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Post by Mr Snow on Nov 28, 2016 9:38:40 GMT
Have been to Paris Garnier but Bastille is very much on my hit list.
I do wish more people would comment on the productins they've seen.
I'll make a start soon.
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Post by Mr Snow on Nov 28, 2016 9:35:53 GMT
Any of Bobby Short’s recordings from the Café Carlyle, New York. After rock steamrollered all other forms of popular music he kept alive the flame of the American Popular Song. Saw him once at The Green Room, Café Royal. Such power, such diction, such style. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Short
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Post by Mr Snow on Nov 27, 2016 14:50:09 GMT
She only has a career because she is pretty. Her voice is horrible- like Andrea Boccelli, it's 'opera lite' for people who wouldn't know a good operatic voice if it slapped them round the face. I don't have any views on Katherine Jenkins other than that she does have a pretty face. I'm not sure I've ever heard her sing. I listen to lots of Opera and funily enough regret that there aren't more like her. Music Hall and even TV variety shows always had a good looking lass or a tenor with a twinkle in his eye and they sang a mixture of repertoire including 'light' Opera. The benefit to me is that it spread the music far and wide accross the land. Who cares if they claiemd to be stars from the Opera. She's going to get up on stage and sing and act and maybe then the critics on this thread will have something valid to say. Miss Jenkins doesn't offend me in any way. What's all the fuss?
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Post by Mr Snow on Nov 27, 2016 10:42:15 GMT
Going to the Palladium Sunday Night. Late. Will be providing Personal Security to ensure the Christmas Tree gets safely home. (Best not to ask really.) I'm asking....? It's just one of the things we do to pay the bills. You'd be surprised how often I've been asked when delivering a Christmas Tree, "Do you get the rest of the year off?"
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Post by Mr Snow on Nov 27, 2016 10:31:40 GMT
The ENO really is toxic cesspit Their productions look like they cost £10 to stage They paper everything Nothing sells out there They had cheapest and nastiest refurbishment Coliseum should be shut down Transformed Needs to be turned into massive Chanel shop Just look at the ROH One major opera house is enough particularly when that one is a massive financial success The ENO is a joke in comparison That the ENO has lost its way in the age of surtitiles is undoubtedly true. I would not protest too loudly if it's subsidy was withdrawn. Just how do you evaluate the Royal Opera and Ballet as a massive financial success? They get even more subsidy and pay bigger money to attract staff. Since they were both refurbed, the ROH and Coliseum are the best appointed and most comfortable theatres in London. Toxic Cesspit? Somthing has yanked your chain
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Post by Mr Snow on Nov 25, 2016 15:23:37 GMT
Love Company and will definitely see this. Now top of my list for 2017
As an Opera lover I'm amazed about how the 'fans' want every production preserved just as THEY imagine the composer wanted it done. (Thats said you do get too many downright 'Silly' Opera productions).
Keen to see this it will help us see how times have changed, Or not.
However I do feel the arrangements have always seemed like weak Disco, admittedly of their time. I hope they will be simalarly bold with those.
Yes I think they can have some fun with this...
Pardon me, is everybody here? Because if everybody's here, I
Want to thank you all for coming to the wedding, I'd appreciate
Your going even more, I mean you must have lots of better things
To do, and not a word of this to Paula, remember Paula, you know,
The woman I'm gonna marry, but I'm not, because I wouldn't ruin
Anyone as wonderful as she is--
Thank you all
For the gifts and the flowers,
Thank you all,
Now it's back to the showers,
Don't tell Paula,
But I'm not getting married today.
Listen, everybody, look, I don't know what you're waiting for,
A wedding, what's a wedding, it's a prehistoric ritual
Where everybody promises fidelity forever, which is
Maybe the most horrifying word I ever heard of, which is
Followed by a honeymoon, where suddenly he'll realize he's
Saddled with a nut, and wanna kill me, which he should--
Thanks a bunch,
But I'm not getting married--
Go have lunch,
'Cause I'm not getting married--
You've been grand,
But I'm not getting married--
Don't just stand there,
I'm not getting married--
And don't tell Paula,
But I'm not getting married today.
Go, can't you go?
Why is no-
Body listening?
Goodbye
Go and cry
At another person's wake
If you're quick
For a kick
You could pick
Up a christening
But please
On my knees
There's a human life at stake!
Listen everybody, I'm afraid you didn't hear, or do you want to
See a crazy lady fall apart in front of you, it isn't only Paula
Who may be ruining her life, you know we'll both of us be losing
Our identities, I telephoned my analyst about it and she said to
See her Monday, but by Monday I'll be floating in the Hudson with
The other garbage--
I'm not well,
So I'm not getting married--
You've been swell,
But I'm not getting married--
Clear the hall,
'Cause I'm not getting married--
Thank you all,
But I'm not getting married--
And don't tell Paula,
But I'm not getting married today.
Go, can't you go?
Look, you know
I adore you all
But why
Watch me die ,
Like Eliza on the ice?
Look, perhaps
I'll collapse
In the apse
Right before you all,
So take
Back the cake,
Burn the shoes and boil the rice.
Look, I didn't wanna have to
Tell you, but I may be coming
Down with Hepatitis, and I
Think I'm gonna faint, so if
You wanna see me faint, I'll
Do it happily, but wouldn't
It be funnier to go and watch
A funeral, so thank you for the
Twenty-seven dinner plates,
Thirty-seven butter knives,
Forty-seven paperweights,
Fifty-seven candleholders--
One more thing--
I am not getting married!
But I'm not getting married!
Still I'm not getting married!
See, I'm not getting married!
That I'm not getting married
Today!
Still sung by Amy of course.
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Post by Mr Snow on Nov 24, 2016 16:33:16 GMT
Going to the Palladium Sunday Night.
Late.
Will be providing Personal Security to ensure the Christmas Tree gets safely home.
(Best not to ask really.)
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Post by Mr Snow on Nov 23, 2016 17:01:26 GMT
How To Succeed In Business Never seen it. Would love to. Please , please, please can Southwark Playhouse look at some of Loesser's lesser loved, literary lodestones! (anyone else enjoying The Good Old days on BBC 4?) After Charley's Aunt and Guys and Dolls (1950) and the music and lyrics for the film Hans Christian Andersen. ] He wrote the book, music and lyrics for his next two musicals, The Most Happy Fella (1956) and Greenwillow (1960). Then How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1961) Surely the two in the middle deserve another look? I've heard parts of Greenwillow and its lovely, I think it was his own personal favourite.
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Post by Mr Snow on Nov 22, 2016 11:36:30 GMT
Actually Imelda, the spoon scraping the bottom of a bowlful of ice cream can be very annoying. (I completely agree about the Theatre though. However I do think a bottle of water is acceptable.) Is it you who sits behind me and puts the cap on so hard, that each regular sip elictis a "crack" as you next open it? Then it has to be placed back in your bag under the crackly parcel you bought as you were up town. Honestly I hardly mind at all as long as you only do it nomore than 3x per act. (PS I had already added this to the Bad Behaviour thread. Along with a second post about someone who outed their own behaviour!)
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Post by Mr Snow on Nov 22, 2016 9:01:55 GMT
I have just remembered how a self-regarding, pompous a==== outed his own bad behaviour on the Radio this year.
Anish Kapoor is the talentless ‘sculptor’ who designed the meccano feature that dominates the Olympic Park. The worlds first sculture to have a slide added?
He was invited to design the sets for the new production of Tristan and Isolde at the ENO. When interviewed on Radio 4’s Front Row he declared that he was a massive fan of Wagner and in his research he’d been to The Royal Opera House to see a performance. He then made disparaging remarks about the typical Opera audience, as his neighbour had had the temerity to ask him to stop scratching in his note pad.! Apparently without any self awareness he felt he should be allowed to sketch throughout and his neighbour was somehow less than himself for questioning this behaviour.
The ENO sets were just ideas with no development or continuity between acts and they did not help the Director or singers make a success of the evening. I doubt it will be revived.
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Post by Mr Snow on Nov 22, 2016 8:44:42 GMT
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Post by Mr Snow on Nov 21, 2016 9:58:12 GMT
No one's been in touch....
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Post by Mr Snow on Nov 20, 2016 11:11:25 GMT
Thank you, how kind. If I PM you my address can it be delivered? I'm in 24/7.
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Post by Mr Snow on Nov 20, 2016 8:42:31 GMT
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Post by Mr Snow on Nov 19, 2016 18:56:03 GMT
In Manhattan, their first hit Rogers and Hart, referenced Abies Irish Rose Quiz Night/Triva Question. Which popular band of modern times took their name after hearing Ella sing the song? OK you've had 24 hrs. JazzieB (sp?) heard …our first kiss we stole Soul to Soul I win. What's my prize?
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Post by Mr Snow on Nov 18, 2016 16:05:39 GMT
So I just bumped into Louise at Bedford Train Station andgot to tell her how incredible is in Side Show and that she needs to do Finding Neverland. Was so lovely to meet and have a proper conversation with her rather than when i fist met her and nearly fainted whilst fangirling! Never heard THAT called that!
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Post by Mr Snow on Nov 18, 2016 12:15:48 GMT
In Manhattan, their first hit Rogers and Hart, referenced Abies Irish Rose
“the Broadway play was a commercial hit, running for 2,327 performances between May 23, 1922 and October 1, 1927, at the time the longest run in Broadway theater history, surpassing the record 1291 performances set by the Winchell Smith and Frank Bacon 1918 play, Lightnin'.[1][2] T”
By the time Ella got round to the song the Lyric was changed to
And "My Fair Lady" is a terrific show they say We both may see it close, some day
Tempis Fugit.
Quiz Night/Triva Question.
Which popular band of modern times took their name after hearing Ella sing the song?
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Post by Mr Snow on Nov 17, 2016 16:31:58 GMT
Probably to give Sheena enough time to get there in case of delays. You know what it's like with these morning trains. It's her baby that takes the morning train. Sounds a bit child-neglecty to me. Agree, escpecially as she's a Modern Girl.
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Post by Mr Snow on Nov 16, 2016 22:15:33 GMT
Martello thank you for an excellent review, although for all its faults, iI probably enjoyed it more than you seemed to have. I enjoy a decent production all the more in a small house. Is funny how the male actors have divided opinion here. I though they did well with half drawn characters and Jay Marsh sang like an angel. Why though did all the cast need to be miked in this small space? It just shows how the industry has gone. Perhaps Marsh impressed because he didn’t sound amplified. But this hasn't done anything to convince me that modern Musicals have memorable music. For me the best no in Musical terms was 1 + 1 = 3, a superb pastiche of a thirties no. Too many others nodded at the period before becoming distinctly modern. Nothing really stuck in my mind and some of the lyrics were clunky, I felt like the fish that had been 'plucked' from the Ocean. Its a great story and a most unusual subject for a musical play. It could have gone deeper into their problems but the situation did keep your interest high. Check out the link below to see how sad the end was for the real twins. Also Todd Browning was thrown under the Bus, a creep in this show in reality he lost his career respecting 'Freaks'. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_and_Violet_HiltonSo although there was plenty to criticise I really enjoyed it. Every time the two ladies sang it made up for every thing else. There's still time to catch a unique show which we would have missed if it wasnt for this thread and TB.
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Post by Mr Snow on Nov 16, 2016 15:49:52 GMT
According to the news this morning they'll be eating the genitalia of animals on tonight's episode. If anyone can explain how watching people demean themselves by doing that is entertainment I'd be interested to hear it. Not to mention the disrespect to the animals concerned. Sounds like this is plummeting new depths. Vile. I think it was Al Murray who said “My agent told me the offer. I told him I’d rather eat my own S+++ than appear on that show. He replied fine, I’ll see how much they’ll go upto if you agree to that.”
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Post by Mr Snow on Nov 15, 2016 8:30:26 GMT
How far ahead did you both book? Each time I've tried to eat there the times I want have already gone. Do you eat during the show or is it the show alone? I miss; Pizza on the Park Andea Marcovicci, Steve Ross etc. The Green Room at the Cafe Royal Bobby Short, Barbara Cook Would be great to find a new place to go www.brasseriezedel.com/live-at-zedel/calendar/december-2016
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Post by Mr Snow on Nov 11, 2016 13:11:53 GMT
Back at Open Air August 11th - September 16th 2017. Priority on sale November 22nd 2016. Is there a "Mr Snow dislikes" button? (Nothing personal theatremadness)
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Post by Mr Snow on Nov 9, 2016 15:40:01 GMT
First Album I bought as a kid.
Bridge Over Troubled Water.
There's a special warmth when an audience gets in a room with someone whoose work they've loved all their lives.
I had my chance with Paul at what was then known as The Empire Pool, Wembley. So pleaded you enjoyed it.
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Post by Mr Snow on Nov 7, 2016 9:07:39 GMT
Caiphas, sorry to hear your awful news. I hope you can soon realise you are fine and that S=== happens but you can get back to the good stuff. Don’t let them leave any mark on you.
PS These thoughts maybe too soon but I’ve been there and realise it takes time. Just this weekend I was looking for a CD and I remembered when I last had it! Put it down to us all living longer, we’ll all have to experience more bumps along the way. It’s not the bump it’s how you remember it, that’s important.
(I hope that doesn’t seem glib at the moment.)
I delighted you opened this thread and I’d also like to say my own thanks.
Last week we were on our way to The Royal Opera house with a frined who was very excited as she’d never been before. Unfortunately she took a nasty fall in a poorly paved temporary walkway just outside, put there by Westminster Council because of roadworks. We helped her inside the ROH and several staff members sprung to our aid during their busiest period. - A Lady usher found her a seat, a glass of water and a first aider. - The First Aider listened! And was most helpful once it was determined that she could not climb stairs. - The front of house manager arrived, as did a wheelchair and we were whisked off to The Royal Box just as the performance started. The procession could not have been more efficiently carried out if it was HRH herself.
I did discretely wave to everyone and enjoyed my 10 mins “in the Sun”. Sadly, however once the adrenaline had worn off she realised how much pain she was in and we had to leave. She actually had a broken ankle and needed stiches in her knee. It is a small consolation that she did get inside, and to sit there won’t happen that often!
I have written to the CE of ROH and I’m happy to tell everyone who will listen. Truly exemplary service.
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Post by Mr Snow on Nov 4, 2016 14:59:55 GMT
There does seem to be genuine puzzlement on those FB reviews as to why anyone would go to a musical and not sing along. I suppose until someone explains it, you don't know. Loved the comment about A. Burke though Many Rock concerts these days have become sing alongs to your favourites and I wonder if its transferred over? Mrs Snow is addicted to the charms of Sir Rodney Stewart. The only way the old git can get through a Concert is to have the audience sing more than he does. You have no choice but to join in. Now I love a sing-a-long but why pay all that money to hear someone else? The Sky is indeed falling...
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