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Post by singingbird on Feb 16, 2022 8:15:55 GMT
For some reason, I dreamt last night that I had gone to see this again, and mid-way through act 2 they decided to permanently close the show and started breaking down the set. The actors, who did a great job, tried to carry on as it was dismantled around them. The crew even started to take out some of the seats and send sections of the audience away. An omen?!?
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Post by ladidah on Feb 16, 2022 8:44:24 GMT
Fortune telling like Joseph?  |
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Post by lonlad on Feb 16, 2022 9:18:07 GMT
>The actors, who did a great job, tried to carry on as it was dismantled around them
This actually sounds like a riff on FOLLIES, which is set in a theatre about to be torn down!
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Post by danb on Feb 16, 2022 9:46:24 GMT
Or a recast, with better "working professionals". It is a desperately sorry state of affairs. I am hearing of pathetic conduct from a minority in the company, a couple of young turns are risking their entire careers in the business with their behaviour backstage. If you are reading this - it is well worth shutting up. The crew talk and you end up with dozens of key people hating you. What they don't realise either is that they simply won't get seen again. Suddenly their agent has no auditions for them because casting directors don't want liabilities. A bad hire really hurts their reputation. Get your head down. Shut up. Do your job. If you can't be trusted with social media, delete all your accounts. Keep your livelihood you worked so hard for. And remember the wings have ears! Any hints as to who? I could probably hazard a reasonable guess on one or two based on things I've seen... Was it, perchance, the two young actors who did not return at the reopening, are they still with the production or do you just mean Carrie & Ivano? |
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Post by TallPaul on Feb 16, 2022 9:49:57 GMT
I dreamt last night that I had gone to see this again... If I'm honest, I prefer the original Frank Loesser lyric. 🙂 |
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Post by stuartmcd on Feb 16, 2022 12:41:10 GMT
Carrie has confirmed on Twitter that she’s leaving the show in July
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Post by SuttonPeron on Feb 16, 2022 13:10:30 GMT
The perfect opportunity to promote Georgina!
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Post by ladidah on Feb 16, 2022 14:26:08 GMT
She's jumping off a sinking ship. Not sure what her next move would be.
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Post by mattnyc on Feb 16, 2022 14:49:28 GMT
She's jumping off a sinking ship. Not sure what her next move would be. I’d be shocked if she didn’t open the show on Broadway. |
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Post by ladidah on Feb 16, 2022 15:26:51 GMT
I can imagine with her recent situation, a new city would be an exciting idea.
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Post by mattnyc on Feb 16, 2022 15:53:27 GMT
We’d love to have her on Broadway. But she needs to realize that here we have the “above the title” rule where if the star is out, refunds and exchanges can be given. So it’s not like her current situation now, the box office will be hurt if she decides she doesn’t want to come in one day.
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Post by couldileaveyou on Feb 16, 2022 15:58:26 GMT
When they published the audition info for Broadway they were looking for Cinderella as well, but maybe they are looking for an alternate rather than a lead
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Post by mattnyc on Feb 16, 2022 16:01:50 GMT
I’d imagine they’re looking for at least two alternates.
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Post by Being Alive on Feb 16, 2022 17:00:18 GMT
She's jumping off a sinking ship. Not sure what her next move would be. I’d be shocked if she didn’t open the show on Broadway. ...I'd be more shocked if she did. She's great, but in order to come from London to New York you've got to really be something special and...I don't think she's that |
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Post by mattnyc on Feb 16, 2022 17:08:46 GMT
I’d say it’s Webber’s call. I know Carrie wants to do Broadway and Webber loves her so if she wants it, it’s hers.
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Post by Being Alive on Feb 16, 2022 17:10:36 GMT
...does he love her anymore though, after the last however many months? She's very firmly and publically on social media stood by her cast mates in amongst all of this...
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Post by mattnyc on Feb 16, 2022 17:12:22 GMT
^ Well I guess that remains to be seen lol.
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Post by karloscar on Feb 16, 2022 17:49:46 GMT
I suppose if she does take the show to Broadway it'll save some young Broadway actress from being associated with a flop. It's a mediocre comedy that US audiences just won't get without major reworking, and it'll still be stuck with those awful songs.
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Post by stagebyte on Feb 16, 2022 19:31:42 GMT
I’d say it’s Webber’s call. I know Carrie wants to do Broadway and Webber loves her so if she wants it, it’s hers. You seem very sure. Inside info? Spill. |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Feb 16, 2022 19:33:51 GMT
Am sure they will have a lovely couple of weeks in NYC.
It won't last much longer than that
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Post by marob on Feb 16, 2022 19:36:43 GMT
The lyricist’s American isn’t he? Emerald Fennell’s dialogue sounds like a lot of American TV (particularly stuff like Buffy,) and the tone and look of the show is pretty much Ugly Betty: The Musical. So would American’s really fail to get it?
For all that the same few posters keep repeatedly slating it, the poll above is mostly average or better. That’s not to say I think it would be a massive hit, but ALW’s not realistically going to have another long running mega hit again, is he?
Not surprised CHF’s leaving, even if she has apparently deleted the tweet. Why on earth would any of the actors want to renew their contracts?
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Post by stagebyte on Feb 16, 2022 19:50:21 GMT
The lyricist’s American isn’t he? Emerald Fennell’s dialogue sounds like a lot of American TV (particularly stuff like Buffy,) and the tone and look of the show is pretty much Ugly Betty: The Musical. So would American’s really fail to get it? For all that the same few posters keep repeatedly slating it, the poll above is mostly average or better. That’s not to say I think it would be a massive hit, but ALW’s not realistically going to have another long running mega hit again, is he? Not surprised CHF’s leaving, even if she has apparently deleted the tweet. Why on earth would any of the actors want to renew their contracts? Cinderella is neither whip smart or funny Emerald Fennell wishes it was like Buffy. |
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Post by danb on Feb 16, 2022 20:21:19 GMT
I think I gave it 4 stars after seeing it. It’s only with time that I can see how it should have been much better realised.
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Post by ladidah on Feb 17, 2022 9:15:05 GMT
The tweet was deleted very quickly announcing her last date, she must have been told to take it down.
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Post by Seriously on Feb 17, 2022 19:12:41 GMT
The tweet was deleted very quickly announcing her last date, she must have been told to take it down. I wonder if the Company Manager just has a copy/paste text he sends her now when he wants something taken down? |
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