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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2020 12:06:02 GMT
Ah for some reason I thought the Conley led tour played somewhere like the Noel Coward for a while. ah well
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Post by Rory on Jan 17, 2020 15:29:01 GMT
Didnt Barnum eventually transfer in from the tour? No, it never came into the West End. The Menier did the original Broadway version - totally different production - but that was all. I think it was mooted for the Gielgud but then it never materialised.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jan 19, 2020 0:13:32 GMT
Has the terrible Steven Moffat play been announced yet?
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Post by Rory on Jan 19, 2020 6:35:22 GMT
Has the terrible Steven Moffat play been announced yet? No. What is it?
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jan 19, 2020 9:42:38 GMT
A “comedic rebuttal to the MeToo movement” is how it was described to me by someone who had read it.
I don’t know if it’s due for summer, I was told 2020 so I assume summer.
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Post by Rory on Jan 19, 2020 9:49:16 GMT
A “comedic rebuttal to the MeToo movement” is how it was described to me by someone who had read it. I don’t know if it’s due for summer, I was told 2020 so I assume summer. Sounds like this year's Bitter Wheat.
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Post by couldileaveyou on Jan 19, 2020 12:17:45 GMT
Sounds like literally the last thing we need
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Post by showgirl on Jan 19, 2020 12:18:18 GMT
As long as the 2020 season avoids Shakespeare and Sondheim, I'm happy to wait and see what it does offer, rather than having a wish-list.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2020 13:17:34 GMT
Sounds like literally the last thing we need I dont know, it depends how its handled and what story it's going to tell. The world really needs to regain balance and be able to sensibly debate things instead of everything being black or white and you're one side or the other. metoo highlighted awful acts and vile people that will hopefully finally be punished. But the pearl clutching outrage at what everyone has known went on for as long as the entertainment industry has excisted. The 'casting couch' is a joke as old as time. You also have the people whose careers were made by people like Weinstein who then didnt know how to respond and acted like they didnt know. Plus there are people who voluntarily offer sexual favours for career progression in all manor of industries. It wont be easy to do, but it's a subject with depth and different angles.
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Post by harry80 on Jan 26, 2020 15:54:12 GMT
There has been an advert on the ‘onedance’ website for a 17 year old of Asian Pacific heritage for a significant role at Chichester. The dates exactly match the big summer musical show. Although it doesn’t name South Pacific, the role is an exact match for one of the key parts in the show.
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Post by danb on Jan 26, 2020 17:24:10 GMT
...or Miss Saigon.
Why they would feel the need to constantly choose from such a limited repertoire for the sake of not appearing too ‘populist’ is beyond me. Surely the risk they took on ‘Half A Sixpence’ has proven that theres an appetite for forgotten gems as-well as bleedin’ Sondheim and R&H. I know that it was Camerons risk, but still its’ successful transfer still gives hope to those wanting to see something different staged.
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Post by theatrenewbie on Jan 29, 2020 7:36:10 GMT
So can someone confirm the big house musical will be South Pacific?
Great show but very uninspired choice especially after safety net if Oklahoma.
Why can’t they just do a full blown revival of gentleman prefer blondes, Gigi, or victor/Victoria (don’t ask why I like all Parisian musicals 😂)
Really hoping it’s South Pacific but I don’t think they should have a sondheim. Much as I love him to overcooked.
Anymore confirmations, rumours?
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Post by clair on Jan 29, 2020 7:40:15 GMT
Emma Williams has been tweeting for a while about learning South Pacific as a dream role so it's certainly going to be on somewhere!
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Post by schuttep on Jan 29, 2020 9:11:21 GMT
As long as the 2020 season avoids Shakespeare and Sondheim, I'm happy to wait and see what it does offer, rather than having a wish-list. As this year is Sondheim's 90th birthday, a Sondheim is a good bet all over the country. There are already a couple of West Side Storys announced as well as Sunday in the Park with Jake and a major production of Into the Woods mooted later this year.
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Post by Dawnstar on Jan 29, 2020 9:11:52 GMT
Emma Williams has been tweeting for a while about learning South Pacific as a dream role so it's certainly going to be on somewhere! That's for a production in France. I tweeted her to ask her where, hoping it'd be somewhere in the UK I could get to, but it isn't.
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Post by emsworthian on Jan 29, 2020 9:50:43 GMT
So can someone confirm the big house musical will be South Pacific? Great show but very uninspired choice especially after safety net if Oklahoma. Why can’t they just do a full blown revival of gentleman prefer blondes, Gigi, or victor/Victoria (don’t ask why I like all Parisian musicals 😂) Really hoping it’s South Pacific but I don’t think they should have a sondheim. Much as I love him to overcooked. Anymore confirmations, rumours? I love the music of "Gigi" but I think it would be problematic these days as it would be seen as a musical about grooming.
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Post by Theatre Fan on Jan 29, 2020 10:34:08 GMT
Emma Williams has been tweeting for a while about learning South Pacific as a dream role so it's certainly going to be on somewhere! That's for a production in France. I tweeted her to ask her where, hoping it'd be somewhere in the UK I could get to, but it isn't. Yea I did a bit of digging. Emma Williams will star in this French production of South Pacific with Jérôme Pradon. www.operadetoulon.fr/spectacles/lyrique-south-pacific/314.htm
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Post by clair on Jan 29, 2020 10:43:21 GMT
I'm quite glad about that as I love Emma Williams but loathe South Pacific - I don't have a difficult decision to make if it's too far to travel!
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jan 29, 2020 19:13:27 GMT
So can someone confirm the big house musical will be South Pacific? Great show but very uninspired choice especially after safety net if Oklahoma. Why can’t they just do a full blown revival of gentleman prefer blondes, Gigi, or victor/Victoria (don’t ask why I like all Parisian musicals 😂) Really hoping it’s South Pacific but I don’t think they should have a sondheim. Much as I love him to overcooked. Anymore confirmations, rumours? Yes.. it is.
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Post by learfan on Feb 7, 2020 8:28:25 GMT
The announcement is next Thursday, apart from South Pacific, does nobody know any rumours? Unusually nothing from Baz this morning, though of course he is on one of his jollies.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Feb 7, 2020 8:47:10 GMT
The announcement is next Thursday, apart from South Pacific, does nobody know any rumours? Unusually nothing from Baz this morning, though of course he is on one of his jollies. The Oscars, darling
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Post by alicechallice on Feb 7, 2020 11:46:51 GMT
The announcement is next Thursday, apart from South Pacific, does nobody know any rumours? Unusually nothing from Baz this morning, though of course he is on one of his jollies. There's the speculation in another thread about the 'On Your Toes' revival being choreographed by Andrew Wright also being at CFT. And a while back, 'Merrily We Roll Along' in the Minerva was alluded to.
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Post by learfan on Feb 7, 2020 12:25:37 GMT
The announcement is next Thursday, apart from South Pacific, does nobody know any rumours? Unusually nothing from Baz this morning, though of course he is on one of his jollies. The Oscars, darling Nevertheless a massive jolly.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2020 11:12:39 GMT
So I think the announcement is tomorrow. We have South Pacific and On Your Toes as heavily rumoured. I reckon Daniel Evans will announce his leaving too
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Post by raiseitup on Feb 11, 2020 12:02:24 GMT
Not a musical but overheard people talking at the Almeida recently about them doing Andrea Levy's The Long Song this summer.
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Post by learfan on Feb 11, 2020 12:25:55 GMT
So I think the announcement is tomorrow. We have South Pacific and On Your Toes as heavily rumoured. I reckon Daniel Evans will announce his leaving too The announcement is Thursday. Where did you hear he is leaving?
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Post by Theatre Fan on Feb 11, 2020 12:27:53 GMT
It's not On Your Toes, that will be London far as I'm aware x
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Post by theatrenewbie on Feb 11, 2020 12:36:09 GMT
It's not On Your Toes, that will be London far as I'm aware x Where are you aware in London? Prey tell
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2020 12:50:03 GMT
So I think the announcement is tomorrow. We have South Pacific and On Your Toes as heavily rumoured. I reckon Daniel Evans will announce his leaving too The announcement is Thursday. Where did you hear he is leaving? I didn’t but as he is spending several months this year directing productions in other countries I kind of fingered he might have handed in his notice
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Post by Theatre Fan on Feb 11, 2020 14:37:48 GMT
It's not On Your Toes, that will be London far as I'm aware x Where are you aware in London? Prey tell That's what I've been led to believe. I havnt been told anything else x
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