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Post by mattnyc on Dec 27, 2023 20:25:01 GMT
That hasn't stopped Bernadette Peters from Sondheim's Old Friends and I can't imagine Vanessa Williams' voice is as bad as that. If you saw her do “Anyone Can Whistle” at Carnegie Hall last year, I think you’d know what I mean.
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Post by Being Alive on Dec 27, 2023 20:50:06 GMT
She was in pretty good voice at the very short lived City of Angels...
And honestly, I'd be thrilled with that casting - which former Six girl is VERY important though.
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Post by BVM on Dec 28, 2023 13:07:51 GMT
That hasn't stopped Bernadette Peters from Sondheim's Old Friends and I can't imagine Vanessa Williams' voice is as bad as that. Agreed. I think Vanessa Williams would be a brilliant choice for this. Her voice was absolutely fine in City of Angels which wasn't that long ago!
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Post by shownut on Dec 28, 2023 14:57:14 GMT
I think the less Miranda sings the better - her character is meant to be aloof and above it all....not a personality that lends itself to a showtune....a song at the end when her character unravels a bit would be perfect.
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Post by Being Alive on Dec 28, 2023 14:58:20 GMT
Oh Miranda lends herself to songs quite easily I think!
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Post by horton on Dec 28, 2023 15:44:06 GMT
I think the less Miranda sings the better - her character is meant to be aloof and above it all....not a personality that lends itself to a showtune....a song at the end when her character unravels a bit would be perfect. She needs a wip-smart, witty patter song that deconstructs the fashion world.
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Post by nash16 on Dec 28, 2023 18:21:36 GMT
I think the less Miranda sings the better - her character is meant to be aloof and above it all....not a personality that lends itself to a showtune....a song at the end when her character unravels a bit would be perfect. She needs a wip-smart, witty patter song that deconstructs the fashion world. I’m imagining a “You Are What You Wear” number, a la the American Pyscho musical:
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Post by anthony40 on Dec 28, 2023 18:30:38 GMT
Save me from scrolling back through the thread, when does this open in Plymouth again?
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Post by A.Ham on Dec 28, 2023 20:32:06 GMT
She was in pretty good voice at the very short lived City of Angels... And honestly, I'd be thrilled with that casting - which former Six girl is VERY important though. Danielle Steers?
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Post by mattnyc on Dec 28, 2023 20:35:55 GMT
She was in pretty good voice at the very short lived City of Angels... And honestly, I'd be thrilled with that casting - which former Six girl is VERY important though. Danielle Steers? Oh man, I’d LOVE that. She’s got one of my favorite voices, working today.
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Post by Being Alive on Dec 28, 2023 21:04:51 GMT
She was in pretty good voice at the very short lived City of Angels... And honestly, I'd be thrilled with that casting - which former Six girl is VERY important though. Danielle Steers? Oh I'd go for this!
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Post by bellatheatre on Dec 29, 2023 12:45:54 GMT
I’m pretty sure Amy Di Bartolomeo has been cast as Emily, previously Aragon in six!
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Post by erik24601 on Dec 31, 2023 14:18:18 GMT
Save me from scrolling back through the thread, when does this open in Plymouth again? 6th July
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Post by idinafanzel on Jan 26, 2024 23:25:16 GMT
The show just had a two week workshop with Jerry Mitchell:
Cast included ….
Vanessa Williams Amy Di Bartomelo Tosh Wanogho-Maud Molly Lynch Myles Hart Luke Jackson Robbie McMillan Matt Henry Eleanor Peach
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Post by WireHangers on Jan 27, 2024 0:10:24 GMT
Vanessa bloody Williams is a camp dream come true in that role!
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Post by Being Alive on Jan 27, 2024 0:21:11 GMT
She'll literally play it as Wilhelmina Slater and honestly? That's fine by me.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jan 27, 2024 0:29:23 GMT
Well Pretty Woman's direction is the least of its problems. You can't blame Mr Mitchell for the weak script and/or score. But if he was a better director- he would have made the writers rewrite bad songs and script
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Post by asps2017 on Jan 27, 2024 8:38:56 GMT
When is a cast getting announced?
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Post by shownut on Jan 27, 2024 8:52:20 GMT
Well Pretty Woman's direction is the least of its problems. You can't blame Mr Mitchell for the weak script and/or score. But if he was a better director- he would have made the writers rewrite bad songs and script Harold Prince also had a number of flops/not-so-amazing shows under his belt with less than stellar songs and script. So that makes him a bad director as well?
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Post by thebroadwayboy on Jan 27, 2024 10:27:12 GMT
Well Pretty Woman's direction is the least of its problems. You can't blame Mr Mitchell for the weak script and/or score. But if he was a better director- he would have made the writers rewrite bad songs and script Yes Jerry is horrible director, I am sorry Kinky Boots Legally Blonde both had terrible director.
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Post by thebroadwayboy on Jan 27, 2024 10:28:18 GMT
Oh Vanessa Williams is so ironic
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jan 27, 2024 11:39:03 GMT
But if he was a better director- he would have made the writers rewrite bad songs and script Harold Prince also had a number of flops/not-so-amazing shows under his belt with less than stellar songs and script. So that makes him a bad director as well? Absolutely not. Jerry Mitchell is a bad director.
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Post by shownut on Jan 27, 2024 12:11:38 GMT
Harold Prince also had a number of flops/not-so-amazing shows under his belt with less than stellar songs and script. So that makes him a bad director as well? Absolutely not. Jerry Mitchell is a bad director. We will have to agree to disagree. He has an outstanding body of work to back up his many award-winning successes as top Broadway Director/Choreographer and I think TDWP is in the most capable hands imagineable. If nothing else, he rescued KINKY BOOTS from a disastrous Chicago tryout (detailed in Harvey Fierstein's autobio who gives him full praise and credit as a Director) and no doubt he will do the same here. :-)
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Post by Being Alive on Jan 27, 2024 12:23:06 GMT
Jerry is very hit or miss as a director - he either nails it or it's a complete wash out. So there's hope this could be a hit, but he's got an equal amount of shows that are badly directed so there's not 'no doubt' this won't go that way either...!
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Post by shownut on Jan 27, 2024 12:38:24 GMT
Jerry is very hit or miss as a director - he either nails it or it's a complete wash out. So there's hope this could be a hit, but he's got an equal amount of shows that are badly directed so there's not 'no doubt' this won't go that way either...! You have just named the track record of just about every musical theatre director out there. No director with more than a few Bway/West End musical credits has a solid, 100% batting score. The real test here will likely be the material, not the direction. Neither Mr Mitchell or any other director alive could have saved TDWP in Chicago, It was a mess in every respect, including design, though Anna Shapiro's direction certainly wasn't helping. But having seen most of his work as a choreographer/director (except for PRETTY WOMAN), going back to THE FULL MONTY on Broadway (in previews the summer of 2000) I can't point to anything he has done that I though was particularly bad.
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Post by theatrefan62 on Jan 27, 2024 12:51:12 GMT
The man who did Hairspray can't be all bad. But he is hit and miss, and I wouldn't want to see his Sweeney Todd, for example. But he is good at lighter shows.
To me these days he seems to take too much on, so doesn't seem to have time to really develop a project. It's become almost a production line of shows with no depth
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Post by Being Alive on Jan 27, 2024 12:52:35 GMT
The man who did Hairspray can't be all bad. But he is hit and miss, and I wouldn't want to see his Sweeney Todd, for example. But he is good at lighter shows. To me these days he seems to take too much on, so doesn't seem to have time to really develop a project. It's become almost a production line of shows with no depth Exactly. I think he's a phenomenal choreographer almost without exception, just think he's less successful as a director.
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Post by shownut on Jan 27, 2024 12:59:04 GMT
The man who did Hairspray can't be all bad. But he is hit and miss, and I wouldn't want to see his Sweeney Todd, for example. But he is good at lighter shows. To me these days he seems to take too much on, so doesn't seem to have time to really develop a project. It's become almost a production line of shows with no depth Hmm...not quite sure that is true with TDWP as he has been working behind the scenes on it for well over a year....and his new show BOOP! got pretty great reviews but is not being rushed to Bway....now looking at spring 2025.
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Post by fiyero on Jan 29, 2024 12:42:44 GMT
Apologies if I've missed it but do we know when London press night is?
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Post by erik24601 on Jan 29, 2024 13:04:10 GMT
Apologies if I've missed it but do we know when London press night is? Looking at the ticketing site there's no evening performance on sale for Monday 25th November so that would be my guess.
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