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Post by mrbarnaby on Mar 22, 2017 22:50:04 GMT
ALW is banging on about wanting Liam Payne to play Joseph when it 'returns to the west end later this year'
Please god no?? I know he's run out of any new ideas but purlease spare us. And like LP would do it.
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Post by infofreako on Mar 22, 2017 22:52:47 GMT
It sounds an awful prospect. It seems to sell OK on tour but I'm sure there are better options for London than bringing this in.
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Post by Jon on Mar 22, 2017 22:54:08 GMT
Will there be any theatre free unless it's the cheap Kenwright production going to somewhere like the Playhouse or between Winds and the Willows and Dick Whittington at the Palladium.
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Post by shady23 on Mar 22, 2017 23:09:45 GMT
He may do it if the money is right, he could make a fortune, and do a short contract. He has a baby to pay for after all...  The audience behaviour would be horrific though, I couldn't bear it. |
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Post by Phantom of London on Mar 22, 2017 23:20:26 GMT
At this point I need to Google Liam Payne.
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Post by infofreako on Mar 22, 2017 23:22:57 GMT
At this point I need to Google Liam Payne. Save yourself the effort. One Direction star. Dating Cheryl whatever her surname is this month |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Mar 22, 2017 23:29:55 GMT
Joseph given a big new production wouldn't be a bad addition to the West End offerings. But the Billy K version - with the cardboard sets - should never be allowed in any theatre ever again.
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Post by johartuk on Mar 22, 2017 23:39:08 GMT
Can Liam Payne even sing?
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Post by Jon on Mar 22, 2017 23:43:29 GMT
Joseph given a big new production wouldn't be a bad addition to the West End offerings. But the Billy K version - with the cardboard sets - should never be allowed in any theatre ever again. That production has been touring since the dawn of time! |
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Post by danb on Mar 22, 2017 23:53:06 GMT
Can Liam Payne even sing? To a degree...somewhere between Buble and Timberlake...as if that should actually be a thing. |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Mar 22, 2017 23:53:43 GMT
Joseph given a big new production wouldn't be a bad addition to the West End offerings. But the Billy K version - with the cardboard sets - should never be allowed in any theatre ever again. That production has been touring since the dawn of time! I believe Jacob played himself when it first opened.... |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Mar 23, 2017 0:06:37 GMT
Now I'm imagining Liam in a loincloth and Cheryl as the Narrator (miming to Linzi Hately singing it)
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Post by wickedgrin on Mar 23, 2017 0:34:37 GMT
They could add Cheryl's greatest hits to the mega mix finale...so that would be...er...and....er...oh never mind.....
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Post by oxfordsimon on Mar 23, 2017 0:40:12 GMT
I think the word you were searching for is 'short'
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2017 0:47:03 GMT
I used to love Joseph growing up from the album and the Donny Osmond film, and to be honest I have nothing wrong really with Liam Payne doing it on the West End provided he CAN sing and act it (pretty sure some people felt the same way about Jason Donovan back in the 90s), but from what I remember of the stage musical, it seemed like there was only about 1 hour and 20 mins worth of decent material that tells the story and the rest of it is just extended overtures, entr'acte and an ETERNITY of encores. I know it is because it was originally written for schools, but surely it should be revised or (rightly) extended more. But then again I guess, seeing as it's been around for nearly 50 years everyone probably thinks by now if isn't broken don't fix it! And how the Kenwright version is STILL touring to this day baffles me.
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Post by johartuk on Mar 23, 2017 0:51:29 GMT
Now I'm imagining Liam in a loincloth and Cheryl as the Narrator (miming to Linzi Hately singing it) I had a similar thought...but also with the rest of One Direction as brothers! I actually wouldn't put it past ALW to try and do that! Oh dear, now I'm imagining the rest of Girls Aloud and Little Mix as the wives and Rylan Clark as Pharaoh! |
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Post by ali973 on Mar 23, 2017 5:03:53 GMT
I for one will be protesting outside the theatre it will occupy, should an announcement be made. Who is with me?
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Post by viserys on Mar 23, 2017 5:45:25 GMT
If it was a nice full revival, I wouldn't mind it. When Joseph opened in the early 90s with Jason Donovan, it introduced a whole new generation to one of ALW's earliest works - people like me who knew all the big shows like Cats, Phantom, JCS, Evita and so on - and it was great fun. And people did have the same misgivings about Jason Donovan "the soap star and mediocre pop singer".
I admit I wasn't aware that this is still touring as a cheap Kenwright production. But even so, why not try and introduce another new generation to Joseph? Nobody complained when Evita or Cats came back or that JCS keeps popping up. Nobody is forced to see it and I'd rather have a Joseph revival than more jukebox stuff like Thriller Live or Motown.
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Post by ptwest on Mar 23, 2017 6:32:37 GMT
Does the Kenwright version still lose a brother at certain points due to cast members doubling up roles? I know when I saw it in Sheffield a few years back every so often I wondered when they were going to explain to Jacob that it wasn't just Joseph they had lost.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Mar 23, 2017 7:40:17 GMT
Surely Jenny Seagrove plays Joseph in the tour?
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Post by infofreako on Mar 23, 2017 7:43:37 GMT
Does the Kenwright version still lose a brother at certain points due to cast members doubling up roles? I know when I saw it in Sheffield a few years back every so often I wondered when they were going to explain to Jacob that it wasn't just Joseph they had lost. When I saw the tour last year this was the case. |
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Post by danb on Mar 23, 2017 7:57:35 GMT
Surely Jenny Seagrove plays Joseph in the tour? No, Andy LW and Simon Cowell pimp out there latest talent show winners/losers/members of steps to keep it running. Seagrove makes the teas. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2017 8:20:04 GMT
I for one will be protesting outside the theatre it will occupy, should an announcement be made. Who is with me? I'm with you! London needs a Joseph revival like I need root canal work... both involve sitting in a chair undergoing a considerable amount of pain! |
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Post by shady23 on Mar 23, 2017 8:20:46 GMT
It's Joe Mcelderry currently playing the role of Joseph on tour.
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Post by Tibidabo on Mar 23, 2017 8:36:41 GMT
At this point I need to Google Liam Payne. It's Joe Mcelderry currently playing the role of Joseph on tour. At this point I need to google Joe Mcelderry. |
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