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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 7, 2021 13:57:37 GMT
Wait... what? It’s not confirmed?  Has Someone in a tree been uncharacteristically hasty? Do we need a question mark in the thread title? Questions, questions. |
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Post by princeton on May 7, 2021 14:14:36 GMT
It is most very definitely NOT confirmed at this moment.
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Post by Oleanna on May 7, 2021 23:47:50 GMT
Rebecca Frecknall.
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Post by scarpia on May 8, 2021 12:49:38 GMT
Utterly thrilling news for JB who is superb (will reserve judgement till I've seen Eddie). I'd basically like anyone BUT Jamie Lloyd to direct this - I just don't get on with anything I've seen of his. But this will be a hot ticket for sure. Ditto. The only thing I liked was his staging of Passion. His recent stuff has left me cold, and some of it has just been a mess ( Evita). Really been wanting to see a revival of this one though for years, especially as I avoided the Kenwright one. |
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Post by Being Alive on May 8, 2021 12:55:20 GMT
Now THAT is someone I'd like to see direct it. Also I'd basically like to see her direct anything but Marianne Elliott too. |
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Post by juicy_but_terribly_drab on May 8, 2021 13:28:51 GMT
Would love to see her do a musical (she's kind of dipped her toes in it in her plays). Excited for her doing the Great Gatsby musical with Florence Welch, hopefully since it's got British creatives we might see it here soon after or even pre-Broadway, but I'd happily settle with her doing Cabaret if not! |
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Post by showtoones on May 9, 2021 3:04:45 GMT
What about Anita Dobson as Fraulein Schneider? And Peter Polycarpou or Henry Goodman as Herr Schultz?
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Post by Boob on May 9, 2021 17:46:42 GMT
Yay! You can’t do Cabaret without chairs. Lots of chairs. |
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Post by musicalmarge on May 10, 2021 10:51:55 GMT
Love or hate Kenwright - his Cabaret was fantastic
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Post by Being Alive on May 10, 2021 12:07:24 GMT
Love or hate Kenwright - his Cabaret was fantastic I think that's a question of opinion. I thought it was 'fine' but a production like that needs strong leads and I never saw anyone strong in that production. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 10, 2021 12:33:14 GMT
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Post by princeton on May 10, 2021 13:13:59 GMT
Actually the Bill Kenwright/Rufus Norris production originated many years before that thread. Though I haven't seen any of the most recent incarnations of it - the original production at the Lyric in 2006 with Anna Maxwell Martin, Sheila Hancock and James Dreyfus really was very good, possibly better in some respects than the Sam Mendes(/Rob Marshall) version. Both of these versions were so high concept that poor casting could completed unbalance them. That was certainly the case in some of the Broadway cast changes - and it sounds like it was the case with some of the tours here.
It's definitely time for a new production. I don't think it does theatre any good to wheel out productions 28 or even 15 years after they originated no matter how definitely/ground breaking they were considered to be.
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Post by newyorkcityboy on May 12, 2021 14:03:24 GMT
Excited for this. I finally saw the BK version on its last tour, having avoided it previously due to the Will Young Issue. John Partridge was fantastic as Emcee. I was a bit scared going in as he had ruined La Cage for me the previous season, being a touch too aggressive in the part and sounding like he was in Weatherfield rather than Saint Tropez. But in this he completely bowled (excuse the pun) me over.
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Post by mrbarnaby on May 12, 2021 14:26:30 GMT
I love Anna Maxwell Martin but she was a disastrous Sally Bowles.
That whole production was nasty and not a patch on the Sam Mendes one.
Don’t let us down Jamie!
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Post by Being Alive on May 12, 2021 20:51:23 GMT
Are we sure that it IS a Jamie Lloyd show?
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Post by andys on May 12, 2021 21:03:02 GMT
It's not Jamie Lloyd I don't think.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 12, 2021 21:04:25 GMT
It's not Jamie Lloyd I don't think. ..... spill! (and welcome to TheatreBoard 🙂) |
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Post by andys on May 12, 2021 21:13:48 GMT
Thanks. I can't really say more. I work in the industry, I don't think this is Jamie Lloyd. I'm intrigued to know who is producing it. Time will tell, I may be proved wrong. |
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Post by Oleanna on May 12, 2021 21:46:45 GMT
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Post by showtoones on May 13, 2021 4:27:54 GMT
Does anyone have any idea of dates for this? And I wonder how long Jessie and Eddie would be contracted for? And the question is…which theatre is available?
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Post by couldileaveyou on May 13, 2021 5:15:28 GMT
Does anyone have any idea of dates for this? And I wonder how long Jessie and Eddie would be contracted for? And the question is…which theatre is available? Playhouse Theatre |
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Post by mrbarnaby on May 13, 2021 7:02:07 GMT
Does anyone have any idea of dates for this? And I wonder how long Jessie and Eddie would be contracted for? And the question is…which theatre is available? Oh dear , someone’s not paying attention ! |
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Post by showtoones on May 13, 2021 17:49:25 GMT
Does anyone have any idea of dates for this? And I wonder how long Jessie and Eddie would be contracted for? And the question is…which theatre is available? Oh dear , someone’s not paying attention ! I can’t believe it was in the original tweet and story. Oh dear. I must have been asleep at the wheel…or losing it! forgive me Lololol |
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Post by theatrelover123 on May 13, 2021 18:11:11 GMT
I think this might be Rebecca Frecknall. Or Jamie Lloyd. Or somebody else. Definitely one of those. Hot off the press. You heard it here first.
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Post by mrbarnaby on May 13, 2021 19:58:40 GMT
I think this might be Rebecca Frecknall. Or Jamie Lloyd. Or somebody else. Definitely one of those. Hot off the press. You heard it here first. Oh the lol’s we’ll all have if it ends up being someone useless like Lindsay Posner or Laurence OConnor |
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Has Someone in a tree been uncharacteristically hasty? Do we need a question mark in the thread title? 
