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Post by mjh on Mar 8, 2022 15:40:42 GMT
Beverly Knight's confirmed to leave Drifters Girl on 2nd July...while she'd miss the Manchester dates her schedule looks free for the London run...
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Post by mattnyc on Mar 8, 2022 15:49:08 GMT
Beverly would be a dream come true.
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Post by robertb213 on Mar 8, 2022 16:53:20 GMT
Oh YES make that happen, I'm all here for Sister Beverley 😍
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Post by LaLuPone on Mar 8, 2022 16:57:36 GMT
It would be great but unlikely if she can’t do the Manchester run I’d have thought, they’d have to rehearse two Delorises (Delori?) at once.
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Post by jgblunners on Mar 8, 2022 17:18:03 GMT
It would be great but unlikely if she can’t do the Manchester run I’d have thought, they’d have to rehearse two Delorises (Delori?) at once. Well the original plan was to have one Tour Deloris (I believe it was Brenda Edwards) and one London Deloris (Whoopi of course), with the tour Deloris acting as standby in London. Depending on Beverley's availability/preferences, they may well do the same this time round and have Beverley in London but another actress for the tour dates. |
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Post by LaLuPone on Mar 8, 2022 17:23:42 GMT
I suppose but I’m just thinking of the logistical issues of rehearsing two performers at once plus tech etc. I’d have thought they’d have tried to get whoever was doing London to do the Manchester week before as well and then have the other Deloris for the remainder of the tour after London.
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Post by ilovewemusicals on Mar 8, 2022 17:47:23 GMT
Took a punt and booked some front stalls seats in the hope that it is Bev.
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Post by LaLuPone on Mar 13, 2022 22:09:56 GMT
Possible Deloris? I’d love it and she’d be fantastic but not the star name Whoopi was to sell out the Eventim Apollo all summer at those crazy prices. Also the whole reworking of Deloris as older would have to be done away with.
As far as the tour goes, I hope Brenda still does it, she deserves another theatre role after doing Hairspray on tour for about 100 years! It really depends on how she’s feeling by September though, her whole world has just been torn apart by the death of her son and no one would blame her if she wanted to take a long time out of the spotlight.
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Post by robertb213 on Mar 13, 2022 23:03:42 GMT
Yeah my guess is that Brenda was still scheduled to do the tour but has maybe withdrawn and maybe Marisha is doing it instead. She'll be a great Deloris.
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Post by d'James on Mar 14, 2022 1:44:28 GMT
Oh. I wouldn’t want to hear Marisha Wallace singing the score.
I was excited to hear the new duet between Deloris and the Mother Superior. I wonder if that’ll still be in it.
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Post by WireHangers on Mar 14, 2022 9:48:37 GMT
I wouldn’t see the show if Marisha was Delores. The two shows I’ve seen her in left me feeling underwhelmed by her acting. Her singing was obviously incredible but the acting was a completely different story.
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Post by enh2 on Mar 17, 2022 10:18:35 GMT
Looks like we will be getting some info shortly ... |
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Post by Being Alive on Mar 17, 2022 10:21:51 GMT
Marisha is Ado Annie in Oklahoma at the YV.
But yes, cast news incoming...it's exciting.
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Post by danb on Mar 17, 2022 11:13:11 GMT
Who would have thought that in a country of 70 odd million people we come back to the same 2 or 3 names for a POC female lead? Here’s hoping that it isn’t any of the above names, or Al Burke, rather someone that has been hiding in plain sight and is ready to show us what she has. (Hoping for Mrs Tembe from Doctors).
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Post by shady23 on Mar 17, 2022 11:18:34 GMT
Yes many tours seem to need "names" to sell these days but you could easily have an unknown playing the lead and then have "names" for some of the other roles.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 17, 2022 11:23:44 GMT
Carly Dyer would make a good Ado but her dance card is very full at the moment… she most definitely CAN say no!
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Post by enh2 on Mar 17, 2022 17:10:38 GMT
A teaser video has just been posted on Facebook - Looks very much like Beverley Knight alongside Jenifer Saunders and Clive Rowe.
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Post by keekio2 on Mar 17, 2022 17:12:01 GMT
A teaser video has just been posted on Facebook - Looks very much like Beverley Knight alongside Jenifer Saunders and Clive Rowe. Exactly who I was thinking |
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Post by keekio2 on Mar 17, 2022 17:13:28 GMT
I don’t know if just me but keala settle aswell
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Post by enh2 on Mar 17, 2022 17:16:07 GMT
I don’t know if just me but keala settle aswell She's in &Juliet at the moment and has only just joined so I'm too sure if she would. |
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Post by keekio2 on Mar 17, 2022 17:30:12 GMT
I don’t know if just me but keala settle aswell She's in &Juliet at the moment and has only just joined so I'm too sure if she would. she’s only in it for 3months |
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Post by southstreet on Mar 17, 2022 17:36:27 GMT
I feel like I got a glance of Keala as well. But might well be wrong.
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Post by benny20 on Mar 17, 2022 17:47:31 GMT
Sorry for asking a stupid question....is this a London cast or a tour cast?? Or both...
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Post by keekio2 on Mar 17, 2022 17:50:41 GMT
Sorry for asking a stupid question....is this a London cast or a tour cast?? Or both... Most likely both casts but Deloris would be different for the tour and mother superior aswell but I assume ensemble will be same for both |
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Post by Being Alive on Mar 17, 2022 17:54:13 GMT
I imagine a lot of the principals are London only based on who they've got, bit ensemble will be doing both
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