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Post by jampot on Nov 5, 2016 11:07:42 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2016 11:32:52 GMT
Would definitely like to see it if it comes near London. On that website it says 'star casting to be announced' so it could be UK productions are actually going to get names for this show.
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Post by theatre-turtle on Nov 5, 2016 11:41:27 GMT
This is a good musical and all but it's not GREAT by any stretch. How does it keep getting revived?
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Post by Michael on Nov 5, 2016 11:43:02 GMT
And I think it's a great musical and wonder why it took them so long to revive it  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2016 12:19:05 GMT
This is a good musical and all but it's not GREAT by any stretch. How does it keep getting revived? It doesn't really keep getting revived. The last UK tour was in 2011/2012 which was 4/5 years ago and there was just one production in Leicester this year. It's hardly being revived all the time - I think it's due a new tour!! |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2016 12:20:23 GMT
Pardon my ignorance... but was the previous West End run the UK Productions version?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2016 12:20:27 GMT
Would definitely like to see it if it comes near London. On that website it says 'star casting to be announced' so it could be UK productions are actually going to get names for this show. God if they are gonna do star casting though, I hope it is good star casting! Denise Van Outen was awful! |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2016 12:22:00 GMT
Pardon my ignorance... but was the previous West End run the UK Productions version? No it was an ATG production directed by Jerry Mitchell, as was the UK tour that followed. So UK Productions have picked up the rights for it and I presume it will be a brand new tour. Shame as I really liked the previous London set. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2016 12:24:39 GMT
Would definitely like to see it if it comes near London. On that website it says 'star casting to be announced' so it could be UK productions are actually going to get names for this show. God if they are gonna do star casting though, I hope it is good star casting! Denise Van Outen was awful! I never saw the show live (such a shame!!  ) but I watched the full bootleg of the London version on YouTube starring Sheridan Smith and Denise Van Outen. I actually thought she was really good in it! She brought the comedy to the show and did that very well! The original London cast of Sheridan Smith, Jill Halfpenny, Peter Davidson and Duncan James was a very strong cast, in my eyes.
I'd like to see Danny Mac reprise his role as Warner but I also think he could make a good Link Larkin in the upcoming Hairspray tour. Also Samantha Womack would be a good Paulette (however I think she'd make a better Velma in the Hairspray tour!!)
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Post by danb on Nov 5, 2016 12:38:35 GMT
Danny Mac looks old enough to play Callaghan so it would take a huge leap of belief to see him in either of those roles. Link is a good role for a great dancer which could work in his favour, but he could probably bag a west end role if he wins Strictly.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2016 12:44:40 GMT
Danny Mac looks old enough to play Callaghan so it would take a huge leap of belief to see him in either of those roles. Link is a good role for a great dancer which could work in his favour, but he could probably bag a west end role if he wins Strictly. He's only 28!!
I think he will definitely go back to his 'roots' and do some musicals after Strictly and now he's left Hollyoaks. I think he'd be a great Link because he can definitely dance and it is a role that, in my opinion, he'd be good at playing.
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Post by talkstageytome on Nov 5, 2016 12:54:07 GMT
Danny Mac was good in Legally at the Leicester Curve but it's a thankless role. Probably the best role to stunt cast as Warner has virtually nothing to do in the show unfortunately. Paulette is so much more visible and distinctive, it'd be nice to have a great performer in the role.
I think Danny Mac is good and could do better than the role of Warner if he fancied doing a musical again after Strictly.
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Post by danb on Nov 5, 2016 19:14:36 GMT
His actual age isn't relevant to my point George. I'm just fed up of thirtysomethings playing college students in musicals! His dancing is excellent.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2016 8:40:35 GMT
God if they are gonna do star casting though, I hope it is good star casting! Denise Van Outen was awful! I never saw the show live (such a shame!! ) but I watched the full bootleg of the London version on YouTube starring Sheridan Smith and Denise Van Outen. I actually thought she was really good in it! She brought the comedy to the show and did that very well! The original London cast of Sheridan Smith, Jill Halfpenny, Peter Davidson and Duncan James was a very strong cast, in my eyes.
I'd like to see Danny Mac reprise his role as Warner but I also think he could make a good Link Larkin in the upcoming Hairspray tour. Also Samantha Womack would be a good Paulette (however I think she'd make a better Velma in the Hairspray tour!!)
I would love Sam Bailey to do Paulette and I really want to see Sheridan Smith go back into Legally at some point playing Paulette. I want Sophie Linder-Lee or maybe Carina Gillespie as Elle |
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Post by benny20 on Nov 10, 2016 20:12:56 GMT
Salford Lowry May 2018
From a very reliable source
Not officially announced yet
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2016 23:35:07 GMT
Rita Simons (Eastenders) as Paulette
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Post by d'James on Nov 10, 2016 23:38:37 GMT
Remembered for her amazing work in Girls@Play.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2016 7:23:58 GMT
Remembered for her amazing work in Girls@Play. Was she in Calendar Girls play? I find this funny because I thought Samantha Womack (her sister in eastenders) would be a good Paulette! I hope she does Velma in hairspray |
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Post by Michael on Nov 11, 2016 7:25:47 GMT
What's wrong with casting directors? They should bring Jodie Jacobs back.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2016 8:12:22 GMT
Doesn't anybody else think that, considering this tour doesn't open until next September, the casting is really really early??!
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Post by d'James on Nov 11, 2016 9:14:15 GMT
Remembered for her amazing work in Girls@Play. Was she in Calendar Girls play? I find this funny because I thought Samantha Womack (her sister in eastenders) would be a good Paulette! I hope she does Velma in hairspray No I don't think so. She was one of the 5 legendary original members of Girls@Play: |
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Post by talkstageytome on Nov 11, 2016 9:38:50 GMT
The Emmett for this tour was cast ages ago (somewhere back in this thread), and I thought then that it was early.
Never heard of Rita Simons before. Hope she's good. As I said earlier, you can't sleepwalk through Paulette as she's got such a strong character, lots of jokes etc. etc.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2016 10:55:43 GMT
The Emmett for this tour was cast ages ago (somewhere back in this thread), and I thought then that it was early. Never heard of Rita Simons before. Hope she's good. As I said earlier, you can' sleepwalk through Paulette as she's got such a strong character, lots of jokes etc. etc. I wonder if Rita will be the headliner for the tour. Yeah Paulette doesn't need to have an amazing singing voice but as long as she can do the jokes and humour well then you should be alright |
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Post by Michael on Nov 11, 2016 11:26:49 GMT
Yeah Paulette doesn't need to have an amazing singing voice but as long as she can do the jokes and humour well then you should be alright She does. That's why I found Tupele Dorgu miscast in LB in Leicester earlier this year - her Ireland was so terribly weak. |
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Post by talkstageytome on Nov 11, 2016 11:43:38 GMT
Agreed. There's never any excuse for weak / bad singing in a musical.
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) but I watched the full bootleg of the London version on YouTube starring Sheridan Smith and Denise Van Outen. I actually thought she was really good in it! She brought the comedy to the show and did that very well! The original London cast of Sheridan Smith, Jill Halfpenny, Peter Davidson and Duncan James was a very strong cast, in my eyes.
