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Post by iwant2beatthetheatre on Feb 19, 2024 19:11:10 GMT
I hope we find out who the rest of the cast are soon 🤞
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Post by theatreloverlondon on Feb 19, 2024 22:29:46 GMT
So this casting news has gone viral on social media but I realise a lot of people think she’s being cast in a movie musical adaptation and don’t realise it’s actually for the west end 🤣
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Post by sph on Feb 19, 2024 23:30:48 GMT
So this casting news has gone viral on social media but I realise a lot of people think she’s being cast in a movie musical adaptation and don’t realise it’s actually for the west end 🤣 All publicity is good publicity I guess! I think that Ugly Betty and Devil Wears Prada both came out around the same time did they not? In that sense it's perfect casting. A little more "on the nose" than I was expecting, but as an Ugly Betty fan I'm definitely more interested now. I think Williams has a bigger following than you'd think over here. Both Ugly Betty and Desperate Housewives were widely watched in the UK I believe. Anyone up-to-date on their 00's TV and movies will appreciate today's announcement for sure.
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Post by johnie21 on Mar 26, 2024 9:53:44 GMT
Matt Henry has been announced as Nigel. Great casting. Loved him in kinky Boots & the drifter girls.
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Post by anita on Mar 26, 2024 10:32:13 GMT
Matt Henry has been announced as Nigel. Great casting. Loved him in kinky Boots & the drifter girls. Me too. Never seen the film but will have to book because he's in it.
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Post by Being Alive on Mar 26, 2024 10:45:58 GMT
Not right for Nigel in my eyes, but interested to see if the characters been altered so that he works.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 26, 2024 10:59:49 GMT
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Post by WireHangers on Mar 26, 2024 13:07:37 GMT
I don’t know Matt Henry’s work other than he’s a fab leading man. But from looks alone he is absolutely perfect to step into Stanley Tucci’s shoes!
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Post by shownut on Apr 19, 2024 10:47:01 GMT
Vanessa Williams was Alec Baldwin's guest on his podcast 'Here's The Thing' this past week.
Towards the end she mentions "The Devil Wears Prada" and the changes Jerry Mitchell insisted on when he took over as director including a whole creative team and new songs by Elton John. They did a 2 week reading in London and according to her, (and I am paraphrasing here) Elton said he wanted to hang himself in Chicago but was now, very happy (with the state of the material).
She offers a bit of a spoiler in terms of her 11 o'clock number. Ironically, it is still "Stay On Top" which is retained from Chicago but with a whole new idea and re-orchestration (she mentioned it goes into techno which certainly didn't happen in the earlier production) and it is in a whole new setting. She also said to expect a LOT of fashion and catwalks (especially in Act Two/Paris) as this was sorely missing in Chicago (and she is right).
As it is clear they might have retained a couple of songs, I hope they have kept "Seen" for Matt Henry's Nigel. It was by far the best tune in the show and one helluva touching song.
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Post by Mark on Apr 19, 2024 10:58:24 GMT
Hope they have also kept Dress Your Way Up. That was really the only standout number.
After seeing Hamilton again on Wednesday evening, I'd love to cast Georgina Onuorah as Andy. She'll have just finished Kiss Me, Kate by then too.
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Post by shownut on Apr 19, 2024 11:54:09 GMT
Hope they have also kept Dress Your Way Up. That was really the only standout number. After seeing Hamilton again on Wednesday evening, I'd love to cast Georgina Onuorah as Andy. She'll have just finished Kiss Me, Kate by then too. I have a strong feeling it will be Molly Lynch who I think did the recent reading. I agree that 'Dress Your Way Up' was a good song - will be interesting to see what Jerry does with it. The Chicago staging was dreadful. That song, "Seen", "Stay On Top" were all more than decent and the opener "I Mean Business" wasn't awful but the whole idea behind it was sloppily done.
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Post by LaLuPone on Apr 28, 2024 22:34:01 GMT
Completely unrelated to the production but Vanessa Williams just released a new single and I’m already obsessed, I don’t think this is going to leave the G-A-Y playlist all summer LOL
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