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Post by ncbears on Apr 19, 2020 15:38:10 GMT
I'm pretty sure I read that The Miss Saigon final version was very much altered. Lots of pick-ups for close-ups, audio remixed, etc. But, I'm in the states, and I don't have the DVD to compare.
The Phantom streaming as of 4:30 London time on Sunday (even if the UK was actually blocked starting yesterday - we watched last night in the States) - has now topped 11M views. That's five times the viewership for Joseph or JCS. I think those numbers are astounding.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2020 15:58:24 GMT
I'm pretty sure I read that The Miss Saigon final version was very much altered. Lots of pick-ups for close-ups, audio remixed, etc. But, I'm in the states, and I don't have the DVD to compare. Yup, you're absolutely right! But was very much the fabulous Prince Edward production :-) (Though I would add Drury Lane Miss Saigon (and Palace Les Mis in fact) to the list of things I dearly wish had been filmed!)
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Post by steve10086 on Apr 19, 2020 18:10:56 GMT
He originally said there'd be 7 weeks of stuff. We've had 3, and it's safe to assume the proshot Cats will be streamed, and By Jeeves. That still leaves 2 slots. Cross your fingers that those will be something rare and exciting 🤞 I’d say one of those two will end up being Love Never Dies, given that there is an already released recording. My bet is the ALW RAH 50th birthday concert for the last of the 7
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2020 18:19:26 GMT
I’m hoping he digs deep for at least something ‘unseen’. Sunset is unlikely to happen considering the movie version (supposedly) in the works and various rights issues, but I’d quite like to see an archive recording of Stephen Ward - it’ll be in HD and presumably edited reasonably well, plus he seems to have a soft spot for that show - maybe now is his chance to see if there’s an audience for it? I don’t know if it was recorded, but there was a wonderful career retrospective ‘Unmasked’ workshopped at The Other Palace a year or two back. I’d imagine there were very little rights issues to overcome if he wanted to stream that for a day or two.
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Post by Jon on Apr 19, 2020 19:48:40 GMT
My bet is the ALW RAH 50th birthday concert for the last of the 7 That would make sense, while not a theatrical production per se, it does give a good respective of most of ALW's shows.
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Post by richey on Apr 20, 2020 10:04:30 GMT
It's Love Never Dies next. Available 48 hours from Fri
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2020 10:13:47 GMT
It's Love Never Dies next. Available 48 hours from Fri I guess for better or worse it is the Phantom 'sequel' so kinda makes sense for it to be next....
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 20, 2020 12:05:34 GMT
It's Love Never Dies next. Available 48 hours from Fri Seems an odd choice given it’s just about to tour. Unless the tour is being pulled?
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Post by richey on Apr 20, 2020 12:30:28 GMT
It's Love Never Dies next. Available 48 hours from Fri Seems an odd choice given it’s just about to tour. Unless the tour is being pulled? Maybe he's hoping it'll drum up some interest in the tour.
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Post by xanady on Apr 20, 2020 15:19:21 GMT
LND was on Amazon Prime for ages...might even still be there?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 20, 2020 16:14:03 GMT
Reminder about copyright please. If a video is publicly available on an official YouTube channel then that’s ok. Anything else is risky and we would not be happy to host it here. Thank you.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 22, 2020 17:56:48 GMT
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Post by richey on Apr 22, 2020 18:11:56 GMT
Cats has been confirmed for the following week
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Post by richey on Apr 27, 2020 13:37:47 GMT
Cats has been confirmed for the following week They must have had a change of heart as it's now the 50th Birthday celebration from the Albert Hall
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Post by jaqs on May 1, 2020 18:57:13 GMT
I'm enjoying the concert but wish they announced who was singing on the screen.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 1, 2020 19:13:34 GMT
Sound quality is a bit rubbish isn’t it?
I liked Antonio Banderas as Phantom, did he ever play it on stage? And who was that singing Jesus?
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Post by jaqs on May 1, 2020 19:19:36 GMT
RAH is always a bit ropey for sound.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2020 19:26:58 GMT
Sound quality is a bit rubbish isn’t it? I liked Antonio Banderas as Phantom, did he ever play it on stage? And who was that singing Jesus? Jesus was Michael Ball. Do you mean Judas? Marcus Lovett who was about to be The Man in the original Whistle.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2020 19:28:59 GMT
All rather enjoyable so far; must be years since I've seen this.
Particularly enjoyed Bonnie Tyler's seminal version of Tyre Tracks and Broken Hearts. Fully choreographed full on camp soft rock fabulousness - what's not to love?! She should have sung it at Eurovision....
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2020 19:31:11 GMT
Lottie Mayor sings the title song from Whistle Down The Wind. She sings it beautifully. It a shame she didnt have a bigger career.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2020 19:34:00 GMT
We are long overdue a quality West End revival of Whistle Down The Wind really. Some fantastic melodies.
The original version was fabulous. The Kenwright version, less so....
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Post by alece10 on May 1, 2020 19:46:51 GMT
Really enjoying this even with toothache. Glen Close is the star so far. I remember seeing it years ago. Recordings have improved so much more recently with HD.
Is it just me or does Sarah Brightman have bad diction when she sings?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 1, 2020 19:46:52 GMT
Glenn though... 😍
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2020 20:06:21 GMT
Lottie Mayor sings the title song from Whistle Down The Wind. She sings it beautifully. It a shame she didnt have a bigger career. She does have a gorgeous clean voice. What happened to her after Whistle? I never heard of her again....
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Post by longinthetooth on May 1, 2020 21:06:50 GMT
Watching this, and hearing those glorious melodies, has reminded me just how much I am missing my shows. One day .....
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Post by londonmzfitz on May 1, 2020 21:32:52 GMT
Love me a bit of Donny Osmond. Glenn Close - how thrilling! So glad I saw her a couple of years ago at The Colosseum. Antonio Banderas phwoor (is phwoor allowed or am I very un-pc). Enjoyed so much of that tonight.
Keep thinking how the argument for funding the Arts, music and drama in schools, has been proven by this lockdown, it's music and theatre people are turning to.
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Post by johartuk on May 1, 2020 23:18:59 GMT
I enjoyed that. Some top notch performers (loved Antonio Banderas and Glenn Close in particular) and some great music!
I couldn't get over how young Michael Ball looked, and ALW!
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Post by chernjam on May 2, 2020 4:08:25 GMT
Lots of memories here... This came out in summer 1998, early days of internet purchasing - I think I had to pay for it as an import and have it transferred to make it compatible for U.S. VHS tape. It was shipped to my graduate school apartment. I had just gotten diagnosed with the chicken pox (about 24 hours before I was going to be completely miserable) so I raced to get this from my apartment and went back to my parents home to convalesce.
That concert certainly made being stuck sick at home much more bearable. I must've rewatched it a dozen times. Particularly since we finally were getting to hear any of the new music from Whistle Down the Wind which had shuttered in Washington DC before it was supposed to have come up to NY.
I was blown away by the music from Whistle and thought the American story and a very unique and beautiful twist on a redemption themed story was perfectly suited for us. I remember reading that ALW regretted not sticking with the Hal Prince version and taking it to NY (but that was when RUG was imploding with Sunset closing everywhere pretty much at the same time) anyway - sorry. I have A.D.D. so it's easy for me to go all over the place.
But Whistle - I mean the "cover" album which had a host of notable names singing at least a dozen songs from Whistle Down the Wind was a favorite of mine for a long time (got to go dig that out tomorrow). And yes Dom - you're spot on, Bonnie Tyler was phenomenal in Tire Tracks and Broken hearts. Boyzone sadly was pretty unknown here in the states so "No Matter What" never got air play here. Had it been Backstreet Boys or NSync it would've easily topped here as well.
How or why they weren't able to translate that score to stage more effectively is a mystery.
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Post by chernjam on May 2, 2020 4:20:52 GMT
btw - didn't this air in the UK the night before Whistle's box office opened or something? I remember thinking this was the greatest commercial for a show about to open... Between Tina Arena opening it with her amazing version of the title song to Lottie Mayor closing it with that - doubt many people were able to get it out of their heads that night
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2020 16:15:56 GMT
I liked Antonio Banderas as Phantom, did he ever play it on stage? No, but at the time he was rumoured to be the favourite for the film version of Phantom.
He staged an excellent Spanish-language production of A Chorus Line in his new theatre in Malaga at the end of last year, where he played Zach. He was in talks to take the production to The Public Theatre in New York after it's Spanish run, but I suppose that's on hold for the time being.
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