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Post by danb on Sept 23, 2023 18:08:24 GMT
Does Gant do all of the matinees?
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Post by danb on Sept 22, 2023 17:42:15 GMT
Boring seating question ahoy. If row B is the front row is the orchestra in a nice wide pit meaning I won’t just spend the night looking up Scherzys nose?
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Post by danb on Sept 22, 2023 9:18:13 GMT
Without trawling through 40 pages, can anyone tell me what the random days off are that NS has? Am I safe if I buy the 7th Oct? Nicole has Mondays off as scheduled. Cheers, I knew that but I thought that there were some random Tucker shows dotted throughout?
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Post by danb on Sept 22, 2023 8:19:34 GMT
Without trawling through 40 pages, can anyone tell me what the random days off are that NS has? Am I safe if I buy the 7th Oct?
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Post by danb on Sept 20, 2023 17:43:30 GMT
I cannot wait to see this again. It was glorious theatre.
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Post by danb on Sept 20, 2023 9:14:37 GMT
She was on The One Show last night. Apparently Elton is a close pal and in conversation at a dinner party he offered to write this.
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Post by danb on Sept 20, 2023 8:57:30 GMT
There is a nostalgia and a different kind of ‘want’ for pre-Phantom ALW than anything that came after. Its like those arena tours of six knackered 80’s pop acts singing their three hits to a crowd of misguided 50-somethings. “No Tina, Ben from Curiosity Killed The Cat has not aged well. We can’t all be John Taylor y’know!!!”.
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Post by danb on Sept 20, 2023 8:46:22 GMT
Whatever happens let’s manage our expectations. As long as it is THAT music ☑️ played loudly by a sizeable orchestra ☑️ sung by a decent cast ☑️ I don’t really mind what flights of fancy fill in the gaps. (edit *no graphic scenes of self harm…I even have to look away from the bandaging).
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Post by danb on Sept 20, 2023 4:54:58 GMT
I’m sorry, but no, I don’t expect those things in previews. I expect them in tech runs. I expect the odd line flub and perhaps a millisecond late lighting cue. Any production that hasn’t run enough before going in front of a paying audience gets what it deserves. It might have ONLY been £30.75 but it is still a price.
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Post by danb on Sept 20, 2023 4:46:59 GMT
Is ‘Coda of Freight’ still in this revised revised revised version? I do hope so.
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Post by danb on Sept 19, 2023 20:39:34 GMT
Don’t know if casting suggestions for Momma have started yet- as I need to catch up on the chat. But Anna Jane Casey! Oh and a dream version of Momma is Nicola Hughes. Sadly, during the 'Cinderella' fallout Anna Jane Casey was moved to add via tweet that ALW had shown her no interest/respect when she auditioned for him once, and that he was drunk. I can't see them ever working together. I’d just assumed that it’d be Beverly Knight.
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Post by danb on Sept 19, 2023 12:56:45 GMT
Whatever it looks like, I’m predicting the scariest, craziest Norma ever! (But am not looking forward to the wrists 🤢).
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Post by danb on Sept 19, 2023 8:01:56 GMT
This is very exciting! ❤️🚂⚡️
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Post by danb on Sept 18, 2023 17:56:20 GMT
‘New Purple Experience’ at the Fleece in Bristol on Saturday night, the best Prince tribute act ‘on the scene’.
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Post by danb on Sept 18, 2023 11:04:26 GMT
I think another factor is the fact that its barely been off over the last ten years in one form or another. So they may think that they are radically reinventing it for a new generation, but until it has been reviewed I think a lot of folks are hanging fire.
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Post by danb on Sept 17, 2023 20:44:00 GMT
So they’re gonna shell out for some slow burn flammable gel to coat the stairs for press night & photos, never to be seen again?
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Post by danb on Sept 17, 2023 19:44:25 GMT
She is very much a ‘quite good being Tammy Wynette on Stars In Their Eyes’ type shenanigan, rather than an outstanding musical theatre actress. More Prenger than Paige.
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Post by danb on Sept 17, 2023 7:48:13 GMT
I listened to the cast recording again on my way into work today and Platt is beautifully restrained on it. I think the haters might be pleasantly surprised if they gave it a chance.
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Post by danb on Sept 16, 2023 20:41:24 GMT
I think ‘Barbie’ was my last cinema trip. Ghastly girls but loved the Kens.
Or ‘Theatre Camp’ 90 mins of not much leading to a beautiful finale.
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Post by danb on Sept 16, 2023 5:54:45 GMT
I just want to see Platt live again. His voice is something else when you’re in the room.
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Post by danb on Sept 15, 2023 21:31:22 GMT
Would they like my card number now?
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Post by danb on Sept 14, 2023 16:02:44 GMT
Has anyone seen stage versions that include the priests singing 'Then We Are Decided' (added for the film), near the beginning? I first saw JCS when the original London production toured after it had closed in the West End - 1980. It wasn't used then. An early Kenwright tour did include it - which is the only time I've seen it on stage. I think it's useful - for political context. I'd even say that during the Overture it might be useful to hear fragments of Jesus's teachings - rather than just see him mouthing to an engaged and loving crowd. I suppose I'm asking - is Jesus still a 'superstar' in 2023 UK? Or could audiences do with a bit more information? The Lyceum version made the Priests machinations & pov perfectly clear wIthout the need for an additional song. I think that by the fact that this show is still performed, inspired by ‘the greatest story ever told’ people have more than enough background material. The piece certainly shouldn’t be dumbed down to appease those who require spoon feeding.
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Post by danb on Sept 13, 2023 19:24:47 GMT
Aren’t they only single set-up, static camera affairs though?
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Post by danb on Sept 13, 2023 17:32:00 GMT
They’ve certainly gone big, and must have a huge amount of confidence in the rewritten version. Furnish is quite canny when it comes to taming his husbands flights of fancy, so I’d be pretty confident that this is a winner. (Unless of course they’ve been offered the theatre for pence and its being propped up by the Hillsong contract again).
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Post by danb on Sept 13, 2023 16:15:04 GMT
Amy Webb was on today.
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