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Post by xanady on Jul 25, 2019 17:27:20 GMT
^Just imagine some of the all-time greats who have used that stage door......wow!
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Post by shady23 on Jul 25, 2019 17:38:26 GMT
Yes but don't we live in a different age now?
Everyone now wants so much. You have professional autograph sellers everywhere with piles of glossy photos. People want, no expect, an autograph, a photo, a chat and an experience they can brag about on social media afterwards. They want performers to ring friends who aren't there. To pose for "Boomerangs" to sign birthday cards for people they have never even met. Many believe they are more entitled than others and push and shove and bully others.
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Post by showtoones on Jul 25, 2019 18:42:31 GMT
Is Jac back in the show? If so, when did he return?
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Post by horton on Jul 25, 2019 20:26:34 GMT
It won’t be that. Students at a school like Arts Ed sing much more daily than Jac is required to at the moment. As a graduate, he will be in the best condition ever to play a role like this - he won’t have developed any bad habits. Likely to be more to do with his vocal health - how much is he going out drinking etc. Sorry I think you are quite wrong.
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Post by LaLuPone on Jul 25, 2019 20:30:02 GMT
Jac’s definitely back because he posted a (topless ) photo from his dressing room. Got Row S stalls for £45 for the last week of the run, not bad considering the “original” price for those was £85!!
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Post by musicalmarge on Jul 25, 2019 21:44:44 GMT
I’ve heard on the grapevine he’s may have lost his voice, but can’t verify it! brqqr] Maybe 8 shows a week is too much for his voice but will have to get used to it as that's the norm in the job. Although these days so many performers seem to only do 5 or 6 shows a week. Not like the old timers like Imelda Staunton and her generation. NONSENSE - in drama school you’re singing 12 hours a day! The lad is sick!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2019 7:16:04 GMT
I’ve booked the £25 boxes because i’m going with a friend who likes an aisle seat and there are basically none left at a price we’d pay. The warning when I booked was ‘severely restricted view, you’ll have to lean forwards.’
I couldn’t see anything on the TM site (maybe I looked in the wrong place) but can you help me prepare for how bad the view will be for this performance?
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Post by singularsensation10 on Jul 26, 2019 7:17:50 GMT
It won’t be that. Students at a school like Arts Ed sing much more daily than Jac is required to at the moment. As a graduate, he will be in the best condition ever to play a role like this - he won’t have developed any bad habits. Likely to be more to do with his vocal health - how much is he going out drinking etc. Sorry I think you are quite wrong. About many things yes, about others no - could you quantify?
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jul 26, 2019 8:03:36 GMT
^Just imagine some of the all-time greats who have used that stage door......wow! And look who is now using it
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Post by londonmzfitz on Jul 26, 2019 9:54:27 GMT
I’ve booked the £25 boxes because i’m going with a friend who likes an aisle seat and there are basically none left at a price we’d pay. The warning when I booked was ‘severely restricted view, you’ll have to lean forwards.’ I couldn’t see anything on the TM site (maybe I looked in the wrong place) but can you help me prepare for how bad the view will be for this performance? I sat in the Royal Box for Michael Ball's concert recently. There are speakers mounted on the "stage" side of the boxes which cut off completely the rear of the stage. Excellent value for a concert where the "action" takes place front and centre, but for a fully staged show (and one I haven't seen) I don't know what you'd miss.
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Post by Charphaba on Jul 26, 2019 17:32:25 GMT
Hi everyone,
Has anyone ever stood at the back of the stalls for this production? If so, what is the view like? Does anything happen at the top of the stage that I will miss? Or will I be better off getting a seat in one of the boxes?
Thank you.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2019 18:53:34 GMT
So I saw this on Thursday night after winning the lottery. I have been very vocal about my love for the original 1991 production and was very disappointed in the casting of Sheridan Smith as the Narrator. Firstly, her singing was better than i expected, but then I went in with very low expectations. But still, there were no sustained notes, no belting and no excitement in her voice. None of it soared in the way the role has done in the past. And then there is the shtick that she does throughout the show. Ugh. Not my thing at all. Using the Narrator to play the additional characters added nothing and took away any kind of heart the show had, especially when playing Jacob. Her use of accents were all over the place. Why was she sounding American at one point??
I have to agree with other posters who have said it was done on the cheap. Most of it is performed on a basically empty stage. Jacobs chariot of gold was just sad.
The use of kids as the brothers didn't bother me like i thought it would and I actually really liked the kid who played Potipher. It's an odd production when that's a highlight. Actually one of the shows highlights was Those Canaan Days. it was one of the very few times that the singing was fantastic and harmonies were great. The can can, not so much.
The end of act 1 confused me. He's in Jail, they start singing Go Go Go Joseph and suddenly he has his supposed ripped up coat back and dancing with the ensemble in galaxy print clothes. What's going on??
Sheridan getting the audience to do the 3 claps in So Back In Canaan was pure panto.
Jac Yarrow was back on as Joseph and while he did do a good Close Every Door, he didn't really do anything special to make me think he was a star in the making. Jason Donovan got huge cheers the minute he came on and then mumbled his way through his 15 minutes on stage. He's laughing all the way to the bank.
I'm very glad I only paid £30 for this as I would have been gutted to have spent more. But the audience lapped it up, so what do I know. I wish that everyone could have seen what Joseph has the potential to be, in the 1991 production, but this was Joseph as a panto and didn't do much for me.
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Post by edi on Jul 26, 2019 19:07:28 GMT
I still haven't got my "sorry you didn't win the lottery" email. Ate they still letting losers know?
The person who booked the boxes - please get back regarding the view. Also, which boxes did you book?
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Post by theoracle on Jul 26, 2019 19:29:23 GMT
As it is a limited run I think Jason and Sheridan will be discouraged to stage door as much as possible so they don't pick up any bugs and miss shows. This certainly was case at the Funny Girl Tour. It's a case of protect their huge investment/s or disappoint a few people after the show. Sad but I can completely understand it. Oh really? I would've thought because its a limited run, they'd want to stage door as much as possible to make the most of their time there. Not everyone gets to play the Palladium after all. I remember Kelli O'Hara stage dooring most nights during her time there last year along with Ken Watanabe for King and I
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Post by showgirl on Jul 26, 2019 19:30:31 GMT
I was just coming here to say the same thing - & an even longer wait than last week, which I thought was bad enough. I'm sure it's "no" again but after 32 hours, how can they still be unable to confirm this?
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Post by shady23 on Jul 26, 2019 22:17:21 GMT
32 hours to hear if you have won the lottery or you have waited 32 hours at the stage door?!
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Post by shady23 on Jul 26, 2019 22:19:22 GMT
As it is a limited run I think Jason and Sheridan will be discouraged to stage door as much as possible so they don't pick up any bugs and miss shows. This certainly was case at the Funny Girl Tour. It's a case of protect their huge investment/s or disappoint a few people after the show. Sad but I can completely understand it. Oh really? I would've thought because its a limited run, they'd want to stage door as much as possible to make the most of their time there. Not everyone gets to play the Palladium after all. I remember Kelli O'Hara stage dooring most nights during her time there last year along with Ken Watanabe for King and I Do the general public know who they are though? I suspect not. If Jason or Sheridan were to catch something from someone at stage door and miss shows there would probably be a riot!
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Post by bodobear on Jul 27, 2019 11:23:51 GMT
For those who have seen both Jac and Michael as Joseph...how do they compare? I’ve seen both and i thought Michael was the stronger singer and actor. Jac was good, but i preferred Michael.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2019 13:37:20 GMT
For those who have seen both Jac and Michael as Joseph...how do they compare? I’ve seen both and i thought Michael was the stronger singer and actor. Jac was good, but i preferred Michael. Can well believe this and am sorry I missed him. I know I've said it before but he was a sensational leading man in Starlight Bochum - one of the best!
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Post by singularsensation10 on Jul 27, 2019 13:40:18 GMT
He's in Jail, they start singing Go Go Go Joseph and suddenly he has his supposed ripped up coat back and dancing with the ensemble in galaxy print clothes. What's going on?? I got the impression it was a kind of dream sequence??
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Post by bodobear on Jul 27, 2019 13:42:10 GMT
I’ve seen both and i thought Michael was the stronger singer and actor. Jac was good, but i preferred Michael. Can well believe this and am sorry I missed him. I know I've said it before but he was a sensational leading man in Starlight Bochum - one of the best! I sure was more than excited when I saw him on Wednesday. I hope he’ll get to go on more until the run finishes. And I totally agree with you regarding Starlight. He was one of my favourite Rustys of all the ones I’ve ever seen - and I’ve seen a few.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2019 14:12:10 GMT
Can well believe this and am sorry I missed him. I know I've said it before but he was a sensational leading man in Starlight Bochum - one of the best! I sure was more than excited when I saw him on Wednesday. I hope he’ll get to go on more until the run finishes. And I totally agree with you regarding Starlight. He was one of my favourite Rustys of all the ones I’ve ever seen - and I’ve seen a few. Ditto! He was just so energetic and bouncy with a fab voice and brilliant skating! Quite a different quality to other Rustys I thought. Plus the leads aren't always the strongest skaters.... Be good to see him landing a lead role in London!
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Post by johartuk on Jul 27, 2019 14:32:02 GMT
He's in Jail, they start singing Go Go Go Joseph and suddenly he has his supposed ripped up coat back and dancing with the ensemble in galaxy print clothes. What's going on?? I got the impression it was a kind of dream sequence?? This brief montage (an official clip) of the 2007 production shows how Go Go Go Joseph was done then (as well as clips of other bits).
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Post by chernjam on Jul 27, 2019 14:50:29 GMT
I got the impression it was a kind of dream sequence?? This brief montage (an official clip) of the 2007 production shows how Go Go Go Joseph was done then (as well as clips of other bits). I know it's unfair to judge not seeing the current production, but that clip saddened me that such a stellar production/direction has been scrapped.
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Post by denise on Jul 27, 2019 15:59:34 GMT
This brief montage (an official clip) of the 2007 production shows how Go Go Go Joseph was done then (as well as clips of other bits). I know it's unfair to judge not seeing the current production, but that clip saddened me that such a stellar production/direction has been scrapped. Face it, after the reviews the new one received, it ain’t coming back!
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Post by bodobear on Jul 27, 2019 20:19:10 GMT
I sure was more than excited when I saw him on Wednesday. I hope he’ll get to go on more until the run finishes. And I totally agree with you regarding Starlight. He was one of my favourite Rustys of all the ones I’ve ever seen - and I’ve seen a few. Ditto! He was just so energetic and bouncy with a fab voice and brilliant skating! Quite a different quality to other Rustys I thought. Plus the leads aren't always the strongest skaters.... Be good to see him landing a lead role in London! Oh yes I know! He was such a GREAT skater! And he didn’t even get to show off his skills as Rusty on that end. Just thought he had a slightly different approach to the character and played so much more with acting wise. I could just rave about it forever. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for him. He’s understudied and alternated some great parts so I hope a lead role in the West End is in store for him in the future (not sure All The Fun At The Fair counts as I don’t know the show tbh).
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2019 21:47:49 GMT
I got the impression it was a kind of dream sequence?? This brief montage (an official clip) of the 2007 production shows how Go Go Go Joseph was done then (as well as clips of other bits). The 2007 production used the 60's version from the original 1991 production. The current production is just odd...and why bring his coat back for it??
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Post by singularsensation10 on Jul 28, 2019 17:19:00 GMT
I got the impression it was a kind of dream sequence?? This brief montage (an official clip) of the 2007 production shows how Go Go Go Joseph was done then (as well as clips of other bits). I was referring to the way it’s done in the new production - it has a sort of Dream sequence vibe with the coat and the dancers etc.
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Post by theoracle on Jul 29, 2019 22:57:21 GMT
Just saw this tonight. Jac Yarrow is one fine Joseph, I actually can't think of a bad Joseph. Saw Jaymi Hensley on tour and his vocals were divine! Must agree that this really was The Sheridan Smith show with all the winking, face-making and goofiness yet it never became annoying albeit at times, mildly distracting. The costumes I thought looked a lot better in person than they do in photos, in particular the coat of many colours. The amount of middle-aged women screaming when Jason Donavon came on was pretty amusing and the whole palladium had a fantastic vibe overall this evening, fully cheering the cast on. Not sure if anyone also noticed but the conductor was also having a whale of a time down tonight.
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Post by pianowithsam on Jul 30, 2019 13:01:59 GMT
Just saw this tonight. Jac Yarrow is one fine Joseph, I actually can't think of a bad Joseph. Saw Jaymi Hensley on tour and his vocals were divine! Must agree that this really was The Sheridan Smith show with all the winking, face-making and goofiness yet it never became annoying albeit at times, mildly distracting. The costumes I thought looked a lot better in person than they do in photos, in particular the coat of many colours. The amount of middle-aged women screaming when Jason Donavon came on was pretty amusing and the whole palladium had a fantastic vibe overall this evening, fully cheering the cast on. Not sure if anyone also noticed but the conductor was also having a whale of a time down tonight. Do we know who the conductor is?
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