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Post by ptwest on Aug 11, 2017 18:19:45 GMT
Fell foul of this at work when I had reason to put a huge coast to coast map with large place names on the hall wall for the children to see the route. A few well placed photos were added - it was only up a week before I noticed that the S had been completely covered up!
Back to Starlight - this is high on my list for a school production but apparently health and safety won't allow it!
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Post by showbizkid on Aug 11, 2017 22:20:04 GMT
I presume Ashley the smoking car will be gone. As for the 80 Euro trashy style pop music - isn't that why we love Blood Brothers and Starlight?? Some things are best left alone?
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Post by d'James on Aug 11, 2017 22:46:07 GMT
I presume Ashley the smoking car will be gone. As for the 80 Euro trashy style pop music - isn't that why we love Blood Brothers and Starlight?? Some things are best left alone? Yeah I'm sure Duvay could work if they properly costume her. They made the arrangements super 80s for the last tour. It's best to embrace that side of it! When they tried to update the arrangements for the first UK Tour it didn't work very well. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2017 5:04:01 GMT
As for the 80 Euro trashy style pop music - isn't that why we love Blood Brothers and Starlight?? Some things are best left alone? That's true of every musical, in a sense. You don't get people going around saying that Richard Rodgers sounds so mid-twentieth-century and needs to be updated. Music and musicals are popular as they are, and if we didn't love them as they are then nobody would be talking about them now. |
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Post by horton on Aug 12, 2017 5:09:23 GMT
Glad to see more bold programming in this venue for new musicals... I'm sure ALW would never have found anywhere else to support his brave, experimental piece without the visionary programming of The Other Palace. Alongside such up and coming talents like Alan Menken and Frank Wildhorn, it's great to see a fledgling writer getting the support this venue has declared it wants to provide.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2017 9:42:55 GMT
Glad to see more bold programming in this venue for new musicals... I'm sure ALW would never have found anywhere else to support his brave, experimental piece without the visionary programming of The Other Palace. Alongside such up and coming talents like Alan Menken and Frank Wildhorn, it's great to see a fledgling writer getting the support this venue has declared it wants to provide. Oh good grief it's one show for 3 nights - have you actually bothered to look at the rest of the programming for the theatre at the minute? |
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Post by showbizkid on Aug 12, 2017 11:25:18 GMT
Glad to see more bold programming in this venue for new musicals... I'm sure ALW would never have found anywhere else to support his brave, experimental piece without the visionary programming of The Other Palace. Alongside such up and coming talents like Alan Menken and Frank Wildhorn, it's great to see a fledgling writer getting the support this venue has declared it wants to provide. I agree! The guy Burt Bacharach sounds interesting too! Haha |
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Post by horton on Aug 12, 2017 13:16:31 GMT
Yes. Have you bothered to read the rest of my post?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2017 13:51:16 GMT
I can't wait to see how they get around the rake in that theatre on roller boots. They're more likely to need mountain boots and a rope.
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Post by d'James on Aug 12, 2017 14:02:30 GMT
They should get all the bar staff and ushers in skates!
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Post by steve10086 on Aug 12, 2017 15:17:09 GMT
I can't wait to see how they get around the rake in that theatre on roller boots. They're more likely to need mountain boots and a rope. I hope no one turning up is expecting to see any roller skates 🙄 |
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Post by fiyero on Aug 12, 2017 19:33:48 GMT
Back to Starlight - this is high on my list for a school production but apparently health and safety won't allow it! I loved the local youth production I saw a year or so ago (Centrestage in Eastleigh). First time I ever saw it with actual racing too as I only saw it on tour not in London. I also loved how some of the cast were near the front to catch anyone who got too close to falling into the orchestra pit! It did make me wonder why they can't race on tour... |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2017 23:42:51 GMT
I can't wait to see how they get around the rake in that theatre on roller boots. They're more likely to need mountain boots and a rope. I hope no one turning up is expecting to see any roller skates 🙄 If there aren't any I shall walk out like Miss Ross at a Dreamgirls show. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2017 11:01:56 GMT
Glad to see more bold programming in this venue for new musicals... I'm sure ALW would never have found anywhere else to support his brave, experimental piece without the visionary programming of The Other Palace. Alongside such up and coming talents like Alan Menken and Frank Wildhorn, it's great to see a fledgling writer getting the support this venue has declared it wants to provide. Theres a fair point to be made here. Could it be that the UK musical market has Webber-fever with a hefty portion of his back catalogue running co-currently. Jeeves opening in the lakes soon, JCS just re-opened, sistering Evita, School of Rock and Phantom in London, Sunset about to embark a huge UK tour, a movie of Joseph in production and The Woman in White and Starlight heading for small remounted/'workshop'-type presentation. There is potential for debate here; Is ALW getting his moneys worth whilst he still has chance or (devils advocate) with the threat of Hamilton and Dear Evan-esque shows stealing the limelight could it be he's saturating the market to prevent more up and coming writers getting new work out there? |
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Post by horton on Aug 13, 2017 11:19:15 GMT
There is no question that ALW and Cameron stifled the competition during the 90s- using advertizing spending power to bend the print media to their will.
It's ironic when they ALW now bewails the lack of a new generation of writers.
Oh and yes, the sands of time are definitely running out.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2017 12:15:28 GMT
Theatre in London is once more in a hard place ?! |
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Post by d'James on Aug 14, 2017 17:18:22 GMT
Who would we like to see in the cast? It'd be nice to see Ray Shell as Poppa again. I'd love for Cleve September to get a crack at Rusty.
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Post by d'James on Aug 14, 2017 19:41:26 GMT
Who would we like to see in the cast? It'd be nice to see Ray Shell as Poppa again. I'd love for Cleve September to get a crack at Rusty. Just realised Cleve September is in Jesus Christ Superstar at the same time so unlikely but maybe in future. |
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Post by chernjam on Aug 15, 2017 5:59:06 GMT
ALW has been vocal about the lack of anything new coming up in the UK - and he credits School of Rock's "Grammercy Concerts" as one of the things that helped cement it to become the hit that it is, so I'm not shocked that he's taking this opportunity to revisit something that was a huge international hit, but that if it has any future, would need some re-imagination to be sure.
As for the resurgence of ALW's stuff, I'm thrilled! I only wish Aspects was somewhere in the queue for a new revival. Part of this is that ALW had said recently he hasn't any ideas for a new show - so this is a way to occupy his time and perhaps get the creative juices flowing for something new. And the reality with him coming close to turning 70, I'm sure he's hoping to have his works as "definitive" as he can as he gets older
I am curious though, wasn't there a Joseph revival coming this year for the 50th anniversary of the show?
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Post by infofreako on Aug 15, 2017 8:23:04 GMT
Thought Joseph had been on tour for the last 2 years anyway
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Post by daniel on Aug 15, 2017 8:26:35 GMT
Thought Joseph had been on tour for the last 2 years anyway You might want to add a few 0s on to that 2... |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2017 8:26:58 GMT
Who would we like to see in the cast? It'd be nice to see Ray Shell as Poppa again. I'd love for Cleve September to get a crack at Rusty. June Brown. She can play any part she likes so long as they strap her into a pair of roller skates. #WorthEveryPenny |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2017 10:50:18 GMT
Who would we like to see in the cast? It'd be nice to see Ray Shell as Poppa again. I'd love for Cleve September to get a crack at Rusty. June Brown. She can play any part she likes so long as they strap her into a pair of roller skates. #WorthEveryPenny Like me I'm Ashley, I'm the smoking car I've tried to kick the habit but my inside's used to tar I know if I don't give up I might choke or have a stroke That scares me, and when I'm scared - Boy I need a smoke. #PerfectCasting #BringBackALottaLocomotionFullVersion |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2017 10:58:32 GMT
ALW has been vocal about the lack of anything new coming up in the UK - and he credits School of Rock's "Grammercy Concerts" as one of the things that helped cement it to become the hit that it is, so I'm not shocked that he's taking this opportunity to revisit something that was a huge international hit, but that if it has any future, would need some re-imagination to be sure. As for the resurgence of ALW's stuff, I'm thrilled! I only wish Aspects was somewhere in the queue for a new revival. Part of this is that ALW had said recently he hasn't any ideas for a new show - so this is a way to occupy his time and perhaps get the creative juices flowing for something new. And the reality with him coming close to turning 70, I'm sure he's hoping to have his works as "definitive" as he can as he gets older I am curious though, wasn't there a Joseph revival coming this year for the 50th anniversary of the show? Ditto. Been an ALW fan for years and my favourite of his two shows are the slightly odd pairing of Starlight and Aspects. So excited about him trying out some new things for Starlight (though frankly if they put on an exact replica of any of the previous incarnations I'd still be there) and would be ecstatic if it came back to London on a more permanent basis (much as I love my annual trips to Bochum, it's getting very expensive). Aspects of Love I think contains some of ALW's most beautiful melodies and I listen to the whole show almost in a semi trance. Lucky enough to have seen all 4 versions (Trevor Nunn's original, Gale Edwards tour, Nikolai Foster's tour and the Menier version) and really enjoyed all of them. Would love to see it reimagined for the West End. I fear however that as a classic 80s sung through musical and without the spectacle of Cats or Starlight there wouldn't be a commercial market for this now though. Miss Saigon's sales falling off within the first year (and failure to find a NEW audience - nearly everyone there had amazing memories of seeing it before) a refection of changing tastes I think. Joseph rumours been around a while. The Lord wants Liam Payne apparently. Elton John's film version also permanently on verge of happening but never does. Cats animated film too. |
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Post by westendwendy on Aug 16, 2017 13:30:59 GMT
They just need to bring back Liebessexpress(Engine of Love), Lotta Locomotion and Only You back into the show aswell as updating a few roles and maybe adding Belle back into it. If they turn it into a rapping "Hamilton" meets "In the Heights" fusion thinking this is what modern day society represents I SHALL SCREAM!!
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