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Post by mrbarnaby on Aug 22, 2022 21:43:53 GMT
What on earth is this?
Currently watching this on sky tv and cannot believe how hokey it is.
Take away the set and staging and all you have is Alfie Boe trying desperately to act and everyone else standing in a line, still, looking anxiously out at the audience for 3 hours.
Michael Ball hopelessly miscast.
At least there’s a big full orchestra to enjoy.
Shan Ako is wonderful though.
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Post by Jon on Aug 22, 2022 21:44:46 GMT
What on earth is this? Currently watching this on sky tv and cannot believe how hokey it is. Take away the set and staging and all you have is Alfie Boe trying desperately to act and everyone else standing in a line, still, looking anxiously out at the audience for 3 hours. Michael Ball hopelessly miscast. At least there’s a big full orchestra to enjoy. Shan Ako is wonderful though. I've seen it before and compared to previous concert versions of Les Mis, it's just not as good. |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Aug 22, 2022 21:46:09 GMT
What on earth is this? Currently watching this on sky tv and cannot believe how hokey it is. Take away the set and staging and all you have is Alfie Boe trying desperately to act and everyone else standing in a line, still, looking anxiously out at the audience for 3 hours. Michael Ball hopelessly miscast. At least there’s a big full orchestra to enjoy. Shan Ako is wonderful though. I've seen it before and compared to previous concert versions of Les Mis, it's just not as good. The 10th anniversary was jaw droppingly good. This cast is just not good enough. I hope row A was given some raincoats to protect from Michael Ball spraying them throughout |
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Post by LaLuPone on Aug 22, 2022 21:48:12 GMT
I hate that they filmed this with Boe again when they could have had the marvellous John Owen-Jones. But money talks  |
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Post by ptwest on Aug 22, 2022 21:58:58 GMT
I've seen it before and compared to previous concert versions of Les Mis, it's just not as good. The 10th anniversary was jaw droppingly good. This cast is just not good enough. I hope row A was given some raincoats to protect from Michael Ball spraying them throughout Having sat row A central for a Ball / Owen Jones night I can tell you that a raincoat may not have been sufficient! |
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Post by inthenose on Aug 23, 2022 9:00:36 GMT
The problem is, as mrbarnaby points out above, that the TAC is pretty much absolutely perfect in every single way. Every concert production since has felt like a rehash of “the perfect night” of Les Mis. The casting decisions haven’t worked for me, mainly because they used some of the best ever performers in LM history first time around.
In short, I’ve seen the Boe/Ball concert twice (once live and then once more at home, just to confirm I didn’t like it) and I’ve seen the TAC I’d estimate about 50 times.
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Post by alece10 on Aug 23, 2022 9:03:40 GMT
I saw the staged concert twice live and really enjoyed both times. The 25th Anniversary concert at the o2 was spectacular but was nice seeing it in a smaller venue.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2022 10:33:37 GMT
What on earth is this? Currently watching this on sky tv and cannot believe how hokey it is. Take away the set and staging and all you have is Alfie Boe trying desperately to act and everyone else standing in a line, still, looking anxiously out at the audience for 3 hours. Michael Ball hopelessly miscast. At least there’s a big full orchestra to enjoy. Shan Ako is wonderful though. I agree, I thought the four star leads were all awful. But I will say it has a very strong ensemble and supporting cast who outshine every single 'star' |
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Post by robertb213 on Aug 23, 2022 14:13:30 GMT
I thought Carrie did really well. And Michael was poorly, to be fair, you can hear it in his voice. But Alfie.... no thank you.
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Post by ceebee on Aug 23, 2022 19:11:29 GMT
The problem is, as mrbarnaby points out above, that the TAC is pretty much absolutely perfect in every single way. Every concert production since has felt like a rehash of “the perfect night” of Les Mis. The casting decisions haven’t worked for me, mainly because they used some of the best ever performers in LM history first time around. In short, I’ve seen the Boe/Ball concert twice (once live and then once more at home, just to confirm I didn’t like it) and I’ve seen the TAC I’d estimate about 50 times. THIS. In a nutshell. The TAC was the ultimate cast. And I think Colm Wilkinson is absolutely fantastic. Definitive. |
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