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Post by distantcousin on Jan 10, 2020 10:31:50 GMT
Right, I bet go and see it then!
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Post by distantcousin on Jan 10, 2020 9:14:32 GMT
I've always found Cinderella such a dull story.
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Post by distantcousin on Jan 9, 2020 19:36:21 GMT
IIRC it was filmed at the Adelphi because it offered more convenience. I imagine they wanted to do more than simply film a live performance from the auditorium, and using a separate set meant they could set up suitable lighting and platforms for the cameras and leave them in place overnight whereas at the New London they'd have had to spend a large part of each day setting up and clearing everything out. Interestingly, it was filmed at the Adelphi just after the original production of Sunset Boulevard closed.
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Post by distantcousin on Jan 9, 2020 18:26:44 GMT
I never even knew this was happening - and I'm into theatre! Poor promo!
Might have to go!
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Post by distantcousin on Jan 9, 2020 18:25:08 GMT
Always baffles me why C & S a) weren't more prolific b) their never had a major hit after Miss Saigon
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Post by distantcousin on Jan 9, 2020 18:22:27 GMT
Just watching the original Cats film that I recorded over Christmas. Anyone know why it was filmed at the Adelphi Theatre and not the New London theatre?
Because it was filmed 8 years after the New London production closed
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Post by distantcousin on Jan 9, 2020 13:23:27 GMT
Has anyone been distracted by the way this is performed in the concert style? It’s largely played to the audience apart from some very rare moments where the characters look at each other or direct their singing to someone else on stage. I just thought it looked odd for someone, for example, dying in someone’s arms to be singing out to the audience instead of looking at the person holding them. It seemed incongruous all the way through really, and I couldn’t get past the fact that they were all very much in character without actually interacting with each other. I also found the artifice of the mic stands at the front a bit distracting when they were all wearing microphones. Sounds bizarre. Glad I didnt' go!
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Post by distantcousin on Jan 9, 2020 13:20:08 GMT
It was interesting listening to the all star concert. Really just listening for Miss Ball - who I was very impressed with. I also thought Hope Fletcher's voice was surprisingly lovely.
I still can't with the Thernardiers being reduced to panto villians/comic relief. It's so lowest common denominator. In the first few years of the show this couple were darkly comic in the vein of Sweeney and Lovett, not the broad comedy the roles have been directed as for years now
(I assume this is a Mackintosh decision?)
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Post by distantcousin on Jan 9, 2020 13:15:39 GMT
It was interesting listening to the all star concert. Really just listening for Miss Ball - who I was very impressed with. I also thought Hope Fletcher's voice was surprisingly lovely.
I still can't with the Thernardiers being reduced to panto villians/comic relief. It's so lowest common denominator. In the first few years of the show this couple were darkly comic in the vein of Sweeney and Lovett, not the broad comedy the roles have been directed as for years now
(I assume this is a Mackintosh decision?)
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Post by distantcousin on Jan 8, 2020 23:10:45 GMT
I'm seeing the Saturday matinee in Northampton Me too! I’m looking forward to it. I've recently moved to Northampton so The Royal and Derngate is walking distance away!
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Post by distantcousin on Jan 8, 2020 13:54:07 GMT
I'm seeing the Saturday matinee in Northampton
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Post by distantcousin on Jan 8, 2020 13:52:47 GMT
Sadly, the Union hasn't done anything that's interested me in years. Last thing I saw was The Fix.
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Post by distantcousin on Jan 8, 2020 13:51:13 GMT
I'm intrigued. I love Spice Girls (but I don't know if their style has a place in musical theatre!)
I find comedy very subjective though - what style of comedy? If it's very British then that's a good start (for me!)
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Post by distantcousin on Jan 7, 2020 22:43:35 GMT
What's this show actually like? Tonally? Thematically etc. What could it be compared to? I'm all for innovative new musicals, but not if they're too poppy. I'm interested in the concept, but hesitant about taking the plunge on it.
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Post by distantcousin on Jan 7, 2020 19:54:06 GMT
Wonder if I should catch it before it closes. I see every ALW show and this is one I haven't got around to. I don't think I'll hate it, but not sure I'll love it. If I can get an absolute bargain (good seat) then I'll go! If you like the film, you should like the show, so I would start there if you haven't seen the film before. They use a lot of the same music from the film, with lots more added, which is one of the main reasons I like it. You can easily get a very good £20/£25 seat from the box office on the day, but the theatre isn't huge so I don't think you can go wrong wherever you are sat. I've never got around to seeing the film - thanks for the recommendation
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Post by distantcousin on Jan 7, 2020 12:17:00 GMT
Glenn Close is 72 but could easily pass as being 60. The character Norma Desmond was 50 I believe. So they’d be ageing up the character by 10 years. I don’t see the problem, the story still works with a 60 year old Norma. As long as we believe that she has the ability to snare a younger man by whatever means, physical, emotional, financial, it all works fine for me.
Indeed - 60 year old actress playing Norma - fine, but not 72!!!
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Post by distantcousin on Jan 7, 2020 12:15:56 GMT
Actually, scratch Taylor and let’s go the full Ariana. That would be huge box office.
She would be a great Miss Schaefer actually! She has musical theatre experience and could convincingly pass for 22 (the given age of the character).
I can just see her with sensible hair and a twin set & pearls!
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Post by distantcousin on Jan 7, 2020 12:11:52 GMT
Yes! Let’s get Marni Nixon in!!!!!
I've got bad news...
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Post by distantcousin on Jan 7, 2020 12:05:56 GMT
I personally know about 10 people who have now seen the film and all of them enjoyed it (to a more or lesser degree).
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Post by distantcousin on Jan 7, 2020 12:04:57 GMT
Clearing the theatre for the return of... Cats - The Brilliant Original! After the let down if the film people would flock to see it... no? 🐈 🐈
With the revolve but featuring a female Old Deuteronomy and "Beautiful Ghosts"?! Hope so!
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Post by distantcousin on Jan 7, 2020 12:03:59 GMT
Wonder if I should catch it before it closes. I see every ALW show and this is one I haven't got around to. I don't think I'll hate it, but not sure I'll love it.
If I can get an absolute bargain (good seat) then I'll go!
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Post by distantcousin on Jan 2, 2020 15:35:14 GMT
I wonder what this will mean for the movie musical of Sunset Boulevard. Very different source material than Cats, and it's not necessarily the genre at fault here, but will Andrew Lloyd Webber/studios be reluctant to proceed? I was thinking the same, but Baz Bamigboye wrote this in his column on Friday: The next Andrew Lloyd Webber show to become a movie musical will be Sunset Boulevard.
The composer told me he’ll join Glenn Close, director Rob Ashford and studio chiefs at Paramount in February to plot their next move.
He said a screenwriter will be hired to add to the first draft by Tom MacRae, who wrote the story for Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.
Let's hope this whole debacle won't delay SB!
With Glenn Close though? Gonna be ridiculous!!
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Post by distantcousin on Dec 23, 2019 18:34:55 GMT
Those banquette seats are a total no-no unless you’re small and nimble or a child. Equally the back row of the ground level is stools which are hellishly uncomfortable.
I can't think of the word "banquette" without thinking of the late, great Victoria Wood!
I don't think I've ever actually heard anyone say the word before of since...!
"for £2.50 you can have a bonk-ette"
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Post by distantcousin on Dec 19, 2019 11:24:00 GMT
The Daily Mail review is certainly the most nuanced and considered.
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Post by distantcousin on Dec 18, 2019 10:15:42 GMT
...that may be why I’m going then. 😂 Can I expect Lisa Stansfield to turn up and do her one off the album?
I was actually disappointed it didn't incorporate the WHOLE soundtrack, including, yes, "Someday (I'm Coming Back).
I thought the shoehorning in of other Whitney songs, took it away from the story of Rachel and blurred the lines too much with Whitney herself.
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Post by distantcousin on Nov 19, 2019 22:19:31 GMT
Oh gosh. This one of of the most boring, disappointing, uneventful musicals I've ever seen. Didn't get it at all.
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Post by distantcousin on Nov 19, 2019 17:00:43 GMT
Yeah, the amount of dialogue being added to a piece known as a sung through musical for nearly 40 years is JARRING!
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Post by distantcousin on Oct 8, 2019 20:14:58 GMT
Saw it Friday night, I have to say with relatively low expectations (I went mostly because of the cast, the Max Miller oeuvre really isn't my kind of music), and absolutely loved it. Miriam-Teak Lee and Cassidy Janson are wonderful, the singing from everyone is superb, and the show as a whole is enormous fun and very funny. I'd had a really lousy day, I wasn't in the mood to go out, and the show sent me out of the theatre with a great big grin on my face. I know they've an uphill battle to sell it in London, but it deserves to be a great big hit.
Max Miller!!! LOL. No, I didnt' have you down as a fan of 21st century pop music! hehe
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Post by distantcousin on Sept 22, 2019 9:59:35 GMT
Booked the 35 pound seats for next Tuesday evening. Looking forward to it! The seats are in the stalls, right? Yep, I believe they’re always in the stalls. I got end of the 2nd row in the stalls with a perfect view last week. Enjoy, but watch out for the groups of women on boozy nights out and sing along all the way through.
GHASTLY.
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Post by distantcousin on Sept 20, 2019 9:44:14 GMT
For me, seeing this last night really reminded me what a genius pairing ALW and TR were. What a shame they didn’t work together more! I thought Sam Pauly and Ektor Riviera were both stunning and the open air theatre felt like the perfect venue for a production as radically different as this. The choreography whilst stellar at parts (Buenos Aires/Rainbow Tour) felt forced at other points (Eva + Magaldi). I can see why some people may dislike it but I thought the show was pretty solid and made me want to see other radically different interpretations of classic shows. I wonder what Jamie Lloyd will do with Cyrano
Same. I've been hoping for years that Jamie Lloyd would get his hands on some ALW works - so it's been a dream come true seeing what he's come up with for Evita.
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