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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 15, 2017 6:43:07 GMT
Madonna’s Take A Bow video was said to be her publicly auditioning for Evita.
I think we saw Alexandra Burke doing the same last night.
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Post by ali973 on Oct 15, 2017 7:07:52 GMT
Wasn't there a Tina Turner musical a few years ago (Soul Sister?). And wasn't the lead supposedly amazing?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 15, 2017 7:44:22 GMT
Wasn't there a Tina Turner musical a few years ago (Soul Sister?). And wasn't the lead supposedly amazing? Emi Wokoma
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2017 11:00:14 GMT
Ms Burke, love her or hate her, sells tickets. The public just love her. She was the best-selling Rachel Marron in London during The Bodyguard's run, and the show did amazing business on tour, as did Sister Act, which returned to some venues. I certainly wouldn't be surprised if she ended up doing Tina (ooh matron) Didnt know she was best-selling Rachel, she was only in the London show a short while!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2017 5:12:16 GMT
Ms Burke, love her or hate her, sells tickets. The public just love her. She was the best-selling Rachel Marron in London during The Bodyguard's run, and the show did amazing business on tour, as did Sister Act, which returned to some venues. I certainly wouldn't be surprised if she ended up doing Tina (ooh matron) Didnt know she was best-selling Rachel, she was only in the London show a short while! Not only was she the best selling in those three months she played the role, she was also paired with the closing of the show, which would of also caused a minor boost in interest. So that paired with her, its not really surprising,
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Post by daniel on Oct 17, 2017 15:16:00 GMT
Adrienne Warren
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2017 15:23:02 GMT
Oooh, I thought it was Patti Boulaye for a moment there!
Oh Tina.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Oct 17, 2017 17:19:53 GMT
It's a shame British performers are getting less chances to lead a new west end show. The Book Of Mormon has yet to have a British lead, Dreamgirls started with 2 American Dreams which now is 3 and the replacement for Amber likely also American in Marisha. Groundhog Day..Andy Karl. The King and I coming up...the lead not British. And so on and so on...
I'm all for u having some of these great performers coming over but it feels like British talent is being overlooked too much
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Post by musicalmarge on Oct 17, 2017 17:35:13 GMT
My thoughts exactly. But questions is as a producer - wouldn’t you just want the best person for the job even if they are from Greenland to Timbuktu?
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Post by ali973 on Oct 17, 2017 18:10:56 GMT
#ToldYaSo
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Post by ali973 on Oct 17, 2017 18:33:46 GMT
"Tina the Musical runs at the Aldwych Theatre from 17 April until 16 June, with previews from 21 March." WhatsOnStage
Is it touring or is this just a short booking period for now?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 17, 2017 18:35:49 GMT
Hardly worth combing the wig out for
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Post by daniel on Oct 17, 2017 19:11:24 GMT
My prediction is that it's a deliberately short booking period so that it inevitably sells out and then they can spout the usual wibble about extending due to "phenomenal demand"
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 17, 2017 19:26:32 GMT
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Post by distantcousin on Oct 17, 2017 19:30:25 GMT
Wasn't there a Tina Turner musical a few years ago (Soul Sister?). And wasn't the lead supposedly amazing? Emi Wokoma Yes, and I believe she was Olivier award nominated? I enjoyed the show a lot.
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Post by distantcousin on Oct 17, 2017 19:31:38 GMT
It's a shame British performers are getting less chances to lead a new west end show. The Book Of Mormon has yet to have a British lead, Dreamgirls started with 2 American Dreams which now is 3 and the replacement for Amber likely also American in Marisha. Groundhog Day..Andy Karl. The King and I coming up...the lead not British. And so on and so on... I'm all for u having some of these great performers coming over but it feels like British talent is being overlooked too much I agree. It's a travesty.
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Post by ali973 on Oct 17, 2017 19:39:33 GMT
I think a lot of it has to do with the producer (in this case, Stage Entertainment, essentially operated by a Dutch businessman) and I'm sure for the premier cast at least, Tina Turner has a big (or final) say in who gets to do it. So if we were to judge simply by these two, maybe the nationality of the performer wouldn't even cross their mind. versus if it was a local producer.
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Post by ali973 on Oct 17, 2017 19:40:03 GMT
That it was going to be Adrienne Warren.
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Post by djp on Oct 18, 2017 3:50:21 GMT
My thoughts exactly. But questions is as a producer - wouldn’t you just want the best person for the job even if they are from Greenland to Timbuktu? In my experience thats very rarely the import. My list of unimpressive imported singers is longer than the ones I was impressed by. More often than not its an import because someone is moving their stable of leads around and has a gap to fill, someone has a dumb idea , or they just have no idea about the domestic talent, and can't be bothered to find it , or just reuse someone
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Post by djp on Oct 18, 2017 3:53:23 GMT
Surely we need to dreamcast Cynthia Erivo in this When are we going to get her back - films beckon?
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Post by poster J on Oct 18, 2017 9:14:36 GMT
Surely we need to dreamcast Cynthia Erivo in this When are we going to get her back - films beckon? I think the answer to that is probably never - she seems far too enamoured with the US...
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Post by raiseitup on Nov 17, 2017 13:57:02 GMT
Baz announced some more casting for this last night –
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Post by distantcousin on Nov 17, 2017 14:12:18 GMT
Interestingly Jenny Fitzpatrick was the understudy Tina in "Soul Sister". I actually saw her perform the role in Nottingham.
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Post by mammarose86 on Dec 25, 2017 17:44:19 GMT
Was just looking at booking tickets for this and there are virtually no seats available in April and most of May in the stalls...has this sold really well or are some seats being held back / not available through the official website?
Any advice greatly appreciated!
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Post by ensembleswings on Dec 25, 2017 18:16:22 GMT
Was just looking at booking tickets for this and there are virtually no seats available in April and most of May in the stalls...has this sold really well or are some seats being held back / not available through the official website? Any advice greatly appreciated! I had a look at tickets when they first went on sale and it definitely looked like they were holding seats back
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Post by ali973 on Dec 25, 2017 18:29:38 GMT
Hard to tell. I was just checking out seats early October for a March ticket and was surprised at the limited availability - that was even before they had the press conference. I was surprised at how well it was selling in advance and I thought to myself okay get them now.
I've noticed there's a big craze with big pop musicals when they first open or at least during previews. I remember how well Kinky Boots and Bodyguard was selling during both their previews. Though they continued doing well on and off, I think tickets become more visibly available three months in.
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Post by mammarose86 on Dec 25, 2017 19:02:34 GMT
Hard to tell. I was just checking out seats early October for a March ticket and was surprised at the limited availability - that was even before they had the press conference. I was surprised at how well it was selling in advance and I thought to myself okay get them now. I've noticed there's a big craze with big pop musicals when they first open or at least during previews. I remember how well Kinky Boots and Bodyguard was selling during both their previews. Though they continued doing well on and off, I think tickets become more visibly available three months in. Hmmm yes I agree! I’ve seen a couple of expensive mid week ones in May that I could get, just not sure if I should take the plunge or wait a while!
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Post by theatrelover123 on Dec 25, 2017 19:12:15 GMT
A friend who works for the company promoting this has said they are doing staggered release of tickets and thinks that less than half the total have been put up for sale so far.
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Post by mammarose86 on Dec 25, 2017 19:55:28 GMT
A friend who works for the company promoting this has said they are doing staggered release of tickets and thinks that less than half the total have been put up for sale so far. Ah cool! Thanks for the heads up!!! In that case I’ll wait a while for the bank account to recover post Xmas!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2017 20:48:15 GMT
This is stupid. Why not put all the tix on sale? This has rlly annoyed me as we booked this when it went on sale but could’ve got better seats then rear dress had we known, for same price as well!
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