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Post by bobbievanhusen on Jun 18, 2023 22:24:42 GMT
To be honest, I care less about the skin colour of the cast than the fact they've decided to double cast it - it doesn't need to be. THAT is what is silly here. And to the comment before about her children still being alive: I'm not sure I see the point? Out of everything this musical does, the skin colour of the actress playing Diana is probably the thing to be least upset about for them. I said it when it debuted and I'll repeat now: the score is actually wonderful. If it was attached to any other subject matter, it would do amazingly well. I genuinely love it! When the show first began at the La Jolla Playhouse, it was quite different to what went to Broadway/Netflix.
The show opened with Diana looking back at her life, singing a song called 'Once Upon A Time' and there are a few other songs that got cut in later versions. There was a younger version of Diana in that production, and given that they have said that the London concert will be Diana looking back on her life, I assume they are bringing back some of those cuts.
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Post by sph on Jun 19, 2023 1:41:35 GMT
So, to be totally honest, the casting of the kids on The Sound of Music doesn't really bother me. I think sometimes you can suspend disbelief and it doesn't matter so much.
But when you're casting a recent, very famous public figure, I do think that you need to stick a bit closer to reality, yes.
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Post by bobbievanhusen on Jun 19, 2023 2:37:58 GMT
Clearly they are holding many tickets back and better seats will likely be released closer to the concert, I would think. Between the main Eventim website and Today Tix, every seat is on sale in the stalls.
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Post by asps2017 on Jun 19, 2023 18:48:56 GMT
Any chance this may add extra dates (maybe the Sunday before?)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2023 18:51:33 GMT
Hopefully the composer will find future good subject matters if they can write a quality score. Clearly they can write a quality score, they won the Tony Awards for best score, best book and best new musical for Memphis I maybe should have worded it better I meant another quality score or they can write a quality score.
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Post by Joseph Buquet on Jun 19, 2023 20:19:15 GMT
Any chance this may add extra dates (maybe the Sunday before?) Looks like there’s already something on the day before and the day after - so this seems unlikely
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Post by dlevi on Aug 30, 2023 9:47:41 GMT
Hopefully the composer will find future good subject matters if they can write a quality score. Clearly they can write a quality score, they won the Tony Awards for best score, best book and best new musical for Memphis Well let's face it, Memphis was up against American Idiot, Fela! and Million Dollar Quartet - not a sterling year . It's probably one of the most mediocre shows to ever win the Tony for Best Musical. The authors are decent craftsman but their work is consistently uninspired .
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Post by anthony on Aug 30, 2023 9:50:13 GMT
I will never understand the hate for Diana. Whilst yes, some of the lyrics are cringy as hell "Harry my ginger haired son". Sure. But as a whole, most of the songs themselves are pretty brilliant!
Genuinely think that if the subject matter was different, people would really like the songs, at least.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Aug 30, 2023 10:23:48 GMT
Clearly they can write a quality score, they won the Tony Awards for best score, best book and best new musical for Memphis Well let's face it, Memphis was up against American Idiot, Fela! and Million Dollar Quartet - not a sterling year . It's probably one of the most mediocre shows to ever win the Tony for Best Musical. The authors are decent craftsman but their work is consistently uninspired . Yes it was a terrible year. Like the year Thoroughly Modern Millie won
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Post by bobbievanhusen on Aug 31, 2023 4:04:13 GMT
"Harry my ginger haired son" That was changed before the Broadway opening, thankfully.
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Post by toomasj on Aug 31, 2023 13:12:07 GMT
I saw this when it came on Netflix, it was absolutely hilarious.
It’s clearly a satire of bad musical theatre. They wrote intentionally appalling lyrics, half-rhymes and generic “showtunes”. The acting was intentionally ridiculous. I strongly expect Messrs Bialystock and Bloom are behind the curtain.
It’s much more enjoyable when viewing it this way. It’s legendarily bad, the ur-example of quite literally doing nothing right. And I love it.
My two abiding memories from watching it though were the hilarious impersonations of the royals, especially Charles, straight out of Spitting Image. Oh and the “f***ity, f***ity, f*** me dress (shoes?)”.
Probably the most I’ve ever laughed when watching a musical.
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Post by bobbievanhusen on Sept 1, 2023 3:27:08 GMT
They wrote intentionally appalling lyrics Why would anyone write intentionally appalling lyrics? Why would the acting be intentionally ridiculous? To achieve what exactly? I love it. There are some great tunes in there and they got quite a lot of it right. Roe Hartrampf was great as Charles and did a fantastic job of getting his mannerisms down. It was the view of how American's see the royal family. There are far worse musicals out there. Far, Far worse.
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Post by toomasj on Sept 1, 2023 14:10:14 GMT
They wrote intentionally appalling lyrics Why would anyone write intentionally appalling lyrics? Why would the acting be intentionally ridiculous? To achieve what exactly? I love it. There are some great tunes in there and they got quite a lot of it right. Roe Hartrampf was great as Charles and did a fantastic job of getting his mannerisms down. It was the view of how American's see the royal family. There are far worse musicals out there. Far, Far worse. If you can’t create something good, create something memorable. Tommy Wiseau’s “The Room” is widely considered one of the worst movies ever made, with terrible acting, nonsensical dialogue and a completely by the numbers story. Despite this, the movie has a huge cult following precisely because it is unique in cinema. This musical was made as a meme generator, to get buzz - “surely it can’t be that bad”. A sort of freak show curio which gets people talking. They lean heavily into this, by making the performances dreadful and having some of the worst lyrics this side of “Too Close to the Sun”. It’s my view they knew full well it was a turkey, so deliberately leaned into the camp and kitschy nature of what they had to try and salvage it as a pastiche. It’s the only way the show is watchable.
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Post by c4ndyc4ne on Sept 19, 2023 10:32:13 GMT
Alice Fearn as Camilla – looks like cast is being drip-fed.
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Post by Joseph Buquet on Sept 19, 2023 13:23:00 GMT
Others are also now listed on the Eventim website - Andy Coxon as Prince Charles, Jay Perry as James Hewitt and Aleyna Mohanraj as Sarah Spencer.
I’m looking forward to it!
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Post by alece10 on Sept 19, 2023 14:05:00 GMT
I so don't want to see this as I hate the venue but now that Andy Coxon is in it I am legally obliged to go. Pleased he is coming back to theatre after his break to work on Akt deodorant which I thoroughly recommend.
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Post by marob on Sept 19, 2023 14:10:40 GMT
I’d quite like to see it too now Andy Coxon’s been announced. Falls 2 days before my next trip to London though, which is probably for the best as I can’t stand Denise Welch. Hope to see him in something soon. Still a little annoyed the REx’s West Side Story never came back for its second run.
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Post by doornumberthree on Sept 19, 2023 14:57:11 GMT
Alice Fearn as Camilla has solidified my keeping far away from this.
(and I loved the show when I saw it on Broadway, was one of the most fun nights at the theatre that I’ve had in three decades!)
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Post by bobbievanhusen on Sept 19, 2023 16:27:21 GMT
They said it was a full cast announcement, but no Paul Burrell cast.
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Post by andypandy on Sept 19, 2023 18:41:52 GMT
I saw the cast list announcement - i don’t think colour blind casting works when people are still actually alive. I wonder what James Hewitt would say/think? I’m all for diversity but there is a point when it becomes questionable - this is one example. James Hewitt is not a person of colour/BAME. A step too far.
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Post by bobbievanhusen on Sept 19, 2023 19:03:11 GMT
I saw the cast list announcement - i don’t think colour blind casting works when people are still actually alive. I wonder what James Hewitt would say/think? I’m all for diversity but there is a point when it becomes questionable - this is one example. James Hewitt is not a person of colour/BAME. A step too far. I suspect James Hewitt would be glad to distance himself from it lol. Sarah Spencer isn't indian either
I think if this were a full sit down production then I would have issues with it, but because it's a 1 night concert, I don't mind. It's Jamie Lambert using people he's worked with before.
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Post by mattnyc on Nov 22, 2023 18:24:41 GMT
Less than 2 weeks away! I am stupidly excited for this.
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Post by westendfan1 on Nov 23, 2023 8:46:53 GMT
I saw the cast list announcement - i don’t think colour blind casting works when people are still actually alive. I wonder what James Hewitt would say/think? I’m all for diversity but there is a point when it becomes questionable - this is one example. James Hewitt is not a person of colour/BAME. A step too far. I agree. However, neither is Jamie Campbell, yet since John McCrea/Luke Bayer left Everybody's Talking About Jamie, the title role has always been played by a person of colour. I'm sure there are other examples too.
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Post by distantcousin on Dec 4, 2023 12:33:46 GMT
No discussion of this for over a week?! An unpopular choice around Theatreboard world?!
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Post by mattnyc on Dec 4, 2023 13:00:52 GMT
I CAN’T WAIT FOR TONIGHT.
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Post by Being Alive on Dec 4, 2023 13:04:53 GMT
I'm honestly so buzzed for this - its gonna become a camp classic and it can't be too long before we get an actual production surely....
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Post by bobbievanhusen on Dec 4, 2023 13:22:13 GMT
There are only a handful of random seats left on the website and it hasn't appeared on any if the papering websites and no reduced offers available either.
I'm super excited for tonight!
It says doors open at 7pm. Is that to get into the auditorium? Surely the venue will be open before then?
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Post by ncbears on Dec 4, 2023 19:10:35 GMT
Looking forward to the reports!
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Post by toomasj on Dec 4, 2023 19:13:52 GMT
Looking forward to the reports! Hmmm, me too in a way. Particularly from those who hadn’t seen it on Netflix. (Because anyone who saw that and decided they wanted to see it again are obviously going to enjoy it, regardless of quality). I still laugh when I think about it, the “****ity ****ity **** me shoes”. It’s a fantastic satire/parody and I hope they really play up how dreadful it is for laughs like they do on Netflix.
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