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Post by rosie on Oct 1, 2021 22:42:41 GMT
Personally thought the costumes were gorgeous
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Post by shady23 on Oct 2, 2021 5:43:41 GMT
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga have covered You're the Top on their new jazz album
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Post by Theatre Fan on Oct 3, 2021 17:35:17 GMT
Filming today x
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Post by digne on Oct 3, 2021 17:38:04 GMT
I was at the matinee today, and it was being filmed - no announcement on when and how it might be seen though.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Oct 3, 2021 20:54:51 GMT
Was the filming intrusive?
Pretty sure they didn’t announce this date when selling the tickets!!
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Post by digne on Oct 3, 2021 22:21:03 GMT
No, there were no cameras on stage. The ones I could see were two cameras on each side of the circle and one on the left side of the stalls, with a few empty seats surrounding them. I bought my ticket this morning and there was no announcement of it until we got there. But it also didn't interfere with my view from the gallery in any way.
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Post by Being Alive on Oct 4, 2021 10:24:37 GMT
To be screened late November...
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 4, 2021 10:26:03 GMT
To be screened late November... Squeal! Confirmed? That feels like very little time for editing, production or whatever they have to do. |
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Post by Being Alive on Oct 4, 2021 10:28:25 GMT
Just had an email from asking me to book it for where I work...so YEP!!!!!
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Post by ABr on Oct 4, 2021 12:19:21 GMT
Very excited if its being preserved! As had a friend that didn't get the chance to come down and see Sutton, so at least this gives a hope of them seeing her performance!
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Post by shady23 on Oct 4, 2021 12:26:19 GMT
To be screened late November... Best news I have heard for a long time |
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Post by sph on Oct 4, 2021 13:18:48 GMT
How many performances did they film?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 4, 2021 14:00:20 GMT
Wouldnt it be much more practical to film the show from all of the angles they need with an empty house so that no-one’s view is obstructed and they can stop/start as necessary, and then just film reactions from a live audience “after the fact”? That’s how I’d do it anyway.
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Post by fossil on Oct 4, 2021 15:13:47 GMT
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Post by sph on Oct 4, 2021 15:26:23 GMT
Wouldnt it be much more practical to film the show from all of the angles they need with an empty house so that no-one’s view is obstructed and they can stop/start as necessary, and then just film reactions from a live audience “after the fact”? That’s how I’d do it anyway. I don't know if that would work. The show really depends a lot on the audience's response. Performing a musical comedy out into an empty space would drain the energy right out of it. |
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Post by ruthieh on Oct 4, 2021 15:28:46 GMT
Oh wow! Just down the road from me!! |
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Post by Being Alive on Oct 4, 2021 15:36:37 GMT
It's not supposed to be on sale till next Wednesday but...ok Wallingford 🤣🤣
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Post by ruthieh on Oct 4, 2021 15:49:59 GMT
It's not supposed to be on sale till next Wednesday but...ok Wallingford 🤣🤣 Cutting edge in South Oxfordshire! |
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Post by inthenose on Oct 4, 2021 17:02:58 GMT
To be screened late November... Yes, take my money. First No Time to Die now this. 2021 is the tops after all! |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Oct 4, 2021 18:24:05 GMT
They are also filming this week. Tuesday and Wednesday I believe
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Post by danielwhit on Oct 4, 2021 20:49:43 GMT
Wouldnt it be much more practical to film the show from all of the angles they need with an empty house so that no-one’s view is obstructed and they can stop/start as necessary, and then just film reactions from a live audience “after the fact”? That’s how I’d do it anyway. I'm relatively sure now I've seen Hamilton that's the best way to capture performances - a mixture of live performances and other shoots. Allows you to both get intrusive shots for effect but also to capture the full audience reaction and the energy that brings. |
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Post by scarpia on Oct 6, 2021 23:22:46 GMT
They were filming again tonight. Brilliant show, wonderful cast. Slightly underpowered for the title number at the end of the first Act but otherwise utterly joyous from start to finish and the orchestra was also on top form.
I'm so glad I booked front-row seats for this...which is (with a couple of socially-distanced exceptions) my first foray back into big-budget commercial theatre since the pandemic started!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2021 1:39:18 GMT
I wonder which of Robert Lindsay's 'friendship' ad-libs they'll use in the final cut? Is he still doing them on filming nights?
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Post by LaLuPone on Oct 7, 2021 7:16:32 GMT
Going to try rush for today, I need to see Sutton do this again before it’s too late!
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Post by fiyerorocher on Oct 7, 2021 8:37:44 GMT
I've been trying to work out why this didn't quite land for me and I think I've narrowed it down to two reasons. Firstly, the songs just don't matter. When I looked up the show afterwards and realised how many of them were written for other things or were previously in completely different places in the show or sung by other characters, it clicked that they don't add anything to the plot or really to the characterisation - how can they when they're so unspecific. Which leaves the whole thing a little hollow for me, with no one I really felt like rooting for. The ship could have sunk and I'm not sure I would have been overly heartbroken :')
I also question why Reno is touted as the main character? Is it always like this, or just because it's Sutton? Reno doesn't really add much to the plot until the second half of act two when she randomly decides she's in love with Hope's fiance, presumably to justify her presence in the show at all. If anything it's an ensemble piece, but I could maybe see the argument of framing Billy as the main character, since his actions drive the plot a little more.
Just not my cup of tea. I think I prefer a show that doesn't feel so empty when it comes to plot and character, regardless of the level of spectacle. Also I hate the Barbican, which I don't think helped :')
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