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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2017 13:46:56 GMT
I have no idea who Ryan is, but I don't think I have ever seen a white guy play John. Interesting. He's currently Collins on the UK Tour of Rent, been getting a lot of great reviews for it and rightly so, he is amazing! |
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Post by zak97 on May 17, 2017 13:47:27 GMT
I have no idea who Ryan is, but I don't think I have ever seen a white guy play John. Interesting. John Partridge I think has played it on a UK tour. |
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2017 13:50:55 GMT
Ryan is such brilliant casting!!! Well thanks. I'm going to try my best. I did audition for Kim but they felt this part was more "appropriate". Noel Edmonds has been giving me some helicopter lessons too so I'm all set really. |
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2017 13:51:08 GMT
I have no idea who Ryan is, but I don't think I have ever seen a white guy play John. Interesting. John Partridge I think has played it on a UK tour. John Partridge played Chris in the first tour. Unfortunately. |
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Post by cheesy116 on May 17, 2017 14:01:50 GMT
Is John a big role, because it is the most exciting part of the casting for me thus far? *I've never seen Miss Saigon, but Ryan has given me the urge, based on talent and looks (yes, I'm shallow).  It's certainly not a huge role like Kim/Engineer but he has a solo as the act 2 opener and is in a lot of the major scenes so it's still fairly big  |
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2017 14:03:59 GMT
Is John a big role, because it is the most exciting part of the casting for me thus far? *I've never seen Miss Saigon, but Ryan has given me the urge, based on talent and looks (yes, I'm shallow). It's certainly not a huge role like Kim/Engineer but he has a solo as the act 2 opener and is in a lot of the major scenes so it's still fairly big I cannot tell a lie, my first thought was filthy. 
... oh god, this board has taken a turn recently!
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Post by daniel on May 17, 2017 14:12:34 GMT
Update - Na-Young Jeon will be Gigi from 1 August onwards.
Bristol Hippodrome also on presale now, general sale tomorrow along with Manchester.
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2017 14:15:51 GMT
Update - Na-Young Jeon will be Gigi from 1 August onwards. Bristol Hippodrome also on presale now, general sale tomorrow along with Manchester. Oh she was my first ever Fantine!
Not very memorable, must be said, but I'm sure she will be great.
Ryan is still the most exciting of the news thus far.
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Post by cheesy116 on May 17, 2017 14:16:37 GMT
Update - Na-Young Jeon will be Gigi from 1 August onwards. Bristol Hippodrome also on presale now, general sale tomorrow along with Manchester. She's Gigi for a month ?? Doesn't even seem worth it lol unless it's a warm up for her taking over from Rachelle on Broadway ? That's around when she would be leaving for Hamilton... |
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Post by tsxmitw on May 17, 2017 14:22:46 GMT
Ryan should be great. The rest I'm not too fussed about but willing and hopeful to be proved wrong. Saw Sooha and Marsha in the London run and found them to be very 'understudy'
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Post by daniel on May 17, 2017 14:24:17 GMT
Update - Na-Young Jeon will be Gigi from 1 August onwards. Bristol Hippodrome also on presale now, general sale tomorrow along with Manchester. She's Gigi for a month ?? Doesn't even seem worth it lol unless it's a warm up for her taking over from Rachelle on Broadway ? That's around when she would be leaving for Hamilton... I would imagine that they probably wanted Na-Young Jeon but maybe she had prior commitments at the start of the run. |
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Post by danb on May 17, 2017 14:30:05 GMT
John Partridge I think has played it on a UK tour. John Partridge played Chris in the first tour. Unfortunately. I just shuddered at the memory...Horrific white boy soul riffs and over emoting...spoilt it big time for me, and I have avoided him ever since. |
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Post by 49thand8th on May 17, 2017 14:31:13 GMT
I have no idea who Ryan is, but I don't think I have ever seen a white guy play John. Interesting. John Partridge I think has played it on a UK tour. The last guy who played John in the first London production, Kevin Curtin, is white. |
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Post by alison on May 17, 2017 17:08:55 GMT
Okay, I thought I wasn't that fussed about seeing the tour, since I've seen the London production and both previous UK tours, then they announced Ryan. Oh dear.
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2017 17:10:06 GMT
Wow, I mean, I love me some Ryan, but this tour seems a whole lot more exciting for a lot of people now! |
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Post by Kim_Bahorel on May 17, 2017 18:36:30 GMT
I have all the tickets I can get for Leicester & Birmingham it was only when Vinny was cast in it now Ryan. In all fairness I knew he was in it for a few days because of the full cast rehearsal photo they posted. There was Ryan sitting next to Zoe. The he turned up in the background of various cast memebers instagram stories.
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Post by Paul on May 17, 2017 18:46:29 GMT
I've just booked tickets to see this. It won't make up for me missing the final performance in London but it might ease the pain a little.
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2017 19:51:39 GMT
I've just booked tickets to see this. It won't make up for me missing the final performance in London but it might ease the pain a little. I've done the same today for Cardiff. It's been on my to do list for some time but now the full cast has been announced it has given me a push. I've never sat in the Donald Gordon before, so it will be another theatre to tick off the list, too. |
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Post by LaLuPone on May 17, 2017 19:53:24 GMT
I've just booked tickets to see this. It won't make up for me missing the final performance in London but it might ease the pain a little. I've done the same today for Cardiff. It's been on my to do list for some time but now the full cast has been announced it has given me a push. I've never sat in the Donald Gordon before, so it will be another theatre to tick off the list, too. It's a BEAUTIFUL theatre, feel so lucky to have it so close to be honest |
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Post by danb on May 17, 2017 21:11:53 GMT
I've done the same today for Cardiff. It's been on my to do list for some time but now the full cast has been announced it has given me a push. I've never sat in the Donald Gordon before, so it will be another theatre to tick off the list, too. It's a BEAUTIFUL theatre, feel so lucky to have it so close to be honest I think it might be my favourite auditorium in the country; so comfy and spacious. Great sightlines apart from a few ill judged railings and fantastic customer service. |
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Post by zermatt on May 18, 2017 0:44:50 GMT
John Partridge I think has played it on a UK tour. John Partridge played Chris in the first tour. Unfortunately. He may have done, but he has also played John. He played John opposite Ramin Karimloo's Chris on the UK Tour (around 2005/6). I saw it in Birmingham. |
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2017 6:02:28 GMT
It's a BEAUTIFUL theatre, feel so lucky to have it so close to be honest I think it might be my favourite auditorium in the country; so comfy and spacious. Great sightlines apart from a few ill judged railings and fantastic customer service. Oh wow - that's reassuring to hear, thanks. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 18, 2017 14:12:56 GMT
Booked. Going nice and close to the front this time. When I saw it in London the lighting was that dim I spent most of the time squinting to make out what was going on, and that was from mid-stalls! God knows what was visible from the gods, must have been like looking into a coal-hole. It's all very well being atmospheric but if you can't see properly there's not much point.
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Post by richey on May 18, 2017 14:46:37 GMT
Booked. Going nice and close to the front this time. When I saw it in London the lighting was that dim I spent most of the time squinting to make out what was going on, and that was from mid-stalls! God knows what was visible from the gods, must have been like looking into a coal-hole. It's all very well being atmospheric but if you can't see properly there's not much point. I saw it twice in the gods and once from row B of stalls. The view in the gods wasn't too bad, it was nice to see the action across the whole stage. Row B was good as it felt like you were part of the action (including the male pole dancer right next to me in the Bangkok scene) |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 18, 2017 15:50:39 GMT
When I saw it in London the lighting was that dim I spent most of the time squinting to make out what was going on, and that was from mid-stalls! Er, you had remembered to take your sunglasses off before the show started, BB? Don't be silly monkey, these babies NEVER come off. I might get recognised!  |
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