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Post by theatreian on Jul 3, 2018 7:58:33 GMT
Well we can all take Gillian's life as an example of how to live it. From a terrible start of her mother dying when she was 13 she lived her life to the full right to the end. As the saying goes life is not a rehearsal, we get one chance at it. Rest in Peace Gillian. I hope I can live as fully for as long as you did.
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Post by emsworthian on Jul 3, 2018 20:07:37 GMT
Perhaps others knew this but I didn't: I read in the Telegraph obit that Dame Gillian even had an affair with Errol Flynn. Respect.
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Post by tommy on Jul 4, 2018 15:56:47 GMT
A theatrical icon! Can we imagine Cats, Phantom,... without her choreography? Glad she still saw the New London theatre become named after her. Had a similar experience after having seen Cats in London's West End, it changed my view on musical theatre (before I wasn't a fan of the genre, I even doubted whether we really needed to see a musical during a schools trip to London...). Discovered so much variety within this genre in the years following, the groundbreaking choreography of this lady has indeed been part of this discovery of high quality West End theatre! Very sad news. I know her work was extensive and far reaching, but for me Cats was absolutely one of the musicals that changed my life and her influence and work on Cats was (and remains) groundbreaking. 92 is an excellent age though and as others have said, I am glad she saw the New London become the Gillian Lynne. RIP Gillian.
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