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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2017 15:11:17 GMT
Now that Heisenberg's all ready to go, I don't imagine this is as "up in the air" as it may have seemed anymore. I'm presuming Elliott & Harper are keeping the Wyndham's for the year or so, and now it's just a matter of patiently waiting.
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Post by alicechallice on Jul 20, 2017 21:29:49 GMT
Now that Heisenberg's all ready to go, I don't imagine this is as "up in the air" as it may have seemed anymore. I'm presuming Elliott & Harper are keeping the Wyndham's for the year or so, and now it's just a matter of patiently waiting. You'd hope so but Baz did mention Long Day's Journey Into Night from Bristol Old Vic was looking to go in there in Jan/Feb
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Post by Honoured Guest on Jul 20, 2017 22:27:27 GMT
And the second show from Elliott & Harper is at West Yorkshire Playhouse.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2017 15:48:32 GMT
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Post by ali973 on Sept 8, 2017 16:58:52 GMT
I think the gender bending approach could work, after all women are still pressured to marry, pop children, in fact do that AND have a career. But I think the ending could be counterproductive and problematic if at the end Bobby still thinks she's only complete by shaking up with a dude.
The gay version works too, and I believe it was workshopped at NYU with Sondheim in attendance but he shut it down. That totally works too with gay communities becoming more and more heteronormative, and I think gay male Bobby wanting to shack up with a dude after sleeping around with so many flings in the past is slightly less problematic.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 21, 2017 21:32:14 GMT
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Post by anthony40 on Sept 21, 2017 21:35:28 GMT
Are we talking the version that we all know, the gender swapping one or the gay version?
Personally, I prefer the the version that we all know.
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Post by ali973 on Sept 21, 2017 21:44:13 GMT
^ I don't see how this should could work commercially outside of an Encores!-type setting where a company (ha!) would revive a short run for a short period with no commercial ambitions.
The topics, aesthetic and characters are simply not relatable in its current format. This especially true since there already has been talk of a gender swap or a gay version - I think more people would be into that than the original, at least on a mass-scale.
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Post by theatremadness on Sept 21, 2017 21:56:22 GMT
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Post by theatremadness on Sept 21, 2017 22:02:26 GMT
SCREAMING!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by zak97 on Sept 21, 2017 22:04:56 GMT
I will actually see Patti. In the flesh. Omg.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2017 22:04:56 GMT
Oh my bloody god!!!!!. I have wanted to see Patti on stage and also wanted to see company. How am I going to wait a year for this? I wonder who else they will cast?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 21, 2017 22:08:33 GMT
Lol. Fab.
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Post by haz23 on Sept 21, 2017 22:09:59 GMT
LuPone. I screamed.
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Post by Mark on Sept 21, 2017 22:10:18 GMT
WHOA!!!!
That was a surprise and a half.
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Post by theatremadness on Sept 21, 2017 22:10:41 GMT
April becomes Andy...(there goes the June/April joke...)
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Post by Xanderl on Sept 21, 2017 22:12:06 GMT
Booking opens 10AM tomorrow!
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Post by ali973 on Sept 21, 2017 22:12:40 GMT
Oh. My. Gaahhhhd. Yes, this is working well for me. Can we book? #ImReady
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Post by jgblunners on Sept 21, 2017 22:25:27 GMT
WOW, that certainly came out of the blue!! Can't believe that we'll have Patti on the West End again! Never thought I'd get to see her perform live
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Post by tal on Sept 21, 2017 22:29:46 GMT
They announced the closing of War Paint today. Maybe that is why we were not getting any news from Company, maybe they were waiting until they could announce Lupone.
This is the best news I received this month.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2017 22:33:17 GMT
What would people recommend as the best recording for this (for someone who doesn't know the score)? Was thinking if being patriotic and going for the 1996 London one....
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2017 22:36:54 GMT
Why am i not more excited to see Patti back in the West Endin this? I feel Company should be a real ensemble show without a star name pulling focus, but i get that it wouldnt sell otherwise. No doubt theatre queens will roar to their feet after Ladies Who Lunch!
Who knows, i could well be one of them!
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Post by oxfordsimon on Sept 21, 2017 22:38:56 GMT
The 1996 is not a bad starting point - though there are a few tuning issues (sadly mainly from Mr Lester)
I quite like the Raul Esparza version - but the score does sound slightly different being actor-musician
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Post by Being Alive on Sept 21, 2017 22:43:21 GMT
Screamed. In the middle of the pub. Like PATTI LUPONE. This is INCREDIBLE news. I’m totally broke so am gonna have to create money but otherwise WAHOOO
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Post by sf on Sept 21, 2017 22:45:11 GMT
By the time Patti's done, there'll be no consonants left anywhere within 200m of the Gielgud.
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Post by ali973 on Sept 21, 2017 22:47:47 GMT
What would people recommend as the best recording for this (for someone who doesn't know the score)? Was thinking if being patriotic and going for the 1996 London one.... 1995 Broadway revival. Killer cast. Great vocals.
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Post by SageStageMgr on Sept 21, 2017 22:49:31 GMT
Uuusinnesssnevahettahusinonlypussy-haaasantooooas
- Sweeney Todd in Concert
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2017 22:51:43 GMT
What would people recommend as the best recording for this (for someone who doesn't know the score)? Was thinking if being patriotic and going for the 1996 London one.... 1995 Broadway revival. Killer cast. Great vocals. For me the track i play most form that recording is Sorry/Grateful. Its just gorgeous and they hit every word with the right kind of emotion. Perfection
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Post by frontrowcentre on Sept 21, 2017 22:52:35 GMT
Well, so many feelings in just seconds... first I thought WT...? is not April the first, right? Then when realized it was not a joke got really excited, then I kept reading to find out that is the female Bobby version and felt disappointed as I really don't know what to think about it, then got excited again as it's still a production of Company and finally felt relieved that Imelda is not playing Joanne..
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