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Post by robertb213 on Feb 13, 2022 22:22:58 GMT
Clyde has incredibly square ears. Unless he's wearing a fancy collar like the Count in Sesame Street.
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 13, 2022 20:11:37 GMT
Cast announcement soon! Any guesses? Jordan Luke Gage for Clyde Yep my money's on Jordan. He'd be excellent. |
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 13, 2022 19:51:46 GMT
I've seen 320 different musicals, I can't just pick ten! 🤣
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 13, 2022 19:49:49 GMT
Anna-Jane Casey is also 25 years too old for Bonnie 🤣
They look like generic silhouettes rather than actual people but you never know!
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 12, 2022 20:47:32 GMT
Anyone seen any last-minute deals for this? Still a fair few seats left.
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 12, 2022 20:46:08 GMT
I'm smugly sipping my red wine celebrating getting 3 out of 3 😁😁😁
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 11, 2022 17:14:40 GMT
4 stars from me, if it got a London residency and they could automate the scenery and make it slightly punchier, it would be 5. There's a lot of charm and magic here, it just needs tightening.
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 11, 2022 17:12:14 GMT
I'm reviewing on Tuesday, waiting to find out if I get a spare ticket, if I do I'll post a message on here and see if anyone can make use of it.
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 7, 2022 20:49:18 GMT
There is no way that ANY of Busted could sing like RoboBunny!
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 7, 2022 13:30:42 GMT
I'm reviewing this on Thursday at Leicester Curve on Thursday (10th Feb), 7.30pm start. They've allocated me a second ticket, if anyone wants to come along on a freebie drop me a message. I'm not a murderer, I promise 😁
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 7, 2022 13:23:24 GMT
There are some Twitter accounts who publish when understudies and covers are going to be on, generally it's for that day's performance unless they know the performer will be covering a whole week's shows.
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 6, 2022 20:06:18 GMT
I was right for both last night, woo hoo.
Sticking with Mark Feehily, Natalie Imbruglia and Charlotte Church for the final. They're also the three best singers so they deserve to be the last 3 standing.
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 6, 2022 20:04:36 GMT
Keala's dad is British and may do what Gillian Anderson does, altering her accent depending on where she's being interviewed. John Barrowman sometimes used to do the same.
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 6, 2022 20:00:42 GMT
Exciting on Hunchback. Shame they're not doing any matinées making travel really difficult. But hopefully they'll get a lot of attendance anyway.
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 5, 2022 8:23:50 GMT
I get that, but the age thing does lose its argument when Megan Mullally was going to lead the Barbican production at 62 years old, Bonnie is only 57 (and doesn't even look that, to be fair). Reno totally works as an older character. Yes, and I said that myself earlier in this very thread, but Mullally has more star power on an international scale, they'd age the character up for her. And Bonnie Langford has way more name recognition to the Anything Goes audience demographic than Kerry Ellis does. No one outside of the Musical Theatre world knows who Kerry is, Bonnie is much more of a household name having been working in the entertainment industry over 45 years. |
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 4, 2022 23:11:40 GMT
I get that, but the age thing does lose its argument when Megan Mullally was going to lead the Barbican production at 62 years old, Bonnie is only 57 (and doesn't even look that, to be fair). Reno totally works as an older character.
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 4, 2022 21:21:31 GMT
It's not that Kerry can't do it, she probably can, but to have Bonnie standing literally next to her who is just such an obvious all-round Reno.... it's just bizarre.
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 4, 2022 15:11:29 GMT
I'm reviewing it in Coventry in 3 weeks, hoping to read the book beforehand if I can squeeze it in. Always good to be 20 years behind the rest of the world 🤣
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 4, 2022 12:54:30 GMT
About time too, it's only taken a decade! Great news. There's too much good stuff in there to not make a proper show out of it 😁
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 4, 2022 11:22:15 GMT
“Looking Good Dead’ is more a case of ‘Looking At Your Watch’” 😀 I did actually make myself chuckle when I wrote that 🤣 |
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 4, 2022 10:50:42 GMT
Lots or you need to go and see this. Mainly because if I had to suffer through it, then you should too. Full review will be posted tomorrow, but yeah.... dreadful! I know it was forgettable but did you forget? Haha, do you know what, I completely did! Here you go if you're at a loose end. I was more generous than a lot of other ones I've read. And spooky that drowseychap and I both thought of Victoria Wood sketches, I hadn't even read his thoughts when I wrote mine! eastmidlandstheatre.com/2022/02/01/review-looking-good-dead-touring-cambridge-arts-theatre/ |
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 4, 2022 0:54:28 GMT
I will go to my grave not understanding why Bonnie isn't playing Reno. I love Kerry but this makes literally no sense.
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 1, 2022 13:58:47 GMT
Interesting location settings, it seems to think Watford is near Northampton.
And as others have said, not much use to me as a single theatregoer. But if it brings other folks to the theatres then good on it.
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 1, 2022 12:47:38 GMT
National press night canceled/delayed due to COVID (what else?) I'm reviewing the Cambridge press night next week, still going ahead as far as I know. |
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 1, 2022 8:20:06 GMT
I knew it was Joss Stone last year pretty early on. It obviously wasn't Sheridan Smith at any point, I know she has her fans but her voice isn't as strong as that.
I'm still going Mark Feehilly, Natalie Imbruglia, Aled Jones and Michelle Williams. Mushroom was my question mark, if it is Charlotte Church then she's amazing.
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