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Post by viserys on Dec 3, 2019 9:44:44 GMT
You'd think they'd be proud of such a lovely classic name full of history, but I guess the shorter name is easier to use in social media and sounds "trendy".
The Theatre Royal Drury Lane was the second West End theatre I ever entered (after the Apollo Victoria which was then looking completely different for Starlight Express and not like a normal theatre) and I remember how awed and dumbstruck teenage me was by the beauty of a proper classic old theatre. While I now think there are prettier theatres in the West End, I still have a particular fondness for this theatre and I hope they won't mess with it too much.
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Post by ukpuppetboy on Dec 3, 2019 9:55:08 GMT
It’s even worse than ‘The Other Palace’. If that’s possible. Was ‘The Other Theatre Royal’ on the cards too? It’s had it’s name since 1672 - social media be damned. I honestly think The Cats movie has finally sent his Lordship over the edge..
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Post by longinthetooth on Dec 3, 2019 10:28:00 GMT
It's a Grade I listed building. Why the heck does it have to be trendy? I shall continue to think of it as the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, just as the Sondheim will always be the Queens to me.
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Post by ukpuppetboy on Dec 3, 2019 10:35:34 GMT
The Queen Sondheim?
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Post by Theatre Fan on Dec 3, 2019 22:30:25 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2019 23:08:40 GMT
Yawn. I just dont know who he thinks he is. I don't think Barks would be right for this role AT ALL. But, what the heck do I know? I was thinking more along the lines of Alice Fearn or why cant we have a BAME Elsa? I feel like Barks is a bit too mature for Elsa...
I mean has this Carl just seen that Barks isnt reprising her role in City of Angels and gone "Hey, lets start a rumour!"
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Post by Being Alive on Dec 3, 2019 23:29:55 GMT
This has literally been the worst kept secret in showbusiness
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2019 23:42:15 GMT
Well that explains why she isn't doing Pretty Woman then! Guess I'll be seeing this show after all...
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Post by Jon on Dec 4, 2019 2:50:37 GMT
The new design doesn't really do it for me, much prefer the current one they use for the Broadway and touring production.
I'm assuming they're aiming to open in time for October half term.
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Post by jgblunners on Dec 4, 2019 9:42:19 GMT
I really like Barks but do people think she has a big enough voice for the songs? I remember when I saw her in The Last 5 Years I was surprised that her belt was not as strong as I expected it to be. That was several years ago now so her voice may have developed more.
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Post by danb on Dec 4, 2019 10:08:33 GMT
She’d make a more convincing Anna...or does Carrie have that one locked?
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Post by Being Alive on Dec 4, 2019 11:41:16 GMT
She’d make a more convincing Anna...or does Carrie have that one locked? Carrie doesn't - don't panic! |
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Post by HereForTheatre on Dec 4, 2019 12:16:26 GMT
I always saw Laura Baldwin as Anna.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2019 13:19:03 GMT
I always saw Laura Baldwin as Anna. What a shout! |
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Post by Dave25 on Dec 4, 2019 14:23:56 GMT
Park and bark.
She can shout the notes, so she will be fine.
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Post by showtoones on Dec 4, 2019 15:16:20 GMT
Ok just to get it over with - Kerry Ellis as Anna
She is rumor cast in every show so let's add her to this list too LOL.
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Post by danb on Dec 4, 2019 15:44:28 GMT
Ok just to get it over with - Kerry Ellis as Anna She is rumor cast in every show so let's add her to this list too LOL. Maybe five years ago...not so much now. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2019 16:31:39 GMT
Kerry Ellis is all kinds of wrong for Anna, if anything she would be Elsa. But even then she cant act so hopefully not.
Gina Beck would be a great Anna
I love the new artwork, more energetic and eye catching than the broadway artwork. I get what they were aiming for but it just felt a bit flat and bland.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2019 17:28:38 GMT
Potential Annas I think would be Gina Beck or Laura Baldwin. Gina leaves Matilda in March so she would be free, although Laura is confirmed to be on the Beautiful tour in 2020.
Elsa for me would be Alice Fearn or Vicki Manser.
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Post by Being Alive on Dec 4, 2019 17:35:58 GMT
Sam Barks is Elsa tho...
And Anna is neither of those people 🤷🏻♂️
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2019 17:44:43 GMT
Sam Barks is Elsa tho... And Anna is neither of those people 🤷🏻♂️ I really don't think Barks is right for the role. Shes too mummsy for me. I just can't picture it. I HOPE to be proved wrong because I love the show. I would love to see a new name in the role of Anna. In general, I am sick of the same old names rolling around time and time again. |
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Post by robertb213 on Dec 4, 2019 18:27:30 GMT
These characters are late-teenagers so I'd like to think they wouldn't be casting people in their late 30s/40. Not that it would be the first time....
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Post by indis on Dec 4, 2019 18:28:59 GMT
sorry, but i so cannot see Samantha as Elsa - the voice is way too weak
maybe for Anna, but never never never as Elsa - who gets this stup... ideas?
please no
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Post by indis on Dec 4, 2019 18:30:14 GMT
get Celinde Schoenmaker as Elsa
and Harriet Jones as Anna and i am so out of money, but happy
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Post by partytentdown on Dec 4, 2019 18:43:21 GMT
These characters are late-teenagers so I'd like to think they wouldn't be casting people in their late 30s/40. Not that it would be the first time.... Caissie Levy is 38 and Pattie Murin is 39... Don't get your hopes up. |
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