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Post by crabtree on Aug 6, 2016 15:26:03 GMT
oh Sally, you have beaten me to it with the 'withers' line. Mind you the line about painting without the right, bright, white, light is pretty darn clever.
Gilbert and /Sullivan were also pretty hot on such rhymes - 'to fit the wit of a bit of a chit, and that's the long and the short of it!'
Can we add the missing 'H' to the title of this forum.
Not a rhyme, but it always makes me laugh when Joanna, in Sweeney, is wittering on about her reticule and Anthony sings 'what's a reticule?'
I wonder how Sondheim is translated into other languages...I have a rip roaring Brazilian ( I think) Little Night music.
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Post by crabtree on Aug 3, 2016 22:11:40 GMT
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Post by crabtree on Aug 3, 2016 20:41:42 GMT
I love the ken Hill Phantom - some people music choices in it.
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Post by crabtree on Aug 3, 2016 19:54:21 GMT
I know there are dozens of operas that have been musicalized, some keeping the melodies at least and some just the plot. Here's a very short list to kick us off - and have any been an improvement. Have any musicals been turned into operas?
Carmen /Carmen Jones/ The Car Man (ballet)
Madame Butterfly/Miss Siagon
La Boheme/Rent
Aida/Aida
Edward Grieg's music/Song of Norway
Strauss's music/The great waltz
off you go......
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Post by crabtree on Aug 3, 2016 19:22:12 GMT
and usually, anything (over) produced at the Manchester International Festival - wonder.land anyone. Doctor Dee?
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Post by crabtree on Aug 3, 2016 19:00:34 GMT
anything by jerry Herman, except Mack and Mabel.
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Post by crabtree on Aug 2, 2016 21:47:01 GMT
The Scottsboro Boys The Hired Man Sunday in the Park with George The Boyfriend The Beggar's Opera
...well, that's a list of extremes.
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Post by crabtree on Aug 2, 2016 12:46:04 GMT
would Half a Sixpence squeeze in there, or is that already allocated?
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Post by crabtree on Jul 29, 2016 9:51:10 GMT
But Frankcom and Peake again....enough already.
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Post by crabtree on Jul 29, 2016 9:48:49 GMT
Almost a musical, a dance show with songs, but oh my, has this reinvented Irish dancing, and blown away every sequin and bouncy hair - replacing it with theatricality, invention, fusions with ballet, broadway and Fosse, but still every inch it's own creation. Raw and erotic, and casual and innovative. It is on at the cork Opera House for another ten days, then hopefully it will start a world tour and it will be everywhere, making its' creator, Moxie, a very happy, wealthy gent. This really is a very special show, and without the pretentiousness of the Lord of the river spirt celtic dreams. No nonsensical mythical twaddle, just muscular inventive dance.
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Post by crabtree on Jul 28, 2016 5:18:00 GMT
Moby Dick....again, the Piccadilly? All those umbrellas, and the worst score ever.
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Post by crabtree on Jul 27, 2016 21:55:14 GMT
oh that's a shame about 'Economy' as it certainly set up the financial theme
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Post by crabtree on Jul 27, 2016 19:04:47 GMT
so does the big new banjo number replace 'If I had money to burn/buy me a banjo' or does it use both and show what progress Kipps has made? Is 'Economy' still there.
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Post by crabtree on Jul 27, 2016 18:10:03 GMT
And did Leonardo go into the Piccadilly as well or was it the Dominion, home to the legendary Bernadette - oh my, Bernadette has had a vision of a....a.....lightbulb? Mutiny, yep, the side of the ship slid down and it rocked all over the place, and was a superb of stagecraft. Unfortunately, Tahiti got the short straw of the budget and was an empty stage with a sparsely painted cloth and a few bare breasts. Not a great score - a lot of singing about Breadfruit, and Friends till the End.
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Post by crabtree on Jul 27, 2016 7:45:50 GMT
around the same time, didn't the Piccadilly also house the equally shortlived and equally spectacular Mutiny?
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Post by crabtree on Jul 26, 2016 21:10:05 GMT
Has this musical ever been revived since Brian Blessed got blown to pieces every night, and twice on Saturdays? It was spectacular, and had some great scenes and songs, especially the gorgeous duet 'If it's only love', but somehow it didn't work. Epic but flawed, but I rather loved it.
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Post by crabtree on Jul 26, 2016 7:34:50 GMT
No one is mentioning the rather lovely Ben Richards. Does he get much of a look in. Does he have his moment. Always rather been an admirer.
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Post by crabtree on Jul 25, 2016 12:40:24 GMT
and which lucky lady will they cast as Stanley
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Cats
Jul 23, 2016 19:33:38 GMT
Post by crabtree on Jul 23, 2016 19:33:38 GMT
oh how I would love to give that show a facelift.......lose the leggings and the overdone makeup.....
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Cats
Jul 23, 2016 18:20:49 GMT
Post by crabtree on Jul 23, 2016 18:20:49 GMT
Ms Mirren seems a perfectly professional lady, and fun and a little naughty. And a darn fine actress. Cats - eh, hate the idea of the rap, and I did love the quasi mini opera in act two.
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Post by crabtree on Jul 23, 2016 18:14:26 GMT
Is that Geena Davies behind that trout pout......that's a special effect in itself. The girl looks considerably older dear Linda Blair..Who is the handsome priest?
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Cats
Jul 23, 2016 13:07:57 GMT
Post by crabtree on Jul 23, 2016 13:07:57 GMT
I would hope that Helen Mirren story is just a story. I was an extra in the first Prime Suspect, and as we were filming as policemen late at night on a cold drenched golf course, Ms Mirren summoned the first AD and firmly asked to make sure that us extras had a cup of tea and some shelter. I have always wanted the chance to thank her. Very gracious, and not something she needed to have worried about.
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Heat
Jul 20, 2016 17:30:27 GMT
Post by crabtree on Jul 20, 2016 17:30:27 GMT
With the RSC having to cancel some shows yesterday because of their air conditioning breaking down in the heat, are there any musicals, whose costumes, lighting, physical exertions, sets, etc make it hard to carry on in this heat? Fur coats would be a bxxxer in this weather, and I suspect there's much commandoing going on.
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Post by crabtree on Jul 18, 2016 20:41:48 GMT
I must confess that I am a loner here, in disliking La Cage enormously. But I suspect that it is the terrible performances I have seen of I am what I am, murdered too often by people who think that by singing that they become a unique diva. I find the song rather obvious, but not as ghastly as the Best of times. It's great that we can have such a show, and thankfully we seem to have got away from those huge quilted and collared housecoats the Cagelles traditionally wore - what they hell were those? I didn't see La Norton but La Barrowman just missed the whole point of the character. Interestingly, there is a feature film in the works about one of Britain's most famous female impersonators ( not drag I hasten to add), with an extraordinary name attached to the part. I'm sure Baz Bamingboye will spill these glittery beans soon.
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Post by crabtree on Jul 17, 2016 15:00:09 GMT
This is, happily for once, a stripped down Pinafore in so many ways. Who would have thought there would ever be so many casual shorts dropped in G&S - and without complaint. Yes, the circular shape of the evening was unexpectedly moving. The transformation into Buttercup set the tone, and the captain's gymnastics as he sang. A triumph and choreography of staging - sheer brilliance. Hebe offering herself to sir Joseph made me choke a tear actually. How many times have I watched Buttercup get her man without realising that she's won the baby she raised....oh! I must see if I can get to the last night. A brilliant production.
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Post by crabtree on Jul 16, 2016 21:55:23 GMT
Has anyone seen the all male Pinafore, now in it's last week of touring. I'm just back from seeing the matinee at the Lowry and loved it so much that I hung around to see the evening show. It was in the wrong space at the Lowry sadly.....the huge main house echoed with not enough audience. It would have been perfect in the smaller venue, but from the front row it almost did not matter. but what a great show. Yes it's camp, inventive, beautifully performed, sexy, raw, but it is probably the most enjoyable G&S I have seen in a lifetime of going to G&S, and the Ralph and Josephine story is surprisingly moving and tender. A superb cast and hard working pianist. And Captain Corcoran...oh my! Oh did I say that out aloud?
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Post by crabtree on Jul 16, 2016 10:53:52 GMT
or he went off in search of an effing Pokémon and the rest of the plot fell to pieces.
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Post by crabtree on Jul 16, 2016 9:19:19 GMT
I'm intrigued to see if they have solved the banjo problem. Arthur stops the show with 'buy me a banjo', as it is all that he ever wants with the money, but there's ne'er a sight of a banjo e'er again.
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Post by crabtree on Jul 15, 2016 22:20:06 GMT
Anyone seen this yet. Just had a thought....is The threepenny opera the flipside of the coin to Half a sixpence?
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Post by crabtree on Jul 15, 2016 22:18:09 GMT
and again, and again, true to the nature of the piece
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