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Post by theatrenewbie on Oct 7, 2021 14:58:06 GMT
So what is it??
Brigadoon or legally blonde?
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Post by theatrelover123 on Oct 7, 2021 15:17:03 GMT
So what is it?? Brigadoon or legally blonde? Brigally Blondadoon
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Post by danb on Oct 7, 2021 15:34:52 GMT
Nooooooo, give us ‘Aida’ finally. And a cast of thousands!
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Post by theoracle on Oct 7, 2021 16:21:13 GMT
I was thinking of Brigadoon too. With Camelot opening in Feb and My Fair Lady rumoured to play Coliseum, it would be great to have another Lerner & Leowe production to get tickets for. My alternatives would be ‘Nine’ or Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum
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Post by zahidf on Oct 7, 2021 16:40:03 GMT
Legally blonde?.
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Post by Mark on Oct 7, 2021 16:45:44 GMT
Guess the cat (or rather the dog) is now firmly out of the bag!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2021 16:52:13 GMT
Guess the cat (or rather the dog) is now firmly out of the bag! Is this not piggybacking after the clue was dropped on here first? Theatre fan is a forum user after all. It’s not exactly confirmation of anything.
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Post by Mark on Oct 7, 2021 16:54:24 GMT
Guess the cat (or rather the dog) is now firmly out of the bag! Is this not piggybacking after the clue was dropped on here first? Theatre fan is a forum user after all. It’s not exactly confirmation of anything. True, but it’s also what multiple forum users have heard from seemingly varying sources before said blog post.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Oct 7, 2021 17:42:46 GMT
What an absolutely bizarre and uninspired choice. Weird.
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Post by theatrenewbie on Oct 7, 2021 17:56:46 GMT
What an absolutely bizarre and uninspired choice. Weird. I’m just praying atleast brigadoon is true.
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Post by distantcousin on Oct 7, 2021 19:00:15 GMT
What an absolutely bizarre and uninspired choice. Weird.
Agreed. Legally Blonde is very "hen party"
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Post by pomegranate on Oct 7, 2021 22:11:48 GMT
As long as they don’t set it in an English fishing village, I’m sure to enjoy this one!
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Post by Jon on Oct 7, 2021 22:42:54 GMT
TBH if Little Shop of Horrors and Ragtime can work at the Open Air, I think Legally Blonde can as well.
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Post by fiyerorocher on Oct 7, 2021 22:47:31 GMT
As long as they don’t set it in an English fishing village, I’m sure to enjoy this one! Oh but now you mention it, I'd love to see them try. There are several glaring problems I can foresee but maybe with some lateral thinking...
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Post by c4ndyc4ne on Oct 7, 2021 23:21:51 GMT
Jamie Lloyd's Legally Blonde - I knew it
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Post by Being Alive on Oct 7, 2021 23:27:13 GMT
Jamie Lloyd's Legally Blonde - I knew it The only person I cannot handle directing it - ANYONE ELSE PLEASE. I don't need Elle Woods to deliver So Much Better dressed all in grey and a handheld wired microphone.
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Post by max on Oct 8, 2021 7:31:48 GMT
It's the only Musical I know that has a comic song referencing Irish Paramilitary knee-capping punishments. Perhaps it could be reimagined as the fever dream of an inmate of the Maze prison.
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Post by ThereWillBeSun on Oct 8, 2021 7:46:14 GMT
I just feel a bit... uninspired. But I know I will go and see it 🤣
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Post by ThereWillBeSun on Oct 8, 2021 7:46:34 GMT
Jamie Lloyd's Legally Blonde - I knew it The only person I cannot handle directing it - ANYONE ELSE PLEASE. I don't need Elle Woods to deliver So Much Better dressed all in grey and a handheld wired microphone. 😏
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Post by danb on Oct 8, 2021 8:17:18 GMT
Does she feel so much better? Are her fillers and silicon boobies leaking into her bloodstream causing her not to know how she’s feeling? Is her privileged and charmed life just a prison? Will she die at the end seconds after her triumph in court?
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Post by alece10 on Oct 8, 2021 8:27:29 GMT
It's a strange choice for open air theatre but I do like the musical and, weather permitting, I'm sure I will go to see it.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2021 14:21:46 GMT
TBH if Little Shop of Horrors and Ragtime can work at the Open Air, I think Legally Blonde can as well. I didn't like Ragtime there at all. Brigadoon should be banished for 1000 years, not just 100.
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Post by fluxcapacitor on Oct 8, 2021 15:31:05 GMT
TBH if Little Shop of Horrors and Ragtime can work at the Open Air, I think Legally Blonde can as well. I didn't like Ragtime there at all. Brigadoon should be banished for 1000 years, not just 100. I also didn't like their take on LSOH, but at least that made some sense given the (mean) green surroundings. Thinking back though, I think it was the design which let down that production. All I remember are shopping trolleys filled with skyscrapers, Audrey singing Somewhere that's Green whilst awkwardly standing on top of a ladder, and a very uninspired and static version of the plant which looked like it was built using a Meccano set. It could have worked with a design which actually incorporated and cleverly made the most of the greenery surrounding the stage. Legally Blonde though... does any of it take place outside? Strange, strange choice. I wasn't thrilled about Carousel when it was announced, but at least it's a show which lended itself to being done outdoors for a reason. LB just doesn't compute.
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Post by singingbird on Oct 8, 2021 15:54:10 GMT
I always imagine that Regents Park will opt for quite arty adult shows that suit the setting, but that's so rarely the case. I think Pippin would be great there, but there's no way there's the market for that, and it's been revived a lot recently. I'd love them to do A Little Night Music and Aspects of Love, both of which would suit the setting brilliantly. Or Kander and Ebb's Steel Pier. My absolute dream - which will never, ever, ever happen - is a revival of Dude (the ill-fated follow up to Hair).
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Post by partytentdown on Oct 8, 2021 16:14:05 GMT
First live production of Schmigadoon?
I would love to see them do Hercules, which was done in Central Park a couple of years back.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2021 16:58:43 GMT
Maybe, just MAYBE they won't put some angle/spin on it to make it relevant? Highly unlikely though.
Ragtime - Open Air Theatre
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Post by justsaying113 on Oct 8, 2021 17:02:49 GMT
I'm with Mr Barnaby - can they really not do better than that?
I like the idea of 'Nine' as suggested, but I get it would be a hard sell. Still, good potential for starry, ensemble casting.
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Post by alece10 on Oct 8, 2021 17:17:15 GMT
It's probably a good move by Regents Park as Legally Blonde is a crowd pleasing commercial musical and with theatre only just starting to get back on its feet they need to get bums on seats and plow back some money. At the end of the day it's a business that needs to make money and then, maybe in a few years time, when hopefully things are back to normal they can take more risks.
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Post by juicy_but_terribly_drab on Oct 8, 2021 17:54:40 GMT
Maybe, just MAYBE they won't put some angle/spin on it to make it relevant? Highly unlikely though.
Ragtime - Open Air Theatre
Oh Jesus. When I read they'd done Ragtime earlier in the thread I was disappointed I'd missed it as it surely would have been a great venue for it but having seen that image... How can anyone mess up such a sure-fire thing so badly?
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Post by inthenose on Oct 8, 2021 18:20:55 GMT
It's probably a good move by Regents Park as Legally Blonde is a crowd pleasing commercial musical and with theatre only just starting to get back on its feet they need to get bums on seats and plow back some money. At the end of the day it's a business that needs to make money and then, maybe in a few years time, when hopefully things are back to normal they can take more risks. I see what you mean re: choosing a sure-fire hit. I'm not sure Legally Blonde will be though? I've always had the impression from the shows I've seen there that the audience have tended to be on the older side. Maybe just the particular performances I went to? Legally Blonde certainly wouldn't be a surefire draw with that demographic...
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