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Post by LaLuPone on Feb 4, 2018 11:41:28 GMT
Imelda's face is a picture 😂 She's smiling and clapping but she also looks like she's about to be sick! Hmm that final "LOOOVE" note sounds like something you'd hear coming from my shower...  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2018 11:50:52 GMT
^ Better your shower than your toilet, I suppose...  |
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Post by Ade on Feb 4, 2018 12:41:37 GMT
I find a lot (not all) of the American stars on Graham Norton to be a complete pain in the rear. It's usually either sit there and say nothing or hog the whole thing. Neither is entertaining. Give me guests like Vicky McClure or Keeley Hawes any day. I'm a big fan of Norton though. I don’t mind it when they hog the show, so long as they interract with the other guests and don’t just plug their film/show. The worst is when the entire couch is made up of the cast of one film, like last week with Mission Impossible. I couldn’t care less about how they did the stunts on set. Completely agree. Hate those weeks. I like the surprise of guests who don’t know each other well having good banter. I don’t expect it to just feel like one stop on a press tour. |
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Post by ali973 on Feb 14, 2018 6:56:13 GMT
Still no news on Velma and Roxie? I have one slot left for March that I'm saving for either Chicago (depending on cast) or Girl from North Country.
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Post by andrew on Feb 14, 2018 11:07:28 GMT
Still no news on Velma and Roxie? I have one slot left for March that I'm saving for either Chicago (depending on cast) or Girl from North Country. I'd go with North Country... |
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Post by Being Alive on Feb 14, 2018 15:17:21 GMT
It’s likely I would think that we’ll get some MT stars at Roxie and Velma. I don’t see it being ‘big theatre names’ though (e.g Rachel Tucker, Louise Dearman etc). Probably someone slightly less we’ll profiled but who we still know.
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Post by showtoones on Feb 14, 2018 16:11:33 GMT
Alexandra Burke and Beverely Knight
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Post by Being Alive on Feb 14, 2018 16:22:00 GMT
Alexandra Burke and Beverely Knight Even as a joke thats not particularly funny  |
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Post by Rory on Feb 15, 2018 23:12:26 GMT
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Post by ilovewemusicals on Feb 15, 2018 23:13:46 GMT
Does this make Ruthie the first person to have played all three leads?
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Post by Being Alive on Feb 15, 2018 23:13:53 GMT
Ok. 100% in on this. They really have come up with the goods!!!! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2018 23:21:35 GMT
Does this make Ruthie the first person to have played all three leads? No Bebe Neuwirth has done it. She originated Velma in the 1996 revival, then played Roxie in the mid-2000s, and recently returned to play Mama on Broadway. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2018 23:26:15 GMT
And also... JOSEFINA GABRIELLE as Velma?  Oh sweet Gods! Amazing! |
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Post by Being Alive on Feb 15, 2018 23:28:06 GMT
And also... JOSEFINA GABRIELLE as Velma? Oh sweet Gods! Amazing! Totally! I’m shocked that they’ve done so well - and that there was no word of this at all till tonight!! I was totally gonna swerve it but am definitely going now. |
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Post by princeton on Feb 15, 2018 23:30:36 GMT
Josefina Gabrielle did several stints as Roxie in the early 00s - so another performer shifting roles.
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Post by andromedadench on Feb 15, 2018 23:34:40 GMT
Oh no... I knew they'd cast it properly now that I'm not able to go and see it *violent sobbing*
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2018 23:42:54 GMT
Yeah I was totally gonna dismiss this - but Ruthie and Josefina make this irresistible!
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Post by musicalmarge on Feb 16, 2018 0:03:29 GMT
THIS TOTALLY S@!Ts on CHESS! Ha!
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Post by mrbarnaby on Feb 16, 2018 4:28:57 GMT
Josefina is exciting casting but would have liked a new Roxie.
And I hate to say it but will Ruthie even be able to sing it? It needs a belter and her voice has been shot to s**t the last times I’ve seen her on stage over the last few years. This casting makes me feel a bit sad as she was such a glorious talent years ago, but she hasn’t taken care of that voice and she should really be playing bigger roles now in her career than this.
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Post by ali973 on Feb 16, 2018 4:37:32 GMT
Well I wasn't that far off saying let's get Ruthie back a few posts ago, except I meant as Velma or Roxie again.
I never liked Josefina (sorry). Who is Roxie now? I never heard of her.
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Post by lonlad on Feb 16, 2018 4:57:21 GMT
Josefina will be sensational. Ruthie shot her voice doing MARGUERITE on the West End, alas: a sad tale.
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Post by alece10 on Feb 16, 2018 7:47:00 GMT
Great news about Josefina. Looks like 2018 is going to be an expensive year.
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Post by japhun on Feb 16, 2018 11:19:45 GMT
Wow- this cast makes Chess look like community theatre! Was going to pass as I think the stage version is so dreary, but am definitely booking now!
Take note ENO- this is how you cast a musical with great actors in appropriate roles.
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Post by frontrowcentre on Feb 16, 2018 15:06:39 GMT
Great news! I'm in!
Funny after seeing it on Broadway two summers ago I thought I was done with this revival and that I would never see this production again.... never say never, I guess
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Post by showtoones on Feb 16, 2018 15:57:50 GMT
Mama isn't that hard of a sing and they stunt cast that role on Broadway all the time. I mean, Nene Leakes from The Real Housewives of Atlanta and Wendy Williams played that role. Ruthie may have shot her voice but she will still be fierce and better than many who have come before her.
I feel like Sarah as Roxie is a boring choice and a *yawn*. They will dumb down the choreography for her for sure. Josephina will be great but I do hope they don't put a black bob wig on her which a cop out and a safe choice.
I wonder if they are all contracted for a year? The Weisslers are cheap so probably got 4 month contracts and they will have revolving door like they do.
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Oh sweet Gods! Amazing! 
