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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2017 9:07:07 GMT
I saw Louise Redknapp perform once. Well I thought I did. Turns out I was watching the results of someone having painted a wall magnolia for half an hour with Eternal's greatest hits playing on the radio.
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Post by Peach on Jun 5, 2017 10:07:33 GMT
Louise Redknapp is so mimsy nowadays I fully expect her to play Sally Bowles wearing a cardigan.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2017 10:22:50 GMT
A good Emcee is important, but a bad Sally can make or break Cabaret, as proven by the last West End production with Michelle Ryan!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2017 10:54:19 GMT
Of all the recent Sally's I've seen, it was Amy Nuttal from Emerdale that impressed me the most.
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Post by wickedgrin on Jun 5, 2017 11:07:13 GMT
Surely, surely they could have found someone better than Louise Redknapp? Is she even box office? Hopefully she may not do all the performances in the week (such is the fashion now) and may catch the MT understudy at a matinee? The production (from what I remember) was quite good. I saw it several times. The nudity was toned down for the tour - no naked sailors as in London!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2017 11:13:01 GMT
Surely, surely they could have found someone better than Louise Redknapp? Is she even box office? Hopefully she may not do all the performances in the week (such is the fashion now) and may catch the MT understudy at a matinee? The production (from what I remember) was quite good. I saw it several times. The nudity was toned down for the tour - no naked sailors as in London! To be fair to her, she was the runner up in 'Strictly' last year along with Danny Mac who is also leading a show at the moment. They're both a little bit like the bland leading the bland to me but they're obviously popular with Joe Public and the great unwashed.
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Post by d'James on Jun 5, 2017 11:34:09 GMT
Louise Redknapp is so mimsy nowadays I fully expect her to play Sally Bowles wearing a cardigan. Exactly. Her costumes on Strictly were so unflattering (at her request, apparently. (Not that they should be unflattering, but that they shouldn't be revealing/too tight.)).
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Post by Peach on Jun 5, 2017 12:49:16 GMT
Surely, surely they could have found someone better than Louise Redknapp? Is she even box office? Hopefully she may not do all the performances in the week (such is the fashion now) and may catch the MT understudy at a matinee? The production (from what I remember) was quite good. I saw it several times. The nudity was toned down for the tour - no naked sailors as in London! To be fair to her, she was the runner up in 'Strictly' last year along with Danny Mac who is also leading a show at the moment. They're both a little bit like the bland leading the bland to me but they're obviously popular with Joe Public and the great unwashed. To be fair to Danny Mac, he is perfectly suited to his role in On The Town. His scenes away from the other strong leads are very dance heavy, which he carries off beautifully.
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Post by TallPaul on Jun 5, 2017 14:20:42 GMT
You can say (or write) what you like about Bill Kenwright productions, but credit where it's due, he does know how to cast to get bums on seats. It also helps if you can advertise for free to 2 million listeners on prime time Radio 2
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Post by hal9000 on Jun 5, 2017 15:48:08 GMT
I saw Anna Maxwell Martin as Sally. I actually consider her vastly overrated on TV and in film, and her performance turned me off the "but Sally isn't supposed to be a good singer!" arguments for life.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2017 16:14:06 GMT
I saw Anna Maxwell Martin as Sally. I actually consider her vastly overrated on TV and in film, and her performance turned me off the "but Sally isn't supposed to be a good singer!" arguments for life. Oh goodness, I adored Anna Maxwell Martin as Sally. I thought she was glorious. Liza's Sally is legendary and I don't think she can be compared with anyone else but I think of the non-Liza Sally Bowles', Anna Maxwell Martin could well be my favourite.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2017 17:00:22 GMT
Liza IS legendary as Sally Bowles, but she's not the same Sally Bowles as the original stage production. They are two different characters in different stories.
I really don't think you can compare them.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2017 17:39:39 GMT
I thought Anna Maxwell Martin was sublime, best Sally ive seen. Samantha Barks probably the worst, i do like her but at the time she was just too young to handle the role.
Ill never get the appeal of Liza
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 5, 2017 17:44:14 GMT
I thought Anna Maxwell Martin was sublime, best Sally ive seen. Samantha Barks probably the worst, i do like her but at the time she was just too young to handle the role. Ill never get the appeal of Liza
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Post by music0fthenight on Jun 5, 2017 18:04:23 GMT
Michelle Ryan as Sally was god awful, and she definitely wasn't a singer....Siobhan Dillon however, an incredible Sally acting-wise with serious vocal talent, especially in the title song.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 5, 2017 18:23:28 GMT
If we're going away from Liza then what it actually needs is not some poncey West End Wendy who's played the in ensemble of various trite musicals, but some dirty, haunted looking borderline criminal slut type who couldn't give a f***.
sh*t or get off the pot.
Not that it's going to happen with BK.
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Post by richey on Jun 5, 2017 21:44:46 GMT
If we're going away from Liza then what it actually needs is not some poncey West End Wendy who's played the in ensemble of various trite musicals, but some dirty, haunted looking borderline criminal slut type who couldn't give a f***. Anyone particular in mind Burly?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 5, 2017 22:01:10 GMT
If we're going away from Liza then what it actually needs is not some poncey West End Wendy who's played the in ensemble of various trite musicals, but some dirty, haunted looking borderline criminal slut type who couldn't give a f***. Anyone particular in mind Burly? Me?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 5, 2017 22:03:21 GMT
"Aaah Englishun cigarettun" (Don't tell Michael I said that, he'll kill me! 😳)
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Post by hal9000 on Jun 5, 2017 23:01:53 GMT
Re: AMM, there's not having a voice with great range or tone ... and there's voices that are both reedy and foghornish.
I actually think Emma Stone might actually come to London with Sam Mendes and Alan Cumming. It is the West End, after all, and superstars love to "prove" themselves with extra baubles on the shelf for thea-tuh, especially as Oscar winners often price themselves out of a lot of film work and certainly out of HBO and Netflix dramas where all the good writing is.
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Post by distantcousin on Jun 6, 2017 17:47:22 GMT
Michelle Ryan as Sally was god awful, and she definitely wasn't a singer....Siobhan Dillon however, an incredible Sally acting-wise with serious vocal talent, especially in the title song. Gutted I missed Siobhan's performances as Sally. Just to hear her vocals would be good enough!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2017 17:31:28 GMT
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Post by bren on Jun 18, 2017 15:01:38 GMT
Louise Redknapp's vocals are incredibly weak- I can't imagine her holding these tunes.
I like Will Young but casting Louise just seems wrong...
Sarah Harding all over again?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 18, 2017 16:49:18 GMT
She was hideously self-conscious on SCD. Would NOT do the sexy stuff. Too mumsy.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2017 20:41:01 GMT
Louise did a photoshoot recently for a fitness magazine which was similar to the old FHM stuff so didn't mind flashing the flesh again. But doing sexy dance moves is different to being photographed in what she may wear to the beach etc.
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Post by bren on Jun 18, 2017 22:26:43 GMT
I don't mean to be cruel- I'm sure she can fake sexy dance moves, but she cannot fake a decent singing voice.
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Post by boybooshka on Jul 5, 2017 10:23:10 GMT
I honestly don't think Mama would give a sh*t, I certainly don't! ;-) Although i love Will Young in this, i really don't think i could put up with her to see him in it again.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 5, 2017 11:15:08 GMT
Recycled Chicago costume?
The hat is too small anyway.
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