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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2016 10:58:34 GMT
Age has been so kind to Ronny Boogaloo. He is looking H.O.T.
It'll almost be worth putting up with Kerry Ellis bellowing at me like the foghorn on a trawler.
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Post by theatre-turtle on Jun 17, 2016 11:05:56 GMT
Age has been so kind to Ronny Boogaloo. He is looking H.O.T. It'll almost be worth putting up with Kerry Ellis bellowing at me like the foghorn on a trawler. He takes care of himself very well and it's paying off. Improving with age if anything.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2016 11:12:07 GMT
Age has been so kind to Ronny Boogaloo. He is looking H.O.T. It'll almost be worth putting up with Kerry Ellis bellowing at me like the foghorn on a trawler. He takes care of himself very well and it's paying off. Improving with age if anything. It is indeed. Back in the day when he was all fresh faced he was just a bit dreamily cute. You could take him home to mother. But now. Oh my. He just looks like he could do lots (LOTS) of dreadfully filthy things to you and you just wouldn't mind a bit!
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Post by wickedgrin on Jun 17, 2016 11:23:56 GMT
I don't know Murder Ballad at all. What's it about and is it worth seeing as a show? The casting is tempting me to book but I can't sit through something dreadful! Life is too short!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2016 11:33:27 GMT
I don't know Murder Ballad at all. What's it about and is it worth seeing as a show? The casting is tempting me to book but I can't sit through something dreadful! Life is too short! I think it's about a murder...?
And that isn't even sarcasm, I don't actually know!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2016 11:41:57 GMT
I don't know Murder Ballad at all. What's it about and is it worth seeing as a show? The casting is tempting me to book but I can't sit through something dreadful! Life is too short! It's about a love triangle gone wrong. Love, lies and baseball bats. Think the stage version of 'Fatal Attraction' with a lot of songs and a lot less laughs.
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Post by theatre-turtle on Jun 17, 2016 11:43:51 GMT
I have no idea what this is about either but I presume Kerry, Ramin, Victoria etc wouldn't have signed up for it unless it was any good.
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Post by wickedgrin on Jun 17, 2016 12:39:40 GMT
I have no idea what this is about either but I presume Kerry, Ramin, Victoria etc wouldn't have signed up for it unless it was any good. Oh if only that was true. I have seen many brilliant actors in utter rubbish and I assume they just have their rent to pay. It is work after all. Anyone remember Cliff Richard in Time at the Dominion???
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Post by n1david on Jun 17, 2016 12:49:13 GMT
Not sure I can resist an "enriched after show experience"...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2016 13:03:29 GMT
Not sure I can resist an "enriched after show experience"... Unless that experience includes Ronny Boogaloo, my lap and his shirt coming off I ain't interested. If Ronny also brings Hadley Fraser along as he is wont to do then I'm in.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2016 13:07:15 GMT
I don't know Murder Ballad at all. What's it about and is it worth seeing as a show? The casting is tempting me to book but I can't sit through something dreadful! Life is too short! I listened to the cast recording on spotify and it sounds great. The music is full of energy. It's going to sound great with Ramin and Kerry singing it
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2016 13:15:25 GMT
Funnily enough have also listened to the CD and can't get into it at all. Have listened to the first 20 mins or so 3 times and then have to stop. Is very rock based (not an issue for me) but for me seems completely tuneless and hard work.
Anyway, a dilemma - as I love this cast and would like to see them, hoping they can raise the material.
(High ticket prices for a one act show also putting me off).
Anyone else listened to this?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2016 13:28:56 GMT
Hmm trying to decide if my like of ramin and victoria is stronger than my dislike of kerry Had the same quandary, concluded it was worth the risk! Same! I suspect I shall give in and gamble on it. The fact that in that venue being very close to Ramin is also a selling point...nice view and all...
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Post by theatre-turtle on Jun 17, 2016 18:43:45 GMT
Had the same quandary, concluded it was worth the risk! Same! I suspect I shall give in and gamble on it. The fact that in that venue being very close to Ramin is also a selling point...nice view and all... Are there any shirtless scenes? It might inform how close I sit...
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Post by Raven on Jun 17, 2016 19:12:18 GMT
When Kerry was initially announced to be heading the cast I was considering booking but with Ramin confirmed I am now desperate to book tickets! I have a feeling this will be really good.
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Post by ShoesForRent on Jun 17, 2016 19:23:36 GMT
I know in the Washington production (starring Christine Dwyer of Wicked) they had a pool table in the middle of the venue and the actors acted around and through the audience for a bit.. From the chart of this theatre it doesn't look like it's that kind of venue. Does any one know what the staging was lie on Broadway?
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Post by Raven on Jun 17, 2016 19:28:02 GMT
I think the Broadway production was performed in a similar way with the pool table in the centre that the actors acted around and the audience was sat surrounding it.
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Post by Raven on Jun 17, 2016 19:30:35 GMT
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Post by jess173 on Jun 17, 2016 19:45:21 GMT
Yes, they had a bar and a pool table in the centre as you can see on those pictures. The bar was fully functional. Some audience members would sit at the tables at the bar and the actors would act around them, climbing the tables or coming into or out of the audiences on the side. It was pretty cool. I've sat on both sides of the centre "stage" but never at the tables though... I'm pretty curious how they are going to do this at the arts. There is no set besides the bar and the pool table. So the stage will look pretty empty if the don't change something...
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Post by ShoesForRent on Jun 17, 2016 19:50:06 GMT
What a treat it could be- to have Ramin act so up and close
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2016 20:15:37 GMT
Are there any shirtless scenes? It might inform how close I sit... Do you think Kerry would do that?
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Post by 49thand8th on Jun 17, 2016 20:44:33 GMT
Same! I suspect I shall give in and gamble on it. The fact that in that venue being very close to Ramin is also a selling point...nice view and all... Are there any shirtless scenes? It might inform how close I sit... I saw it in Washington DC, and not in that production! www.studiotheatre.org/plays/play-detail/murder-ballad
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Post by ShoesForRent on Jun 17, 2016 20:50:43 GMT
I'm curious- what did you think of Christine Dwyer?
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Post by 49thand8th on Jun 18, 2016 0:39:00 GMT
She was excellent. Great voice and presence; reminded me of people I knew in high school. I'd never seen (or heard) the show before, but the entire cast was intense and impossible not to watch. And I don't say that just because they all didn't nearly sit in my lap at some point!
Also, to add to the questions above about staging -- it was on the second or third story of a multi-use theatre that my local DC-area friend was familiar with. Until she told me after the show, I didn't realize it wasn't ACTUALLY the theatre's bar they had just dressed up to look more divey. They didn't have any drinks on tap, but they did have an entire bar setup with refrigerated bottles of beer, cider, wine, etc.
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Post by mikey on Jun 18, 2016 8:24:37 GMT
Wow, the cast looks pretty amazing! Struggling to justify paying such high ticket prices for a one-act show though. Especially as I know The Arts isn't the nicest theatre to frequent.. Not even a concession period for previews!
Do people reckon this will likely get discounted in the future, or will the strength of the cast list make it a hot ticket? Think I'm going to wait and hope for the best...
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Post by Steffi on Jun 18, 2016 10:24:15 GMT
This was originally advertised as running until December. Does anyone know if that will still be the case? From what I've been told there has been talk of a possibility of extending for 4 weeks. Nothing confirmed yet though.
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Post by indis on Jun 18, 2016 11:18:57 GMT
Extending would be awesome, then i could see it in the first january week
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Post by Steffi on Jun 18, 2016 12:47:30 GMT
4 weeks would only take it to late November though.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2016 10:06:43 GMT
This was originally advertised as running until December. Does anyone know if that will still be the case? From what I've been told there has been talk of a possibility of extending for 4 weeks. Nothing confirmed yet though. One extra week would do the trick for me. I'll have that entire week off.
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Post by QueerTheatre on Jun 20, 2016 15:58:32 GMT
The friday 5pm shows are much cheaper than the rest of the run - and have the added joy of not being surrounded by obsessive Kerry fans. Anyone know if the others are out on these shows too, or just Kerry?
(im not that fussed tbh, i adore the score and will happily hear it performed by anyone!)
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