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Post by kulen on Dec 3, 2017 13:41:32 GMT
One person down. I legit can’t wait to see the pics of the audience😂
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Post by kulen on Dec 3, 2017 12:15:04 GMT
Did Ruth's show sell out? Yep both nights it did
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Post by kulen on Dec 3, 2017 11:02:32 GMT
Oh well.
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Post by kulen on Dec 3, 2017 10:43:03 GMT
I do feel sorry for Marisha. Her show has tanked. None of them have been sold out and a lot of seats are still available. Completely tanked this concert tbh. Even bringing Rachel and Tyrone hasn’t help her. She has done so much promotion for nothing. And yet her recent Instagram posts are claiming “tickets selling fast”. Oh dear. The general public are not here for marisha sadly. Only the diehard fans will turn up. And app they can’t even fill up the theatre 😆
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Post by kulen on Dec 3, 2017 9:34:58 GMT
I do feel sorry for Marisha. Her show has tanked. None of them have been sold out and a lot of seats are still available. Completely tanked this concert tbh. Even bringing Rachel and Tyrone hasn’t help her. She has done so much promotion for nothing.
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Post by kulen on Nov 27, 2017 15:54:29 GMT
Is liisi dating the ensemble member, I can’t remeber his name?
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Post by kulen on Nov 26, 2017 19:34:57 GMT
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Post by kulen on Nov 26, 2017 19:33:46 GMT
I wasn't that impressed with the audio of Moya's first AIATY. The first minute where she was going into her head voice didn't sound right. I can't describe it any better than that. Apart from that she just reminded me of Marisha. I think I just prefer Amber's slightly cleaner vocals. Ive conlcuded that I'm unimpressed also. I seems that all the Effie's are directed to do the high screeches after "Please dont go! Away from me! Stay with me! Stay with me!" regardless of whether it sounds good with their voice or not. Heres her best performance: And her Debut Audio: Her most recent performance just doesnt seem to have a patch on her old one - which gives me goosebumps and feels the entire way through! I honestly find it much more effective when Moya starts low and growly for the "Please Dont go!" part of the song, I'm not even sure why, it just feels so natural and raw to her voice. its pretty much the exact same criticism that karen got. It takes a while for actors to get into the role, especially as an alt.
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Post by kulen on Nov 25, 2017 12:26:24 GMT
Thinking of giving this another go soon, saw Amber 3 times in the original cast and she was great (I'm a huge Glee fan) but which Effie would you say is most worth seeing now she's gone? Have heard great things about Marisha but not sure if that's just because she's doing the most shows. It’s pretty subjective. Depends on what you really want to see.
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Post by kulen on Nov 24, 2017 16:29:20 GMT
Karen hasn't made her "lead" debut yet. Also, how are they gonna handle a Press Night situation for the new cast? Surely it ki da defeats the purpose of making sure a lead is always on so no one can complain if Marisha is the one reviewed in the press, it sets her up to be the lead to the general public (or at least those who read reviews), so some are gonna be dissapointed? What happened to Ruth? I still can’t help but think what happened? I thought she might of had come back
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Post by kulen on Nov 24, 2017 15:45:45 GMT
Making her 'Debut' tomorrow, cant decide if I should go! I really want to but I can’t! If you have the chance go go go! She’s gonna slay it i am so so sure about it!
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Post by kulen on Nov 24, 2017 15:30:07 GMT
Audios of Marisha and Moya singing AIATY from this week have appeared on YouTube. Marisha as great as ever, but Moya is a MACHINE. What a vocal! I agree, both of them sound amazing from this week! You're in safe hands with either it seems! And Karen 😫🔥
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Post by kulen on Nov 23, 2017 7:39:14 GMT
I find the new “shared” leads to be actually quite annoying. They promised that all of them will be sharing the role, it’s not really sharing when marisha has like 6 shows and the rest of the 2 go to Karen or Moya. It’s pretty much marisha the lead and incase she misses a show dreamgirls avoids all the complaints of not having the lead! Such a shame.
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Post by kulen on Nov 20, 2017 20:10:52 GMT
It does seem harsh on Karen but also i imagine she would have known this when signing on for another year and so must be somewhat okay with it. Not only that, but let's not forget this is her WE/Theatre debut and it's in one of the biggest shows in the West End playing one of the most iconic female musical theatre roles?. Whether she plays one night or 8 shows, this is an incredible opportunity for her and indeed anyone. Let's face it, she was hardly known before this despite her x-factor appearance. She's lucky regardless of how many shows she gets to do. I totally get that, I was more looking into the fact that it was really pushed as a shared role. In reality it’s the same situation as before just Marisha has been promoted and replaced by Moya. I agree. Same thing OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I can’t imagine been her, it’s must be so tough. The Wednesday shows are as well really shocking as Karen mav should at least be scheduled on one of the Wednesday shows with Moya and marisha to give her a chance. Shocking. Karen should just move on.
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Post by kulen on Nov 19, 2017 15:28:21 GMT
Lily has clearly had way too much free time, she said on Instagram has written a full legnth play in the time she was at Dreamgirls. Okay. But she has one of the best attendance in the whole show. She barely missed shows. Mabye after a show she would work her arse off all night long to write a play. I get you don’t like her or her performance of Michelle Morris but that doesn’t mean you should diss her work or comment how much spare time she had, lily only gives you abit of her personal life not all of it, just remember that she did it and it takes a lot of hardwork
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Post by kulen on Nov 18, 2017 13:46:03 GMT
Is Amber doing the Mattinee today? Nope, it’s marisha
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Post by kulen on Nov 12, 2017 21:20:17 GMT
Having just watched the video of Karen I was not overly impressed. I was one of the ones who did leave a fairly harsh criticism of Karen in the early days. This video in my eyes just sees her screaming the song. Her vocals are harsh and croaky. It is one of the reasons that I do not rate the show very much. The songs are shouted out mostly and often drowned out anyway by the cheering crowd. It often seems like a concert rather than a theatre show. Just my opinion though. amber riley can sing flawlessly, no question about that. but the type of voice that should be of Effie should be something of Karen or Marisha, Amber's vocals are too light for the character. Just look at jennifer holiday, it was more like marisha.
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Post by kulen on Nov 12, 2017 10:11:20 GMT
Wow, she's awesome in this video. I remember her getting a lot of very harsh criticism when she first began in the role but it seems she has vastly improved. Would love to see her. she got very harsh comments when she started i suspect due to producers only caring about Amber and Marisha leaving Karen to do the odd show when both of them were not able to do so, leaving her no chance of improving. I would also think Amber's absences in shows even though she was scheduled to go on but they saw Karen instead caused a stir, so people weren't here for Karen unfortunately leaving harsh comments. Keeping in mind this video was from about May-June this year so I would think she has improved now even more as she is one of the leads.
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Post by kulen on Nov 9, 2017 22:00:49 GMT
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Post by kulen on Nov 3, 2017 20:09:25 GMT
Going from Brennyn's instagram it doesn't look like she's joined rehearsals yet? I noticed that too. On one of the new ensemble members Instagram stories they posted a snippet of Its All Over and there was someone who wasn't Liisi singing Deena's lines. Possibly the new understudy? What’s the link?
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Post by kulen on Oct 22, 2017 9:15:11 GMT
Who’s the new Deena?
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Post by kulen on Oct 17, 2017 17:09:57 GMT
By now, don't expect any shock celeb casting if they haven't announced it already. The Effie takeover isn't a star or celeb, so unless they have star cast Deena and are gonna announce it late, it will be fresh faces to the production who we may of seen in Ensemble roles or Supporting roles in other musicals. you sound like you know something danieljohnson14 Something is telling me that Jocasta will be Deena and marisha will obvs be Effie White.
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Post by kulen on Oct 15, 2017 12:41:22 GMT
I was also at the matinee yesterday and have some thoughts. Karen was OUTSTANDING. The improvement she has made throughout her run is incredible, I can't even compare her from when I first saw her as it feels like two different performers. Especially her AIATY which was so much more controlled and clear. All of her big numbers were fantastic, and she was well received. I really hope she stays for another year! Jocasta, who I hated as Deena when I first saw her back in April, was also terrific! There is so much thought put in her performance, and she doesn't try and imitate Liisi. She definitely deserves to be first cover. Nicholas Bailey once again slayed the house down as Marty, but what's new. The show was really good as a whole, and was interesting to see only 3 stepsisters instead of 4 in the opening number. am i the only one that finds karen's one night only rendition to be bad?
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Post by kulen on Oct 15, 2017 9:32:50 GMT
Just saw today’s matinee!! It was amazing. Karen as Effie today. She has improved drastically. Jocasta as Deena is to die for!! Great to hear! How would you compare Karen’s and I am telling you in her performance today to the video of her singing it on YouTube? Her 'and i am telling you' is so much more smoother and clear however theres bits of growling in some parts, not as many as in the video (at least its not straining). Her voice is much clearer and stronger now. I feel she has now really gotten into the role and has found her inner Effie you can say. Producers now seem to be giving her a lot more shows. She did about 3 shows this week. So she's going through the right direction. The new CC as you said was absolutely dreadful. However, one problem with Karen is her rendition of 'one night only', vocally its not there and its clear she struggles with it unfortunately.
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Post by kulen on Oct 14, 2017 17:11:02 GMT
Just saw today’s matinee!! It was amazing. Karen as Effie today. She has improved drastically. Jocasta as Deena is to die for!!
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Post by kulen on Oct 13, 2017 17:30:44 GMT
Oh gosh. In my opinion Kimmy has a very aggressive voice, its almost like she combined loud talking with vibrato and called it singing. But like Ali said, its not her fault at all. It seems like the producers make extremely strange choices when casting! It just baffles me, honestly. The new CC really isn't up to a good standard, it really bugs me. How is the new CC? Never seen him. I saw Tyrone twice and he was amazing but when i wanted to catch the new one ( Joshua ) I got durone stokes and he was really good but just not the best at singing it compared to Tyrone. Have you seen Jocasta as Deena to?
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Post by kulen on Oct 13, 2017 16:55:20 GMT
There is a video of kimmy Edwards singing “listen” with Amber Riley on yt. Amber as always was great but ms.edwards was a mess
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Post by kulen on Oct 9, 2017 17:09:20 GMT
OMG!! Press night in the savoy tonight. Any idea?
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Post by kulen on Oct 7, 2017 11:55:21 GMT
any news on the cast change?
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