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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2017 20:26:51 GMT
I didn't get to see several of the musicals lots of people loved in 2016 unfortunately, but of the ones I did see for me it has to be Dreamgirls - almost all the leads are outstanding. Amber Riley's voice is astonishing. One of only two shows I saw in the UK during the year that I immediately thought I needed to see again (the other was Funny Girl).
And if we're going wider than the UK, then The Color Purple on Broadway is about equal with Dreamgirls for me.
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Post by sophie92 on Jan 4, 2017 20:33:59 GMT
My absolute top musical of 2016 was Stay Awake Jake, a one-man musical by Tim Gilvin, starring Jamie Muscato. It did a few performances as part of the Vault Festival in February and I knew then that it would take something special to knock it off the top spot - a gorgeous piece of theatre.
Special mentions to Groundhog Day and Vanities, both of which I enjoyed so much that I had to visit more than once, and Strictly Ballroom, which was just so joyous and I really hope it gets a run in London, if only so I can see it again!
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Post by SamB (was badoerfan) on Jan 4, 2017 22:00:52 GMT
Wicked is also in great shape at the moment - it received the shake up it needed so I love going back to see this more regularly than I did in 2015. What have they done to shake it up? |
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Post by singularsensation10 on Jan 4, 2017 23:13:15 GMT
Wicked is also in great shape at the moment - it received the shake up it needed so I love going back to see this more regularly than I did in 2015. What have they done to shake it up? The cast change was substantial enough to breathe a new lease of life into it - much needed as certain members of the previous cast were getting a bit lacklustre and, IMO, shouldn't have stayed as long as they did. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2017 23:22:35 GMT
I must agree that the cast now for Wicked have added a certian energy that certian members of the previous cast lacked (not all of the previous cast, but some!). And that, if I remember rightly, was a comment from a fair few the night the new cast begun!
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