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Post by 49thand8th on Jan 23, 2017 13:31:17 GMT
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Post by 49thand8th on Jan 23, 2017 18:35:48 GMT
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Post by 49thand8th on Jan 24, 2017 17:09:21 GMT
As you may have guessed...
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Post by Michael on Jan 24, 2017 17:17:32 GMT
And I've hoped they had finally cast their first British Elder Price - Mark Evans...
Still: I do wonder when the full cast will be announced.
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Post by tr252 on Jan 24, 2017 17:43:57 GMT
And I've hoped they had finally cast their first British Elder Price - Mark Evans... Still: I do wonder when the full cast will be announced. I really can't imagine Mark Evans in the role at all, I'm not sure why, he's a decent actor although I've only seem him as Fiyero in Wicked. |
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Post by Dan213 on Jan 24, 2017 17:46:01 GMT
I'm beginning to wonder whether it'll be one of their unannounced changes.
A shame again that neither of the leads are UK actors. Think Cody will be amazing, but the casting decisions made by the producers really baffle me
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Post by Michael on Jan 24, 2017 17:51:29 GMT
I really can't imagine Mark Evans in the role at all, I'm not sure why, he's a decent actor although I've only seem him as Fiyero in Wicked. He did play Elder Price in the US tour, so when 49thand8th posted that picture of him and Cody saying "see you soon", I assumed he was asked to reprise this role in London. Yes, he does look a tad old for a 19 year old missionary, but after Gavin Creel, nothing's impossible... |
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Post by tr252 on Jan 24, 2017 17:55:34 GMT
I really can't imagine Mark Evans in the role at all, I'm not sure why, he's a decent actor although I've only seem him as Fiyero in Wicked. He did play Elder Price in the US tour, so when 49thand8th posted that picture of him and Cody saying "see you soon", I assumed he was asked to reprise this role in London. Yes, he does look a tad old for a 19 year old missionary, but after Gavin Creel, nothing's impossible... Fair point - I forgot he played it in America. He seems to be set on becoming a US resident judging by his Twitter and has had a bit of work over there following the Mormon tour. I don't know if it's just me but he seemed to leave the West End when he was becoming quite the star? Good luck to him anyway. |
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Post by Dan213 on Jan 24, 2017 17:57:08 GMT
I really can't imagine Mark Evans in the role at all, I'm not sure why, he's a decent actor although I've only seem him as Fiyero in Wicked. He did play Elder Price in the US tour, so when 49thand8th posted that picture of him and Cody saying "see you soon", I assumed he was asked to reprise this role in London. Yes, he does look a tad old for a 19 year old missionary, but after Gavin Creel, nothing's impossible... Speaking of age, I'm beginning to think Chris O'Neill over on Broadway is old enough to be Cunningham's Dad   |
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Post by greeny11 on Jan 24, 2017 19:19:17 GMT
Scott Sutcliffe, Nick Collier and Nicole Raquel Dennis are all joining on Monday (courtesy of their Twitter accounts)
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Post by cathyfromlex on Jan 24, 2017 23:52:32 GMT
And I've hoped they had finally cast their first British Elder Price - Mark Evans... Still: I do wonder when the full cast will be announced. I really can't imagine Mark Evans in the role at all, I'm not sure why, he's a decent actor although I've only seem him as Fiyero in Wicked. I saw Mark on the US tour and he was a great Elder Price! |
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Post by 49thand8th on Jan 25, 2017 17:20:53 GMT
I really can't imagine Mark Evans in the role at all, I'm not sure why, he's a decent actor although I've only seem him as Fiyero in Wicked. He did play Elder Price in the US tour, so when 49thand8th posted that picture of him and Cody saying "see you soon", I assumed he was asked to reprise this role in London. Yes, he does look a tad old for a 19 year old missionary, but after Gavin Creel, nothing's impossible... And he did replace Gavin on tour.  I saw him in his first weekend and thought he was very funny -- I wish I could've seen him again. His age didn't bother me, either. He and Cody were buddies starting back when Cody was already the standby when Mark joined. Mark is probably just hanging out in London. He and his American boyfriend live together (this is nothing creepy; it's on both their public instagrams). |
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Post by greeny11 on Jan 25, 2017 17:36:33 GMT
Some more cast members joining:
Harry Wright (Elder White)
Chanice Alexander-Burnett (1st cover Nabalungi)
Joshua Da Costa
Tommy Wade-Smith
Michael Moulton
Jonathan Dudley (current Elder White) is moving to Swing and cover Elder Cunningham
Alex Lodge is promoted to 1st cover Elder Price
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Post by Dan213 on Jan 25, 2017 17:42:52 GMT
Some more cast members joining: Harry Wright (Elder White) Chanice Alexander-Burnett (1st cover Nabalungi) Joshua Da Costa Tommy Wade-Smith Michael Moulton Jonathan Dudley (current Elder White) is moving to Swing and cover Elder Cunningham Alex Lodge is promoted to 1st cover Elder Price Take it that London will only have the one Standby Cunningham now. If so, makes a lot of sense, I'm sure Rhys Taylor only went on around 10 times after 2 years in the cast |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2017 22:34:05 GMT
Just back to the hotel after seeing tonights show.
Forgot how much I loved it. Kind of glad I left it 2 years since I last saw it, gave me a chance to forget most of the big funny moments, so it was like seeing for the first time again.
Won't go too much into detail, but KJ Hippensteel was great as Elder Price...David O'Reilly was hilarious, really has a great voice, and perfect comedy timing...Alexandra Ncube was so cute as Nabalungi, her voice was great, and from wear I was sitting (Row O Stalls) she had a very uncanny resemblence to Alexia.
Great night all in.
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Post by Dan213 on Jan 28, 2017 12:09:04 GMT
Really odd that there's been no official announcement of this cast change. Have they announced the more recent Broadway cast changes at all?
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Post by 49thand8th on Jan 29, 2017 7:35:26 GMT
They have -- most recently when Kim Exum took over as Nabulungi. (I think because they wanted to pair it with the good news that Nikki Renee Daniels was leaving because she's on maternity leave, but will be back.)
It is really strange that the new West End cast takes over so soon and there's been nothing!
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Post by dawnch23 on Jan 29, 2017 10:30:08 GMT
Does the new cast start on Monday?
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Post by Dan213 on Jan 29, 2017 11:57:32 GMT
Does the new cast start on Monday? Yep |
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Post by 49thand8th on Jan 30, 2017 18:52:21 GMT
So, the show starts in, what, 9 minutes? And the old cast is still on the website. I know most audience members won't care, but this is nuts and unprofessional. On the other hand... http://instagram.com/p/BP5iOZhBVfG |
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Post by greeny11 on Jan 30, 2017 20:04:04 GMT
I think it's dreadful that there's been no press release for the new cast - and indeed, they have started their first show, and no one knows who has joined the show (unless you're in the audience) as the website hasn't been updated. Really poor form IMO.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 30, 2017 20:16:13 GMT
In some ways it's good. I understand that stagey people want to know who's in the show but it can also be looked on as a good thing the show (rightly?) feels that it doesn't really need to make a big announcement about cast changes because it's about the show not who's in it. It get's away with it, not sure many other shows could.
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Post by 49thand8th on Jan 30, 2017 20:54:51 GMT
In some ways it's good. I understand that stagey people want to know who's in the show but it can also be looked on as a good thing the show (rightly?) feels that it doesn't really need to make a big announcement about cast changes because it's about the show not who's in it. It get's away with it, not sure many other shows could. But why start now when they've done one for every other cast change? I can kind of understand not doing that, but what's the excuse for not updating the cast list on the website? It's not a make-or-break for most ticket buyers, but it's such a low-effort move to keep that part accurate. www.bookofmormonlondon.com/show/ |
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Post by Michael on Jan 30, 2017 21:49:16 GMT
I don't get it as well.
Anywho, I've just booked a ticket for the Matinee on the 25th February. Got the last seat in the Circle for £39.75. Not too bad considering that it's only four weeks. It's been almost two years since I've last seen the show in London...
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Post by bjorne on Jan 30, 2017 22:44:17 GMT
In some ways it's good. I understand that stagey people want to know who's in the show but it can also be looked on as a good thing the show (rightly?) feels that it doesn't really need to make a big announcement about cast changes because it's about the show not who's in it. It get's away with it, not sure many other shows could. But why start now when they've done one for every other cast change? I can kind of understand not doing that, but what's the excuse for not updating the cast list on the website? It's not a make-or-break for most ticket buyers, but it's such a low-effort move to keep that part accurate. www.bookofmormonlondon.com/show/It actually looks a little disrespectful for the new cast members to not change the list on the site. |
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I saw him in his first weekend and thought he was very funny -- I wish I could've seen him again. His age didn't bother me, either.
