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Post by deej4life on Apr 6, 2024 13:14:40 GMT
Maddison Firth is on as Elphaba for the matinee today (6th April, 2024).
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Post by deej4life on Apr 17, 2024 13:45:15 GMT
Stephanie Lindo was on as Nessarose last night for the opening night performance in Bradford (16th April, 2024).
Casey Al-Shaqsy is on as Elphaba for the matinee today (17th April, 2024).
Lydia Gerrard is on as Glinda for the evening show tonight.
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Post by deej4life on Apr 23, 2024 21:10:30 GMT
Frazer Woolcot made his debut as Fiyero tonight (23rd April, 2024).
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Post by deej4life on May 2, 2024 1:54:31 GMT
Casey Al-Shaqsy was on as Elphaba on Tuesday night (30th April, 2024).
Casey Al-Shaqsy was on as Elphaba and James Gower-Smith was on as The Wizard/Dr Dillamond for the evening show (1st May, 2024).
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Post by deej4life on May 2, 2024 14:52:16 GMT
Adam Stickler is making his debut as The Wizard/Dr Dillamond tonight (2nd May, 2024).
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Post by deej4life on May 11, 2024 15:35:49 GMT
Casey Al-Shaqsy is on as Elphaba for the matinee today. Russell Dickson is on as Fiyero for both shows today (11th May, 2024).
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Post by westended on May 18, 2024 10:05:12 GMT
Who’s the Musical Director and Assistant Musical Director on this tour?
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Post by Peter on May 18, 2024 10:25:32 GMT
Musical Director / Conductor MATTHEW J. LOUGHRAN Assistant Musical Director HARRY HADEN-BROWN
(that’s who it was in Bristol anyway!)
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Post by anthony40 on May 23, 2024 8:23:26 GMT
There's a post on Twitter- at last night's performance in London for the final bows Glinda got stuck in her bubble.
She hovered above as every other cast member took their bows.
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Post by newda on May 25, 2024 22:29:46 GMT
Just stopping by to say that Casey Al-Shaqsy is brilliant.
I still want to see Laura Pick, but tonight more than made up for her being off.
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Post by hamiltonstradition on May 26, 2024 22:00:36 GMT
There's a post on Twitter- at last night's performance in London for the final bows Glinda got stuck in her bubble. She hovered above as every other cast member took their bows. Broadway not London.
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Post by deej4life on May 29, 2024 21:50:47 GMT
Updates from the tour have been a bit slow as of late, as cast members are being asked not to share that they are performing until after the show.
Casey Al-Shaqsy was on as Elphaba for both shows last Saturday (25th May, 2024) and took over midshow at the matinee the following day, performing at the evening show also. For both shows that Sunday, Megan Gardiner was on as Glinda, Stephanie Lindo was on as Nessarose and Julie Cloke was on as Madame Morrible (26th May, 2024).
Casey was on as Elphaba for the matinee today, and Maddison Firth is on as Elphaba for the evening show (29th May, 2024).
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Post by deej4life on May 30, 2024 22:16:07 GMT
Cases Al-Shaqsy was on as Elphaba and Megan Gardiner was on as Glinda tonight (30th May, 2024).
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Post by deej4life on May 31, 2024 19:38:41 GMT
Casey Al-Shaqsy is on as Elphaba tonight (31st May, 2024).
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Post by newda on Jun 4, 2024 20:16:47 GMT
Sitrep: Still haven't managed to catch Laura, but Casey's still ace. Such great power to her voice.
And personally I think Megan Gardiner does a better Gaahhhhlinda.
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Post by Negamuse on Jun 5, 2024 9:52:03 GMT
Caught the tour in Southampton last night and it was fun as always and sparkly and slick as it should be.
One gripe though, maybe my aging ears but it felt like the sound mix was a bit off. Very amped music and consequently the leads were practically screaming at times to be heard over it, to the detriment of clarity. Seemed to be running faster than I remember it too, slowing down to normal pace for defying gravity mercifully so the drama of that landed but it had felt like a rattle up to then.
I say all this because the cast were excellent but it feels like they were being fought by the production a bit. Which is a pity as when given the space they really shone. It's a high energy show that's at its best when it's being given the energy it deserves but they can pull the volume and the tempo back a bit and trust their cast a bit more to deliver, which they all did.
Chistery being a lectern in no good deed was a surprise, also found myself thinking did they always fly students in the lion rescue? Weird if I've managed to miss that 10 times but whatever, that section always feels a bit goofy to me but I really bought it this trip.
Don't usually see tours and I was surprised to not have applause on big entrances? The crowd seemed to warm up noticeably when the big hitting numbers came on and that's on the performance of the cast who were brilliant.
8/10 fwiw
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Post by thecursedexpress on Jun 5, 2024 21:11:03 GMT
Caught the tour in Southampton last night and it was fun as always and sparkly and slick as it should be. One gripe though, maybe my aging ears but it felt like the sound mix was a bit off. Very amped music and consequently the leads were practically screaming at times to be heard over it, to the detriment of clarity. Seemed to be running faster than I remember it too, slowing down to normal pace for defying gravity mercifully so the drama of that landed but it had felt like a rattle up to then. I say all this because the cast were excellent but it feels like they were being fought by the production a bit. Which is a pity as when given the space they really shone. It's a high energy show that's at its best when it's being given the energy it deserves but they can pull the volume and the tempo back a bit and trust their cast a bit more to deliver, which they all did. Chistery being a lectern in no good deed was a surprise, also found myself thinking did they always fly students in the lion rescue? Weird if I've managed to miss that 10 times but whatever, that section always feels a bit goofy to me but I really bought it this trip. Don't usually see tours and I was surprised to not have applause on big entrances? The crowd seemed to warm up noticeably when the big hitting numbers came on and that's on the performance of the cast who were brilliant. 8/10 fwiw The students flying is only for the tours, doesn't happen in London.
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Post by Negamuse on Jun 6, 2024 14:21:41 GMT
Ha! Ok, that explains it, I've only seen the tour once before. I like it, it adds a bit of magic to that scene!
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Post by sb on Jun 6, 2024 19:56:08 GMT
Nice to hear the students still fly in that scene. When I saw the show in Bradford in May there must have been an issue with the set as nothing was flown in/out for the top of the set.
Laura Pick ran offstage to grab the broom during Defying Gravity.
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Post by deej4life on Jun 8, 2024 14:28:08 GMT
On Tuesday Casey Al-Shaqsy was on as Elphaba, Megan Gardiner was on as Glinda and Stephanie Lindo was on as Nessarose (4th June, 2024).
On Thursday Megan Gardiner was on as Glinda and Stephanie Lindo was on as Nessarose (6th June, 2024).
On Friday Lydia Gerrard was on as Glinda and Nick Len was on as Boq (7th June, 2024).
Maddison Firth is making her debut as Nessarose today, and is on for both shows (8th June, 2024).
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