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Post by alece10 on Nov 12, 2019 12:35:03 GMT
I think Omid Djalili would be fun Noooooooooooo! |
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Post by emeraldbaudelaire on Nov 12, 2019 12:43:42 GMT
I think Hairspray is one of those shows were you have to stick to having actors of certain races play certain roles, Omid Djalili is a fine actor and a great comedian but the central theme of segregation in the show may not work having a person of colour play a white role and vice versa.
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Post by jcs619 on Nov 12, 2019 17:53:44 GMT
Lee Evans is Wilbur...
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Post by Theatre Fan on Nov 12, 2019 18:08:24 GMT
Really? That would be a fab choice 💖 |
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Post by HereForTheatre on Nov 12, 2019 18:21:21 GMT
I read that as Luke Evans at first and was like 🤔
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Post by Being Alive on Nov 12, 2019 18:46:58 GMT
Lee Evans? God sake.
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Post by alece10 on Nov 12, 2019 19:04:57 GMT
There really are some dreadful suggestions coming up. First Omid Djalili and now Lee Evans.
Just waiting for someone to say Piers Morgan.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2019 19:29:19 GMT
Awww no. Lee Evans would be cute, I think! I like him. The only thing is that it might draw an unsavoury crowd, similar to that of OFAH. You know, the wives that drag their husbands along to a musical and they tell them; "oh but it's Only Fools and Horses" or "oh, but Lee Evans is in it" - then the men get considerably drunk and start talking and yelling during the show... Fun. |
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Post by intoanewlife on Nov 12, 2019 20:10:16 GMT
Just waiting for someone to say Piers Morgan. Genuinely LOLOLOLOL |
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Post by jampot on Jan 5, 2020 23:40:49 GMT
You cant stop the beat was on the Elaine Paige show today..Was the London cast..is this available on a cd?
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Post by danielwhit on Jan 5, 2020 23:46:56 GMT
You cant stop the beat was on the Elaine Paige show today..Was the London cast..is this available on a cd? Not so far as I know - is it possible she misspoke and actually was the Broadway cast? |
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Post by Being Alive on Jan 5, 2020 23:50:14 GMT
Fairly sure Michael Ball recorded a version of it with the London cast on one of his albums.
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Post by jampot on Jan 5, 2020 23:55:20 GMT
You cant stop the beat was on the Elaine Paige show today..Was the London cast..is this available on a cd? Not so far as I know - is it possible she misspoke and actually was the Broadway cast? No...It was Ball and co..(available to listen..around the 37 min mark) |
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 6, 2020 9:21:09 GMT
Not so far as I know - is it possible she misspoke and actually was the Broadway cast? No...It was Ball and co..(available to listen..around the 37 min mark) I concur. It was definitely Michael Ball. A little research suggests it is included on his 'Past and Present' album. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 17, 2020 12:34:27 GMT
Well, I’ve caved and booked for this. I had one gap in my June weekend, my recently converted to musicals friend (Tina! and &Juliet) fancied it and he’s qualifies for the access scheme so we’ve got 2 of the £97 stalls tickets for the price of one. Front row, we’ll be looking right up Michael’s frock.
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Post by emeraldbaudelaire on Jan 17, 2020 12:56:56 GMT
Well, I’ve caved and booked for this. I had one gap in my June weekend, my recently converted to musicals friend (Tina! and &Juliet) fancied it and he’s qualifies for the access scheme so we’ve got 2 of the £97 stalls tickets for the price of one. Front row, we’ll be looking right up Michael’s frock. Oh I hope he's tucked!  I can't wait to hear more casting for this, surely next month. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 17, 2020 19:12:59 GMT
2 of the £97 stalls tickets for the price of one. Front row, we’ll be looking right up Michael’s frock You know there is less legroom in stalls row A than anywhere else in the stalls? I sat there for Sunset Boulevard and Chess. It was fine. My bff is partially sighted so that trumps my Princess Needy legroom issues! |
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Post by stevej678 on Jan 23, 2020 23:15:28 GMT
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Post by Jon on Jan 23, 2020 23:22:19 GMT
Won't Paul Merton be filming HIGNFY during the run, I assume that'll mean an understudy or alternate on Thursdays.
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Post by stagey on Jan 23, 2020 23:43:22 GMT
Does anyone know who will be playing Velma?
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Post by Being Alive on Jan 23, 2020 23:46:41 GMT
Does anyone know who will be playing Velma? Someone kind of announced about 4 months ago that it was Amanda Holden but I've heard nothing about that since. |
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Post by princeton on Jan 23, 2020 23:54:24 GMT
Won't Paul Merton be filming HIGNFY during the run, I assume that'll mean an understudy or alternate on Thursdays. The spring/summer series of HIGNFY usually runs until late May/early June - so there'd definitely be some overlap. It's possible that he's taking a break from HIGNFY as he did in the mid-90s when he sat out a series - appearing in only one episode - as the guest panellist on Ian Hislop's team. That was, however, in the days when they had a regular host so there was rather more continuity than there would be now. Or indeed as you say, he may miss a few Thursday evening performances (and presumably matinees too). |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 24, 2020 6:48:50 GMT
Paul Merton seems an odd choice.
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Post by Deal J on Jan 24, 2020 9:30:35 GMT
Hmm, that is an odd choice. I do really like Paul Merton but I can't imagine him in a singing role. Has he done much stage work other than stand-up and pantomime?
That's not to say it won't work though - I would never have imagined Jason Manford as a good musicals actor, yet he's doing very well at it.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 24, 2020 9:57:56 GMT
Wilbur only has one song doesn’t he? The duet with Edna? It’s more the fact that he’s a nice, sympathetic character which I can’t see cynical deadpan Paul Merton pulling off.
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