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Post by danb on Feb 24, 2022 19:24:52 GMT
Very interested now. Two of my faves (and one that nearly made me walk out) so I’ve had to book.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2022 19:28:33 GMT
Seems the cast announcement video got released early by accident (now been made private) - Millie O’Connell, Danielle Steers and Debbie Kurup Thats a great line up. Debbie Kurup is long owed a big break to fully lead a new show. Hopefully it will come into town at some point. The one part that confuses me about this production, is how do you do The Cher Show without any iconic Bob Mackie costumes? I know nothing about costume design, but some of her outfits are synonymous with certain songs or eras and therefore have to look right. At what point does it go from inspired by to copied? |
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Post by leanne23 on Feb 24, 2022 20:08:40 GMT
Seems the cast announcement video got released early by accident (now been made private) - Millie O’Connell, Danielle Steers and Debbie Kurup Thats a great line up. Debbie Kurup is long owed a big break to fully lead a new show. Hopefully it will come into town at some point. The one part that confuses me about this production, is how do you do The Cher Show without any iconic Bob Mackie costumes? I know nothing about costume design, but some of her outfits are synonymous with certain songs or eras and therefore have to look right. At what point does it go from inspired by to copied? Bob Mackie designed all the costumes for the show - both new outfits, and meticulous recreations of old classics! |
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Post by Oleanna on Feb 24, 2022 20:40:41 GMT
Thats a great line up. Debbie Kurup is long owed a big break to fully lead a new show. Hopefully it will come into town at some point. The one part that confuses me about this production, is how do you do The Cher Show without any iconic Bob Mackie costumes? I know nothing about costume design, but some of her outfits are synonymous with certain songs or eras and therefore have to look right. At what point does it go from inspired by to copied? Bob Mackie designed all the costumes for the show - both new outfits, and meticulous recreations of old classics! That was for the Broadway production. This is a new production with a new design. |
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Post by leanne23 on Feb 24, 2022 20:48:35 GMT
Bob Mackie designed all the costumes for the show - both new outfits, and meticulous recreations of old classics! That was for the Broadway production. This is a new production with a new design. Oh my bad. Honestly though, I’d pay £100 to see Danielle Steers sing wearing a bin-bag…she’s just that good! |
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Post by ABr on Feb 25, 2022 10:08:39 GMT
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Post by Mark on Feb 25, 2022 10:10:55 GMT
Debbie Kurup always delivers! She has a very tough act to follow in Stephanie J Block (who was just brilliant as Cher), but I'm sure she will deliver yet again.
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 25, 2022 10:21:55 GMT
I'm totally on board with Debbie and Danielle, they'll be superb. Millie is a more obscure choice but then she was very entertaining in Six so I'm sure she'll be great.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 25, 2022 10:28:26 GMT
Do they actually impersonate Cher in this? Or is it more if an “interpretation”?
I’ll be honest, I want to see full on Chad Michael’s level copying!
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Post by pomegranate on Feb 25, 2022 10:29:20 GMT
I'm totally on board with Debbie and Danielle, they'll be superb. Millie is a more obscure choice but then she was very entertaining in Six so I'm sure she'll be great. Agree! I was kind of hoping Millie would be playing Elle Woods, but I’m still excited to see her in this nevertheless! |
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Post by jgblunners on Feb 25, 2022 10:43:55 GMT
Do they actually impersonate Cher in this? Or is it more if an “interpretation”? I’ll be honest, I want to see full on Chad Michael’s level copying! This is an interesting question - the Broadway production seemed to want its three leads to have reasonable likeness to Cher, and of course the use of the Bob Mackie costumes helped. This production, without the Mackie gowns and with actresses who do not bear quite as close a resemblance to Cher, seems on the surface to be less concerned with impersonation. I think it'll be quite interesting to see where they go with this as I think there's much more scope for theatricality; it could be a far more interesting piece of theatre if these actresses tap into the essence of Cher as a personality rather than trying to recreate her physically. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 25, 2022 10:56:50 GMT
No hair tossing or naying then? No face slapping and “shnap out of it!”?
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Post by sprampster on Feb 25, 2022 12:01:18 GMT
Do they actually impersonate Cher in this? Or is it more if an “interpretation”? I’ll be honest, I want to see full on Chad Michael’s level copying! This is an interesting question - the Broadway production seemed to want its three leads to have reasonable likeness to Cher, and of course the use of the Bob Mackie costumes helped. This production, without the Mackie gowns and with actresses who do not bear quite as close a resemblance to Cher, seems on the surface to be less concerned with impersonation. I think it'll be quite interesting to see where they go with this as I think there's much more scope for theatricality; it could be a far more interesting piece of theatre if these actresses tap into the essence of Cher as a personality rather than trying to recreate her physically. Saw the show on Broadway and had a blast. But it is "The Cher Show" and the story of her life so really hope that they do go down the impersonation route as opposed to interpretation as the show will be stronger because of that. Otherwise then its just three women singing Cher songs with nice frocks right? Vocally they have to sound like Cher and also in the dialogue surely |
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 25, 2022 12:03:27 GMT
Just seen the promo photos, the ladies look amazing!!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 25, 2022 12:52:10 GMT
This is an interesting question - the Broadway production seemed to want its three leads to have reasonable likeness to Cher, and of course the use of the Bob Mackie costumes helped. This production, without the Mackie gowns and with actresses who do not bear quite as close a resemblance to Cher, seems on the surface to be less concerned with impersonation. I think it'll be quite interesting to see where they go with this as I think there's much more scope for theatricality; it could be a far more interesting piece of theatre if these actresses tap into the essence of Cher as a personality rather than trying to recreate her physically. Saw the show on Broadway and had a blast. But it is "The Cher Show" and the story of her life so really hope that they do go down the impersonation route as opposed to interpretation as the show will be stronger because of that. Otherwise then its just three women singing Cher songs with nice frocks right? Vocally they have to sound like Cher and also in the dialogue surely Exactly, we don’t need “high art” from this do we. As for the costumes, you don’t have to BE Bob Mackie to create a Bob Mackie-eque look so I imagine that’s what they’ll do. Just give people what they want, which is Cher impersonations with all of the cliches. |
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Post by danb on Feb 25, 2022 12:58:12 GMT
Does the Sonny Bono double up as Peter Cetera for ‘After All’? I like that one.
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Post by partytentdown on Feb 25, 2022 13:12:52 GMT
Bob Mackie is literally a character in the show. So I'm intrigued as to how they will do this without a rewrite.
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Post by keekio2 on Feb 25, 2022 13:54:39 GMT
I'm totally on board with Debbie and Danielle, they'll be superb. Millie is a more obscure choice but then she was very entertaining in Six so I'm sure she'll be great. Very surprised with her she isn’t the best singer so this shall be interesting |
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Post by vickyg on Feb 25, 2022 15:01:17 GMT
I was always desperate to hear more of Debbie Kurup’s fabulous voice in the Prince of Egypt so can’t wait to see her in this!
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Post by iamamazing on Feb 25, 2022 19:09:01 GMT
So happy with casting for this and glad they didn’t go for celeb names. Excited to see debi loved her in prince of Egypt, so glad I’ve booked this. Front row to and it’s at the new theatre in cardiff which is a lovely venue. Excited for the summer now to see this :-)
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Post by mrbarnaby on Feb 25, 2022 19:30:23 GMT
Very odd casting. None of them look anything like Cher at all. Kurup will be the same in this as she is everything- like it’s Chicago.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2022 19:33:48 GMT
No hair tossing or naying then? No face slapping and “shnap out of it!”? ☹️ Any ‘it’s short for Cher-cuterie?’ |
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 25, 2022 20:24:34 GMT
They look like Cher to me! I'd much rather this approach than some horrific Drag Race caricature.
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Post by d'James on Feb 25, 2022 21:27:57 GMT
Danielle Steers looks the most like Cher but I didn’t enjoy her Dead Ringer For Love in Bat Out Of Hell. I’m such a massive Cher fan but I have no desire to see this show especially after seeing clips of the Broadway show.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2022 21:46:36 GMT
Very odd casting. None of them look anything like Cher at all. Kurup will be the same in this as she is everything- like it’s Chicago. Bit of a ridiculous statement- not sure how she could be the same in this as she was in Girl From the North Country... |
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