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Post by barrowside on Nov 14, 2020 21:09:37 GMT
A night on the SS American at The Palladium would be such a joy after all we've been through the last few years.
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Post by danb on Nov 15, 2020 9:10:35 GMT
A night on the SS American at The Palladium would be such a joy after all we've been through the last few years. If Sheridan Smith could become a tap whizz in the next two years she is perfect for Reno Sweeney, and I don’t often say that! |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Nov 15, 2020 12:50:31 GMT
A night on the SS American at The Palladium would be such a joy after all we've been through the last few years. If Sheridan Smith could become a tap whizz in the next two years she is perfect for Reno Sweeney, and I don’t often say that! Good god what a hideous idea. Enough of musicals with mediocre leading ladies. |
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Post by Oleanna on Nov 15, 2020 13:41:39 GMT
Jane. McDonald.
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Post by danb on Nov 15, 2020 13:53:13 GMT
Exactly; brassy foghorn voice, tart with a heart etc, ‘aw shucks’ fake vulnerability. Perfect.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Nov 15, 2020 18:39:36 GMT
If Sheridan Smith could become a tap whizz in the next two years she is perfect for Reno Sweeney, and I don’t often say that! Good god what a hideous idea. Enough of musicals with mediocre leading ladies. When I saw her in Funny Girl I'm sure she was drunk. On the DVD she is so hammy and really exaggerates each punch line because of her poor comic timing |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Nov 15, 2020 21:37:14 GMT
Now Jane McDonald would be marvellous, in anything.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Nov 15, 2020 21:37:31 GMT
Good god what a hideous idea. Enough of musicals with mediocre leading ladies. When I saw her in Funny Girl I'm sure she was drunk. On the DVD she is so hammy and really exaggerates each punch line because of her poor comic timing She probably was drunk to be fair. |
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Post by Phantom of London on Nov 16, 2020 0:09:09 GMT
Anything Goes is a hard sell the last UK tour of the Sheffield’s Theatre Christmas production (god that hurts like hell typing that now) got pulled halfway through the tour.
You need a big name. Also a treble threat to play Reno, normally they both don’t go together.
I prefer to see someone from the world of theatre who can play the role very well, than some celeb who can simply put bums on seats, but I recognise you need to put bums on seats, it is a quandary.
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Post by Being Alive on Nov 16, 2020 1:55:46 GMT
Anything Goes is a hard sell the last UK tour of the Sheffield’s Theatre Christmas production (god that hurts like hell typing that now) got pulled halfway through the tour. You need a big name. Also a treble threat to play Reno, normally they both don’t go together. I prefer to see someone from the world of theatre who can play the role very well, than some celeb who can simply put bums on seats, but I recognise you need to put bums on seats, it is a quandary. There's smaller roles in Anything Goes that you could star cast though (like Moonface). I agree a West End triple threat would be great for Reno. Someone like Summer Strallen or Katherine Kingsley to me would be super. |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Nov 16, 2020 6:00:08 GMT
When I saw her in Funny Girl I'm sure she was drunk. On the DVD she is so hammy and really exaggerates each punch line because of her poor comic timing She probably was drunk to be fair. The night in question had a delayed curtain up due to problems with the lightening. When I later checked her twitter feed it was full of hatred for her ex boyfriend |
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Post by partytentdown on Nov 16, 2020 8:09:30 GMT
She probably was drunk to be fair. The night in question had a delayed curtain up due to problems with the lightening. When I later checked her twitter feed it was full of hatred for her ex boyfriend I believe that was one of her infamous "technical difficulties" performances |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2020 11:04:45 GMT
Anything Goes is a hard sell the last UK tour of the Sheffield’s Theatre Christmas production (god that hurts like hell typing that now) got pulled halfway through the tour. You need a big name. Also a treble threat to play Reno, normally they both don’t go together. I prefer to see someone from the world of theatre who can play the role very well, than some celeb who can simply put bums on seats, but I recognise you need to put bums on seats, it is a quandary. Was gutted when that tour got pulled, had tickets for Bristol. Anyway you are bang on there - Reno really is a triple thread role. And yup, that really doesn't go together with a big name (I am struggling to think of a decent example?). But the Sheffield tour sales I guess show the name Anything Goes isn't enough. The eternal MT big production quandary. Ultimately I guess a compromise will be reached. (EP and Sally Ann Triplett were fabulous in their respective productions). |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2020 11:05:54 GMT
Well. Jane can sing! So ticks the most important box (IMHO) for appearing in a musical! |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Nov 16, 2020 11:27:45 GMT
Well. Jane can sing! So ticks the most important box (IMHO) for appearing in a musical! I thought JM was quite good in Romeo&Juilet all those years ago |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2020 11:36:00 GMT
Well. Jane can sing! So ticks the most important box (IMHO) for appearing in a musical! I thought JM was quite good in Romeo&Juilet all those years ago Had to Google - literally had no idea that had been a thing. Looks like Lyn Gardner loved it. www.theguardian.com/stage/2002/nov/06/theatre.artsfeatures |
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Post by danb on Nov 16, 2020 13:20:49 GMT
Well. Jane can sing! So ticks the most important box (IMHO) for appearing in a musical! You could stand in front of the dancing and flick the odd wrist and shuffle ball change to try and fit in, but Sally Ann Triplett danced as hard as the ensemble in the NT production and still sang it magnificently. It really is no role for the weak. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2020 13:53:04 GMT
Well. Jane can sing! So ticks the most important box (IMHO) for appearing in a musical! You could stand in front of the dancing and flick the odd wrist and shuffle ball change to try and fit in, but Sally Ann Triplett danced as hard as the ensemble in the NT production and still sang it magnificently. It really is no role for the weak. Absolutely! She was sensational. From what I recall EP moved to one side for the longer dance sections in Blow Gabriel Blow and Anything Goes. |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Nov 16, 2020 15:42:38 GMT
"Now she's in love and everything has changed/ Her feelings and her hair all rearranged." - classic! Jane sang it with a touch of glitter and featherboa
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Post by Phantom of London on Nov 16, 2020 17:51:24 GMT
I would have loved to see both Elaine Paige and Sally Ann Triplett alas I didn’t.
Saw Sutton Foster and Stephanie J Block play the role on Broadway and both were sensational. Debbie Kurup was enjoyable in the role, but could never carry the show in the West End. Katherine Kingsley or Summer Strallen would be great for the role of Reno, but that wouldn’t sell 2000 seats 8 times a week, you would need to stunt cast the other roles, such as already pointed out earlier in this thread - Moonface, Billy Crocker, Hope Harcourt and Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. It is hard to find someone like Nicole Scherzinger.
Don’t get me started having Gary Wilmot as Moonrace or Niger Havers as Lord Evelyn Oakleigh, that would be a big pass from me.
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Post by danb on Nov 16, 2020 18:43:21 GMT
I would have loved to see both Elaine Paige and Sally Ann Triplett alas I didn’t. Saw Sutton Foster and Stephanie J Block play the role on Broadway and both were sensational. Debbie Kurup was enjoyable in the role, but could never carry the show in the West End. Katherine Kingsley or Summer Strallen would be great for the role of Reno, but that wouldn’t sell 2000 seats 8 times a week, you would need to stunt cast the other roles, such as already pointed out earlier in this thread - Moonface, Billy Crocker, Hope Harcourt and Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. It is hard to find someone like Nicole Scherzinger. Don’t get me started having Gary Wilmot as Moonrace or Niger Havers as Lord Evelyn Oakleigh, that would be a big pass from me. Becky Lock might be good. |
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Post by clair on Nov 17, 2020 9:08:53 GMT
Robert Lindsay mentioned something about being offered Anything Goes last week
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Post by Theatre Fan on Nov 17, 2020 21:37:29 GMT
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Post by ruthieh on Nov 17, 2020 21:42:14 GMT
Ruthie Henshall? If the rumours are true she will be more of a household name soon...
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Post by Being Alive on Nov 18, 2020 0:43:01 GMT
If they're doing the 2011 revival production, then I'd want them to cast someone around the same age as Sutton or Stephanie (around 35). Maybe that's just me. Trying to think of someone who is a little mainstream but can properly tap (because the title number in this production is a BEAST).
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