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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2018 16:35:52 GMT
^ Oh please don't get us all going on the rising, tilting, lighting up, revolving, falling etc chessboard again...!!!  It's like Groundhog Day in here as it is!!  |
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Feb 6, 2018 16:49:13 GMT
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Post by danb on Feb 6, 2018 16:49:13 GMT
Like the one that was/wasn’t on the 1990 tour starring Rebecca Storm and Maurice Clarke? Whatever happened to them? Choreographed by Anthony Van Laast who never worked again...I just fell through a rip in time.
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Feb 6, 2018 16:55:43 GMT
Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2018 16:55:43 GMT
Like the one that was/wasn’t on the 1990 tour starring Rebecca Storm and Maurice Clarke? Whatever happened to them? Choreographed by Anthony Van Laast who never worked again...I just fell through a rip in time. I take it you’re joking about AVL... He’s done loadsa work since then! Including Mamma Mia. Oh hang on... here we go again... |
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Feb 6, 2018 17:40:44 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2018 17:40:44 GMT
^ Oh please don't get us all going on the rising, tilting, lighting up, revolving, falling etc chessboard again...!!! It's like Groundhog Day in here as it is!! Ha! You know you want it :-) |
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Feb 6, 2018 17:53:50 GMT
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Post by danb on Feb 6, 2018 17:53:50 GMT
Like the one that was/wasn’t on the 1990 tour starring Rebecca Storm and Maurice Clarke? Whatever happened to them? Choreographed by Anthony Van Laast who never worked again...I just fell through a rip in time. I take it you’re joking about AVL... He’s done loadsa work since then! Including Mamma Mia. Oh hang on... here we go again... When was the last time I posted anything remotely serious, unsarcastic or based in reality? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2018 17:53:55 GMT
Oh, I want it so badly, @sharpe12! (I don’t think I’ve ever said no to something that rises and tilts...  ) |
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Feb 6, 2018 21:56:59 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2018 21:56:59 GMT
Unless something has changed recently, the original concept was meant to be something along the lines of the Broadway revival of Pippin from a few years ago...
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Feb 6, 2018 23:03:45 GMT
Post by sf on Feb 6, 2018 23:03:45 GMT
Unless something has changed recently, the original concept was meant to be something along the lines of the Broadway revival of Pippin from a few years ago... It was supposed to be set in a circus? |
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Feb 6, 2018 23:13:09 GMT
Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2018 23:13:09 GMT
They were auditioning circus performers for the ensemble
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Post by sf on Feb 6, 2018 23:15:31 GMT
They were auditioning circus performers for the ensemble Interesting. There's trapeze work in the Swedish production, although it's set against a piece of music that has never been used in any version based on the London or Broadway scripts. |
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Feb 6, 2018 23:43:07 GMT
Post by crabtree on Feb 6, 2018 23:43:07 GMT
Did said revolving chessboard, which I saw and loved, every misbehave and go barmy or just refuse to move or injure anyone. I wonder what is the most temperamental piece of stage machinery....any offers?
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Feb 7, 2018 9:07:06 GMT
Post by michalnowicki on Feb 7, 2018 9:07:06 GMT
I must say I am quite fascinated by how much emotion this show is bringing. I have never heard about it until I saw this thread, but this might be due to growing up in a different country.
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Feb 7, 2018 9:11:42 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2018 9:11:42 GMT
Did said revolving chessboard, which I saw and loved, every misbehave and go barmy or just refuse to move or injure anyone. I wonder what is the most temperamental piece of stage machinery....any offers? Don't know but if I were to hazard a guess I'd say almost definitely. Saw Starlight once in London and the bridge was broken and fixed on position. Wrote to theatre (by letter, pre email lol) and they gave me and my mate free top price tickets to come again. Wouldn't happen now! |
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Feb 7, 2018 9:27:42 GMT
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Post by danb on Feb 7, 2018 9:27:42 GMT
Did said revolving chessboard, which I saw and loved, every misbehave and go barmy or just refuse to move or injure anyone. I wonder what is the most temperamental piece of stage machinery....any offers? Don't know but if I were to hazard a guess I'd say almost definitely. Saw Starlight once in London and the bridge was broken and fixed on position. Wrote to theatre (by letter, pre email lol) and they gave me and my mate free top price tickets to come again. Wouldn't happen now! I have had a few free tickets like that...the Bridge broke in Saturday Night Fever during previews and we ‘had to leave before the end’ or would have missed our train (not strrrrictly true) and I once attended a tour performance of Tommy in Woking that was so shambolic I had to complain as we had travelled for ti-ime to get there. Both resulted in free tix for another performance, both of which were much better. Fair enough Hamilton might not have the space to squeeze in complaint comps but if a product doesn’t deliver it shouldn’t matter what it is...replace or refund. |
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Post by richey on Feb 7, 2018 10:49:36 GMT
Did said revolving chessboard, which I saw and loved, every misbehave and go barmy or just refuse to move or injure anyone. I wonder what is the most temperamental piece of stage machinery....any offers? Don't know but if I were to hazard a guess I'd say almost definitely. Saw Starlight once in London and the bridge was broken and fixed on position. Wrote to theatre (by letter, pre email lol) and they gave me and my mate free top price tickets to come again. Wouldn't happen now! I've had it happen a few times. The bus in Priscilla refused to work and we were given new tickets. Then I saw the Joseph revival and the set failed during the interval so act two was performed concert style yet they still gave us full refunds |
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Feb 7, 2018 11:51:11 GMT
Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 7, 2018 11:51:11 GMT
They were auditioning circus performers for the ensemble Please nooooooooooooooo! |
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Feb 7, 2018 11:54:34 GMT
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Post by danb on Feb 7, 2018 11:54:34 GMT
They were auditioning circus performers for the ensemble Please nooooooooooooooo! Is this referring to the Bennet original or the new ENO revival? Confused/asking for a friend *delete as appropriate |
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Feb 7, 2018 12:04:17 GMT
Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 7, 2018 12:04:17 GMT
Is this referring to the Bennet original or the new ENO revival? Confused/asking for a friend *delete as appropriate New revival I’m assuming. I’ll be bloody livid if I go down to London to find people in tutus mucking about on tightropes  |
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Post by Dave25 on Feb 7, 2018 14:10:18 GMT
Gosh I hope it's not the DC cast. They are all fabulous (though Raul is behaving rather strangely..and got manboobs)..my biggest gripe is that they all try to outsing each other with over the top modulations. I love Karen Olivo, she sings the score wonderfully. I can't stand Ramin Karimloo. I have no idea what he is doing. It surely is not singing. Every melody line and the transitions between notes are off key. He is always above the note which creates whole new melodies. Bizarre. And then every once in a while he makes a loud, straight, long "Moo". I really don't get the point of that. Were there no actual singers available for that role? Raul is trying to sing in a key that is too high for him in those clips. It feels forced and strained. These guys really need to go back to the basis of singing. |
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Feb 7, 2018 15:18:23 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2018 15:18:23 GMT
Is this referring to the Bennet original or the new ENO revival? Confused/asking for a friend *delete as appropriate New revival I’m assuming. I’ll be bloody livid if I go down to London to find people in tutus mucking about on tightropes Yeah, that was for the ENO revival. They also auditioned some male ‘pop stars’ (rather faded ones), however I have no clue which roles they were going for as I don’t think they have the vocal chops for the American/Russian. |
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Feb 7, 2018 16:26:35 GMT
Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2018 16:26:35 GMT
I can't stand Ramin Karimloo. I have no idea what he is doing. It surely is not singing. Every melody line and the transitions between notes are off key. He is always above the note which creates whole new melodies. Bizarre. And then every once in a while he makes a loud, straight, long "Moo". I really don't get the point of that. Fairy nuff. But he is hot hot HOT. |
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Feb 7, 2018 16:46:19 GMT
Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 7, 2018 16:46:19 GMT
New revival I’m assuming. I’ll be bloody livid if I go down to London to find people in tutus mucking about on tightropes Yeah, that was for the ENO revival. They also auditioned some male ‘pop stars’ (rather faded ones), however I have no clue which roles they were going for as I don’t think they have the vocal chops for the American/Russian. It all sounds a bit desperate. |
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Feb 7, 2018 16:50:00 GMT
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Post by danb on Feb 7, 2018 16:50:00 GMT
Yeah, that was for the ENO revival. They also auditioned some male ‘pop stars’ (rather faded ones), however I have no clue which roles they were going for as I don’t think they have the vocal chops for the American/Russian. It all sounds a bit desperate. Were any of Westlife invited? |
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Feb 7, 2018 16:57:30 GMT
Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 7, 2018 16:57:30 GMT
Or little Steven Gately? Duncan from Blue? Jason Donovan as The Arbiter?  |
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Post by distantcousin on Feb 7, 2018 17:29:32 GMT
Well, that would be difficult, seeing as she'd been dead over 5 years!! |
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It's like Groundhog Day in here as it is!! 
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