Joseph at the Palladium / U.K. Tour

Not good...Lordy...

It's not going to have any negative impact on ticket sales though. This moment will be forgotten and the coach parties from around the nation will still make it a sell-out.

Plus for fans of it, in the post-dancercize interview, Jason said

"We're STARTING at the Palladium for 3 months"

Do we know where the gym class is off to after the LP yet?

However I say this it’s going to sound bitchy and condescending, but there are plenty of people who are big enough fans of those two that it won’t matter if there performance is good or not. I know because I am one of them (Not a fan of the two in this production but someone who has seen less than stellar performances in less than stellar shows but insisted it was fab because I loved the performer(s).)

I agree with pretty much everything that’s already been said about the embarrassing spectacle on BGT, but I was saddened to see Sheridan Smith caught up in it.

It’s easy to forget what brilliant performances she’s delivered in the past, both on stage and TV. She is a very talented woman who looks to me like she needs a bit more time out of the spotlight.

Whoever thought it was a good idea for her to do that toe-curling TV bump and grind special on ITV last year ,followed by that faux documentary made a very bad judgement call. By looking at her performance on BGT, it looks like her involvement in Joseph may not be such a good idea either.

It’s really uncomfortable watching someone who is capable of great things being put in a position where they’re not at their best to put it mildly. Judging by that BGT clip, I think she might come in for another load of negative criticism, which won’t do her any good at all.

She seems pretty fragile to me in her last few TV appearances and I really hope doing Joseph doesn’t end up being another mistake for her both personally and professionally.

You will NOT compare the late great Laurie Beechman to Sheridan Smith. I'm just amazed that people are finally starting to realize how much of an incapable musical theatre performer Sheridan Smith is. It took you long enough. 

I'd rather focus on her performance and not her size.

But not to single her out, everyone else seems awful. I actually stopped watching by the time Donovan appeared. Then came back a few minutes later because it was too much to take it all at once. The new kid is nothing to talk about, and the choreographer's idea of a dance number is jump jump jump clap turn jump jump jump clap turn.

Looks like ALW & co are scraping THROUGH the bottom of the barrel.

"Energy" is surely a pre-requisite for such a show, not a quality to be considered the highlight! Surely if you just want energy you watch the Olympics?


Looks like the "technical difficulties" are back...

Broadway?

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#anykeywilldo

Wow! Actually, I disagree! I watched Funny Girl several times and found her performances pretty damn wonderful to be honest. From the reviews of others I was far from being the only one who thought that.

Yes, her and Jason may not be the best singers in the world. They never have been and I doubt they have ever claimed to be. Why people suddenly expect them to be absolutely wonderful singers all of a sudden I am unsure. They are what they are and the casting directors would have been fully aware of their capabilities when they were cast.

I am no expert on every Joseph production since the beginning of time like some of you but the many tour versions I have seen recently have been very like a panto. Ten performances a week, three a day back to back. It's hardly high brow entertainment. A singing Elvis? Come on.

I'll be booking. There may be off key notes, there may be this there may be that but theatre does not always need to be over analysed to every single detail. It is essentially about enjoyment! Sometimes people on here appear to have forgotten that. You pay thousands of pounds on theatre but don't seem to enjoy it very much. You do enjoy constantly looking for all the flaws in it though. The target audience of this show aren't like that. The target audience are normal people, not the likes of us. They'll just go and watch. And enjoy. For that, I envy them.

Just watched it now.
Camp as tits, colorful and great fun.
Jo public are going to lap this up.
I dont think they need to worry at all.
After all this was never going to be high brow entertainment but it's a real crowd pleaser.
Sheridan and Jason were fine and in a months time they will be a lot better and I thought Joseph has a lot of potential. Bless him.
Not at all upset that I've paid £75 for my ticket and cant wait for the mega mix. Might even get up and bop along.

Basically the most manic parts of the show all blended into one 5 minute segment - that was never going to look good was it?

Having said that though, I think in the context of the whole show this will work fine. Jac Yarrow sounded great! Sheridan - not brilliant, I need to stop comparing her to Linzi Hateley as they are very different performers and in terms of vocals and subtlety SS cant match her, but I do think she will bring a lot of the fun side to the role.  Overall, the whole cast looked and sounded like they had all been overdosing on red bull in the hour before the performance. Hopefully by the time the show opens they will have the balance right between keeping the energy levels high but keeping the performance tight.