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Post by mosiemo on Nov 6, 2019 21:25:59 GMT
Ceiling down? Anybody know?
Yes, apparently part of the ceiling came down:
That’s my friend’s tweet. We were at the back of the stalls and about half an hour in there were suddenly shouts from the circle and people screaming. The actors were called off the stage as the house lights went up after about a minute or so of confusion. The ushers did an excellent job of getting everyone out so quickly. We saw a handful of people bloodied and dusty and one woman with her head bandaged. Fire engines on the scene pretty quickly but with both roads blocked with roadworks it wasn’t as accessible as it could have been. Hopefully everyone is ok
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Post by mosiemo on Jun 22, 2018 17:57:36 GMT
Cher and Christine Baranski are on The Graham Norton Show tonight.
Has a complete song list been published yet for the new film?
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Post by mosiemo on Mar 1, 2018 10:48:03 GMT
Saw this on Saturday night and I have no words for how incredible Bernadette Peters was. The emotion she bought to the role was so touching in places that the performance was elevated far and above that of Bette's, who I saw last year. There was a review that said 'Bernadette Peters descends a staircase like she invented stairs' - and watching her come down that set of stairs had me grinning from ear to ear.
Christian Dante White was on for Gavin Creel and I thought he was excellent. Charlie Stemp was brilliant and was good to see him being given extended dance numbers. There's such an energy and joy to this production that you can't help coming out of the theatre with a big smile on your face.
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Post by mosiemo on Mar 1, 2018 10:33:52 GMT
Saw this show on Broadway at the weekend and it blew me away. It’s the second show recently that’s quickly become a firm favourite of mine. The spirit, message, and joy of the show is so uplifting and infectious. I’d love a production to come to the UK. I was there for the Saturday matinee, knew nothing about it going in but totally worth the early start for rush tickets, even if we only got standing. Completely fell in love with it, it made me cry and it made me laugh and I cannot wait to see it again.
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Post by mosiemo on Jan 30, 2018 11:01:54 GMT
So we're getting Waterloo and Cher singing Fernando I've long been of the opinion that wine is my soul mate. Good to see Cher taking inspiration from Norma Desmond for her descent down the staircase.
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Post by mosiemo on Nov 24, 2017 9:27:45 GMT
A Kinnock family outing at Labour of Love last night - Neil, Glenys, Stephen and Helle Thorning-Scmidt. Andy Serkis and Maureen Lipman also in the audience.
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Post by mosiemo on Nov 15, 2017 10:51:34 GMT
linkSo Long, Why Did It Have To Be Me?, Like An Angel Passing Through My Room, He Is Your Brother, Elaine, Happy Hawaii to name but a few Oh yes to all of the above. I’d love a bit of ‘I’ve Been Waiting For You’ in there...and ‘As Good As New’. I could go on, but mustn’t! Julie Walters has confirmed a couple of songs in a recent interview in the Liverpool Echo: “I sing Angeleyes and I’ve Been Waiting For You with Christine Baranski and Amanada Seyfried, who plays Sophie the daughter in the first one, the three of us do those two." She also said that Dancing Queen is in it again link
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Post by mosiemo on Oct 20, 2017 8:27:02 GMT
Maybe she’ll be playing Aunt Sophia that Sophie was named after. Just been scrolling through Judy Craymer's instagram (which is pretty much all Mamma Mia 2 stuff) and there's a picture on there of her with Celia Imrie with the tag 'The fabulous Celia Imrie on the set of #MammaMia2' - maybe she's playing Aunt Sophia?
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Post by mosiemo on Sept 26, 2017 16:31:48 GMT
Randy Rainbow cheers up a hopeless Tuesday: I love his videos and this is another great one. My favourite is 'Alternative Facts' which has the brilliant line to Kellyanne Conway - 'I wasn't laughing at you, sweetie, I was coughing...alternatively'
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Post by mosiemo on Sept 22, 2017 9:19:59 GMT
A few years back watching Spamalot, two couples in their 70's sit in the row behind us, one of the men in a loud voice says 'of course I last saw Camelot with Burton years ago, so I'm intrigued by this updated production'. At the interval he said 'well, this is quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever seen......isn't it fun?'
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Post by mosiemo on Aug 24, 2017 10:43:07 GMT
Oh I might have to go and re-read that now you mention it. I'm about to start Graham Norton's novel, which according to my Mother was actually quite good (and the Mother has a low tolerance for poor books). I'm also re-reading 'Fangirl' by Rainbow Rowell which I find a comforting read reminiscent of my own University years. I'm halfway through 'Holding'. Wasn't really expecting to enjoy it as much as I am, but so far it's a good read
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Post by mosiemo on Aug 24, 2017 9:26:36 GMT
The front row does look like it would be a bit of a stretch but then aren't you paying something like £15 to sit there? What did they expect? The best view in the house? I was actually speaking to the person who was sat behind the four at the end of the show, she paid £12 for her seat and said that after they'd moved she had a perfect view for the whole of the second act.
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Post by mosiemo on Aug 24, 2017 8:44:24 GMT
Saw this last night and very much enjoyed it. Stockard Channing and Laura Carmichael were excellent but agree with others that Freema Agyeman was the weak link. Sat at the end of row K and had no problems with sound, there was no-one in the seat next to me either so had plenty of room! At the interval four people on the front row were complaining to the usher that they couldn't sit there any longer as the stage was far too high and they had sore necks, so they moved to empty seats a few rows back. Has anyone from here sat there yet?
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Post by mosiemo on Aug 22, 2017 13:11:22 GMT
That's the first episode of EastEnders I watched in over 10 or so years because I know the guy that Ian's shaking hands with, and I only watched it because he was going to be in it!
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Post by mosiemo on Aug 21, 2017 16:24:45 GMT
Like glossie mine wasn't a quiz show - my twin sister and I were 8 on 8/8/88 which apparently is newsworthy....so we were on Newsround, BBC & ITV national news and the local news channels and the papers. Main thing I remember was every camera crew or set of photographers bringing a cake so we could blow out the candles, to be honest every birthday since has been a major disappointment in the cake department
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Post by mosiemo on Aug 20, 2017 19:33:40 GMT
Have been away for a few days so I've now caught up - the fact it's on every weekday can be a bit of a challenge! My drinking game in the first week is to have a drink whenever Gary says 'someone in this room will be the winner of Masterchef 2017'....
Some of the stuff they made this week was amazing, that chocolate firework dessert was incredible. So pleased it's back, love this programme.
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Post by mosiemo on Aug 18, 2017 14:48:11 GMT
Brian Conley officially confirmed this afternoon
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Post by mosiemo on Aug 14, 2017 14:45:17 GMT
Can there be an exemption that allows celebs to do Strictly and a cooking show (I would have just said Bake Off but it's dead to me now so my celebrity cooking show fix is limited solely to Celebrity Masterchef!)? Well, obviously, as Queen I could bend the rules for, say, anyone from Poldark. If you like Masterchef poster J maybe you might like to know MCAustralia season 9 begins this evening on W. Once you've watched that you will not return to the crappy British one. It is jaw-droppingly awesome. I love Masterchef Australia - thanks for the heads up it starts tonight, thought it was about due but too scared to google in case of spoilers!
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Post by mosiemo on Aug 10, 2017 9:20:38 GMT
Saw this on Monday evening with the family, delayed start with someone coming onstage at around 19:40 to say that Miranda had been taken ill backstage so there would be a further delay whilst the understudy got ready. Anne Smith did a great job, as did the girl playing Annie.
My nieces and nephew (ages 6-12) loved it, my mum huffed that Miranda wasn't on, and my dad said 'well, it was ok but I wouldn't see it again' - he was asleep for most of it
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Post by mosiemo on Jul 2, 2017 11:27:04 GMT
I was there on Thursday and she mentioned that she'd had bronchitis three weeks ago. She pretty much coughed and cleared her throat after nearly every song but vocally she still sounded great.
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Post by mosiemo on Jun 20, 2017 10:31:05 GMT
The Duck House - mainly cos we'd had a few cocktails before hand and fell asleep after about 15 minutes. Oh, and a play with Keira Knightley and Damian Lewis in rhyming couplets - can't remember for the life of me what it was called - but I do remember the Spanish lady in the seat next to me who answered her phone and proceeded to have a conversation, despite me and everyone round her trying to get her to shut up!
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Post by mosiemo on Jun 20, 2017 10:17:00 GMT
Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor at The Little Foxes on Broadway on Saturday night
Stephen Colbert, Ted Mosby, Jimmy Smits and Mario Cantone at Six Degrees of Separation
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Post by mosiemo on Jun 20, 2017 10:10:45 GMT
I saw this twice at the weekend and if possible loved it more than before. Since April there have been some small changes, when Norma first appears her hair is slightly dishevelled and she's not wearing any jewellery, which is a pity because I loved that red necklace! Glenn was truly fabulous, standing ovations both times for As If We Never Said Goodbye. It was good to see Siobhan Dillon again, I'd seen her wonderful understudy Britney Coleman previously, and I do think that Fred Johanson is great as Max.
At stage door a member of the ensemble said that they are currently in discussions to take the production to Australia in November. Potentially for a week in Sydney and a week in Melbourne. Tbh he didn't sound pretty confident that it would happen but that was his reply when someone asked him if it was going to be extended, recorded, or transferred.
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Post by mosiemo on May 19, 2017 7:39:33 GMT
Do we know yet the plans with regard to the staging? I never saw the ENO production (one of my biggest life regrets!), but I always found the look of that set a lot more effective than what I have seen of the 90's set, which whilst lavish, I like the scaled down design. A couple of people have tweeted Ria Jones about the staging and her reply was that it is 'a fully staged production with the orchestra in the pit'
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Post by mosiemo on May 11, 2017 9:24:50 GMT
So many years after loving and semi-obsessing over the French hit Notre Dame De Paris (which had a questionable run in London- which I never saw), I got the chance to see the currently 20th Anniversary tour in Geneva. Overall, glad I saw it, despite having to spend an entire rainy day in Geneva and catching a flight out from the crack of dawn. I was also in Geneva last weekend (my friend was running in the marathon on Sunday) and only saw a poster for this in the airport on my return home, which was a shame. We ended up escaping the shocking weather for a couple of hours in a bar where the tab ended up costing more than the hotel - wish I'd spent the time seeing this instead! Glad you enjoyed it and your trip was worth it
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Post by mosiemo on May 9, 2017 11:54:55 GMT
I do wonder if recording it live, as some of the Broadway boards are saying, would of impacted it? Because I can imagine the atmosphere of it being live would of been electric! The atmosphere was absolutely electric when I saw it and it seemed to zip along - no wonder then that this seems rather flat in comparison
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Post by mosiemo on May 3, 2017 8:39:49 GMT
It is said that the final note of With One Look and the finale are piped in through the sound system. I'll b(ay) *click* m(aaaaaaayyyy!!!) I'd say that you're right on this, ali973 - I saw it twice during my recent NY trip and all 4 times she hit the note.....however there did seem to be a tiny gap between her opening her mouth and the sound coming out on the final note on Sunday.... That said, still loved it and thought that Fred Johanson in particular was excellent, Siobhan Dillon was off and her understudy, Britney Coleman, was fabulous. Bit more merch here than at London, I got the souvenir brochure and a mug to add to my collection. I managed to resist the Norma collection jewellery, which looks like they bought out the remaining stock of Elizabeth Duke jewellery from Argos....
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Post by mosiemo on May 2, 2017 14:14:07 GMT
Saw this on Saturday night and absolutely loved it. Have never seen Hello, Dolly before but was familiar with most of the more well known songs. The set and the costumes were fabulous as were the cast. Bette sounded hoarse in places, and people who I'd met who had seen the matinee said she had a coughing fit on stage and had water bought out, so she's obviously still suffering.
Audience was up for it from the beginning with standing ovations throughout, and they lapped it up when Bette broke character when she dropped a baton. I was sat next to a Bette Midler super fan who said that this was her first time in a theatre - that was obvious when she pulled out her phone and started recording. She came back late from the interval looking like the merch stand had thrown up on her and wore the Hello, Dolly baseball hat for the remainder of the second act. Only thing I didn't enjoy was the clapping along with songs...
Looking forward to getting a copy of the cast recording next week and I've had a big smile on my face since coming out of the theatre
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Post by mosiemo on May 2, 2017 13:48:05 GMT
Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson and Bernadette Peters at Hello Dolly on Saturday night
(and Tony Bennett walking his dog in Central Park on Saturday morning - fully aware that's not a theatre but it's been my fav celeb spot to date!)
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Post by mosiemo on Apr 26, 2017 13:24:24 GMT
I can't confirm if it's true or not, but it's possible. And normally I would think that if they do have a click track, it's probably there to boost her up and not to completely substitute her vocals. So she probably starts the big note, but somewhere in the middle a click track is introduced and her actual live vocal faded out. The person who told me claims she did it fully live in London, but they decided to be on the safe side in New York. Interesting, I'm off to NY this weekend and have tickets for Sunday, will keep an ear out!
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