly met someone on Tinder who said they were working on the set for it? Hahaha.....
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2019 0:36:26 GMT
I was dying to see this after seeing Sher's King and I and Fiddler in NYC in 2015 but Benatti's Macy's Day Parade Performance really turned me off, I just couldn't see any character or arch.
I like the little twists regarding age and the Shaw faithful ending but maybe I'm judging it from a 'concert style' performance that won't match the show.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 5, 2019 11:36:10 GMT
I’m hopping to see this towards the end of Feb. Does anyone know any good discount sites ?
Please and thanks
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Post by joeinnewyork on Jan 5, 2019 15:23:12 GMT
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 5, 2019 18:25:57 GMT
Brilliant thank you. I’ll have a look 😄
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