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Post by tmesis on Apr 22, 2017 10:33:09 GMT
Should be easier this time with two performances.
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Post by Honoured Guest on Apr 22, 2017 13:56:17 GMT
And a lot of the bookers in previous years will now have died.
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Post by stageyninja83 on Jun 20, 2017 10:03:09 GMT
Having discovered that Robbie Fairchild is in this, I am now wishing I booked a better seat. May have to Prom for the matinee!
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Post by alece10 on Jun 20, 2017 10:11:14 GMT
Having discovered that Robbie Fairchild is in this, I am now wishing I booked a better seat. May have to Prom for the matinee! Where did you get casting details from as I can't find anything listed on Proms website.
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Post by stageyninja83 on Jun 20, 2017 11:41:41 GMT
Having discovered that Robbie Fairchild is in this, I am now wishing I booked a better seat. May have to Prom for the matinee! Where did you get casting details from as I can't find anything listed on Proms website. I didn't, he told me at stage door. Assume they will announce the full cast soon.
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Post by haz23 on Jun 22, 2017 12:22:21 GMT
I am very tempted to go to this, though I have never 'prommed' before. Would it be worth going on the day? I only wouldn't want to make a trip down from the north only to be disappointed I can't get in haha.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2017 14:19:10 GMT
Is Fairchild playing Will Parker?
This is going to be a sumptuous production with Wilson at the helm. His interpretations of these Golden Age scores are sublime. Looking forward to it.
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Post by paulbrownsey on Jun 22, 2017 16:10:46 GMT
Ah yes, I forgot Richard Rodgers wrote Oklahoma! all on his own... There's a story that the respective wives of R&H were at a party. Both were called Dorothy btw. Someone talking to them said "How lovely to be chatting with the wives of the writers of (lets say) Oklahoma!" Where upon Mrs Hammerstein points out "My husband wrote Oklahoma, her husband wrote DA-da,da,da..." (Probably apocrahly and a bit hard on Mrs H.) The version of this that I know concerns Show Boat. Someone spoke of Jerome Kern as having written "Ol' Man River" and Mrs Hammerstein replied something like, "No, my husband wrote 'Ol' Man River'. Mr Kern merely wrote Dah Dah Dum-dum."
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Post by stageyninja83 on Jun 22, 2017 18:11:16 GMT
Is Fairchild playing Will Parker? This is going to be a sumptuous production with Wilson at the helm. His interpretations of these Golden Age scores are sublime. Looking forward to it. Yes he is
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Post by Steve on Jun 22, 2017 22:22:35 GMT
I am very tempted to go to this, though I have never 'prommed' before. Would it be worth going on the day? I only wouldn't want to make a trip down from the north only to be disappointed I can't get in haha. In case you didn't know, the matinee show still has tickets, that you can book right now to guarantee your entrance, ranging between £20.36 to £73.40 here on the Albert Hall website: tickets.royalalberthall.com/booking/production/bestavailable/54854If you want the £6 promming ticket, I think it will be of only average difficulty to get for several reasons: (1) There are two shows, so there are double the tickets available; (2) The most fanatical prommers prefer classical music and won't be there (the promming queue is the most snobbish queue I have ever joined, with immense disdain dripping from the lips of everyday prommers, for anything other than classical); (3) The weekend promming pass, which allows holders to fill the promming section with a pre-bought ticket, is not valid for the matinee, so there will be a huge amount of extra promming passes available at that matinee; And remember, if you queue for the matinee, and the cut-off excludes you, you can just queue for the evening and be at the front of the queue, I think. Also, note, as regards evening performances, the BBC announced that this year that "a limited number of promming tickets will be available to book online between 9.00am and 12.00pm on the day of the concert for main-evening and Late Night Proms." This is specifically to help people like you, coming from afar, to secure a ticket in advance and know you won't be coming for nothing.
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Post by tmesis on Jul 14, 2017 19:42:23 GMT
With the 1st night of the Proms currently taking place I'm quite surprised they have yet to confirm a cast.
I'm still holding out for a bit of Ovenden.
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Post by alece10 on Jul 14, 2017 20:38:42 GMT
With the 1st night of the Proms currently taking place I'm quite surprised they have yet to confirm a cast. I'm still holding out for a bit of Ovenden. I keep checking the website but still nothing. I'm also hoping and praying we get Mr Ovenden.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jul 14, 2017 21:46:27 GMT
Please not Anna Jane Casey. Completely wrong.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2017 21:48:21 GMT
Out of interest, which bit of Julian Ovenden are you holding out for?
Just asking, as a fan of My Night With Reg.....
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Post by tmesis on Jul 15, 2017 10:27:40 GMT
Out of interest, which bit of Julian Ovenden are you holding out for? Just asking, as a fan of My Night With Reg..... I too attended My night with Reg and having seen all of him (know-what-I-mean) I'll leave you to judge which bit I'm holding out for.
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Post by greeny11 on Jul 15, 2017 19:59:18 GMT
Robert Fairchild is playing Will Parker in this
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Post by stageyninja83 on Jul 15, 2017 20:03:41 GMT
Robert Fairchild is playing Will Parker in this We discussed this earlier in the thread
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Post by argon on Jul 15, 2017 20:06:13 GMT
Robert Fairchild is playing Will Parker in this Great a balletic okey
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Post by greeny11 on Jul 15, 2017 20:15:46 GMT
Robert Fairchild is playing Will Parker in this We discussed this earlier in the thread Apologies, since he only confirmed it on Instagram today, I thought it was new information. I don't know anything about this show. Is Will Parker a signficant part? Is there much dancing involved for Mr Fairchild?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2017 21:23:01 GMT
He's the male half of the beta couple, a pretty great part with some good dance possibilities depending on what the director's after.
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Post by singularsensation10 on Jul 16, 2017 12:09:20 GMT
Only live 10 mins from RAH and free on Friday afternoons, have no doubt I'd love this but still holding out for a full cast list before booking for some reason.
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Post by anniel on Jul 16, 2017 16:03:39 GMT
As a John Wilson Orchestra fan, I've never heard a poor soloist sing with him.
Julian Ovenden confirmed on Twitter that he's not Curley - which is very disappointing.
Although I do remember seeing an unknown Australian chap called Hugh Jackman in it at the National many moons ago.......maybe we'll be introduced to a fabulous new talent?
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Post by Dawnstar on Jul 19, 2017 20:14:16 GMT
Finally we have a cast list www.bbc.co.uk/events/e9qgwh (I've been checking this every day for weeks!) Interesting mixture of people. The Curley, Nathaniel Hackmann, is unknown to me but, having just Googled him, he does at least look the part. No surprise that there's the inevitable Strallen involvement! Lizzy Connolly should be fabulous as Ado Annie. I somewhat boggled when I got to Marcus Brigstocke but I guess he was in Spamalot so presumably can sing.
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Post by tmesis on Jul 19, 2017 20:26:43 GMT
I'm a tad underwhelmed.
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Post by theatremadness on Jul 19, 2017 20:49:45 GMT
I somewhat boggled when I got to Marcus Brigstocke but I guess he was in Spamalot so presumably can sing. Hmm, dubious! When Spamalot came back in its current down-sized form, singing ability was very much not at the forefront of King Arthur casting. I mean, I saw Joe Pasquale! Although I believe he's on the UK Tour cast recording so he can be listened to and I think he's just fine IIRC. It's a weird bit of casting. Belinda Lang, too. There's no particular reason why those two names names, who are not associated with musicals and/or classical music, would entice those who were. Unless they're trying to get not your usual Prom audience into the Albert Hall, but I just don't know why fans of either of those two actors would have any interest in seeing them in Oklahoma!, so one has to assume that they must be actually good. Time will tell!
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Post by Dawnstar on Jul 19, 2017 20:53:16 GMT
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Post by theatremadness on Jul 19, 2017 21:09:06 GMT
Ah well there you go! In that case, it makes sense - and shows what I know!
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Post by Dawnstar on Jul 19, 2017 21:19:16 GMT
I don't know how I even know that when I didn't see the tour. The miscellaneous information that one's brain somehow retains!
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Post by TallPaul on Jul 20, 2017 12:54:44 GMT
I don't know how I even know that when I didn't see the tour. The miscellaneous information that one's brain somehow retains! Did you also remember that Gary Wilmot was in it too?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2017 13:09:41 GMT
Hackmann was in Les Mis on Broadway covering Valjean amongst other roles I believe, and has also played both Curly and Jud in the past in regional versions of Oklahoma (seems like he'd have been a more suitable Jud in this concert production…). You can check him out singing 'Maria' from Paint Your Wagon on YouTube, he's got quite a voice. Not sure if Strallen is the right choice for Laurey. Strikes me as more of an Ado Annie. The most interesting part of this concert will be to hear the full RRB orchestrations under John Wilson.
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