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Post by couldileaveyou on Apr 29, 2021 10:27:18 GMT
It's a decent score by Andrew Lippa and Carolee Carmello sang the living hell out of it. Rachel Tucker's "The Road Ends Here" will be terrific
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Post by Being Alive on Apr 29, 2021 10:46:57 GMT
There's a gorgeous off Broadway version of Kate Baldwin too.
Lovely to have Rachel in a musical again, even better that it's somewhere so intimate like Southwark
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Post by vickyg on Apr 29, 2021 10:59:48 GMT
This is the first thing that's tempted me to book non socially distanced. And I'm *really* tempted.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Apr 29, 2021 11:25:50 GMT
I'm excited. Understandably fringe shows appear to be slow announcing news compared to the McMusicals and I was starting to worry.
I'm taking my mum. We have wine snob cousins called John & Joan so we've renamed this show!
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Post by robertb213 on Apr 29, 2021 13:39:42 GMT
It's in The Little which can get kinda grim in the heighr of summer, and does tend to pack them in, but seeing Rachel Tucker in such an intimate space has to be done.
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Apr 29, 2021 15:57:08 GMT
It's in The Little which can get kinda grim in the heighr of summer. Those days are thankfully no more! |
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Post by ThereWillBeSun on Apr 29, 2021 16:07:47 GMT
This was at the Union Theatre which I watched. Beautiful score but the actress wasn't the best.
Saw Kate Baldwin do a show off Broadway - she was amazing, the show was.... um - NOT VERY GOOD.
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Post by anthony40 on Apr 29, 2021 17:06:35 GMT
Here is a preview clip
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Post by alece10 on Apr 29, 2021 17:10:09 GMT
I rather liked the clip. I shall give this a go as I like Andrew Lippa's music and love Rachel Tuckers voice.
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Post by originalconceptlive on Apr 29, 2021 20:23:16 GMT
It's kind of interesting that this revised version is set in 1985 (Act 1) and 2005 (Act 2), rather than - mostly - the 60s and 90s respectively like the original. I'm so used to the specific 60s cultural clash between the siblings in Act 1. But who knows, the change might work great.
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Post by ncbears on Apr 30, 2021 3:25:00 GMT
{Spoiler - click to view}
I presume John will now die in the first US invasion of Iraq (1991) rather than Vietnam. Also interesting that Jason Robert Brown has redone the orchestrations. Not clear who has re-written the lyrics/book to account for the "updating". |
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Post by vabbian on Jun 29, 2021 16:34:29 GMT
Rachel Tucker really butters my muffin so I would like to book this
However can't assign a seat when booking a ticket... I don't like that
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 29, 2021 19:24:24 GMT
Rachel Tucker really butters my muffin so I would like to book this However can't assign a seat when booking a ticket... I don't like that Yeah it's playing in The Little which doesn't have seat numbers, they change the layout for every production and you just sit wherever you want when you get there. Just get there 10 minutes earlier than you would normally and you'll be fine. Rachel is always worth it 😁 |
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Post by amp09 on Jun 29, 2021 21:00:59 GMT
Rachel Tucker really butters my muffin so I would like to book this However can't assign a seat when booking a ticket... I don't like that Selling a ticket for closing night at the standard price or best offer if it’s of interest to anyone. It’s on the noticeboard. |
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Post by vabbian on Jul 1, 2021 11:53:49 GMT
Rachel Tucker really butters my muffin so I would like to book this However can't assign a seat when booking a ticket... I don't like that Yeah it's playing in The Little which doesn't have seat numbers, they change the layout for every production and you just sit wherever you want when you get there. Just get there 10 minutes earlier than you would normally and you'll be fine. Rachel is always worth it 😁 cut to me camping outside to see the queen of Northern Ireland  |
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Post by amp09 on Aug 5, 2021 22:46:10 GMT
Caught this tonight as my final show of my 2 day trip. Brilliant performances
from Lewis and Rachel. To be able to watch Rachel belt out a tune in the way she does so well in such an intimate venue will certainly give you goosebumps. A really decent score that soars with these two acting their socks off. Tissues at the ready…
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Aug 6, 2021 20:49:36 GMT
I don’t know anything about musical theatre but I enjoyed this, despite the sweatbox that is the SWP’s studio. However I felt changing the era did not work at all.
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Post by CG on the loose on Aug 8, 2021 19:12:22 GMT
Sweatbox? It was so cold in there last night I nearly asked if they had a blanket! Getting soaked on my way to the theatre probably didn't help.
As for the show, I loved it (as did Rachel's little boy who was watching with his Dad and loudly declared it "very good" as the lights came up at the interval). Rachel and Lewis work beautifully together and their vocals aren't too shabby either.
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Post by Being Alive on Aug 8, 2021 19:33:23 GMT
It was like an oven in there yesterday afternoon...
I liked it, but I didn't love it.
Both Rachel and Lewis work well together in the piece. I did find the first half to be massively depressing, but the humour is all in Act 2 and it to me felt like a much better show in the second half. 3 stars Act 1, 4 stars Act 2.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Aug 15, 2021 7:19:33 GMT
Southwark have hit theatrical gold with this and Mincemeat running simultaneously.
The band sound glorious. 3 strings and keys in such small space is an absolute luxury.
Both performers are knockout and I loved the piece. I was a mess in act 1, thinking about my relationship with my sister. Mum was a mess in 2 thinking her relationship with ... We both hugged each other at the end.
❤️❤️❤️
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Post by robertb213 on Aug 18, 2021 21:28:07 GMT
I remembered I had some PAYG credits for the Southwark Playhouse so took a spontaneous trip down tonight to see this.
It didn't quite land for me. Rachel Tucker and Lewis Cornay both give great performances but the music didn't do much for me. There aren't many standout songs and it all starts to sound the same, however well it's sung. Rachel's 'The Road Ends Here' is the obvious highlight and she nails it. She really is one of the finest examples of how to act through song.
Worth a watch and lovely to be in such an intimate space. I'm giving the score another go on the train home but I can't cope with Carolee Carmello's voice, I might have to switch to the Kate Baldwin one!
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Post by Someone in a tree on Aug 19, 2021 5:23:22 GMT
I much prefer the orchestraions on the Kate Baldwin recording
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Post by zahidf on Aug 19, 2021 9:41:10 GMT
Wasnt too hot on the plot, but i enjoyed the songs and it was funny in places, so a good show in a good venue
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Post by amp09 on Aug 20, 2021 17:35:15 GMT
Have a spare ticket for tomorrow night for this. Paid £22, will accept best offer as don’t want it going to waste.
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