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Post by alwfan on May 1, 2022 19:17:11 GMT
I think I'e cracked it. It is not Ball, and Rosalie Craig is the person who has a history with the show as she was in the Menier Chocolate Factory production, and lead Sondheim's company. Michael Ball could well be in it too but as it is 'someone' with a history with the show and hence only one person, Rosalie Craig it is. You may find out that you are wrong… Fascinating. Can't wait to find out for sure.
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Post by ceebee on May 1, 2022 20:02:06 GMT
Tim Rogers was brilliant in a tour of Whistle Down the Wind. Yes he was. I think I may have also seen him in JCS but not 100% sure. He deserved a bigger career along the likes of Ramin, Hadley, Matt etc. Likely - he played Jesus several times.
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Post by scarpia on May 2, 2022 11:59:20 GMT
I'd love an Aspects revival though I'm not sure the timing is right for it. I get the sense it isn't as loved by his usual audience (though I really enjoy it and find the score ravishing), and it's already had two rather recent off-West End revivals in London in the last decade.
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Post by distantcousin on May 2, 2022 12:59:17 GMT
We didn't have Matt rawle, he had left when we saw it, it was Tim Rogers (another underrated actor) Thanks. I knew I hadn't seen Matt Rawle either but couldn't remember who was his replacement. I have a feeling I didn't see David Essex either but will have to dig out my programme & check that when I get home.
It was Tim Rogers when I saw it too.
Also, that tour was directed by Nikolai Foster. Perhaps he was a bit too young and inexperienced to pull it off then?...
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Post by newyorkcityboy on May 2, 2022 14:33:55 GMT
The original production of Aspects was my first West End Show and although I lived in Devon I travelled to London to see it twice. (Once with David Malek and once with Michael Praed. Helen Hobson & Susannah Fellowes were the Roses I saw - though was devastated to miss Sarah Brightman.) I also saw the 90s tour & the 2000s tour - the ‘Essex’ - but neither production came close - the production design & seamless scenic changes of the original just worked perfectly and without these elements it felt strangely flat. (Missed the Menier but can’t remember why.)
It’s still one of my favourite scores, a rarity in that I much prefer all the ‘single’ versions of the songs to those on the OCR. Plus the others that Sarah Brightman did on her ‘Unexpected’ CD - There Is More To Love & Chanson D’enfance.
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Post by inthenose on May 2, 2022 14:45:41 GMT
Thanks. I knew I hadn't seen Matt Rawle either but couldn't remember who was his replacement. I have a feeling I didn't see David Essex either but will have to dig out my programme & check that when I get home.
It was Tim Rogers when I saw it too.
Also, that tour was directed by Nikolai Foster. Perhaps he was a bit too young and inexperienced to pull it off then?...
I once interviewed Nikolai (a really lovely man) in a past life as a blogger. He was hesitant to talk about much from that show, and I had to move on as I could tell it wasn't his favourite subject. Said he was proud of it though, the usual. At the time he had just taken "All the Fun of the Fair" out on tour starring David Essex, who chose him as director based on their friendship and Nikolai's work from Aspects of Love.
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Post by Dawnstar on May 2, 2022 14:49:24 GMT
Thanks. I knew I hadn't seen Matt Rawle either but couldn't remember who was his replacement. I have a feeling I didn't see David Essex either but will have to dig out my programme & check that when I get home.
It was Tim Rogers when I saw it too.
Also, that tour was directed by Nikolai Foster. Perhaps he was a bit too young and inexperienced to pull it off then?...
THis has remind me to check who the not-David-Essex George I saw was: James Graeme.
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Post by mrbarnaby on May 2, 2022 15:01:17 GMT
Good old Theatre Fan… getting his ‘scoops’ from this board 🤣
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 2, 2022 16:45:07 GMT
Good old Theatre Fan… getting his ‘scoops’ from this board 🤣 He hasn’t logged in to this forum since November when the last round of slagging off by our members took place. Not a very good “look” for us when valued members are effectively chased off. Of course the fact that he hasn’t logged on doesn’t mean he isn’t checking in, and that’s fine. He broke many stories on this forum, and yes we all know that they didn’t ALL come true but you more than anyone Mr B know that there’s a risk involved in the predictions business. You’ve dropped some right old clangers! Either way, he’s still a member and I would be very happy to see him back and posting again so let’s resist the temptation to snark please.
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Post by mrbarnaby on May 2, 2022 18:22:32 GMT
Good old Theatre Fan… getting his ‘scoops’ from this board 🤣 He hasn’t logged in to this forum since November when the last round of slagging off by our members took place. Not a very good “look” for us when valued members are effectively chased off. Of course the fact that he hasn’t logged on doesn’t mean he isn’t checking in, and that’s fine. He broke many stories on this forum, and yes we all know that they didn’t ALL come true but you more than anyone Mr B know that there’s a risk involved in the predictions business. You’ve dropped some right old clangers! Either way, he’s still a member and I would be very happy to see him back and posting again so let’s resist the temptation to snark please. We do love him ❤️
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 16, 2022 17:35:18 GMT
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Post by mrbarnaby on Aug 16, 2022 17:55:16 GMT
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Post by cezbear on Aug 16, 2022 18:08:41 GMT
It wasn't Whistle then?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 16, 2022 19:17:34 GMT
At the Watermill? Hardly “major”.
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Post by chernjam on Aug 16, 2022 20:29:17 GMT
glad I'm not the only one who was wondering... Just curious, since the Cinderella closing and the inference that LW had some family issues going on - has there ever been any confirmation of that? Just wondered if that was why we hadn't heard anything else about a revival of something (or any Cinderella news for NY)
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Post by Sotongal on Aug 16, 2022 20:38:22 GMT
glad I'm not the only one who was wondering... Just curious, since the Cinderella closing and the inference that LW had some family issues going on - has there ever been any confirmation of that? Just wondered if that was why we hadn't heard anything else about a revival of something (or any Cinderella news for NY) Just remembered in the Daily Mail, it’s got photos of ALW ‘last Tuesday, Nicole Scherzinger, 44, dazzled in a sparkling gown as she was escorted by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, 77, to dinner at Craig's in West Hollywood, LA’.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Aug 16, 2022 22:55:11 GMT
It was a revival of Aspects of Love.
It may still happen of course.
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Post by chernjam on Aug 17, 2022 4:06:44 GMT
It was a revival of Aspects of Love. It may still happen of course. If it's a true, revival (and not actors playing instruments or dual pianos) that would get me on a plane for my first trip to the West End
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Post by schuttep on Aug 17, 2022 19:39:32 GMT
Sunset Boulevard and Elaine Paige? (I doubt Patti Lupone would do it again!)
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Post by mrbarnaby on Aug 18, 2022 9:42:44 GMT
Sunset Boulevard and Elaine Paige? (I doubt Patti Lupone would do it again!) I literally just said what it is. Aspects Of Love
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Post by ceebee on Aug 18, 2022 10:09:01 GMT
Sunset Boulevard and Elaine Paige? (I doubt Patti Lupone would do it again!) I literally just said what it is. Aspects Of Love Is it Jesus Christ Superstar?
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Post by og on Aug 18, 2022 10:15:45 GMT
Martin Guerre??
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Post by anthony40 on Aug 18, 2022 10:25:22 GMT
Sunset Boulevard and Elaine Paige? (I doubt Patti Lupone would do it again!) After she and Kevin Anderson were 'sacked' Patti LuPone swore she would never work for Lloyd Webber again and with the movie rights currently tooing and froing I'd find it hard to believe this would be revived. I'm thinking Starlight Express. Don't forget they workshopped it at The Other Palace a little while back and (I believe- I wasn't there so don't quote me) they added one or two new songs.
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Post by anthony40 on Aug 18, 2022 10:26:49 GMT
I literally just said what it is. Aspects Of Love Is it Jesus Christ Superstar? But Aspects of Love had a revival a little while back at The Menier Chocolate Factory.
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Post by singingbird on Aug 18, 2022 10:58:50 GMT
I literally just said what it is. Aspects Of Love Is it Jesus Christ Superstar? Nah. It's his Requiem. He's got Emerald Fennel to add some bits of dialogue to make the story clearer, and Laurence Connor is on hand to shift people round the stage a bit. Oh, and it's been re-orchestrated for a Linn drum machine and a BBC Micro.
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Post by schuttep on Aug 19, 2022 12:07:30 GMT
It was a revival of Aspects of Love. It may still happen of course. Actually, mrbarnaby, you didn't say what it IS and that AOL is what is definitely happening.
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Post by Seriously on Aug 19, 2022 12:51:20 GMT
Sunset Boulevard and Elaine Paige? (I doubt Patti Lupone would do it again!) I literally just said what it is. Aspects Of Love With Daniel Radcliffe?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2022 14:21:05 GMT
I literally just said what it is. Aspects Of Love With Daniel Radcliffe? It seems you have a hard time moving on, don’t you?
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Post by Seriously on Aug 19, 2022 14:50:07 GMT
It seems you have a hard time moving on, don’t you? I prefer to linger near the truth.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Aug 19, 2022 15:15:43 GMT
It was a revival of Aspects of Love. It may still happen of course. Actually, mrbarnaby, you didn't say what it IS and that AOL is what is definitely happening. Actually I DID. Look above my love.
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