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Post by The Lost on Dec 17, 2019 6:15:47 GMT
Surprised nobody's picked up on this (though I guess we are all distracted by the dreadful election hoo-hah). Anyway ALW has Cinderella ready to go; looks like London 2020 now (phew!), needs a theatre. (Surely the Gillian Lynne makes sense?) CHF +/- cupcakes to star! Lawrence Connor directing (obviously). I’d be interested to see what CHF minus cupcakes would look like. Is that where she throws them up over the course of the first act? 😳 |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2019 11:08:51 GMT
I think there might be something to this. Cinderella doesn’t need another musical really and it’s a story everyone knows thanks to Disney... yet ALW found an angle that made him commit years of his life to developing it.
If CHF is in it then there’s every chance it might work opening in London. At least it’s not an unknown property and he is fully aware his name alone doesn’t keep a show going anymore. But does anyone need a new Cinderella in their life?
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Post by xanady on Dec 17, 2019 11:30:40 GMT
^Oh,yes they do! (well it IS pantomime season)
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Post by viserys on Dec 17, 2019 11:45:54 GMT
But does anyone need a new Cinderella in their life? Depends very much on how fresh the material is. I wouldn't need another Cinderella in my life, but Soho Cinders is a welcome addition to the adaptations. And... I'd rather have a new fresh take on the Cinderella yarn than yet another lack-lustre movie adaptation where the movie is slapped 1:1 onto the stage including its most famous scenes and outfits with just the addition of a bunch of forgettable generic songs or even worse, jukebox songs |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2019 11:50:30 GMT
than yet another lack-lustre movie adaptation where the movie is slapped 1:1 onto the stage including its most famous scenes and outfits with just the addition of a bunch of forgettable generic songs You have just described Pretty Woman, perfectly. |
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Post by viserys on Dec 17, 2019 11:56:02 GMT
than yet another lack-lustre movie adaptation where the movie is slapped 1:1 onto the stage including its most famous scenes and outfits with just the addition of a bunch of forgettable generic songs You have just described Pretty Woman, perfectly. That was the one I was mostly thinking of  |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Dec 17, 2019 12:18:34 GMT
Does “working with CHF on songs” necessarily mean that CHF will be in the show?
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Post by andrew on Dec 17, 2019 13:20:31 GMT
Does “working with CHF on songs” necessarily mean that CHF will be in the show? Of course she will. That phrase is meant to describe the photo since they are in a studio, where people... you know.. are working on songs. 🙄 |
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Post by Theatre Fan on Dec 17, 2019 13:39:37 GMT
Could this be what ALW will replace School of Rock with, if the rumoured closure of SOR happens in April?
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Post by danb on Dec 17, 2019 13:58:28 GMT
Does “working with CHF on songs” necessarily mean that CHF will be in the show? Of course she will. That phrase is meant to describe the photo since they are in a studio, where people... you know.. are working on songs. 🙄 She’s just helping him remember what songs are...it’s more of a training exercise. Puccini didn’t write a ton of “songs” so his frame of reference is smaller |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2019 14:06:51 GMT
Does “working with CHF on songs” necessarily mean that CHF will be in the show? Not necessarily. Many people do workshops/presentations of shows and not be in the final product. |
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Post by viserys on Dec 17, 2019 14:19:06 GMT
But they're a match made in theatre heaven: He'll bring in all his older fans from the 80s and 90s, she'll bring the new generation in that cheered her in Heathers and follows her online. And personally I think CHF still needs a really good big role to make her own: Heathers was rather niche and Les Mis has been done to death over so many years, it's pretty impossible to make either of those roles her own. With the roles in Pretty Woman (not that she was a Vivian type) and Frozen gone, this could be her vehicle.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Dec 17, 2019 14:20:45 GMT
Does “working with CHF on songs” necessarily mean that CHF will be in the show? Not necessarily. Many people do workshops/presentations of shows and not be in the final product. Exactly! So ner ner ner to andrew and his eyeroll! CHF is the very last person I’d put down as a Cinderella type. maybe Carrie will just help ALW with the songs then he’ll go and dump her for someone like Dove Cameron. Let’s face it, it’s not like he hasn’t got form for it! |
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Post by showtoones on Dec 17, 2019 19:53:12 GMT
I think CHF will do the role. The whole point of this new musical is a different take on Cinderella and one of the characters is gay I believe so everything is getting a fresh perspective. If she is out though, don't tweet her...that will be WW3
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Post by musicalmarge on Dec 18, 2019 11:00:35 GMT
Will it be called CINDERELLA? Surely not.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jan 9, 2020 22:51:49 GMT
Confirmed by Baz
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Post by Theatre Fan on Jan 9, 2020 22:58:31 GMT
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Post by pianowithsam on Jan 9, 2020 23:12:20 GMT
This is a strange marketing campaign. Ummm. What’s happening in this poster? |
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Post by andrew on Jan 9, 2020 23:17:16 GMT
Of course Baz's photo doesn't imply that Carrie will star, according to respectable Theatreboard members she was jUsT iN tHe sTuDiO, no need to panic!!
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Post by dippy on Jan 9, 2020 23:25:51 GMT
The eR look like the head of a kangaroo! I am sure it's meant to be something, I just don't see it yet, possibly a shoe?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2020 23:29:47 GMT
Of course Baz's photo doesn't imply that Carrie will star, according to respectable Theatreboard members she was jUsT iN tHe sTuDiO, I wonder why they havent announced Carrie as the lead yet? I guess because she's not a name. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2020 23:31:27 GMT
Prince of Egypt is scheduled to run until 12 September...
It would be tight, but if Cinderella only starts previews end of September then I suppose there is actually a chance of Christine Allado doing a Cinderella after all, though she would have a horrible few weeks of rehearsing one show during the day and performing another at night if she did!
PS I know it isn't the same show, but she was brilliant at Cadogan Hall in the R&H version so would be a great lead for this!
I'm basically just hoping it isn't CHF - no denying she can sing, but I'm afraid I find her a bit irritating.
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Post by Being Alive on Jan 9, 2020 23:36:00 GMT
Carrie leaves Les Mis mid/late June. That perfectly lines up with her doing this in September, especially if she's taking some time to work on the music in March
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Post by showtoones on Jan 9, 2020 23:51:30 GMT
The eR look like the head of a kangaroo! I am sure it's meant to be something, I just don't see it yet, possibly a shoe? I think the eR are meant to be shoes? I would think Carrie would do this....its the lead in a new ALW musical and he loves her. Laurence O'Connor is directing who is ALW's new go-to director |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jan 10, 2020 0:08:19 GMT
We do need to hear some music from this pretty soon - just so people have a sense of what to expect. The logo, to me, looks vaguely 50s in terms of the dress shape.
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