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Post by horton on May 26, 2016 6:19:01 GMT
I've heard lots of grumbles about this system from Ipad users- it's probably not just you.
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Post by horton on May 25, 2016 13:00:07 GMT
This could be wonderful!
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Post by horton on May 25, 2016 10:42:34 GMT
I think the producers might be grateful for a little lower profile to take the heat off for a while.
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Post by horton on May 24, 2016 15:28:52 GMT
Didn't he have the biggest part in the show?
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Post by horton on May 24, 2016 8:33:51 GMT
I was not impressed with the original "clapgate" post but I think Laura's message about taking down the message was sincere, considered and classy. So much more appropriate than the whole Patti Murrin debacle!
On the unwelcoming Broadwayworld forum, there is an on-going thread about why they hate tourists- it's got about 50 pages worth of complaints. It strikes me as being the most xenophobic and patronising demonstration of complacent racism on the whole site, and completely manages to overlook the fact that bad behaviour, poor manners and selfishness can come from anywhere. I really dislike sweeping generalities about "American audiences" or "British audiences". Those audiences are full of individuals, some of whom are thoughtful, some brash, some over-demonstrative, some generous etc etc.
My morning hippy moment: (Sherie Renee Scott in 'Bright Lights, Big City)
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Post by horton on May 21, 2016 16:23:16 GMT
For those who like me snapped up the original scarce edition for about 50 quid this is a bit annoying- but for everybody else good news. The cd has been re-released for £12 on Amazon.
It's really worth it if you've never heard the show.
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Post by horton on May 21, 2016 16:21:38 GMT
The cast album is out now and I eat my words slightly as the score (mostly) holds up slightly better than I recall on the recording. Still no excuse for the terrible production but at least I can now see where people thought it might have potential.
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Post by horton on May 21, 2016 12:50:03 GMT
This show's sales seem to be on a downward spiral! Such a shame.
I was just wondering: if all the obsessives who see Wicked etc 25 times actually went to see a different show each time, maybe more new shows would stand a chance of surviving. As it is, the general theatre-going generation seems to be dying away rapidly.
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Post by horton on May 19, 2016 10:28:55 GMT
She needs to be well oiled...
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Post by horton on May 16, 2016 11:27:03 GMT
Given her fondness for a slurp of the red, Elaine may be the ideal person to give advice...
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Post by horton on May 15, 2016 8:13:44 GMT
I'm doing my very best to see this- the cast look and sound amazing! I think HH's presence may well tip the balance for a Tony revival win.
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Post by horton on May 15, 2016 8:07:09 GMT
Tricky, given the title...
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Post by horton on May 14, 2016 17:07:34 GMT
Shall we go for quality rather than quantity. I'd say each of my posts was worth at least ten of some other people...
(Yes, it's a joke, before I get accused of bullying anyone's posts)
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Post by horton on May 13, 2016 20:39:47 GMT
Nicole Scherzinger for Fanny!
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Post by horton on May 13, 2016 14:21:57 GMT
WAKE UP!
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Way too young for Grizabella- apparently age appropriacy is old hat.
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Post by horton on May 13, 2016 13:22:37 GMT
I could see her as Deena though
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Post by horton on May 13, 2016 13:22:06 GMT
Seems like karma- given the way ALW has mistreated artists including Lupone and Dunnaway in the past.
Maybe Nicole just realized Broadway would not fall down at her feet.
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Post by horton on May 13, 2016 11:14:43 GMT
The dress should fit, too...
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Post by horton on May 13, 2016 6:18:36 GMT
Wasn't there talk a while back about Connie Fisher in Funny Girl?
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Post by horton on May 12, 2016 18:23:14 GMT
Maybe Emma Williams would consent to put some clothes on and take the role?
Needs to be a household name though really.
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Post by horton on May 12, 2016 16:24:45 GMT
Nicole Scherzinger- according to ALW she can do anything...
I'd have loved to have seen Alison Jiear back in the day though.
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Post by horton on May 12, 2016 12:54:23 GMT
Maybe we should start the I-Told-You-So Club. Guests welcome who fancy a serving their own words...
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Post by horton on May 12, 2016 12:43:03 GMT
Good news, but this show really needs a star if it is to be a big deal. It is written around a star turn- it's lovely that the understudy has shown what she can do- but the production will lose lustre without someone at the centre making it an event.
That's why it has taken so long for Funny Girl to return to the West End (and indeed Broadway).
Make no mistake, I am not demanding that Sheridan drags herself back to the Savoy- far from it. The production should have had an alternate/ stand-by rather than an understudy in the same way that Donna McKechnie was there to cover Chita Rivera in case of absence from The Visit, for example.
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Post by horton on May 11, 2016 13:43:47 GMT
I'm surprised you aren't more careful about describing people as 'horrible', given your experiences.
Some people are sceptical, some are unsympathetic, some are critical, but I think I missed any who said, "I hate Sheridan, she deserves really nasty things and I hope she's suffering a lot".
Isn't it slightly arrogant to assume you have unique insight when it comes to having had bad things happen to you? Maybe some of us don't use such as crutches to our arguments?
Edit: and I think quite a few people who didn't believe the "technical difficulties" story have acknowledged she could be genuinely ill at present
(if true, let's hope she recovers soon)
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Post by horton on May 11, 2016 11:34:18 GMT
A person at the BAFTAS making quips ... Every negative comment is not immediately "bullying".
This is one of the problems we have with tackling bullying, generally - in schools, in workplaces, on social media. People don't recognise it when it is happening.
Yes, actually, constantly picking on someone with jibes, insinuations and insults *is* bullying. Particularly when it's a group of people targetting an individual. Anyone who has experienced it will know that it's the constant drip, drip, drip of it that wears you down and *makes* you insecure and hyper-sensitive, to the point that you react to things you'd normally be able to ignore or brush off. Any individual instance by any individual person seems trivial to outsiders, but is experienced by the victim as part of an ongoing campaign. It's only when you look at it as a whole that you realise the extent of it.
It's a horrible, horrible thing to experience because you know the people doing it have got inside your head. The press are particularly good at it - they pick, pick, pick away at people until they react, and then gleefully run stories about their reaction.
Did anyone watch the documentary about Amy Winehouse that came out last year? That was particularly effective at demonstrating it - by simply editing together a sequence of all the people making Amy the butt of their jokes at a point in her life when she was extremely vulnerable. It made for extremely uncomfortable viewing.
It may have been uncomfortable viewing, but that is the effect of editing. And "feeling" bullied is not the same as "being" bullied. Most people who are tweeting on this subject, are also commenting on dozens, if not hundreds of other topics. They are not systematically targeting Ms Smith for special treatment. The newspapers are not singling her out. She is one of any number of celebrities on whom they are reporting. Again, she may feel like the world is against her, but that is an egocentric perspective. There is no conspiracy, there have been no secret plans laid to single her out. Indeed most people were ecstatic with excitement at the prospect of her taking on this role- she seemed a perfect casting choice. If she has made mistakes, what she is objecting to is everybody else noticing them. They didn't set her up to fail. They just aren't swallowing the narrative she would like us to believe. Again, not bullying.
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Post by horton on May 11, 2016 9:08:28 GMT
A person at the BAFTAS making quips (without actually mentioning Sheridan by name), and newspapers reporting in their customary hyperbolic way on an incident at a performance does not equate to bullying.
Twitter, by its very nature, involves people spouting off about things in which they are not involved.
Sheridan Smith may feel she is getting unwanted attention, or comments she feels are unjustified or bruising to her ego, but that doesn't make it bullying. Every negative comment is not immediately "bullying".
Any news on how the show was last night? Did anyone grab a last minute ticket?
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Post by horton on May 10, 2016 20:38:17 GMT
Bend it actually had quite good run Not if any investor hoped to get ANY money back. I remember when producers were fighting to get the Palladium for musicals- Oliver! and Joseph almost created pandemonium when they opened there. Saturday Night Fever had a very respectable run as did Chitty. What do we have now?
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Post by horton on May 10, 2016 18:36:25 GMT
Such a shame- and indeed indicative of a major crisis in British musical production. A stunning production of a classic Broadway show, with a host of great reviews- and it tanks.
Apart from the old, old favourites and kids' shows, what musicals are actually doing well? Kinky Boots and Beautiful are discounting, Mrs Henderson is on its way out and the Palladium can't even find a musical to fill it.
You know it's a bad time when Bill Kenwright is steering clear of Shaftesbury Avenue.
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Post by horton on May 10, 2016 18:29:11 GMT
I have just created a Sheridan thread in Performers... anyone who wants to discuss her personal life please do feel free and lets keep this about the show, the WHOLE cast's performance (as well as Sheridan's incredible one) and the show itself. This is the height of hypocrisy! We get thread after thread bogged down with people asking about day seats, cheap ticket deals, what time to arrive at the box office for deals, where to sit etc etc- which is nothing to do with the performance of the show! Here we're talking about the STAR of a STAR vehicle- and how her conduct is impacting on performances of 'Funny Girl'. I'm not in the least interested in what else she does in her life but I certainly intend to discuss the actress playing Fanny Brice in a show all about Fanny Brice. You are behaving like you just want to shut down opinions you don't like. And by the way, my own "hunch" (and you can look back at how accurate my previous "hunches" have been) is that genuine illness is at the root of this absence, but having cried wolf before, Sheridan- and the producers- have lost the crowd. And that's a difficult position to be in.
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