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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 25, 2017 11:17:40 GMT
Saw it twice in Manchester, I didn't see that happen. Yeah, she did when I saw it - she was up in her bedroom and would "float" out of the window on the wires. Whaaaaaat? Mind you, there's a lot going on generally isn't there. I've probably forgotten it. |
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Post by danb on Aug 25, 2017 11:29:02 GMT
Yeah, she did when I saw it - she was up in her bedroom and would "float" out of the window on the wires. Whaaaaaat? Mind you, there's a lot going on generally isn't there. I've probably forgotten it. They cut it a few shows in Burly... I think that IJWQ was the least MT/most experimental song in the show which had me thinking I was going to hate it the first time. It had such a dream like, slightly druggy quality to the staging which was very atmospheric. However, it did slow the show down a touch, and if they are looking at a manageable transfer they've done the right thing in shaving off another five minutes. Otherwise the poor cast would never eat on a two show day! (Such is the thirst for their time at Stage door!🙄) |
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Post by richey on Aug 30, 2017 6:19:42 GMT
Saw it twice in Manchester, I didn't see that happen. Yeah, she did when I saw it - she was up in her bedroom and would "float" out of the window on the wires. Yep she definitely did it when I saw it, but that was early in the Manchester run. It was one of my favourite parts of the show |
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Post by tonyloco on Aug 31, 2017 11:05:45 GMT
Looking back over the recent posts on this thread, it seems to me to be regrettable when the production team of a major show keeps tinkering with it, usually to cut bits that fans have enjoyed. I suppose they are trying to improve the show overall but it is extremely aggravating to go back for another visit and find that a favourite number or bit of business is no longer there. Let's hope that when Bat comes back to London in 2018 it will have all the cut bits reinstated and if everything is not there then Theatre Board members should organise a protest!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2017 11:11:37 GMT
Looking back over the recent posts on this thread, it seems to me to be regrettable when the production team of a major show keeps tinkering with it, usually to cut bits that fans have enjoyed. I suppose they are trying to improve the show overall but it is extremely aggravating to go back for another visit and find that a favourite number or bit of business is no longer there. Let's hope that when Bat comes back to London in 2018 it will have all the cut bits reinstated and if everything is not there then Theatre Board members should organise a protest! I think the problem is that Bat has such passionate fans (and I include myself in that) that ANY cut song would lead to them being a bit miffed. As ever though, the biggest fans a very small % of the ticket buyers, and Joe Public likes his shows short and sharp. Agree is a shame though and I too dream of a no cuts version. I find the line "and I never really sleep anymore" in Just Won't Quit really resonates emotionally with me. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2017 12:09:31 GMT
I really miss this show. The West End should never have to cope without two and a half hours of Jim Steinman music in its midst every night.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2017 14:17:12 GMT
Nominations are open for this year's Broadway World UK Awards. After Andrew's great win in The Stage Awards, it'd be great to continue the fortune with some success for the team in the BWUK Awards which has far more categories. Here's a list of everyone who is eligible, and which categories you can nominate them in: Best Acting Ensemble in a New Production of a Play or Musical Bat Out of Hell Best Actor in a New Production of a Musical Andrew Polec Best Actress in a New Production of a Musical Christina Bennington Best Choreography of a New Production of a Play or Musical Emma Portner Best Costume Design of a New Production of a Play or Musical Jon Bausor and Meentje Nielsen (joint) Best Direction of a New Production of a Musical Jay Scheib Best Lighting Design of a New Production of a Play or Musical Patrick Woodroffe Best New Production of a Musical Bat Out of Hell Best Performance by an Understudy / Alternate in Any Play or Musical Jemma Alexander Emily Benjamin Stuart Boother Georgia Carling Jonathon Cordin Jordan Lee Davies Olly Dobson Hannah Ducharme Rosalind James Ruben van Keer Eve Norris Tim Oxbrow Andrew Patrick-Walker Benjamin Purkiss Anthony Selwyn Patrick Sullivan Best Set Design of a New Production of a New Production of a Play or Musical Jon Bausor Best Sound Design of a New Production of a Play or Musical Gareth Owen Best Supporting Actor in a New Production of a Musical Rob Fowler Dom Hartley-Harris Aran McRae Giovanni Spano Patrick Sullivan Best Supporting Actress in a New Production of a Musical Sharon Sexton Danielle Steers t.co/dmPQ0ptccU |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2017 14:51:38 GMT
Nominations are open for this year's Broadway World UK Awards. After Andrew's great win in The Stage Awards, it'd be great to continue the fortune with some success for the team in the BWUK Awards which has far more categories. Here's a list of everyone who is eligible, and which categories you can nominate them in: Best Acting Ensemble in a New Production of a Play or Musical Bat Out of Hell Best Actor in a New Production of a Musical Andrew Polec Best Actress in a New Production of a Musical Christina Bennington Best Choreography of a New Production of a Play or Musical Emma Portner Best Costume Design of a New Production of a Play or Musical Jon Bausor and Meentje Nielsen (joint) Best Direction of a New Production of a Musical Jay Scheib Best Lighting Design of a New Production of a Play or Musical Patrick Woodroffe Best New Production of a Musical Bat Out of Hell Best Performance by an Understudy / Alternate in Any Play or Musical Jemma Alexander Emily Benjamin Stuart Boother Georgia Carling Jonathon Cordin Jordan Lee Davies Olly Dobson Hannah Ducharme Rosalind James Ruben van Keer Eve Norris Tim Oxbrow Andrew Patrick-Walker Benjamin Purkiss Anthony Selwyn Patrick Sullivan Best Set Design of a New Production of a New Production of a Play or Musical Jon Bausor Best Sound Design of a New Production of a Play or Musical Gareth Owen Best Supporting Actor in a New Production of a Musical Rob Fowler Dom Hartley-Harris Aran McRae Giovanni Spano Patrick Sullivan Best Supporting Actress in a New Production of a Musical Sharon Sexton Danielle Steers t.co/dmPQ0ptccUSo, the entire cast? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2017 14:56:21 GMT
Here's a list of everyone who is eligible, and which categories you can nominate them in: So, the entire cast? No, only those who cover one of the main roles. In an award for "Best Understudy" everybody who is an understudy will be eligible. |
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Post by d'James on Sept 19, 2017 14:58:01 GMT
Can't believe he won at The Stage awards.
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Post by theatremadness on Sept 19, 2017 15:05:56 GMT
No, only those who cover one of the main roles. In an award for "Best Understudy" everybody who is an understudy will be eligible. Out of interest, do you know if all the understudies listed actually went on for any of the roles they covered? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2017 15:46:27 GMT
No, only those who cover one of the main roles. In an award for "Best Understudy" everybody who is an understudy will be eligible. Out of interest, do you know if all the understudies listed actually went on for any of the roles they covered? Most of them went on due to cast illness at some point but they gave scheduled shows to pretty much everyone who didn't in the last few weeks of the run as a courtesy thing. West End Covers tweeted about all of them going on except Anthony Selwyn and Jonathan Cordin, but Anthony Selwyn DID actually have a Tink show, they just missed it. So it's only Jonathan Cordin I don't actually know about, but he covered Blake which is the smallest of the lead roles, meaning he may have gone on and none of the Bat fans thought to make a big deal about it. He probably didn't, I'm just giving him the benefit of the doubt. |
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Post by danb on Sept 19, 2017 18:55:27 GMT
Can't believe he won at The Stage awards. Can I ask why? |
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Post by d'James on Sept 19, 2017 18:57:55 GMT
Can't believe he won at The Stage awards. Can I ask why? I saw five of the nominated performances in that category and I would've given it to any of them ahead of him. He was good but not amazing in my humble opinion. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2017 19:18:50 GMT
Can't believe he won at The Stage awards. Can I ask why? Wasn't he up against Audra? AUDRA. He was good, but not Audra good. But the Stage award was a popularity contest and Bat has some pretty loud fans! |
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Post by danb on Sept 19, 2017 19:40:39 GMT
Is it not the case that a public vote IS a popularity contest. There are already enough pompous, elitist awards ceremonies rewarding the high brow & financially impossible. Rewarding things that are popular in the modern sense should not be seen as second class.
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Post by indis on Sept 19, 2017 19:51:31 GMT
Can't believe he won at The Stage awards. he was brilliant in Bat out of hell 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 |
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Post by alison on Sept 20, 2017 17:53:31 GMT
Out of interest, do you know if all the understudies listed actually went on for any of the roles they covered? Most of them went on due to cast illness at some point but they gave scheduled shows to pretty much everyone who didn't in the last few weeks of the run as a courtesy thing. West End Covers tweeted about all of them going on except Anthony Selwyn and Jonathan Cordin, but Anthony Selwyn DID actually have a Tink show, they just missed it. So it's only Jonathan Cordin I don't actually know about, but he covered Blake which is the smallest of the lead roles, meaning he may have gone on and none of the Bat fans thought to make a big deal about it. He probably didn't, I'm just giving him the benefit of the doubt. Jonathan is second cover Blake and didn't go on in London or Manchester. Jordan Lee Davies didn't go on as second cover Ledoux (but did get a show as second Tink so would be eligible for that). They're the only covers who didn't go on in London, everyone else got at least one show. And no, I wasn't at all of them (unfortunately  ) |
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Post by Joseph Buquet on Sept 20, 2017 19:42:44 GMT
Does anyone know the latest on whether the cast recording is actually going to be released??
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2017 21:31:31 GMT
Does anyone know the latest on whether the cast recording is actually going to be released?? Canadian amazon list as released this Friday! Have ordered from there what with no info as to when it might be sold in UK. Double CD apparently. Can't wait :-) |
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Post by jgblunners on Oct 13, 2017 9:08:30 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2017 9:24:39 GMT
Based on this it looks complete! Epic! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2017 9:45:35 GMT
Cast all seem to have received their copies in Toronto according to Twitter!
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Post by groupbooker on Oct 13, 2017 22:06:50 GMT
Dress Circle have it shown as a single cd but no date.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2017 20:37:44 GMT
CD arrived yesterday from Canada. Fabulous recording, whole show on two CDs, love it.
Interestingly it includes Good Girls Go To Heaven which was cut in Manchester. Was also recorded in Manchester and all the pics have the Manc costumes. If was done so long ago no idea why they didn't release it sooner. Still, is here now so who cares!
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