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Post by sagiirl on Jun 28, 2019 9:53:49 GMT
It sounds awful.- I'm begining to wish I hadn't booked. Me too and I'm going tonight. I have an awful cold and I don't like Smith at the best of times! Will go with an open mind, as much as I can |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2019 10:05:57 GMT
Would honestly say go with an open mind! It is head and shoulders above the Kenwright tour which has been the mainstay of Joseph in the UK for the last 35 odd years!
There's good and less good in there but the music is so infectious, it's a very hard musical not to enjoy.
I'll be fascinated to hear other people's opinions as the run progresses :-)
I so expect Sheridan will polarise people. I'd have preferred a classic MT interpretation no doubt, but it's very clear the target market absolutely love her....
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Post by ceebee on Jun 28, 2019 10:16:14 GMT
But again what do I know - the audience LOVED it and she had them eating out of the palm of her hand. (Audience btw was not massively cosmopolitan and was very white, rich, middle aged. I was slightly worried I was in a sea of Brexiteers and certainly Essex and Kent must have been empty last night lol). Dom, I normally really enjoy reading your posts but found this particular line a horrible generalisation. That said, your review was excellent - thank you. I'm going tonight so will see for myself - it sounds like a schizophrenic production. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2019 10:33:48 GMT
But again what do I know - the audience LOVED it and she had them eating out of the palm of her hand. (Audience btw was not massively cosmopolitan and was very white, rich, middle aged. I was slightly worried I was in a sea of Brexiteers and certainly Essex and Kent must have been empty last night lol). Dom, I normally really enjoy reading your posts but found this particular line a horrible generalisation. That said, your review was excellent - thank you. I'm going tonight so will see for myself - it sounds like a schizophrenic production. My apologies - you are right it was shortsighted; I take your point. Honestly no offence meant to Essex or Kent however (the former was my home for many years)! |
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Post by fiyero on Jun 28, 2019 11:38:50 GMT
Sounds awful, I can't wait!
If this really is 'Sheridan's show about a Dreamcoat' how will it fare if she's off?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2019 11:46:17 GMT
Sounds awful, I can't wait! If this really is 'Sheridan's show about a Dreamcoat' how will it fare if she's off? I was pondering that last night - I think the producers are gonna be in trouble if she's off. Certainly I have several mates, not really into MT, who are seeing this as they want to see Sheridan. She really is a national treasure and I don't think we can underestimate that! |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 28, 2019 12:23:15 GMT
I can’t agree that SS has reached National Treasure status. If her people carry on promoting in the way they have been I suppose I can see it happening barring any ‘falls from grace’. But that younger audience that she’s built up need to go through a few years with her first.
If I think of other people who have become NT’s then Jane McDonald springs to mind. She’s there now but it’s taken 20 years and a hell of a lot of exposure on tv to get there.
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Post by shady23 on Jun 28, 2019 12:51:30 GMT
I would argue that Sheridan is far more well known and more of a "national treasure" than Jane is.
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Post by Mark on Jun 28, 2019 13:03:28 GMT
Standing tickets available for £10. Not bad for this one considering how short it is.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2019 13:39:43 GMT
I would argue that Sheridan is far more well known and more of a "national treasure" than Jane is. Delete your account. But seriously, back to more pressing issues - are people suggesting that there are no fit ripped bodies on show? Surprising given the Egyptian sweltering setting of the show and also given that it's always been a traditional gimmick of the show to have the Joseph flaunting his abs |
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Post by anita on Jun 28, 2019 13:41:11 GMT
I would argue that Sheridan is far more well known and more of a "national treasure" than Jane is. I don't think either of them are. |
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Post by danb on Jun 28, 2019 14:32:57 GMT
I can’t agree that SS has reached National Treasure status I think she has, given the number of people intent on burying her and her career at times... She’s certainly had a good crack at being a tragic ‘Garlandesque’ figure in the past, but hopefully those days are behind her. |
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Post by indis on Jun 28, 2019 15:02:55 GMT
i don't even know who that Mdm Sheridan is, is she only known to british people?
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Post by alece10 on Jun 28, 2019 16:10:05 GMT
It sounds awful.- I'm begining to wish I hadn't booked. Me too and I'm going tonight. I have an awful cold and I don't like Smith at the best of times! Will go with an open mind, as much as I can Please dont take this the wrong way but if dont like Sheridan why on earth book to see the show? It's been clear from day 1 that this was going to be the Sheridan Smith show. |
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Post by showtoones on Jun 28, 2019 16:48:33 GMT
Can someone please post the Understudy List? thank you so much in advance
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2019 16:58:08 GMT
Can someone please post the Understudy List? thank you so much in advance Narrator - Vanessa Fisher, Casey Al-Shaqsy Pharaoh - Richard Carson, Michael Cortez Joseph - Michael Pickering, Jack Wilcox Reuben - Matt Krzan, Michael Cortez (One More Angel solo) Simeon - Michael Rowland, JR Ballantyne (Canaan Days solo) |
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Post by steve10086 on Jun 28, 2019 17:13:47 GMT
Me too and I'm going tonight. I have an awful cold and I don't like Smith at the best of times! Will go with an open mind, as much as I can Please dont take this the wrong way but if dont like Sheridan why on earth book to see the show? It's been clear from day 1 that this was going to be the Sheridan Smith show. I booked on 6 December 2018. Sheridan was announced as Narrator on 1 March 2019. Yes, you take a risk booking before a cast is announced, but it certainly was not clear this would be the Sheridan Smith Show from Day 1. |
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Post by alece10 on Jun 28, 2019 17:29:06 GMT
Please dont take this the wrong way but if dont like Sheridan why on earth book to see the show? It's been clear from day 1 that this was going to be the Sheridan Smith show. I booked on 6 December 2018. Sheridan was announced as Narrator on 1 March 2019. Yes, you take a risk booking before a cast is announced, but it certainly was not clear this would be the Sheridan Smith Show from Day 1. Ah fair enough. Didn't know that it went on sale so long ago. |
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Post by xanady on Jun 28, 2019 17:31:01 GMT
Wonder what ALW made of it all last night?
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jun 28, 2019 17:38:23 GMT
ALW made some money...
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Post by xanady on Jun 28, 2019 17:40:40 GMT
Never...
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Post by lightinthedarkness on Jun 28, 2019 17:44:02 GMT
Anyone have any experience of the standing tickets at the Palladium?
Wasn't going to bother originally but for that price I'd like to see it.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2019 17:46:44 GMT
Wonder what ALW made of it all last night? Haha I wondered that - he is always pacing behind the sound desk at the back of the stalls on first nights; usually looks anxious. He must know Sheridan doesn't sing it as originally written - as to whether he's happy with this - who knows! |
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Post by xanady on Jun 28, 2019 17:47:02 GMT
^Yep have done the standing option in the past...no problem with it...and cheap as chips in relative terms
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Post by xanady on Jun 28, 2019 17:49:25 GMT
^ALW paces around like an expectant father lol
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