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Post by kathryn on Jul 5, 2020 19:28:28 GMT
What interview was that?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2020 20:15:06 GMT
Jake Shears' only musical of Tales of The City bombed out of town and Elton's last musical, Lestat, closed after only a handful of performances and Elton has refused to release the cast recording.
I hope that between them they can do something great.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jul 6, 2020 8:45:36 GMT
A James Graham live Zoom interview from a couple of weeks ago. |
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Post by kathryn on Jul 6, 2020 9:35:10 GMT
Ah, thanks, so I’ve probably already watched it. Thought there might be a new one I’d missed!
Did find a newish podcast with Rupert Goold talking to James Graham when I went looking last night, but no mention of Tammy Faye in it.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jul 6, 2020 11:32:48 GMT
I can’t find the link but it was an interview for a film festival only viewable to people who had bought passes for the festival previously. I’m not sure if it’s online. They touched on the musical briefly.
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Post by kathryn on Jul 6, 2020 12:49:07 GMT
Sounds like this: www.barnesfilmfestival.com/workshops2020/2020/6/24/masterclass-james-grahamNews about this show has been the slowest of trickles - just little mentions here and there when people involved have been talking about other stuff! It’s intriguing but frustrating - most of the time the interviewer doesn’t get past ‘wait, you’re writing a musical with Elton John?!?!’. |
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Post by kathryn on Jul 6, 2020 12:59:21 GMT
Sounds like this: www.barnesfilmfestival.com/workshops2020/2020/6/24/masterclass-james-grahamNews about this show has been the slowest of trickles - just little mentions here and there when people involved have been talking about other stuff! It’s intriguing but frustrating - most of the time the interviewer doesn’t get past ‘wait, you’re writing a musical with Elton John?!?!’. For some reason in the dozens of interviews that Elton John did in the past year it barely came up at all. |
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Post by kathryn on Dec 31, 2020 16:22:39 GMT
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Post by pomegranate on Mar 3, 2022 22:28:01 GMT
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Post by mrbarnaby on Mar 3, 2022 22:43:43 GMT
I’m here for this.
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Post by minion on Mar 3, 2022 23:10:36 GMT
This has the potential to go very very wrong.
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Post by alicechallice on Mar 3, 2022 23:14:24 GMT
Do we have any idea who’s going to play Tammy?
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Post by oxfordsimon on Mar 3, 2022 23:19:22 GMT
Could be a drag role...
Ginger Minj would be amazing
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Post by alicechallice on Mar 3, 2022 23:33:56 GMT
Could be a drag role... Ginger Minj would be amazing I can’t believe that’s how you refer to three-time Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain. Disgraceful! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2022 23:57:47 GMT
Could be a drag role... Ginger Minj would be amazing Making it a drag role makes it far, far too campy and this show is definitely not that. With Elton's musical version of 'The Devil Wears Prada' due to open in Chicago in the Summer, with a eye on Broadway not long after, I wonder if he'll be able to work on both shows at the same time and give them the attention they might need. |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Mar 4, 2022 0:12:57 GMT
Could be a drag role... Ginger Minj would be amazing Making it a drag role makes it far, far too campy and this show is definitely not that. With Elton's musical version of 'The Devil Wears Prada' due to open in Chicago in the Summer, with a eye on Broadway not long after, I wonder if he'll be able to work on both shows at the same time and give them the attention they might need. He literally writes his songs in 2 minutes so I don’t think his time will be an issue. |
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Mar 4, 2022 0:32:04 GMT
It’s not going to be a drag role, unless there have been substantial changes since the last workshop.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Mar 4, 2022 0:34:34 GMT
I wasn't being entirely serious but Ginger deserves a decent role from someone.
And not Edna
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Post by kathryn on Mar 4, 2022 8:41:40 GMT
This has the potential to go very very wrong. It could be a swing and a miss, yes. But sometimes an ambitious failure is still worth seeing. There’s some quality people attached and they’ve been plugging away at it for years, so that’s a hopeful sign. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2022 11:38:34 GMT
Jake Shears' lyrics for his Tales of The City musical were a mess and Elton spent very little time working on Lestat after it opened in San Francisco, so a combination of both of them could make this a must see, but for all the wrong reasons.
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Post by cezbear on Mar 4, 2022 13:21:43 GMT
I quite liked Lestat. Well, some of it. Still feel robbed of the cast recording.
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Post by kathryn on Mar 4, 2022 13:22:08 GMT
Hmm, but this is being co-produced by Rocket Entertainment, Elton’s own company, managed by David Furnish.
It’s not like he can walk away from it when it’s half done and wash his hands of it. Scheduling might be a bit of an issue, since he’s on tour, but from the sounds of it the opening in the autumn and there’s currently a nearly 3-week gap in the tour schedule in October.
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Post by minion on Mar 4, 2022 15:18:50 GMT
They can't exactly go the Jessica Chastain way of hours-long prosthesis and makeup work (and Tammy Faye does not come alive without the over-top makeup), unless maybe they do a very limited run. Would have to be someone with at least some resemblance to Tammy and I'm blanking on names at the moment.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2022 20:33:44 GMT
I wasn't being entirely serious but Ginger deserves a decent role from someone. And not Edna She’s been cast in Hocus Pocus 2, I believe. |
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Post by mattnyc on Jul 6, 2022 17:23:41 GMT
Has anyone heard any updates on this? Dates or anything?
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