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Post by alicechallice on Nov 5, 2017 8:41:53 GMT
This could be seen as a shameless ploy to get in Transgender ticket buyers! (I can't think of a witty alternative to 'pink pound' for the Trans community, sorry). When they & the non-binary brigade realise they've been sold a lie, there could be uproar! And all because Patti was never a man.
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Post by showtoones on Nov 5, 2017 17:59:03 GMT
It makes it sound like Bobby is transitioning! |
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Post by martin1965 on Nov 5, 2017 18:42:07 GMT
It makes it sound like Bobby is transitioning! Seriously though what do we expect from a free rag they give away at train stations!! |
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Post by Deal J on Nov 7, 2017 12:46:02 GMT
Astonishingly misinformed, but very amusing!
"Sondheim's sequel to Merrily We Roll Along, a show in which all of the actors are backwards!"
"From the author of Sweeney Todd, which recently starred Johnny Depp as Imelda Staunton."
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2017 12:54:32 GMT
But it's completely true isn't it? Broadway legend Patti LuPone is worth the price of the ticket alone.
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Post by distantcousin on Nov 7, 2017 13:45:15 GMT
Obviously written by an intern!
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Post by sf on Nov 7, 2017 19:54:11 GMT
But it's completely true isn't it? Broadway legend Patti LuPone is worth the price of the ticket alone. That's debatable. Sondheim's lyrics contain consonants and more than two vowel sounds. (Yes, by the way, I have a ticket to see this.) |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2017 20:14:19 GMT
I don't know the plot of Company or any of the songs bar Patti's solo which, lets face it, will probably be the main highlight (based on what @ryan tells me!). So I'm going into this expecting some transgender, Patti as a man in Act 1 realness.  |
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Post by shady23 on Nov 7, 2017 20:23:30 GMT
I wonder if it was that Metro writer who kept popping up on here with his "exclusives" (that we all knew already).
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Post by ali973 on Nov 7, 2017 20:38:01 GMT
I don't know the plot of Company or any of the songs bar Patti's solo which, lets face it, will probably be the main highlight (based on what @ryan tells me!). Yes, Patti's song is great and it will be a riot, but it's a great score and has a lot of great standalone big sings. |
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Post by sf on Nov 7, 2017 22:35:40 GMT
I don't see it for another eleven months, but I already know what I'm going to wear: black, in mourning for the original book. |
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Post by martin1965 on Nov 8, 2017 6:32:44 GMT
I don't know the plot of Company or any of the songs bar Patti's solo which, lets face it, will probably be the main highlight (based on what @ryan tells me!). So I'm going into this expecting some transgender, Patti as a man in Act 1 realness. Youve plenty of time to learn the plot though. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2017 9:49:12 GMT
I don't know the plot of Company or any of the songs bar Patti's solo which, lets face it, will probably be the main highlight (based on what @ryan tells me!). So I'm going into this expecting some transgender, Patti as a man in Act 1 realness. Abso-bloomin-lutely. She's the only reason I'm going. It's just a pain that you have to sit through so much of the rest of it before you get to it! And don't worry about the plot, it's about as complex as '42nd Street'. With less tap dancing. I don't think you'll have any trouble picking it up. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2018 23:39:36 GMT
Mel Giedroyc to play Sarah
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Post by oxfordsimon on Feb 1, 2018 23:40:46 GMT
I just am struggling to imagine LuPone and Giedroyc in the same cast...
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Post by Being Alive on Feb 1, 2018 23:41:44 GMT
Mel Giedroyc to play Sarah This production appears to get more wacky by the second! Is she a singer? She was in that Sound of Music thing but I don’t remember if she sang at all. I’m all for wacky though, keep adding the crazy! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2018 23:43:54 GMT
Mel Giedroyc to play Sarah This production appears to get more wacky by the second! Is she a singer? She was in that Sound of Music thing but I don’t remember if she sang at all. I’m all for wacky though, keep adding the crazy! I mean I'm personally very excited she is in it. Don't know the piece too well but I don't think the role has any solos, more ensemble singing and the occasional solo line. I'm starting to think Jane McDonald being in this may be quite likely. Other people I'd like to see in it , maybe Jack Davenport . |
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Post by Being Alive on Feb 1, 2018 23:45:32 GMT
Jane McDonald is genuinely the next name I was gonna put forward.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2018 23:47:48 GMT
At least this may also help it be a bit more mainstream as now Mel is a name the British public know so will put a few bums on seats. It's not terrible stunt casting as she's is an actress at least.
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Post by avenueqresident on Feb 1, 2018 23:52:35 GMT
Mel Giedroyc to play Sarah This production appears to get more wacky by the second! Is she a singer? She was in that Sound of Music thing but I don’t remember if she sang at all. I’m all for wacky though, keep adding the crazy! Couldn't find any videos, she was a contestant on Comic Relief does Fame Academy, that was more comedic performances for charity though |
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Post by sf on Feb 2, 2018 1:02:35 GMT
Mel Giedroyc to play Sarah This production appears to get more wacky by the second! Is she a singer? She was in that Sound of Music thing but I don’t remember if she sang at all. I’m all for wacky though, keep adding the crazy! Giedroyc doesn't need to be that much of a singer to play Sarah. She has a few solo lines here and there, but no song. I imagine she'll be very funny in the karate scene, and that's probably why they've cast her. |
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Post by showtoones on Feb 2, 2018 2:07:34 GMT
Sarah doesn’t really need to sing...it a comic role and she sings in a group so they can just turn her body mic way down lol while Natasha Barnes sings from the wings
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Post by alece10 on Feb 2, 2018 7:04:29 GMT
She can sing and was in a musical a few years ago called Eurobeat and had a song all about turnips.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2018 8:46:45 GMT
More excited by Mel than I was by Patti. There. I said it.
But seriously, it's not a singing part really, and she can sing well enough anyway. It's a comedy part and she's a fab comedy actress- she'll be great. And also yes a great commercial decision. The general public might not know Company or Patti but they know Mel.
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Post by ali973 on Feb 2, 2018 9:24:14 GMT
The general public might not know Company or Patti but they know Mel. I am so so troubled by this, but you're right. I never trusted the general public. (I actually don't know who Mel is and have no opinion on this casting choice but it does seem to be pretty sound). |
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