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Post by hal9000 on Jun 3, 2017 12:18:52 GMT
Thank you sophie and firefingers!
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Post by jek on Jun 3, 2017 19:50:41 GMT
Just back from seeing this afternoon's matinee performance. An audience member was taken ill during the first number of the show and so the show was stopped and not restarted until 4.30 pm making for a rather long afternoon. My daughter has had the cd for a couple of years and I could see from looking around that she was certainly not the only 16 year old present - it's heaven sent for teenagers who feel that they are somehow different. She was right in warning me that it was 'not your demographic' but she loved it. I would certainly imagine that it would find an audience in London. Very strong young cast and some very nice singing.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2017 20:36:52 GMT
An audience member was taken ill during the first number of the show and so the show was stopped and not restarted until 4.30 pm making for a rather long afternoon. I saw that on twitter apparently a Liam Doyle's parents provided medical assistance to the individual so fair play to them
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Post by ctas on Jun 3, 2017 20:53:46 GMT
I was there this afternoon, hope the poor man taken ill is feeling better! It was very interesting to see differences between Thursday and today!
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Post by mallardo on Jun 4, 2017 11:31:36 GMT
Just back from seeing this afternoon's matinee performance. An audience member was taken ill during the first number of the show and so the show was stopped and not restarted until 4.30 pm making for a rather long afternoon. My daughter has had the cd for a couple of years and I could see from looking around that she was certainly not the only 16 year old present - it's heaven sent for teenagers who feel that they are somehow different. She was right in warning me that it was 'not your demographic' but she loved it. I would certainly imagine that it would find an audience in London. Very strong young cast and some very nice singing.
Re "teenagers who somehow feel they are different" it seems to me that it's not as simple as that anymore. Wicked covers that ground perfectly but Heathers is about a high school homicidal maniac and in the post-Columbine world that's not as interesting or quirky as it was when the movie first appeared. Now we know all too well the horrors such a character can inflict. For the musical that changes everything. What was once just dark is now pitch black and it affects (and infects) the show.
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Post by hal9000 on Jun 4, 2017 12:06:32 GMT
That is interesting. I have not seen or listened to the musical but I rewatched the film last year (child of the 90s here) and it still stands up. Of course, there were high school shootings prior to Columbine, but that was a turning point in many ways because either Klebold or Dylan kept an online, pre-blog, diary which was widely read after the murders, so the general public got an instant view into the killers without information being disseminated through the press or through police first. The writer's vision of Veronica in HEATHERS was much darker, here were the two original, alternate endings: "MICHAEL LEHMANN Director The original ending was that J.D. blew up the high school and they all died, then there was a prom scene in heaven. [New World execs] just said, “No way. We can’t make a satirical movie about teenage suicide in which the people actually kill themselves.”" "WATERS The ending I should’ve fought harder for is where Martha Dumptruck pulls out a knife, stabs Veronica, and says, “F— you, Heather.” And Veronica’s on the ground laughing, with a knife in her stomach, saying, “My name’s not Heather. My name’s not Heather.”" ew.com/article/2014/04/04/heathers-oral-history/
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Post by ryan98 on Jun 21, 2017 0:38:48 GMT
Hello, just wondering what changes people noticed from the original production/cast album? have been a huge fan ever since I caught it on off-Broadway and was gutted to have missed this.
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Post by firefingers on Nov 27, 2017 13:51:15 GMT
I understand the main house at The Other Palace production for this is slated for middle of next year. Get hyped people.
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Post by Boob on Nov 27, 2017 18:30:19 GMT
Listen up, biotch!
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Post by anthony40 on Nov 27, 2017 19:18:48 GMT
That'd be so 'very'.
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Post by mallardo on Nov 28, 2017 7:23:47 GMT
Heathers is fine but they really need to do a production of their other workshopped show, Bonnie and Clyde.
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Post by mailtrix on Mar 11, 2018 23:01:02 GMT
I understand the main house at The Other Palace production for this is slated for middle of next year. Get hyped people. Any updates? I'm trying to map out my travel plans.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2018 21:29:18 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2018 21:32:18 GMT
Well Carrie's casting will divide opinion.
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Post by No. on Apr 12, 2018 21:32:18 GMT
Oh dear...
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Post by No. on Apr 12, 2018 21:34:44 GMT
I don’t have as much against Carrie as some but she really isn’t right for this part
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2018 21:34:44 GMT
Love the show. Sadly, can't stand her!
Also, Bill Kenwright producing?
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Post by Being Alive on Apr 12, 2018 21:36:17 GMT
She'll sell the tickets, that's for sure.
For the record, she's ok when shes nowhere near social media. Then she's a headcase
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2018 21:45:43 GMT
Running June 9th through August 4th.
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Post by hitmewithurbethshot on Apr 12, 2018 21:58:12 GMT
Ugh I groaned out loud when I read that casting news
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Post by westended on Apr 12, 2018 22:05:51 GMT
I don’t have as much against Carrie as some but she really isn’t right for this part I’m sure the show’s writers/casting directors know what they want from a women playing Veronica, so they must have reasons for choosing her. Obviously, if she wasn’t right for the role then she’d wouldn’t have been cast!
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Post by Being Alive on Apr 12, 2018 22:10:00 GMT
I’m sure the show’s writers/casting directors know what they want from a women playing Veronica, so they must have reasons for choosing her. Obviously, if she wasn’t right for the role then she’d wouldn’t have been cast! You've got way too much faith in casting directors my friend....
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Post by No. on Apr 12, 2018 22:10:58 GMT
They’ve announced her alongside announcing the show, they know exactly what they’re doing.
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Post by sophizoey on Apr 12, 2018 22:14:27 GMT
Veronica's high note is an Ab5 I didn't even realise Carrie could belt that high, especially when she struggled with the G5 in Addams. I do believe they have casted her for the name, because a better role for her range would be Heather C or Heather D, but neither of those characters are the lead.
They announced her along side the show, so it is just a publicity stunt. If they do Tuesday Matinees however I suppose I'll go when Im free in London.
Edit - Wednesdays high note was actually only an E5. The girl cannot belt two notes and a half step higher when she struggled with the E.
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Post by No. on Apr 12, 2018 22:16:52 GMT
She literally busted her voice doing Wednesday Addams and Veronica is way higher. She cracked all the time doing that so I don’t know how she’ll cope with this unless she gets some serious vocal training.
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Post by shady23 on Apr 12, 2018 22:17:08 GMT
The replies to Baz's tweet are a hoot.
OMG!!
I'M DYING!
I'M SELLING A LUNG TO GO!
etc. etc.
Whatever you think of her, she has a big fan base and she sells tickets.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2018 22:18:43 GMT
I don’t know what it is about Carrie, buf I find that the “fame” is kind of getting to her head and she perhaps thinks she’s more successful than she actually is.
I have nothing against her, but she just comes across as quite arrogant and snobbish.
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Post by No. on Apr 12, 2018 22:18:45 GMT
As a person of similar age to those replying in all caps I sincerely apologise for the absolute shambles that is teenage girls on twitter when it comes to Heathers
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Post by sophizoey on Apr 12, 2018 22:20:36 GMT
She literally busted her voice doing Wednesday Addams and Veronica is way higher. She cracked all the time doing that so I don’t know how she’ll cope with this unless she gets some serious vocal training. Just seen on twitter that they've wrote new songs for the show, so what is the betting that they may have also lowered it a key or two so she can belt it.
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Post by Rukaya on Apr 12, 2018 22:23:22 GMT
Buzzing to see a full production of this show, and really pleased for the exposure this will give The Other Palace, but looooord the fans. Can't deal with all the caps lock...
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