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Post by musicalmarge on Mar 2, 2018 10:56:51 GMT
You are joking?? LUCAS?? Love him but it’s like casting Elaine Paige as Velma! Ugh OMGosh. I would LOVE to see La Paige as Velma Kelly! She'd be sensational. Actually so would I! Hahaha
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Post by musicalmarge on Mar 2, 2018 7:29:46 GMT
And if they ban Diesel in Germany what will happen to Greaseball? Haha....
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Post by musicalmarge on Mar 2, 2018 7:26:17 GMT
You are joking?? LUCAS?? Love him but it’s like casting Elaine Paige as Velma! Ugh
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Post by musicalmarge on Mar 1, 2018 17:55:29 GMT
Saw it this afternoon. The stalls were half empty, sadly (perhaps because of the weather). What a delightful show this is. Dark and grotesque, creepy at times, and yet surprisingly heartwarming - a sort of fairytale for adults. Amazing puppetry and voices. And Julian Bleach. Julian Bleach. Julian Bleach. Actually I enjoyed it more than "Hamilton". (Sorry, I'll get my coat.) No no..... I did too! )))
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Post by musicalmarge on Mar 1, 2018 17:54:14 GMT
I wonder did it put anyone (Papa’s) out of a job? I know Richard Woodford is currently Electra so it wouldn’t affect any understudies. Also would the covers to Mama be swing ensemble surely? Carraiges and Componants? So many questions and I’m still sad they didn’t bring Belle back.....
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Post by musicalmarge on Mar 1, 2018 17:49:29 GMT
I was fascinated to watch in a TV interview that Charlie didn’t even audition - he was just offered the role. Same with Gavin Creel!
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Post by musicalmarge on Feb 28, 2018 14:25:58 GMT
The main anniversary show is Sunday 17th. There are 215 previous cast members returning! Great news they cast Reva - I’m sure she’s on a pretty packet! I wonder who will understudy her?
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Post by musicalmarge on Feb 28, 2018 11:16:23 GMT
None of the songs were memorable? Er...... Apart from Magic to do Corner of the Sky Extraordinary Love Song With You Spread a little Sunshine Morning Glow Jeez you’re rude. I’m 45 with quite an extensive knowledge of MT songs and I’d say the only number from Pippin to join the canon of MT songs that people kind of know is ‘Corner of the Sky’. Or were you just after a reaction? Insert Troll emoji here. Wasn’t meant to be rude. Just a fact that most people would say the score is Pippins strongest point and so many of the songs feature in the composers vast catalogue - not to mention being performed over the past 40 years in concerts, award shows, exams, college showcases, festivals, cabarets and so many albums from musical theatre performers. The show is an odd one with an abstract book but in my opinion the score is the strongest thing about it with very memorable melodies and songs. The ten people I went with last night all came out saying fabulous songs - weird show. Peace x
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Post by musicalmarge on Feb 28, 2018 8:45:04 GMT
Thought the production was very well done. Did not know any of the songs, but they sounded very 70s. The plot seemed to get lost in the second half so much so that the second seemed like a different story. The main characters of the first half disappear to be replaced by others. No mention of Pippin as King. Seemed like two stories stitched together to make one. Liked the Granny and her song, but none of the numbers were memorable. Liked the cast and they all sang well and danced well. Not too loud, but the mikes were too loud and the words got lost. Need to turn their sound down and let their voices do the work. When did everything become miked? Lack of training? Overall enjoyed it, reminded me of the 70s which was lovely. (The music I mean not the decade) None of the songs were memorable? Er...... Apart from Magic to do Corner of the Sky Extraordinary Love Song With You Spread a little Sunshine Morning Glow
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Post by musicalmarge on Feb 27, 2018 23:21:21 GMT
I was also there tonight. Funnily enough I found the story far easier to follow in this production than I did watching the latest revival a few years ago. It’s a real journey about Pepin the Prince with themes about the tyranny of fate and destiny. I now get the ending!
The production was good though to me some of the casting was off. It’s clear that the performers are all very young, and however talented they are - it gives the whole show a drama school college feel about it. Previous Southwark shows haven’t. I agree with the comments above about the accents. Too much and cliche!
The pre Wicked music is wonderful but the book is just rather abstract and 70’s hippie. A good night and worth seeing but it’s one of those shows that the story will never reach the same level as the wonderful melodies that are delivered. 7/10
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Post by musicalmarge on Feb 26, 2018 22:46:13 GMT
Booked for June 17th. Can’t wait! Papa turns to Mama! I pray they dont use that awful I’ve Got Me for the Carraiges but have a feeling they will. ((
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Post by musicalmarge on Feb 24, 2018 5:20:08 GMT
CURTAINS?!!!!!! AAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHH
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Post by musicalmarge on Feb 23, 2018 14:38:37 GMT
I kinda don't get the obsession with the Ice Castle if im honest? Sure - if they found some amazing and innovative way of building one, id be interested to see that, but its Michael Grandage. We knew this wasn't going to be an innovative staging. Its a story about 2 sisters, and their relationship - if he manages to capture that, im happy, I mean no one watches Frozen the movie and comes away just raving about the castle? Plus its broadway, we know its gonna look expensive AF and have some neat tricks, with or without a castle. Let it Go is probably one of the most iconic songs that has reached billions of people young to old this generation. In the animation she famously stamps her foot on the bridge she just built and the castle rises with her newly found powers from the snowy mountain. The theme park version uses the glittery bridge idea and it works pretty well, Broadway in my opinion. Needed a step up. Instead they have a glitter curtain. EPIC FAIL. In all the hydraulics and theatre magic and wonderful stage scenery I have seen in the past 20/30 years of seeing theatre and they come up with her waving hands, projections and a CURTAIN?!
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Post by musicalmarge on Feb 23, 2018 7:47:04 GMT
False alarm. No ice castle. That's a picture of a piece that shows the frozen kingdom. I repeat. No ice castle. First preview last night and you are correct. No Ice Castle - just a projection. So many mixed reports about this and they obviously didn’t make enough changes from Denver apart from cutting the narrator. I’m a wreck....
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Post by musicalmarge on Feb 22, 2018 22:15:34 GMT
Aida Kiss of the Spiderwoman Scarlet Pimpernel Starlight Express Into The Woods 9 to 5 Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Xanadu
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Post by musicalmarge on Feb 22, 2018 16:10:58 GMT
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Post by musicalmarge on Feb 19, 2018 9:25:59 GMT
Starlight and Tarzan ALL the way!
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Post by musicalmarge on Feb 19, 2018 9:15:11 GMT
Unfortunately, with these particular productions it seems shifting that many tickets over a five-week run demands a Big Star - Glenn Close in Sunset Boulevard is the one that came closest (sorry) to selling out, and there was a huge rush at the box office the day tickets went on sale. I'm sure Cassidy Janson has her fans, but she's nowhere near that league. As for the cost of these tickets - yes, the orchestra will be relatively expensive, and I'm sure there'll be some kind of set, but the point of these productions is basically to make Linnit/Grade and the ENO a ton of money very quickly (the ENO has not been in particularly good financial health recently), which means they'll need to sell a lot of very expensive tickets, which means they'll have been trying to sign at least one really big star (I mean, bigger than Michael Ball, who has some box office pull but also isn't in the same league as Glenn Close or Emma Thompson). For this kind of event to pay off, it really needs the kind of casting that turns it into a must-see THEATRICAL! EVENT! OF! THE! YEAR!. You aren't going to get that kind of public response with the replacement co-lead singer in Mike and the Mechanics and somebody who used to be in Wicked. True. But the sheer greed motive is now pushing up tickets into the100-175 pounds bracket elsewhere too. While Central London is attracting people with plenty of money, and tourists with, brexit inflated, spending power, we are going to see normal humans facing mega prices all over the place - from Hamilton to Chicago.. One reaon this may have so many empty premium seats, while the nearby, just expensive, seats are taken, is that its not got a Glenn Close to appeal to the international audience, or justify the price for whats essentially a standard cast, sans sets, and with more musicians. I don’t have a problem with expensive tickets. I go the theatre once or twice a week and rarely pay more than 25 pounds. We all know how to get cheaper tickets. Most don’t plus it’s still much much cheaper than seeing a Broadway show.
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Post by musicalmarge on Feb 17, 2018 15:41:37 GMT
I’d say it very clearly is the poster they are going with.. Chichester does have form when it comes to bad poster design Looks exactly like LA LA land. Ugh...
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Post by musicalmarge on Feb 16, 2018 0:07:16 GMT
Why couldn’t it do a nice 6 month limited run? It’s cheap enough to run I’m sure and has a small cast. I saw it in the last few days of the run in Sheffield. Even after very, very strong reviews, the theatre was only maybe two-thirds full. If it didn't sell out at the Crucible, it'll be an even tougher sell at West End prices. Totally different demographic. You are almost suggesting that Oslo could not run or Sunday in the Park with George! There is always room for 5 star magnificent theatre when it works brilliantly and this does! Passion? Parade? Merrily? It doesn’t always have to be Lloyd Webber of jukebox.
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Post by musicalmarge on Feb 16, 2018 0:03:29 GMT
THIS TOTALLY S@!Ts on CHESS! Ha!
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Post by musicalmarge on Feb 15, 2018 21:42:48 GMT
It was a lovely evening but I don’t think it could sustain a WE run. Why couldn’t it do a nice 6 month limited run? It’s cheap enough to run I’m sure and has a small cast.
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Post by musicalmarge on Feb 15, 2018 18:44:55 GMT
It’s part of the ICE CASTLE!!! I’ve just booked for November. arrrrrrgghhhhh!!!
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Post by musicalmarge on Feb 15, 2018 18:43:27 GMT
I praaaaaaaaay they do a cast recording!!! Even better a transfer into town.
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Post by musicalmarge on Feb 15, 2018 14:12:53 GMT
It’s too long but I thought this was great!
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