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Post by shady23 on Mar 23, 2022 21:35:56 GMT
Cancelled half an hour in tonight due to microphone problems which they couldn't fix.
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Post by shady23 on Mar 21, 2022 21:48:16 GMT
Ah I misread and was actually thinking of him as Professor Higgins. Has that role been cast yet?
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Post by shady23 on Mar 21, 2022 20:07:26 GMT
Still no word on Alfred P Doolittle's casting. I really, really hope they get this right and cast appropriately. After his rave reviews in Anything Goes could Robert Lindsay be a good option perhaps?
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Post by shady23 on Mar 21, 2022 8:24:03 GMT
I really don't know what else can be said about the subject.
Yes she has missed lots of shows. Yes we don't know why and yes it would be nice to have the option of a refund should you want one but in the end you are buying a ticket to Cabaret and you will see Cabaret.
You are not buying a ticket to an evening with Ms Buckley. "The producers cannot guarantee the appearance of any performer" is always written there somewhere.
You are also perfectly entitled to be disappointed if you go and see a show because you like any performer in it and they are not on. Whether that person is a Hollywood film star or the swing you like who is fifth cover midwife.
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Post by shady23 on Mar 20, 2022 21:56:35 GMT
And they want people to pay ... to see some unknown cast. I find this baffling about all musicals. Unless there's some "star" name, most musicals seem to expect people to book months in advance with no idea who the cast will be and they only announce the cast about a month beforehand. I started my theatregoing primarily with opera & opera companies announce casts at least several months beforehand, sometimes over a year before. I flatly refuse to book anything without knowing who the cast will be. I think the majority of theatre goers book in advance to see Jersey Boys or Les Miserables or whatever the show is and they haven't got the foggiest who the cast will be and don't particularly care. They are booking to see the show. I love knowing who the cast is personally but I do actually quite envy people who just fancy seeing a show and just book it without any of the surrounding circus that we talk about in depth on here.
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Post by shady23 on Mar 20, 2022 21:32:42 GMT
Perhaps we all need a reminder that theatre is meant to be an enjoyable thing.
You wouldn't think so when you read these boards sometimes!
It wasn't that long ago that all the theatres were closed and we couldn't see anything at all.
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Post by shady23 on Mar 20, 2022 21:11:35 GMT
They have some nerve to advertise on FB that thousands of Tix are released from £30. Just looked for a ticket in July.. yes JULY on a Monday or Tuesday night thinking I’d do a visit with Dalmatians at the OAT. Very very cheapest up in the nosebleeds is £70 and we don’t even know who will be in it. Seriously, get stuffed. Looked again at October. Same. The thirty pound tickets for the new cast were released when the new cast was announced. Like anything else they were in demand and sold quickly I imagine. When the next cast is announced the next set of thirty pound tickets for that booking period will be released.
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Post by shady23 on Mar 20, 2022 11:12:06 GMT
If she went to work when her voice wasn't right she'd be slated for that too.
She can't win really
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Post by shady23 on Mar 19, 2022 23:39:31 GMT
They won't see past the first couple of rows which is why the fangirls are so desperate to be in the very front row (it doesn't count if the performers cannot see you)
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Post by shady23 on Mar 19, 2022 23:36:01 GMT
Beverley's accent is pretty good but I have to agree that Tosh steals the show for me. An incredible performance or, more accurately, performances as he plays so many characters.
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Post by shady23 on Mar 19, 2022 17:42:02 GMT
They don't need to.
They will be making enough money with what they are selling.
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Post by shady23 on Mar 19, 2022 15:20:45 GMT
There's obviously more going on than this forum is privvy to as who would want to miss their last day in a company?!
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Post by shady23 on Mar 18, 2022 21:50:32 GMT
Full cast announced. From WOS
Joining the previously revealed Denis Lawson, Bonnie Langford, Simon Callow, Samuel Edwards, Nicole-Lily Baisden, Haydn Oakley and WhatsOnStage Award-winner Carly Mercedes Dyer will be Carl Au as Luke, Trev Neo as John, Clive Hayward as Ship's Captain and Cornelius Clarke as Ship's Purser.
The ensemble will include Jessica Buckby, Natalie Chua, Eamonn Cox, Jacob Fisher, Selina Hamilton, Maddie Harper, Eu Jin Hwang, David Kar-Hing Lee, Billie-Kay, Sammy Kelly, Anna McGarahan, Perry O'Dea, Tom Partridge, Christopher Short, Jack Wilcox and Alexandra Wright and swings Josh Barnett, George Beet, Gabrielle Cocca and Emily Ormiston.
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Post by shady23 on Mar 18, 2022 17:35:35 GMT
If you read her autobiography her years at Laine seem to have been very dance focused.
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Post by shady23 on Mar 17, 2022 13:39:27 GMT
Now many artists say you have to buy the latest album to access the pre sales.
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Post by shady23 on Mar 17, 2022 11:21:44 GMT
For these big concerts it used to be the people at the front are the ones who had queued for longest. Now it's those who have the most money as not only is the golden circle a premium but they add golden circle early entry. Early entry for the golden circle for Lady Gaga in London this summer is an extra hundred pound leaving not much change from three hundred pound when all the fees are added. They throw in some "exclusive merchandise and a lanyard" to try and pad it out but it's huge amounts of money.
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Post by shady23 on Mar 17, 2022 11:18:34 GMT
Yes many tours seem to need "names" to sell these days but you could easily have an unknown playing the lead and then have "names" for some of the other roles.
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Post by shady23 on Mar 17, 2022 9:18:00 GMT
When does it end though?
I went to see Fiddler on the roof just to see someone I am a fan of who is in the ensemble. They were off. Should I be entitled to a refund?
There are more big names coming to the west end soon like Amy Adams and Jodie Comer. I have booked both purely just for those two and freely admit have absolutely no idea about the shows they are in. If they are not there when I go I would be disappointed but I wouldn't be going to the box office expecting a refund.
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Post by shady23 on Mar 16, 2022 22:30:27 GMT
Ok….. that makes it even more sad that you think people who look like you shouldn’t be given a chance in different roles Where did I say that? I said the best people should be given roles regardless of their race, if they are suitable for the part. It shouldn't be the default position to slot in POC in order to balance the books. And there lies the problem... Whenever a person of colour is cast we always have people saying they are there just because of their race. People say they don't care who gets the role so long as they are the best person for the role but this kind of discussion just does not happen if a white person is cast. It is only said when a person of colour is cast. It shows what a long way there is to go, sadly.
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Post by shady23 on Mar 16, 2022 20:55:04 GMT
I'm guessing it's a fictional story so I really don't see how the roles need to always be played by the same kind of performer.
If you do then putting the same show on time and time again would soon become very boring.
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Post by shady23 on Mar 16, 2022 20:50:17 GMT
No way her and Helen would both be allowed off the same day.
Trouble is the official website still shows the holiday dates as tbc even though they are all in.
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Post by shady23 on Mar 16, 2022 19:19:02 GMT
She didn't just turn up and crash the event. The production team will have told her to go.
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Post by shady23 on Mar 16, 2022 18:22:48 GMT
I think some people on this thread believe the only kind of ill is the kind of ill where you feel so poorly you are unable to leave your bed
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Post by shady23 on Mar 16, 2022 18:12:52 GMT
Lucie’s attendance really isn’t great to be honest. Makes me understand more now why for the past five years they’ve been promoting standbys and having past Elphabas back, it takes a long time to build up the stamina for the role. I wish they’d just set an alternate schedule and announce it in advance because I’ve missed her twice now. I think last week was her first full week, unless I missed a show somewhere. I totally agree an alternate would make sense for such a demanderating role.
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Post by shady23 on Mar 15, 2022 19:11:28 GMT
For most shows it's ten days off I think, or was. Things may have changed now covid has apparently gone away (!)
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