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Post by alece10 on Oct 11, 2016 18:07:14 GMT
Just gets better and better. I bet more wonderful names will be drip fed to us.
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Oct 11, 2016 18:59:16 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2016 18:59:16 GMT
I really want to know when tickets go on sale so I can make sure I get tickets!!
Looking on NT website and I didn't realise how they get such big names to their shows!
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Post by Sue on Oct 11, 2016 19:48:08 GMT
Oh calm down, George - we'd hate for you to get as excited as you did for Funny Girl 😬 !
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2016 19:59:41 GMT
My prediction is that this thread will become just as tedious as the Funny Girl one... I don't know whether to pray that Sheridan will be in it or not!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2016 20:40:15 GMT
I cannot wait to see who they get for Carlotta.
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Post by wickedgrin on Oct 11, 2016 22:22:08 GMT
I'm praying for Elaine Paige! It would be a shame that her last London show appearance would be Drowsy Chaperone. It would be great to see her recreate her Broadway role in London!!! Check her out on YouTube!
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Post by Scswp on Oct 12, 2016 5:41:52 GMT
I agree with Elaine Paige, but doubt she would do it now. She's been there and done it and, tbh, not sure she has the voice for it anymore. I enjoyed her Broadway performance though. Saw it live and she was good.
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Post by couldileaveyou on Oct 12, 2016 6:49:39 GMT
I'd like Vanessa Williams to do it... Or a properly directed Betty Buckley, her vocals were amazing at RAH
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Post by macksennett on Oct 13, 2016 5:53:06 GMT
Yes please to Betty Buckley who was thrilling at the RAH.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2016 10:28:22 GMT
Ooooh Betty gave me tingles! Though, I'd be very happy with Elaine Paige.
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Post by brenth on Oct 13, 2016 16:58:28 GMT
What about Anita Harris?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 13, 2016 19:33:17 GMT
Still working. Touring in a murder mystery at the moment. Trouper. |
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Post by showtoones on Oct 13, 2016 19:35:52 GMT
Does anyone know the dates yet?
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Post by couldileaveyou on Oct 13, 2016 20:27:32 GMT
Please, a better singer for Carlotta!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2016 23:44:27 GMT
Peter Forbes as Buddy. Announced by Baz.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2016 9:19:12 GMT
The male roles in 'Follies' are pretty thankless really aren't they. It's all about the ladies in this show. They get all the best numbers.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Nov 25, 2016 9:54:31 GMT
Perhaps the could change sex and make it about ageing male go-go dancers.
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Post by couldileaveyou on Nov 25, 2016 9:57:38 GMT
The male roles in 'Follies' are pretty thankless really aren't they. It's all about the ladies in this show. They get all the best numbers. I think it's true until you find someone really exceptional to play them. I mean, when Danny Burstein played Buddy it was a revelation for me, I was like "oh, that's what it is about". but yes, in 90% of the cases they just disappear |
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Post by wickedgrin on Nov 25, 2016 10:35:11 GMT
Yes, given the current fashion for gender swapping roles in theatre at the moment ( male to female obviously, there would be riots in the streets if the "precious few" leading female roles were played by men), it is a miracle this has not been turned into a show about faded Paris Lido boys who remembered entertaining and " waiting for the boys upstairs"
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2016 10:36:32 GMT
I like that we have little blue and pink icons next to our avatars to show whether the poster is male or female. I also find it interesting that the only people who are sneery or eye-roll-y or butthurt about cross-gender casting are the ones with little blue icons.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2016 10:36:44 GMT
The male roles in 'Follies' are pretty thankless really aren't they. It's all about the ladies in this show. They get all the best numbers. Except for Act 2, which is ENTIRELY about the leads. |
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Post by couldileaveyou on Nov 25, 2016 10:45:19 GMT
The male roles in 'Follies' are pretty thankless really aren't they. It's all about the ladies in this show. They get all the best numbers. Except for Act 2, which is ENTIRELY about the leads. Do you remember how stupidly they divided the acts in that pathetic Royal Albert Hall concert? I wonder where they will put the interval in this production. |
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Post by theatremadness on Dec 22, 2016 23:35:42 GMT
Well that I did not see coming...
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Post by mrbarnaby on Dec 23, 2016 0:27:43 GMT
Oh nothis is bad. I don't want to watch her after Mrs Henderson .. the worst performance of the year.
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Post by d'James on Dec 23, 2016 1:12:08 GMT
I've heard great things about her, but it was her singing at the Oliviers that put me off seeing that show, well that and no one else wanted to see it and there was no way I was going alone.
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