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Post by bengal73 on Jul 16, 2018 18:22:04 GMT
I'd even forgotten it was cast change
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2018 0:08:30 GMT
July 2019 cast change will be a big one it seems. I doubt Alice would stay for a fourth year, Sophie will probably go. Glinda is her dream role but I don’t think she’ll want to play her forever, Rosa will probably go because she’s going into her 3rd contract and Jack, Melanie and Andy will probably leave after 2 contracts.
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Post by welsh_tenor on Jul 17, 2018 6:25:25 GMT
July 2019 cast change will be a big one it seems. I doubt Alice would stay for a fourth year, Sophie will probably go. Glinda is her dream role but I don’t think she’ll want to play her forever, Rosa will probably go because she’s going into her 3rd contract and Jack, Melanie and Andy will probably leave after 2 contracts. You clearly didn’t live through the Savannah and Katie R/J years... 2 contracts is nothing...
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Post by daniel on Jul 17, 2018 7:50:28 GMT
July 2019 cast change will be a big one it seems. I doubt Alice would stay for a fourth year, Sophie will probably go. Glinda is her dream role but I don’t think she’ll want to play her forever, Rosa will probably go because she’s going into her 3rd contract and Jack, Melanie and Andy will probably leave after 2 contracts. You clearly didn’t live through the Savannah and Katie R/J years... 2 contracts is nothing... felt more like 2 lifetimes!
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Post by martello736 on Jul 17, 2018 8:54:26 GMT
Katie RJ is the only lead cast member that I've seen more times than I haven't. That woman was there for CENTURIES. I remember when they were celebrating Wicked's 9th Anniversary, Wicked UK posted a picture of her in costume holding a "9 years" balloon on their Facebook page and most of the responses were things like "wow, she's only been there 9 years, feels like longer!"
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2018 10:34:45 GMT
Well you never know... Rosa could want to become the new Katie/Savannah.
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Post by itsemily on Jul 17, 2018 16:25:37 GMT
Anyone going to cast change on Saturday? Thread seems a bit quiet about it, but I suppose fewer principal cast members are leaving than usual so that maybe why? I'm going to the matinee!
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Post by daisy24601 on Jul 18, 2018 11:52:03 GMT
New cast photos
Nice to see Rosa in her official photo!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2018 12:00:39 GMT
Lovely photos - but the ALAYM one looks like they chopped off Bradley’s head and replaced it with David’s.
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Post by welsh_tenor on Jul 18, 2018 12:06:07 GMT
Lovely photos - but the ALAYM one looks like they chopped off Bradley’s head and replaced it with David’s. They’ve done that before!!
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Post by tr252 on Jul 18, 2018 12:14:01 GMT
David is so handsome it’s unfair.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2018 12:34:21 GMT
I'm glad that Rosa's mug is FINALLY in the programme after nearly a year of "playing" Nessarose. Will Sarah McNicholas come back to play her final four shows?
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Post by Jackson on Jul 18, 2018 15:29:16 GMT
Not a fan of these. Much prefer Matt Crockett's work to Darren's.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2018 23:04:15 GMT
My main issue is the Fiyero ones look photoshopped. As Long As You’re MIne could be David’s head on Bradley’s body, and the Dancing Through Life one could well be Oliver Savile.
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Post by poster J on Jul 18, 2018 23:24:56 GMT
My main issue is the Fiyero ones look photoshopped. As Long As You’re MIne could be David’s head on Bradley’s body, and the Dancing Through Life one could well be Oliver Savile. And 99.99% of people will not know the names or faces of any of those actors, or the differences between them, and even fewer will care about who is or isn't in the photo. The photos are simply to promote the show - which actors are in them is frankly irrelevant. The gulf between serious fan expectations and general public expectations in relation to Wicked is colossal, and people need to remember that it is the latter that all the marketing etc is aimed at, as like it or not repeat superfan visits alone do not keep this show running, and the show therefore simply needs to market to the general public, not cater for the superfans who focus on details probably half the cast themselves don't care about.
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Post by shady23 on Jul 19, 2018 6:51:15 GMT
Sophie has been off sick for a while so maybe she wasn't there for the photos.
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Post by daisy24601 on Jul 19, 2018 10:10:03 GMT
Sophie has been off sick for a while so maybe she wasn't there for the photos. She was there, she posted some pics from the day. Regarding editing old pics, I just don't know why they'd have a big photoshoot and then not use any of the pictures taken. Most of the main cast are the same so if they can just cut and paste the new Fiyeros head why bother?
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Post by shady23 on Jul 19, 2018 11:59:10 GMT
True.
Would be lovely if they could do a Nessa photo where she wasn't lifting up that mirror!
The new Fiyero photo is lovely.
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Post by welsh_tenor on Jul 20, 2018 15:55:00 GMT
Three shows left before cast change and I think it’s a huge shame that Alex Grierson hasn’t gone on as Elphaba! It shows how consistent Alice/Laura have been in this run and Rachel/Alice before that where they’ve not needed to call on the 2nd Understudy!
You’d think they’d have given her a show though.... wasn’t there another actress years ago who covered but never went on?
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Post by daisy24601 on Jul 20, 2018 16:46:24 GMT
Three shows left before cast change and I think it’s a huge shame that Alex Grierson hasn’t gone on as Elphaba! It shows how consistent Alice/Laura have been in this run and Rachel/Alice before that where they’ve not needed to call on the 2nd Understudy! You’d think they’d have given her a show though.... wasn’t there another actress years ago who covered but never went on? Ahem, and Willemijn/Alice.
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Post by sophizoey on Jul 20, 2018 17:01:47 GMT
Three shows left before cast change and I think it’s a huge shame that Alex Grierson hasn’t gone on as Elphaba! It shows how consistent Alice/Laura have been in this run and Rachel/Alice before that where they’ve not needed to call on the 2nd Understudy! You’d think they’d have given her a show though.... wasn’t there another actress years ago who covered but never went on? Alex was offered a show because she was in her second contract but chose to decline it for whatever her reason may be. Also the other actress was Jennifer Tierney! She only did one contract though, so never got the option of a scheduled show.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2018 17:23:30 GMT
Due to personal reasons, Alex declined her scheduled show.
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Post by shady23 on Jul 20, 2018 17:59:57 GMT
Three shows left before cast change and I think it’s a huge shame that Alex Grierson hasn’t gone on as Elphaba! It shows how consistent Alice/Laura have been in this run and Rachel/Alice before that where they’ve not needed to call on the 2nd Understudy! You’d think they’d have given her a show though.... wasn’t there another actress years ago who covered but never went on? Jennifer Tierney! I am still very angry she was never given a show. She has such a beautiful voice though we rarely get to hear it. She's had an occasional show understudying the Dragon in Shrek and I can only imagine how wonderful she is. It was very unfair of those in charge at Wicked when you think how many Elphaba shows the likes of Natalie McQueen got. They were always on.
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Post by shady23 on Jul 20, 2018 23:06:25 GMT
The cast change campers are out!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2018 0:31:58 GMT
The cast change campers are out! Oh god. Really? Why would they bother if it’s just Fiyero and The Goat leaving? (Sarah Mc doesn’t count because she’s pretty much already left). Will the Joseph Fletcher/Alex Grierson/Hannah Toy fangirls be flooding stage door tomorrow? I’ll get Nutella and a microwave on standby for tomorrow
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2018 0:38:59 GMT
Due to personal reasons, Alex declined her scheduled show. It's a shame they didn't re-schedule it for her! 🙁 I believe wayyy back when Sabrina Carter had her scheduled Elphaba show she had to come off sick so they arranged for her to do another show at a later date.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2018 2:48:48 GMT
Yeah I've seen on social media now that campers are out in force. It really doesn't make sense when the last sold out cast change was Tucker's and even then the fangirls brought their tickets in advance. I remember on the day in the morning there was two pemium tickets left in the entire theatre and they were soon snapped up. With ticket prices these days, its not hard to believe her last shw was one of the highest grossing performances for Wicked ever in London. The kids don't need to camp out unless a Glinda or Elphaba are leaving really, and even then most fans have clicked on that it is stupid and just book in advance.
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Post by Jackson on Jul 21, 2018 3:08:38 GMT
Sophie has been off sick for a while so maybe she wasn't there for the photos. She was there, she posted some pics from the day. Regarding editing old pics, I just don't know why they'd have a big photoshoot and then not use any of the pictures taken. Most of the main cast are the same so if they can just cut and paste the new Fiyeros head why bother? I don't think any of the recently released ones were altered from previous shoots. Otherwise they wouldn't have given Darren full credit for them. Having the works of 2 different photographers morphed into 1 photo without giving credit is a PR disaster waiting to happen
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Post by welsh_tenor on Jul 21, 2018 6:37:02 GMT
The cast change campers are out! Attention seeking.
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Post by shady23 on Jul 21, 2018 7:06:33 GMT
Yeah I've seen on social media now that campers are out in force. It really doesn't make sense when the last sold out cast change was Tucker's and even then the fangirls brought their tickets in advance. I remember on the day in the morning there was two pemium tickets left in the entire theatre and they were soon snapped up. With ticket prices these days, its not hard to believe her last shw was one of the highest grossing performances for Wicked ever in London. The kids don't need to camp out unless a Glinda or Ehaba are leaving really, and even then most fans have clicked on that it is stupid and just book in advance. If you go to a show and aren't "seen" by the cast does it really count? Front row is probably also better for recording the show, not that it's them constantly doing it. It's a friend etc etc.
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