Follies

I'm not sure about this one. Her singing in Mrs Henderson, especially her vibrato, was so exaggerated & distracting - but maybe that was her character, though I did think slightly the same thing in End of the Rainbow. You really, REALLY want a big beltress for this character/song, but the jury's out til I've seen her do it!

Don't be scared, george... Just keep everything in perspective. I mean, there are scarier things in life: for instance, you might get your tickets for Follies. And this is after Sheridan has announced that she will be making her first National Theatre appearance in it. But then on the night you go, she's off sick, and Amanda Holden is announced as her replacement (no refunds unfortunately as the producers have done what they are required to do and found someone to step in... Oh, and it has completely sold out for the entire run.) Or you might wake up on Sunday morning and find that Santa hasn't been. Or your mum might find out you've done no homework this past year and ban you from coming on here. For life. You see what I mean? There's scary and then there's Scary!

I don't think Caiaphas was trying to be rude in his comment, just pointing out that in life there are a lot of things scarier than not getting theatre tickets (though sometimes it doesn't feel like it). I think you'll get tickets fine, just keep an eye out for the on sale date and get right on it .

Well, I don't think Caiaphas was trying to be polite in his comment. There are less patronising ways of reassuring someone, or keeping things in perspective.

George, if someone crosses a line, you can use the "report post" function to get the admins to take a look (and this doesn't have to be just if someone's crossed a line towards you, it can be anything that seems excessive to you). The admins here are pretty good about hopping on things promptly and they work hard to deal as fairly as they can. Failing that, you know how they say you should just ignore bullies so they get bored and move on? It's not really a practical suggestion if the bully is in your everyday life, but it's a pretty good technique on a discussion forum. There's even an "ignore" function if you find it's the same names popping up multiple times and you just don't want to see it anymore.

I think Tracie Bennett is going to SLAY this role. She belted her whole body off in End of the Rainbow, I can only imagine what she's going to do with the last few lines of I'm Still Here.

Looks like George is more than capable of standing up to grumpy old Ebenezer caiaphas . Give as good as you get George, and let's all try and keep a sense of humour eh? 

Back to topic!!
(My opinion) Bennett is an ugly performer. This dates from beyond SHE LOVES ME in which she mugged throughout. I tried with her Garland but it simply wasn't good and I failed to understand how it could have survived with such a performer missing the mark. The voice has gone (Mrs Henderson) and I shudder to think of her mangling through "I'm Still Here".  

Find it hard for her to be criticised over Mrs Henderson - that material was so so poor. She was unforgettably brilliant in End of the Rainbow.

Also, nice to read they're using the original book!

I think your comments are pathetic and completely out of context. How can II say she's an ugly performer obviously you don't get out much. Tracie was fantastic in end of the rainbow to say the least.
What was ugly about that?
I think you should have a word with yourself

Anybody remember Judyfan from the old forum?