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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 3, 2018 11:09:55 GMT
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 3, 2018 11:17:29 GMT
24th Oct to 24th Nov.
On sale. Previews £16
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Aug 3, 2018 11:35:46 GMT
At least with a cast of just five, there's a glimmer of hope that the budget for the orchestra might stretch beyond a triangle, maracas and harmonica.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 3, 2018 11:37:04 GMT
Unless they’re playing their own 😮
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Aug 3, 2018 11:39:12 GMT
Unless they’re playing their own 😮 While dancing with glowsticks? This is going to be fabulous! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2018 11:44:51 GMT
At least with a cast of just five, there's a glimmer of hope that the budget for the orchestra might stretch beyond a triangle, maracas and harmonica. hahaha this had me howling |
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Post by danb on Aug 3, 2018 11:48:07 GMT
Can’t help but feel that someones creative process is being maligned here...man! 😂🙄
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2018 12:16:12 GMT
It is interesting that they've gone for a Sondheim after seeing Storyhouse's A Little Night Music repeatedly mentioned in the AoL thread.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Aug 3, 2018 12:33:14 GMT
AoL thread ?
I hope this production is good and it transfers as I don’t think I can justify a railway journey to Manchester for a review
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Post by TallPaul on Aug 3, 2018 12:38:20 GMT
Aspect of Love, I'm guessing. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2018 12:59:59 GMT
Aspect of Love, I'm guessing. Yes, sorry. Aspects. In work-mode. |
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Post by sf on Aug 3, 2018 14:41:12 GMT
After Ms. Lagan's dreadful 'Promises, Promises' at the Southwark Playhouse last year, you'd have to pay me to go.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Aug 3, 2018 14:43:24 GMT
I saw the first production of this at the Old Fire Station here in Oxford. Directed by Julia Mackenzie, with Diana Rigg, Kit Hesketh-Harvey et al.
It was a great evening - with Dame Diana forgetting her lines completely and having to start again.
It needs a cast full of personality to make it work - so that is their challenge in Manchesterford.
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Post by jelliclejulia on Aug 3, 2018 14:44:32 GMT
At least with a cast of just five, there's a glimmer of hope that the budget for the orchestra might stretch beyond a triangle, maracas and harmonica. Spring Awakening had a substantial and fantastic band! Still a hard production to beat IMHO |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 3, 2018 14:48:03 GMT
After Ms. Lagan's dreadful 'Promises, Promises' at the Southwark Playhouse last year, you'd have to pay me to go. Oh I hadn’t realised it was her. I wasn’t crazy about Little Women either but appreciate that it was popular with others. This sounds more like a Sondheims Gretest Hits concert with a loose narrative to pull it together than a proper show. Less to muck up.... maybe? Did anyone see the West End revival in 2014? It was a very short run according to wiki. |
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Aug 3, 2018 14:53:09 GMT
At least with a cast of just five, there's a glimmer of hope that the budget for the orchestra might stretch beyond a triangle, maracas and harmonica. Spring Awakening had a substantial and fantastic band! Still a hard production to beat IMHO Oh absolutely, Hope Mill did a wonderful job with Little Women, Spring Awakening. Pippin and Hair. You really got a sense they were creating something magical and punching well above their weight. Hopefully the budget orchestra for Aspects was just a one-off, it's a venue I think everyone who visits is willing to succeed. |
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Post by sf on Aug 3, 2018 15:49:31 GMT
After Ms. Lagan's dreadful 'Promises, Promises' at the Southwark Playhouse last year, you'd have to pay me to go. Oh I hadn’t realised it was her. I wasn’t crazy about Little Women either but appreciate that it was popular with others. This sounds more like a Sondheims Gretest Hits concert with a loose narrative to pull it together than a proper show. Less to muck up.... maybe? Did anyone see the West End revival in 2014? It was a very short run according to wiki.
I didn't see the 2014 production. I DID see the 1992 original at the Old Fire Station in Oxford. The highlight - and how - was when Diana Rigg lost her way in the second verse of 'Getting Married Today', yelled 'Oh F***!', stopped the band, and started the song again from the beginning.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Aug 3, 2018 15:57:10 GMT
Oh I hadn’t realised it was her. I wasn’t crazy about Little Women either but appreciate that it was popular with others. This sounds more like a Sondheims Gretest Hits concert with a loose narrative to pull it together than a proper show. Less to muck up.... maybe? Did anyone see the West End revival in 2014? It was a very short run according to wiki.
I didn't see the 2014 production. I DID see the 1992 original at the Old Fire Station in Oxford. The highlight - and how - was when Diana Rigg lost her way in the second verse of 'Getting Married Today', yelled 'Oh F***!', stopped the band, and started the song again from the beginning.
We must have been in the OFS at the very same time... |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Aug 3, 2018 16:37:29 GMT
After Ms. Lagan's dreadful 'Promises, Promises' at the Southwark Playhouse last year, you'd have to pay me to go. Oh I hadn’t realised it was her. I wasn’t crazy about Little Women either but appreciate that it was popular with others. This sounds more like a Sondheims Gretest Hits concert with a loose narrative to pull it together than a proper show. Less to muck up.... maybe? Did anyone see the West End revival in 2014? It was a very short run according to wiki. I did and found it great. Wonderful performances all round but especially from Janie Dee. I recommend this show to all MT fans and it’s not often you can say that about Uncle Steve |
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Post by learfan on Aug 3, 2018 17:22:15 GMT
Oh I hadn’t realised it was her. I wasn’t crazy about Little Women either but appreciate that it was popular with others. This sounds more like a Sondheims Gretest Hits concert with a loose narrative to pull it together than a proper show. Less to muck up.... maybe? Did anyone see the West End revival in 2014? It was a very short run according to wiki. I did and found it great. Wonderful performances all round but especially from Janie Dee. I recommend this show to all MT fans and it’s not often you can say that about Uncle Steve Indeed, it was amazing, a true five star event. Will have to think about booking for this. |
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Post by alece10 on Aug 3, 2018 17:55:41 GMT
I think I saw it in the London suburbs with Janie Dee one of Alex Parkers shows. Really enjoyed it. They also showed the Broadway production with Carol Burnett, Ruthie Henshall and John Barrowman at the Odeon Leicester Square. It was one of the first shows recorded in HD and shown in cinemas.
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Post by sf on Aug 3, 2018 18:05:58 GMT
I think I saw it in the London suburbs with Janie Dee one of Alex Parkers shows. Really enjoyed it. They also showed the Broadway production with Carol Burnett, Ruthie Henshall and John Barrowman at the Odeon Leicester Square. It was one of the first shows recorded in HD and shown in cinemas.
It's on DVD as well, and the extras include the moment at the final performance where Carol Burnett had to stop the show mid-song because her skirt was about to fall down, and then John Barrowman fell about laughing and split his trousers.
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Post by alece10 on Aug 3, 2018 19:27:37 GMT
I think I saw it in the London suburbs with Janie Dee one of Alex Parkers shows. Really enjoyed it. They also showed the Broadway production with Carol Burnett, Ruthie Henshall and John Barrowman at the Odeon Leicester Square. It was one of the first shows recorded in HD and shown in cinemas.
It's on DVD as well, and the extras include the moment at the final performance where Carol Burnett had to stop the show mid-song because her skirt was about to fall down, and then John Barrowman fell about laughing and split his trousers.
Yes I have that. It's hilarious. |
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Post by Dawnstar on Aug 3, 2018 20:53:52 GMT
I think I saw it in the London suburbs with Janie Dee one of Alex Parkers shows. Really enjoyed it. Do you mean Guildford? It might be a bit insulted to be called a London suburb!
I saw the 2014 production both in Guildford, where there were I think only 4 performances, and when it transferred to the then St James for a couple of weeks. I thought the cast were amazing and for someone like me, who likes Sondheim's music but has a problem with many of his plots, it was great to hear some songs in nicer contexts. For example, "Unworthy Of Your Love" was done as a hot love song rather than the strange obsessional number I understand it is in Assassins.
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Post by alece10 on Aug 4, 2018 8:59:20 GMT
I think I saw it in the London suburbs with Janie Dee one of Alex Parkers shows. Really enjoyed it. Do you mean Guildford? It might be a bit insulted to be called a London suburb!
I saw the 2014 production both in Guildford, where there were I think only 4 performances, and when it transferred to the then St James for a couple of weeks. I thought the cast were amazing and for someone like me, who likes Sondheim's music but has a problem with many of his plots, it was great to hear some songs in nicer contexts. For example, "Unworthy Of Your Love" was done as a hot love song rather than the strange obsessional number I understand it is in Assassins.
Yes that's it. I just couldn't think of the name of the town. Mind you I nearly put Chelmsford which is even more of an insult. 😁 |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 20, 2018 12:56:27 GMT
Aria are looking for a Musical Director for this, should anyone be interested.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 28, 2018 19:01:42 GMT
Ruthie H cracks me up in this. She’s soooo leggy and showbiz. Is that her normal voice?
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Post by frontrowcentre on Aug 28, 2018 21:11:49 GMT
Ruthie H cracks me up in this. She’s soooo leggy and showbiz. Is that her normal voice? Fresh from playing Roxie in London and Velma on Broadway, probably at the peak of her career |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2018 21:27:32 GMT
that nasal twang...it's not my favourite and it's unbearable on the Billy Elliot DVD.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2018 16:03:50 GMT
The fabled producer, making his name by not paying cast, crew and other companies involved in collapsed touring musicals, who shall remain nameless on here, is co-producing this.
I am therefore revising my decision to attend.
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