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Jun 9, 2017 14:58:47 GMT
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Post by cheesy116 on Jun 9, 2017 14:58:47 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2017 9:13:30 GMT
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Post by djdan14 on Jul 6, 2017 22:18:32 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2017 22:53:06 GMT
Hopefully, it works best without an interval (when there is one it appears to happen randomly because it wasn't written that way). |
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Post by Kenneth_C on Jul 7, 2017 3:56:05 GMT
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Jul 7, 2017 7:07:45 GMT
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jul 7, 2017 7:07:45 GMT
Hopefully, it works best without an interval (when there is one it appears to happen randomly because it wasn't written that way). Baz is having a no news day! Lots of directors toy with the idea, as they also do with Passion, Assassins and Road Show |
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Post by ali973 on Jul 7, 2017 7:09:32 GMT
I'd rather an interval, thank you. Sometimes it's just too tiring to sit through something without a commercial break.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2017 10:56:05 GMT
I'd prefer an interval. I like to have a half time Gin with my musicals.
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Post by wickedgrin on Jul 7, 2017 17:08:57 GMT
Parsley will not be able to leave at the interval if there isn't one!
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Post by showtoones on Jul 7, 2017 17:41:52 GMT
Parsley will not be able to leave at the interval if there isn't one! Probably better off not even going. He will find something wrong with it regardless |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 7, 2017 19:34:22 GMT
What do people think we can expect from this production? Are we thinking big, fabulous, no expense spared? Or are pared back, focus on the material and performances?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2017 19:43:47 GMT
Until Loveland it doesn't need spectacle, the original production was very skeletal with occasional flashes of opulence from the 'ghosts'. The transition to Loveland does need to be impressive though.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 7, 2017 20:23:23 GMT
I was thinking more about the cast and creatives involved, what can we expect rather individual opinion of what it should be.
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Post by frankubelik on Jul 8, 2017 6:49:10 GMT
Since you posed the question (and I can already feel the barrage of abuse.....) Can anyone honestly see Imelda as a former showgirl? She will undoubtedly "act" the hell out of it but she cannot sing. Janie Dee will be her usual supercilious self and as for Bennett, she will give a predictably vulgar performance and "the" song will be painful to hear. I suspect the men will fare a little better with Forbes being twitchy and Quast being careworn. The rest of the casting is so underwhelming but perhaps Dawn Hope will save the day. Sadly I am already disappointed.
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Post by anthony40 on Jul 8, 2017 6:51:14 GMT
Welcome to the board frankubelik
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Post by alece10 on Jul 8, 2017 6:59:20 GMT
Since you posed the question (and I can already feel the barrage of abuse.....) Can anyone honestly see Imelda as a former showgirl? She will undoubtedly "act" the hell out of it but she cannot sing. Janie Dee will be her usual supercilious self and as for Bennett, she will give a predictably vulgar performance and "the" song will be painful to hear. I suspect the men will fare a little better with Forbes being twitchy and Quast being careworn. The rest of the casting is so underwhelming but perhaps Dawn Hope will save the day. Sadly I am already disappointed. Well no abuse from me, but I presume from your write up that you aren't actually going to see it? No one would spend hard earned cash on a cast that you already believe are going to be rubbish. Would they? |
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Jul 8, 2017 7:02:29 GMT
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Post by SageStageMgr on Jul 8, 2017 7:02:29 GMT
Imelda hasn't failed me yet...!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2017 12:10:22 GMT
I was thinking more about the cast and creatives involved, what can we expect rather individual opinion of what it should be. The one indicator we have is the NTs asking for extra funds, suggesting they might want something splashier. Such visible donations might only be there to help them show that they aren't overcommitting public money though. |
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Post by crabtree on Jul 8, 2017 13:11:41 GMT
I'm sure this will be truly spectacular when it needs to be, with a huge staircases spiralling out of the drum and a million rhinestones - it has to be. I saw a recent amateur production that made no acknowledgement of the painful irony of Loveland; there was no change at all. Terrible.
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Jul 8, 2017 13:15:09 GMT
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Post by Boob on Jul 8, 2017 13:15:09 GMT
I was thinking more about the cast and creatives involved, what can we expect rather individual opinion of what it should be. The one indicator we have is the NTs asking for extra funds, suggesting they might want something splashier. Such visible donations might only be there to help them show that they aren't overcommitting public money though. Probably just to cover Ms Staunton's fee 😐 |
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Jul 8, 2017 15:17:03 GMT
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Post by wickedgrin on Jul 8, 2017 15:17:03 GMT
How about some product placement for cash like they have on the TV?
Suggestions?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 8, 2017 15:28:26 GMT
Gummy Bears : the choice of Imelda.
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Post by showtoones on Jul 8, 2017 15:55:52 GMT
Since you posed the question (and I can already feel the barrage of abuse.....) Can anyone honestly see Imelda as a former showgirl? She will undoubtedly "act" the hell out of it but she cannot sing. Janie Dee will be her usual supercilious self and as for Bennett, she will give a predictably vulgar performance and "the" song will be painful to hear. I suspect the men will fare a little better with Forbes being twitchy and Quast being careworn. The rest of the casting is so underwhelming but perhaps Dawn Hope will save the day. Sadly I am already disappointed. Imelda sang the crap out of Gypsy...not sure where you get that she can't sing lol...are you Parsley in disguise? |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2017 18:01:46 GMT
I think people are bashing Imelda already simply because she seems to be everywhere lately. She went from Sweeney to Good People to Gypsy to Virginia Woolf and now to Follies. She's the 'it' girl of the moment. She's a first rate actress, and I can't wait to see her Sally.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2017 12:35:03 GMT
Do we think we'll get a CD cast recording of this production? Have most of the NT musicals received cast albums…?
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