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Post by avenueqresident on Oct 23, 2017 8:50:53 GMT
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 23, 2017 10:36:01 GMT
Friends of Dorothy all over the world are being resuscitated right now.
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Post by alece10 on Oct 23, 2017 11:52:56 GMT
I saw this with the wonderful Tracie Bennett in London but, of course, she is not a big enough name to star in a film version of the play
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Post by theatremadness on Oct 23, 2017 11:58:03 GMT
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Post by lynette on Oct 23, 2017 13:01:46 GMT
Can she sing?
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Post by theatremadness on Oct 23, 2017 13:08:37 GMT
If you haven't seen it, she was excellent as one of the female leads Roxie Hart in the film of Chicago (I thought!). The film as a whole is brilliant really, and revitalised the 'movie musical'. Whether she can 'do a Judy' remains to be seen, but yes she has a voice! |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 23, 2017 13:08:54 GMT
Of course she can! Chicago! I think she will absolutely KILL this. Can’t wait! |
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Post by couldileaveyou on Oct 23, 2017 13:58:20 GMT
They could always use Garland's real voice, like they did with Piaf in La Vie en Rose
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Post by lynette on Oct 23, 2017 14:00:23 GMT
I didn’t see her in Chicago. Judy Garland's voice happens to have been one of the greats. So I’m merely asking if she can bring the required magic to the part. You obviously think she can so I am quite satisfied with that now. Keep taking the tablets, BB.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 23, 2017 14:26:42 GMT
Yeh but at the time when this is set her voice was racked with fags, booze and prescription painkillers. It’s probably more about the acting than the voice, but I still think Rene will kill it. I don’t think she’d take it on if there was any doubt because a bad performance in this could never be lived down.
I wonder what Zeta Jones is thinking, as she flogs her range of flowery bedspreads on QVC U.S.
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Post by vdcni on Oct 23, 2017 16:24:59 GMT
I hope Goold knows what he's doing, she was dreadful in that terrible film version of Chicago and this is a much harder part.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2017 17:08:33 GMT
Tracie Bennett would poke pins in Reenie's forehead if they wouldn't just simply bounce straight off again.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2017 17:53:25 GMT
I wonder if Renee's voice would have the range for the songs, but Judy's voice wasn't what it was earlier in her career so having a slightly strained sound might be okay. ALW always said he saw Judy at Roundhouse circa 1968 and she couldn't quite hit some notes, this was inspiration for Don't Cry For Me Argentina setting.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2017 18:21:33 GMT
If Rene should ever come across this board, I’m sure she’d be flattered that some think she’s well suited to singing the part of someone whose voice is “racked with fags, booze and prescription drugs” and “having a slightly strained sound”...!
If Catherine should ever come across this board, I reckon she’ll feel relieved she wasn’t even up for the part, and will continue to flog her bedspreads while the money keeps rolling in.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2017 18:29:22 GMT
If Catherine should ever come across this board, I reckon she’ll feel relieved she wasn’t even up for the part, and will continue to flog her bedspreads while the money keeps rolling in. Rollin', rollin', rollin' Rollin' on in, rollin' on in Rollin' on in, rollin' on in On in. Eva!! |
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Post by loureviews on Oct 23, 2017 20:30:46 GMT
Chicago was fifteen years ago, when Renee's face was mobile. She was terrific then, but now ... late period Judy might have been boozy and fragile, but she still had energy and electricity: hard to portray with a frozen face.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2017 0:20:51 GMT
Judy's voice circa 1969 would not have been what it was 20 years earlier but her face did move, so Rene may have an issue.
Wonder if Rene and Stockard went to same facility for their "look".
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2017 10:19:54 GMT
Wonder if Rene and Stockard went to same facility for their "look". At least Stockard still looks like Stockard. Reenie looks completely different nowadays, I'd struggle to pick her out of a lineup. |
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Post by lynette on Oct 24, 2017 17:35:20 GMT
Judy's last performances were sad, I think.
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Post by Mr Snow on Apr 23, 2018 9:01:25 GMT
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 23, 2018 9:31:18 GMT
A while ago on a visit to the Kings Cross Theatre for a matinee of In The Heights, I noticed that the square in front of St Martin’s College was fenced off. A film crew and extras were milling around. After the show I went back and Renée Zellweger was there filming for Bridget Jones's Baby.
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Post by TallPaul on Apr 23, 2018 12:22:51 GMT
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Post by Michael on Apr 23, 2018 12:26:45 GMT
Threads merged
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Post by digipal on Apr 23, 2018 18:21:33 GMT
Judy Davis in Me and My Shadows was amazing. I think they dubbed her over with JudyG's singing however the acting was flawless
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Post by vabbian on Apr 26, 2018 6:31:50 GMT
I still think Judy! which was in the West End last summer,
is one of the best pieces of theatre I have ever seen!
Would love to have it back.
Looking forward to Renee as Judy,
although looks like the film will not include earlier parts of her life.
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