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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 31, 2019 20:45:31 GMT
Surely this has to be something Evan's Hasn't directed before? Dear EVAN Hansen?
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 31, 2019 20:56:00 GMT
I think everyone in the UK should be banned from staging Oklahoma! until we've had Daniel Fish's production transfer from New York. Maybe that is the reason, why the rights aren’t available, if the New York production intends to come over. Also never really understood why Chichester is just a summer programme and why they don’t do a big Christmas musical as well? Also said on another thread they should do a Sondheim, as they haven’t done one since Sweeney Todd, completely forgetting they did the Olivier award winning Gypsy recently. They have never done a Andrew Lloyd Webber and the Chichester crowd would go for that, however a lot of Lloyd Webber is being done elsewhere.
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Post by mrmushnik on Feb 1, 2019 8:35:49 GMT
Also never really understood why Chichester is just a summer programme and why they don’t do a big Christmas musical as well? Also said on another thread they should do a Sondheim Chichester has a thriving and very well supported youth theatre who stage an annual Christmas production. They have just done Sleeping Beauty which ran from 15-30 December. This has been going on for years and I think it would be a very brave/foolish Artistic Director who would move them to one side. Having said that, it’s such a hugely successful theatre where practically everything sells out and that audience is still around in the winter months. Daniel Evans is very shrewd and it may well be in his long term plan to introduce a big Christmas musical, but I can’t see it happening at the moment. The youth theatre at Chichester is no small affair, there are around 800 members and a waiting list, apparently! Re a Sondheim, I would absolutely love to see a reworked revival of A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum. The last big revival of this at the National was so disappointing.
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Post by meister on Feb 2, 2019 10:24:06 GMT
It has a ! In the title... And vowels at either end!
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Post by pianowithsam on Feb 2, 2019 21:06:26 GMT
When is it announced?
Honestly, if it's Something Rotten, I'll scream.
Edit: Just seen that it's 14th February it gets announced.
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Post by rosmersholm on Feb 2, 2019 23:19:28 GMT
It is OKLAHOMA!
And there will also be a new musical in the season...
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Post by pianowithsam on Feb 2, 2019 23:44:50 GMT
It is OKLAHOMA! And there will also be a new musical in the season... Is this confirmed?
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Post by rosmersholm on Feb 3, 2019 1:35:22 GMT
It is OKLAHOMA! And there will also be a new musical in the season... Is this confirmed? Information is reliable, yes.
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Post by showgirl on Feb 3, 2019 4:58:07 GMT
Oh shame. Still, one I don't need to book for and maybe I'll find the new musical more appealing.
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Post by alece10 on Feb 3, 2019 8:24:40 GMT
If it is Oklahoma can we start a Robert Fairchild campaign?
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Post by apubleed on Feb 3, 2019 9:10:31 GMT
Will the Oklahoma be from New York or are all Chichester productions typically in-house?
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Post by theatrenewbie on Feb 3, 2019 10:04:14 GMT
It is Oklahoma...period And not the boujii American sit on a haystack and eat chilli version, do you reckon Doris from Bognor Regis wants to hear some acoustic version of lonely room? NO
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Post by apubleed on Feb 3, 2019 10:10:07 GMT
Haha. Would Dorris even know that “Lonely Room” exists given it wasn’t in the movie?
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Post by theatrenewbie on Feb 3, 2019 10:30:45 GMT
Haha. Would Dorris even know that “Lonely Room” exists given it wasn’t in the movie? touché 😜😂 glad someone gets my sense of humour on here
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Post by wickedgrin on Feb 3, 2019 11:34:55 GMT
It will be an in house production.
I hope it will be better than their last production of the show. It was directed by John Doyle and it was his classic "stripped back" approach. They abandoned the classic opening of Aunt Eller alone on stage listening to Curly (off stage) beginning to sing "Oh what a beautiful morning" - (which broke the mould of musicals at the time which always started with a big chorus number) to the ensemble coming on and throwing apples all over the stage which then had to be subsequently picked up so no-one tripped on one! The dream ballet was a Freudian nightmare! It was decidedly lack lustre and did not transfer.
Michael Xavier played Curly. Craige Els played Judd and Natalie Casey played Ado Annie
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Post by Someone in a tree on Feb 3, 2019 12:19:11 GMT
Interesting. What song was the big opening number?
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Post by alicechallice on Feb 3, 2019 16:16:56 GMT
Interesting. What song was the big opening number? It was still OWABM, the staging was just different as mentioned above. I really enjoyed it. I got to go free because I was under 26. Those were the days.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Feb 3, 2019 21:23:50 GMT
It is OKLAHOMA! And there will also be a new musical in the season... New ISH
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Post by theatrenewbie on Feb 3, 2019 22:15:16 GMT
It is indeed Oklahoma They are also reviving the musical This is My Family I believe(which was done in Sheffield originally?) Any news on choreography? Will it be usual Daniel Evans and Alaister David’s dream team? As he did the choreo for bbc proms or will it be different? Would love Christopher Wheeldon to have a crack at it! Can you imagine the dream ballet!!!??
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Post by theatrenewbie on Feb 3, 2019 23:22:50 GMT
Any news on choreography? Will it be usual Daniel Evans and Alaister David’s dream team? As he did the choreo for bbc proms or will it be different? Would love Christopher Wheeldon to have a crack at it! Can you imagine the dream ballet!!!?? No it’s not Evans and David... Interesting! If this is my family is the second musical I’m sure EVans Is doing two musical approach. One big and old School other new or crucible revival. Seems like after his past two musicals he’s had enough of the big classic musical and is going for the more intimate quirky one to stage living proof as “flowers for miss Harris” was the more critically acclaimed show last year. .. the plot definitely has thickened. , I deffo do know they are doing Oklahoma, but can’t wait till the 14th to see what news shall Be!
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Post by emsworthian on Feb 4, 2019 9:37:56 GMT
If it is Oklahoma, this is very tedious programming IMO. As someone else said, at least it's one not to worry about finding a date for. Hope the rest of the programme is more interesting. Wasn't there a rumour in the plays' section that CFT is doing "The Deep Blue Sea" yet again? If both of these rumours are true then this appears to be a really unimaginative season. I'm afraid I can't get excited about a newish musical about a family camping in the rain either.
I had such high hopes when Daniel Evans was first appointed.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Feb 5, 2019 9:49:36 GMT
If it is Oklahoma, this is very tedious programming IMO. As someone else said, at least it's one not to worry about finding a date for. Hope the rest of the programme is more interesting. Wasn't there a rumour in the plays' section that CFT is doing "The Deep Blue Sea" yet again? If both of these rumours are true then this appears to be a really unimaginative season. I'm afraid I can't get excited about a newish musical about a family camping in the rain either.
I had such high hopes when Daniel Evans was first appointed. You may be in luck.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Feb 10, 2019 18:10:42 GMT
And when Nick Silbeck had finished MDing on Follies he will work on this top secret musical at Chichester
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 14, 2019 0:34:18 GMT
Today’s the day.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Feb 14, 2019 8:07:29 GMT
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Post by Someone in a tree on Feb 14, 2019 9:45:49 GMT
Ohhh a musicals Evan's has directed before in Sheffield. I had such high hopes for his reign in Chichester
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 14, 2019 13:03:16 GMT
I know it is dissapointing!!!
Surprised at Oklahoma, as I would have thought the rights would have been locked, because of the pending Broadway production and if this is successful, it will stop that critically acclaimed production coming over.
Same could be said about Evita, which is being done in the Open Air Regent’s Park, this will more then likely stop the Australian production of Evita with Tina Arena and Paula Szot, which I was hoping that ENO would have done next year as there big musical.
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Post by alece10 on Feb 14, 2019 17:17:05 GMT
Well I have only just seen the programme as I have been living in the dark ages for the last 2 days as 2 b***ards stole my phone yesterday whilst I was on the underground. However seems I haven't missed much, no missed calls, no messages.... Only had a brief look at the programme but don't think I will make a trip there for Oklahoma with the 3 cast members they have announced so far.
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Post by theatrenewbie on Feb 14, 2019 18:10:25 GMT
I think Oklahoma casting is quite good to be honest. Age appaoratoate and good singers actors/actresses. Amara was superb as cosette, and it’s good to have BAME actress playing Laurey which doesn’t have political or racial or historically accurate importance like everyone’s who’s been making a fuss with Evita has gone. I think I will be seeing it to Against the grain of people who won’t. Sounds promising. Who knows, never seen Oklahoma live!
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Post by alece10 on Feb 23, 2019 12:08:06 GMT
Anyone book for Chichester this morning? I got tickets for This is My Family which looks as if it might be fun. Didn't bother with Oklahoma as the casting wasn't exciting enough for me to make 2 trips there this summer
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