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Post by prophet on Feb 9, 2019 19:28:49 GMT
I saw the matinee today. It restored my faith in musicals.
I scored a rush ticket for 25 quid for stall seats.
The only thing I disliked is the songs going round and round in my head!
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Post by macksennett on Feb 9, 2019 20:01:42 GMT
I was there too! It was fabulous. Saw it last October and it’s even better second time around.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2019 0:23:55 GMT
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Post by shady23 on Feb 11, 2019 19:27:57 GMT
Not sure if the post show Q&A tonight is being broadcast online anyway but you can send in your questions for it
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2019 14:12:30 GMT
Anyone know how I could (legitimately) get my hands on one of the "final 8 weeks" posters recently up on the tube escalator runs?
(edit: no deal on Dress Circle site)
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Feb 13, 2019 20:08:57 GMT
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Post by geweena on Feb 13, 2019 20:08:57 GMT
Show stopped at the moment for technical difficulties. Not sure how long it’s gonna be but all the lights are back on  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2019 21:35:08 GMT
Show stopped at the moment for technical difficulties. Not sure how long it’s gonna be but all the lights are back on Gosh. Is Sheridan in tonight? |
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Post by callum on Feb 13, 2019 21:40:32 GMT
Show stopped at the moment for technical difficulties. Not sure how long it’s gonna be but all the lights are back on Curtain lifts to show Patti stood alone on the stage talking to the props and the furniture on the sets: 'who do you think you ARE?! This is the THEATRE! We are a COMM-U-NIT-Y! Show some RESPECT!' |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2019 22:53:21 GMT
Show stopped at the moment for technical difficulties. Not sure how long it’s gonna be but all the lights are back on Curtain lifts to show Patti stood alone on the stage talking to the props and the furniture on the sets: 'who do you think you ARE?! This is the THEATRE! We are a COMM-U-NIT-Y! Show some RESPECT!' howling |
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Feb 13, 2019 23:04:15 GMT
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Post by luvvie23 on Feb 13, 2019 23:04:15 GMT
The actor who plays Peter was replaced after his scene on the balcony. So he must have been ill. It’s a shame as I really liked him.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2019 1:04:12 GMT
I finally saw this and I enjoyed it. If really only for Pattis turn.
Having a gay Amy Jamie worked really well and was very contemporary challenging the idea of homonormativity. But diction was an issue.
It was very slick, I wanted the production to reveal just the physical and mental toll the relationships were having, a bit messier.
Criticisms I didn’t wholly enjoy Craig, being alive was probably the weakest versions including concerts I’ve ever heard.
It’s 1am I’ll come back to more points.
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Post by cherokee on Feb 14, 2019 13:41:24 GMT
I thought this was a really interesting production. Fascinating to see how the gender swaps changed the dynamic between Bobbie and the other characters. Knowing the original script pretty well, it was interesting to compare.
For instance in the original, all the wives fancy Bobby but the husbands are all tolerant of this, and exhibit a mixture of envy for his single/playboy lifestyle and encouragement that he should settle down with his own partner. Whereas in the Elliot version, the wives feel far more threatened by single, attractive Bobbie when their husbands flirt with her. To the point where Joanne actually offers her husband to her as a sexual partner so that she can maintain some level of control over the situation. I found myself thinking: I suspect the wives (particularly Sarah and Jenny) would gradually ease Bobbie out of their lives. And as a result, I didn't get a sense of Bobbie having any genuine female friends in her life. Her best friend is a gay man.
The scenes with the boyfriends were interesting too. There were very few dialogue changes, but lines that made the character of Kathy sweet and old-fashioned made Theo dull and unadventurous and lines that in Marta's mouth were eccentric and kooky, became plain obnoxious in PJ's. Very interesting to compare and contrast. (Though I didn't think it was necessary to make PJ English and found that a bit of a distraction. No English person would say "off of the train"...)
I thought Rosalie Craig was very good, and Patti LuPone just outstanding. Boy can that woman time a line!
Richard Fleeshman was very sweet with an incredible body!!
The weak links I thought were Mel Giedroyc (gurning and unsubtle - just as she was in 'Much Ado about Nothing' at the Rose Kingston) and, controversially perhaps, Jonathan Bailey. Maybe his performance has become broader as time has gone on, but he was so massively OTT and hysterical, I didn't believe in him for a moment. Plus he whispered so many of his lines I missed most of them.
On the whole a very strong ensemble piece: 4 stars rather than 5 due to those two dud performances.
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Post by wickedgrin on Feb 14, 2019 13:57:18 GMT
controversially perhaps, Jonathan Bailey. Maybe his performance has become broader as time has gone on, but he was so massively OTT and hysterical, I didn't believe in him for a moment. Plus he whispered so many of his lines I missed most of them. Yes, on a second viewing the other week, I can confirm that the adorable Jonathan Bailey's performance has become much more manic and his whispering of some of the dialogue was completely lost. The only performance in the show that is substantially different from how it was at the start. Not as effective IMO. Must have directorial approval I assume. He did get huge laughs and exit applause. |
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Post by cherokee on Feb 14, 2019 14:08:38 GMT
controversially perhaps, Jonathan Bailey. Maybe his performance has become broader as time has gone on, but he was so massively OTT and hysterical, I didn't believe in him for a moment. Plus he whispered so many of his lines I missed most of them. Yes, on a second viewing the other week, I can confirm that the adorable Jonathan Bailey's performance has become much more manic and his whispering of some of the dialogue was completely lost. The only performance in the show that is substantially different from how it was at the start. Not as effective IMO. Must have directorial approval I assume. He did get huge laughs and exit applause. Yes the audience lapped him up on the night I saw it too. I just didn't feel the same way. |
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Post by distantcousin on Feb 15, 2019 9:40:20 GMT
I thought this was a really interesting production. Fascinating to see how the gender swaps changed the dynamic between Bobbie and the other characters. Knowing the original script pretty well, it was interesting to compare. For instance in the original, all the wives fancy Bobby but the husbands are all tolerant of this, and exhibit a mixture of envy for his single/playboy lifestyle and encouragement that he should settle down with his own partner. Whereas in the Elliot version, the wives feel far more threatened by single, attractive Bobbie when their husbands flirt with her. To the point where Joanne actually offers her husband to her as a sexual partner so that she can maintain some level of control over the situation. I found myself thinking: I suspect the wives (particularly Sarah and Jenny) would gradually ease Bobbie out of their lives. And as a result, I didn't get a sense of Bobbie having any genuine female friends in her life. Her best friend is a gay man. The scenes with the boyfriends were interesting too. There were very few dialogue changes, but lines that made the character of Kathy sweet and old-fashioned made Theo dull and unadventurous and lines that in Marta's mouth were eccentric and kooky, became plain obnoxious in PJ's. Very interesting to compare and contrast. (Though I didn't think it was necessary to make PJ English and found that a bit of a distraction. No English person would say "off of the train"...) I thought Rosalie Craig was very good, and Patti LuPone just outstanding. Boy can that woman time a line! Richard Fleeshman was very sweet with an incredible body!! The weak links I thought were Mel Giedroyc (gurning and unsubtle - just as she was in 'Much Ado about Nothing' at the Rose Kingston) and, controversially perhaps, Jonathan Bailey. Maybe his performance has become broader as time has gone on, but he was so massively OTT and hysterical, I didn't believe in him for a moment. Plus he whispered so many of his lines I missed most of them. On the whole a very strong ensemble piece: 4 stars rather than 5 due to those two dud performances.
Totally. I've heard from single female friends in their 30's, time and time again that they have been eased out of the friendship circles by friends once they are married (without or without kids). Many reasons but the most controversial one being they are seen as a "threat"
PJ was played as a total wanker - a white priviliged Brit thinking he's going to be somebody in the Big Apple. Theo came across as a naive male bimbo (not a word we're probably allowed to use anymore, but I can't think of anything more accurate or socially acceptable in 2019!)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2019 9:52:53 GMT
I thought this was a really interesting production. Fascinating to see how the gender swaps changed the dynamic between Bobbie and the other characters. Knowing the original script pretty well, it was interesting to compare. For instance in the original, all the wives fancy Bobby but the husbands are all tolerant of this, and exhibit a mixture of envy for his single/playboy lifestyle and encouragement that he should settle down with his own partner. Whereas in the Elliot version, the wives feel far more threatened by single, attractive Bobbie when their husbands flirt with her. To the point where Joanne actually offers her husband to her as a sexual partner so that she can maintain some level of control over the situation. I found myself thinking: I suspect the wives (particularly Sarah and Jenny) would gradually ease Bobbie out of their lives. And as a result, I didn't get a sense of Bobbie having any genuine female friends in her life. Her best friend is a gay man. The scenes with the boyfriends were interesting too. There were very few dialogue changes, but lines that made the character of Kathy sweet and old-fashioned made Theo dull and unadventurous and lines that in Marta's mouth were eccentric and kooky, became plain obnoxious in PJ's. Very interesting to compare and contrast. (Though I didn't think it was necessary to make PJ English and found that a bit of a distraction. No English person would say "off of the train"...) I thought Rosalie Craig was very good, and Patti LuPone just outstanding. Boy can that woman time a line! Richard Fleeshman was very sweet with an incredible body!! The weak links I thought were Mel Giedroyc (gurning and unsubtle - just as she was in 'Much Ado about Nothing' at the Rose Kingston) and, controversially perhaps, Jonathan Bailey. Maybe his performance has become broader as time has gone on, but he was so massively OTT and hysterical, I didn't believe in him for a moment. Plus he whispered so many of his lines I missed most of them. On the whole a very strong ensemble piece: 4 stars rather than 5 due to those two dud performances.
Totally. I've heard from single female friends in their 30's, time and time again that they have been eased out of the friendship circles by friends once they are married (without or without kids). Many reasons but the most controversial one being they are seen as a "threat"
PJ was played as a total wanker - a white priviliged Brit thinking he's going to be somebody in the Big Apple. Theo came across as a naive male bimbo (not a word we're probably allowed to use anymore, but I can't think of anything more accurate or socially acceptable in 2019!)
I don't know how much a threat I really am (honestly I'm quite lazy and having an affair seems a lot of work) but certainly I've had that happen to me. |
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Post by lonlad on Feb 15, 2019 10:19:07 GMT
Saw it last night for the third time and it was totally on fire. Johnny's diction is slipping but he still finds the pathos beneath the mania while simultaneously seeming very sweet amidst all his confusion and Rosie was in far and away the best voice I have encountered on this show, swooping up to the highest register of the title song with ease and finding much more power in Bobbie's solos. The audience (lots of industry people, interestingly, for so late in the run) were totally with it from the start, and having Johnny wish everyone a Happy Valentine's Day at the bows didn't hurt either, one imagines! (He and Ben Lewis were then in the foyer afterwards rattling buckets for charity.)
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Post by ali973 on Feb 15, 2019 16:58:29 GMT
Here's the first taster of Documentary Now's parody of the Company OBC cast recording. This number seems to be the answer to Not Getting Married Today:
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2019 18:05:12 GMT
It may seem finicky but Sondheim named the song 'Getting Married Today' (without the not) and I think that's on purpose, putting the not in front both gives away something if people read it in the programme and it also prefigures the happy ending.
Sondheim is a stickler for precision!
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Post by ali973 on Feb 15, 2019 18:55:34 GMT
What was supposed to be "thank you so much for sharing this clip with us!" turned out to be "you are wrong. let me correct you!"
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2019 19:23:20 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2019 11:56:43 GMT
Yes in fairness that writing of it comes up many many times in the thread and I don't think that was meant as a personal dig, just a general 'actually it's call x because y'
but thanks for sharing the clip.
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Post by jek on Feb 16, 2019 15:32:35 GMT
Marianne Elliot was at the Dior exhibition at the V&A when I was there this morning. She was with a group of women who I guess make theatrical costumes given how detailed their technical knowledge was of how to achieve a particular look. If I could have found an excuse to tag along just to benefit from their expertise I would have done!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2019 17:19:28 GMT
Well the "dilemma" of booking for the last night has now been solved. Work rota-ed me in that weekend. Cry.
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Post by sjbr1988 on Feb 16, 2019 18:06:40 GMT
I’ve been wanting to see this for a while and the wait was certainly worth it!
Stunning cast across the board and I have to say I think I’m slightly in love with the fabulousness Patti Lupone exudes through the show.
I can’t honestly say there was a weak link for me, even the slightly more paired back version of Being Alive (one of my all time favourite MT songs) sounded beautiful being sung by Rosalie who just brought so many sides to her character of Bobbie.
The design of the show is so slick and effortless at times as it moves from one snapshot to another and I loved having the orchestra in full view of the audience at all times. I often think they get overlooked by the audience but this really makes them part of the show.
Can’t believe this only has a few more weeks left, I’m hoping I can get back and see it once more before it closes.
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