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Post by Deal J on Oct 23, 2016 19:53:08 GMT
I went last night for the 2nd preview, and there were still technical issues - thankfully it started on time, but it took 3 goes to get the technical side sorted. Not a problem given it's a preview, but when a less patient member of the audience starts singing "Why are we waiting" it does lessen the impact! There was another technical issue in the second half meaning a rather pivotal scene had to be re-started, so tension was lost - but overall I found it really enjoyable and the lighting and use of projection was impressive. It's more atmospheric than it is scary, but then the same can be said of the film.
On the other end of the scale is the 15 minute "Séance" being performed in a shipping container outside the Rep theatre - utterly terrifying!
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Post by Deal J on Oct 1, 2016 14:04:07 GMT
I'm so excited for this. Imelda will of course be fabulous. I think Janie Dee will make a good Phyllis as long as she learns her bloody lines! Every time I've seen her she's fluffed more than her fair share of lyrics. Can't imagine her doing well with Jessie & Lucy!
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Post by Deal J on Sept 19, 2016 22:15:28 GMT
Hey ho. We can't all like the same stuff. What did you just call me?!
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Post by Deal J on Aug 10, 2016 15:46:39 GMT
I love her and wish I'd seen her in the Original London Cast of "Into the Woods", she makes a great Baker's Wife on the OLC recording.
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Post by Deal J on Aug 7, 2016 11:49:47 GMT
My favourite: When a person's personality is personable... It's harder than a matador coercing a bull...
And not QUITE his, but whenever I visit my parents I sing: I like the town of Prestatyn / Smoke on your pipe and put that in!
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Post by Deal J on Jul 17, 2016 15:53:43 GMT
If I've understood correctly, the rights were sold to Lou Adler so 20th Century Fox own anything on screen. Richard O'Brien gets little in the way of royalties for anything on screen, but has more involvement creatively and financially with anything on stage.
I believe those complications meant there could only be one cinema broadcast of the recent Playhouse production, and that's also why it's unlikely that the broadcast would ever get a DVD release.
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Post by Deal J on Apr 28, 2016 0:22:00 GMT
Pinot noir - caviar!
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Post by Deal J on Apr 22, 2016 18:55:31 GMT
What is what that awful artwork though? Hmm...let's stage a gay play, let's put one of the Village People on the poster. Good casting mind, but surprised they're doing this. If I remember correctly there's a stripper dressed as a cowboy in the play. It's still an awful poster, but at least there's some relevance!
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Post by Deal J on Mar 8, 2016 19:06:55 GMT
It can be lovely on a nice summers evening but once the sun goes down and it gets dark it can get a bit chilly as you are sitting and not moving around. I usually take a blanket for my poor old knees. Only once have I been rained out when I went to see Into The Woods. 10 mins into Act 2 they pulled the plug. Unfortunately as it was almost at the end of the run I didnt get a chance to go back and see it right through. Just in case you weren't already aware, they filmed it and it's available to buy or rent on Digital Theatre.
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Post by Deal J on Feb 13, 2016 13:29:43 GMT
Oh wow, I didn't realise they'd recorded one with the London Cast! Very exciting.
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Post by Deal J on Jan 23, 2016 15:25:48 GMT
Hello! Thanks to everyone involved in setting up the new forum.
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