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Post by ada92 on Dec 23, 2016 14:21:29 GMT
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Post by ada92 on Dec 23, 2016 14:27:24 GMT
Trying to post a YouTube link but it won't embed - Annie get your gun, trailer to the music of no business like show business :-(
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Dec 23, 2016 18:06:57 GMT
You succeeded!
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Post by ada92 on Dec 23, 2016 19:33:25 GMT
Haha ! Thanks!
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Post by Dawnstar on Jan 14, 2017 13:10:18 GMT
I'm currently on an interminable train to Sheffield to see this. Anyone else in this afternoon? I know Saturday matinees are the most popular time for those of us travelling to regional theatres.
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Post by Dawnstar on Jan 14, 2017 18:49:27 GMT
I guess no-one else was!
Anyway, I really enjoyed this & thought it was well worth my long train journey (writing this on train back). I've never seen this on stage before & not even seen the film, though a number of songs were familiar, given how much Berlin is done out of context. I thought Anna-Jane Casey & Ben Lewis were both excellent & it was nice seeing them opposite each other again after Forbidden Broadway. I don't know how Anna-Jane does it but she managed to look in her 20s on stage even though I know she's in her 40s. With not only Ben Lewis but also Matthew Malthouse & Matthew Croke on stage I was spoilt for gorgous & talented men to look at! Matthew Malthouse is pretty busy, this is the 3rd show I've seen him in in under a year. It was also nice to finally see Nicolas Colicos again as I saw him in Kiss Me Kate back in 2002 & then haven't happened to see him in anything else in the intervening 14 years.
I was impressed by the production. There was much more set than I was expecting for a short running show & the train curving round the revolve (jolly glad this revolve worked after the Menier last week!) was very clever. They also managed plenty of costume changes for everyone including the ensemble. (The one thing that bugged me about Show Boat was the ensemble still wore the same 19th the century costumes at the end when the leads had changed into 1920s styles.)
I'm not sure I can see this one getting the West End transfer that Show Boat got but I'm glad I made the effort to go & see it.
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Post by grannyjx6 on Jan 15, 2017 0:09:29 GMT
Glad you enjoyed it Dawnstar. Sheffield is my home town and I will be seeing it on Tuesday evening. It's had rave reviews, but a friend of mine who is very much into musical theatre saw it at one of the previews and didn't like it (you can't please everyone). Probably won't transfer as last year Showboat, although was loved by all who saw it, wasn't a financial success in the West End. Anna-Jane Casey can appear any age can't she? I saw here in Flowers for Mrs Harris and she was playing a 50-60 year old!
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