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Post by karloscar on Nov 29, 2017 21:15:27 GMT
Kennedy Centre has announced Chess for the spring with Raul Esparza as Freddie, Karen Olivo as Florence, Ramin Karimloo as Anatoly and Ruthie Ann Miles as Svetlana. Beat that London! And a new book.....
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2017 22:14:24 GMT
^ To beat that we’d have to know who they are first... Sadly only Mr Karimloo known to me  |
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Nov 29, 2017 23:14:02 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2017 23:14:02 GMT
Now those are 2 male leads that i would book to see at the ENO. I wonder if we will also get the new book they are doing in Washington?
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Post by distantcousin on Nov 30, 2017 9:09:12 GMT
And you'd have predicted wrong! (well, in Washington anyway!  ) |
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Post by distantcousin on Nov 30, 2017 9:10:50 GMT
Kennedy Centre has announced Chess for the spring with Raul Esparza as Freddie, Karen Olivo as Florence, Ramin Karimloo as Anatoly and Ruthie Ann Miles as Svetlana. Beat that London! And a new book.....
Shouldn't be that difficult. None of them are household names - none are known outside of Broadway except Ramin. The ENO will need to be batting higher than that, based on their previous shows.
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Nov 30, 2017 9:42:49 GMT
Post by mallardo on Nov 30, 2017 9:42:49 GMT
Among the MT fans who would be interested in Chess all four are well known in the US - Olivo for In The Heights and West Side Story, Miles for The King And I (Tony Award) and At Long Last Love. Esparza, an established Broadway leading man (Company, Leap of Faith) and a TV regular, has done a number of things in Washington - Georges in Sunday in the Park and Charlie in Merrily among them. This is a very strong cast indeed.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2017 9:52:55 GMT
I don't know if they were all involved but Esparza was workshoping the new book version a few months back in NY. It's a good job I'm unemployable, if I had a proper job I'd be making an irresponsible decision to fly to D.C for this.
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Post by ali973 on Nov 30, 2017 13:42:14 GMT
And you'd have predicted wrong! (well, in Washington anyway! ) lol I actually don't remember if I thought I said Freddie or Anatoly. I tried looking a few pages back but I could't find it. |
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Post by martin1965 on Nov 30, 2017 14:53:45 GMT
Kennedy Centre has announced Chess for the spring with Raul Esparza as Freddie, Karen Olivo as Florence, Ramin Karimloo as Anatoly and Ruthie Ann Miles as Svetlana. Beat that London! And a new book.....
Shouldn't be that difficult. None of them are household names - none are known outside of Broadway except Ramin. The ENO will need to be batting higher than that, based on their previous shows.
Thats exactly what i thought! Casting like that wont sell tix at the ENO. |
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Post by karloscar on Nov 30, 2017 15:14:33 GMT
In that case whoever they come up with is going to be a huge disappointment for somebody. I'd much prefer folk that can sing and act the parts rather than the likes of Kat'nAlfie what ruined Carousel last year.
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Post by distantcousin on Dec 1, 2017 10:13:02 GMT
In that case whoever they come up with is going to be a huge disappointment for somebody. I'd much prefer folk that can sing and act the parts rather than the likes of Kat'nAlfie what ruined Carousel last year.
Musical theatre stars don't put bums on seats at the ENO. All their previous productions were sold on the likes of GLenn Close, Alfie Boe, Emma Thompson, Katherine Jenkins - people with high media profiles. Like it or not.
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Post by karloscar on Dec 1, 2017 11:47:37 GMT
That doesn't mean you always get a good show though,does it? Hence the disappointment.
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Post by ali973 on Dec 1, 2017 11:57:45 GMT
Besides Karimloo, I doubt any of the three other leads would transfer, despite how amazingly talented they are.
Raul has been in tons of Broadway plays and musicals. Most notably he's been in the revival of Company, Leap of Faith and Taboo (Tony nomination). He's also played the Arbiter in the Actors Fund concert of Chess done in the US some years ago.
Karen Olivo is fantastic. She's been in In the Heights, Tony Award winner for West Side Story as Anita, Tick Tick Boom and recently Angelica in Hamilton in Chicago. I saw her in Hamilton and she is a stunning performer. She is technically retired from "Broadway" and lives in Wisconsin but she does shows in the midwest and occasionally short-term gigs like this Chess concert which will be four days only.
Ruthie Ann Miles..Here Lies Love and King and I revival.
It's a power cast without any doubt, but I also have doubts they'd transfer this as the ENO cast.
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Post by martin1965 on Dec 1, 2017 17:13:11 GMT
Besides Karimloo, I doubt any of the three other leads would transfer, despite how amazingly talented they are. Raul has been in tons of Broadway plays and musicals. Most notably he's been in the revival of Company, Leap of Faith and Taboo (Tony nomination). He's also played the Arbiter in the Actors Fund concert of Chess done in the US some years ago. Karen Olivo is fantastic. She's been in In the Heights, Tony Award winner for West Side Story as Anita, Tick Tick Boom and recently Angelica in Hamilton in Chicago. I saw her in Hamilton and she is a stunning performer. She is technically retired from "Broadway" and lives in Wisconsin but she does shows in the midwest and occasionally short-term gigs like this Chess concert which will be four days only. Ruthie Ann Miles..Here Lies Love and King and I revival. It's a power cast without any doubt, but I also have doubts they'd transfer this as the ENO cast. Talented they may be but this will not be the ENO cast. |
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Dec 1, 2017 17:32:20 GMT
Post by ali973 on Dec 1, 2017 17:32:20 GMT
^ not denying that, and I am sure they won't be sans Ramin Karimloo who I think has a shot.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2017 17:22:56 GMT
Nicole Scherzinger and Ramin Karimloo would not surprise me. Alongside either Alfie Boe or maybe Josh Groban again
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Post by theatreian on Dec 15, 2017 16:41:42 GMT
Has anyone heard when there may be a cast announcement for Chess? Seems to be a long time coming.
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Post by Being Alive on Dec 15, 2017 17:42:44 GMT
Has anyone heard when there may be a cast announcement for Chess? Seems to be a long time coming. It's going to need to be soon, as they need to start shifting some tickets! |
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Post by loureviews on Dec 16, 2017 15:09:12 GMT
Nicole Scherzinger and Ramin Karimloo would not surprise me. Alongside either Alfie Boe or maybe Josh Groban again If they put Boe in Chess it would be a disaster. Groban was fine in the concert version. Not Scherzinger either. Don't think she has much of a voice. |
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Post by sf on Dec 16, 2017 15:21:47 GMT
Nicole Scherzinger and Ramin Karimloo would not surprise me. Alongside either Alfie Boe or maybe Josh Groban again If they put Boe in Chess it would be a disaster. Groban was fine in the concert version. Not Scherzinger either. Don't think she has much of a voice. I never thought she had much of a voice until I saw her in 'Rent' at the Hollywood Bowl. She played Maureen, and she was sensational. |
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Post by wickedgrin on Dec 16, 2017 16:18:53 GMT
Someone must be signed up for this by now surely? They need to announce to get some tickets shifted!
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Post by loureviews on Dec 16, 2017 16:27:53 GMT
If they put Boe in Chess it would be a disaster. Groban was fine in the concert version. Not Scherzinger either. Don't think she has much of a voice. I never thought she had much of a voice until I saw her in 'Rent' at the Hollywood Bowl. She played Maureen, and she was sensational. So was Idina Menzel in that role but she was awful in Chess as Florence! |
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Post by sf on Dec 16, 2017 17:06:05 GMT
I never thought she had much of a voice until I saw her in 'Rent' at the Hollywood Bowl. She played Maureen, and she was sensational. So was Idina Menzel in that role but she was awful in Chess as Florence! Scherzinger, on the strength of the performance I saw, is a much, MUCH better singer than Idina Menzel. Granted, that's not a high bar, but she was genuinely very good. Menzel screeched, as she does in nearly everything. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Dec 16, 2017 17:10:11 GMT
Someone must be signed up for this by now surely? They need to announce to get some tickets shifted! I know. Every time I see this thread bumped I think there’s been an announcement. Someone round here must know what’s going on, it’s ridiculous. If they do, and they want to be anonymous feel free to PM me and I’ll spill the beans on your behalf 😆 |
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