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Post by adrianics on Jul 14, 2017 13:18:47 GMT
This is just the start of the show's journey, not it's only destination We'll all rave about the Union's revival come 2027... I did say to the wife on the way back to the tube that I expected the amdram rights to be out within three years... Not an insult because I think it'll be very well suited to that arena!
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Post by adrianics on Jul 14, 2017 12:59:36 GMT
Really sorry that happened to you, but how well did that manager do? What a hero!
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Post by adrianics on Jul 11, 2017 14:47:20 GMT
Stop bullying Showbizkid. Although the woman was vile I also think it doesn't take much to sign a programme. It's also obvious many West End performers actually post on this site. For example nothing can be physically harder than playing a principle role in the ballet and they mostly have grace when it comes to stage door etiquette. Reality TV culture and fame has turned some young actors into divas. Good for them, but if they decided for whatever reason they didn't want to that is also up to them. One more time: It's an unofficial practice, no one is obliged to take part and nobody who wants an autograph/photo/whatever is entitled to one. An actor deciding they don't want to greet people at the stage door, for whatever reason they have, does not mean they don't have grace and does not make them a 'diva'.
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Post by adrianics on Jul 11, 2017 10:03:21 GMT
I'm also waiting with interest for you to confirm which role you played in the West End which makes DEH a 'two hour easy pop musical' in comparison?
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Post by adrianics on Jul 11, 2017 8:14:27 GMT
Please could you expand on these 'vast differences' between siding with someone and agreeing with them? I'm completely baffled.
Thank you as well for not bothering to attempt to actually engage with any of my points and just brush them off with 'no drama'. How is it not his decision to decide how he approaches something he's not obliged to do?
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Post by adrianics on Jul 6, 2017 16:13:21 GMT
To be honest I'm on Diana's side. You're 'on her side'? So to you, it's reasonable and fair to call Platt an "asshole", "garbage" and "really rude" directly to his Twitter handle just to make sure that he saw it? I'm happy for you that you managed to play this unnamed demanding role and deal with the gargantuan throng of your adoring public on the side, but until it's in actor's contract or explicitly stated in the price of the ticket there is absolutely no entitlement whatsoever to meet a performer at the stage door. Hell, he didn't even owe anyone an explanation. It's an unofficial practice and it's up to no one but the performer whether or not they take part in it. Without applying too much guesswork DEH is the hottest ticket on Broadway and it's almost entirely because of the buzz around Platt's performance, the amount of pressure and expectation on him (even ignoring how ridiculously demanding the role is) must be excruciating and he deserves to approach the situation however he sees fit. If that includes not meeting people at the stage door no one has the right to contradict or criticise him. There certainly cannot be an excuse to publicly lob abuse at a performer for not coming to the stage door.
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Post by adrianics on Jul 5, 2017 12:26:41 GMT
Best Show: School of Rock
Worst Show: Aladdin
Best Film: La La Land
Best TV Show: The Handmaid's Tale
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Post by adrianics on Jul 4, 2017 10:06:40 GMT
Thanks Baemax. Yeah in the show absolutely none of that is made clear (even though there's some truly painful exposition in other scenes, so they're clearly not above that) and it was pretty confusing to me. My conclusion was much the same as asmdsmandm's!
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Post by adrianics on Jul 3, 2017 22:22:43 GMT
An *amazing* audience in the Grand Circle of Wind in the Willows tonight. So impeccably behaved, not a single whisper heard or phone seen. Especially impressive considering it was almost entirely families with young children on a school night. God, I should have enjoyed it more while I had the chance... Karma will probably bite back hard next time
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Post by adrianics on Jul 3, 2017 22:16:54 GMT
Saw this tonight. Kind of hard to put my finger on it... It was definitely missing a spark. Nothing wrong or bad about it, per se, but it's not going to set the world alight or become a classic. It's aimed at children and is pretty good at providing for them, with some fun songs and memorable performances.
I liked Rufus Hound as Toad just fine, he's clearly giving it everything he has and has put the work in, he's improved immeasurably since I saw him in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. He hit his notes, gave it some good energy and got a lot of laughs. I think the issue is that he'll only ever be better than you expect a non-singer, non-actor to be... He's not really West End standard and often gets drowned in the Palladium and upstaged by his fellow cast, no matter how much effort he gives it. Gary Wilmot and Simon Lipkin are good value like they always are. Neil McDermott is a fabulous villain and ran away with every scene he was in.
There's some clunkers in the script (who was that woman who helped Toad escape prison, why did she care so much, where did she go afterwards and why didn't they attempt to make her look like an animal??) but also some really good running jokes; the hedgehog family were very funny, the courtroom scene made me bellow with laughter and Lipkin's ad-libs were a treat. I'll also never not laugh at a dummy being thrown to simulate a person falling.
The songs are... Fine, I guess. I'd struggle to name any of them now but I enjoyed them at the time. I liked 'I'm Mr Toad' especially, although Hound struggled to choke the rapping out.
Overall... Yeah, it's okay. Plenty to like, but not love, about it and it's a fun night out. It's hardly the disaster some people in this thread are making it out to be and it's nowhere near as bad as, say, Aladdin. I'd say it's good for families, the youngsters around us were loving it and impeccably behaved!
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Post by adrianics on Jun 25, 2017 8:52:32 GMT
What's all this I hear about a punch-up in the 42nd Street audience last night? Anyone there?
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Post by adrianics on Jun 23, 2017 11:59:02 GMT
A lot of politicians are bad at their jobs and bad at being interviewed (Fallon and Johnson being recent examples), yet I can't think of any individual politician who gets anything close to the amount of negative coverage that Abbott gets. When she got her sums mixed up the Sun stretched that out to almost an entire working week. Just look at the wide lack of sympathy her recent announcement got regarding her health, too. If it's not her race or gender (it is, by the way), why do you think she gets such a disproportionate amount of coverage? She is awful on camera Always looks sweaty and anxious Congratulations on dodging the question I'm actually asking! Boris Johnson is also awful on camera. Why didn't his recent disastrous interview get the same amount of negative coverage Abbott frequently gets?
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Post by adrianics on Jun 23, 2017 11:58:00 GMT
why do you think she gets such a disproportionate amount of coverage? Because The Sun is anti-Labour so they (and the Daily Mail, Express, etc.) always misrepresent Labour and downplay Tory crapness (craposity?). But why *her*? When was the last time they went after, say, Kier Starmer or Emily Thornberry with the same ferocity they frequently go after Abbott?
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Post by adrianics on Jun 23, 2017 11:45:22 GMT
There are many people Who are black Or women Or both And are major role models Oprah Winfrey Beyoncé Naomi Campbell Jourdan Dunn Grace Jones Michelle Obama I think Diane Abbott Doesn't fit into this prestigious list She is just crap at her job That's why she is mocked A lot of politicians are bad at their jobs and bad at being interviewed (Fallon and Johnson being recent examples), yet I can't think of any individual politician who gets anything close to the amount of negative coverage that Abbott gets. When she got her sums mixed up the Sun stretched that out to almost an entire working week. Just look at the wide lack of sympathy her recent announcement got regarding her health, too. If it's not her race or gender (it is, by the way), why do you think she gets such a disproportionate amount of coverage?
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Post by adrianics on Jun 23, 2017 9:50:27 GMT
I was being ironic as Diane has often played the race card and the name of the band seemed to suit. Maybe her and Catweazle Corbyn could do a duet for Xmas, Oh, you were 'ironically' calling attention to and mocking her race, shortly after you insisted that any criticism of her has nothing to do with her race. Are you actually this nasty or just on the wind-up?
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Post by adrianics on Jun 22, 2017 12:31:37 GMT
The theatre costs way too much damn money to consider leaving before I've seen everything, plus it so often isn't anything to do with the performers or crew and that feels disrespectful to them.
...Having said that, I *desperately* wanted to leave Aladdin and try to drown out the memory of the first act in the nearby Norman's Coach and Horses (one of my favourite London pubs), but we ended up staying because a friend had organised a big group trip and it felt a little harsh to them.
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Post by adrianics on Jun 22, 2017 9:38:11 GMT
The Tory press jumped on her as Corbyn's sidekick and a return to the looney left days. The joke about her doing the maths on Countdown amused me also that she went on Play Your Cards Right and played the race card. My favourite was when someone pointed out that Russ Abbot's former backing band were The Black Abbots had she ever been a member. But it's definitely not an issue of prejudice?
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Post by adrianics on May 3, 2017 14:54:31 GMT
Great news - As per my post after seeing it, thought he was terrific.
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Post by adrianics on Apr 19, 2017 11:44:24 GMT
Making a unilateral judgement on whether someone is 'nice' or 'rude' based on how they react to being confronted at the stage door, on the one day in history you ever interacted with them, is a little harsh to me.
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Post by adrianics on Apr 5, 2017 9:44:23 GMT
I forgot to put a post in saying how much I enjoyed this when I saw it last month; we had Gary Trainor on as Dewey and he blew the roof off the building, if there's any damn justice in this horrible world he'll become a star. So much more convincing than the other Deweys I've seen clips off (I hope he won't mind me saying that he really committed to the character's slovenly nature, it is a compliment!), such great comedic timing and energy, and what a voice! Hugely impressed as well with the frankly disgusting amount of talent from the child ensemble, it was an absolute stroke of genius to have them playing their music live and really elevated the show. And after my faith in musical theatre as an art from was shaken by the complete travesty that was Aladdin, I was so happy to see a genuinely funny meta reference: {Spoiler - click to view} "I never want to hear that in this space again" in response to a child singing Memory
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Post by adrianics on Apr 5, 2017 9:31:18 GMT
The celebrity casting in Spamalot almost always seemed to be a catastrophe, Phill Jupitus and Alan Dale being particularly low points.
Joe Pasquale as Leo Bloom in The Producers is literally the worst performance I've ever seen on a stage, nothing short of a disgrace that he was cast in that show, particularly opposite the brilliant Corey English.
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Post by adrianics on Mar 31, 2017 10:11:34 GMT
Thanks for the heads-up
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Post by adrianics on Mar 16, 2017 16:59:36 GMT
I've since come to understand that we had, at minimum, the understudies for Jasmine and Iago on (I don't tend to know such things because I don't buy programmes). It could be that the regular Jasmine and Iago are better than the understudies.
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Post by adrianics on Mar 16, 2017 13:23:59 GMT
Haha, started with that then as I kept typing I realised there was loads I didn't like about it
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Post by adrianics on Mar 16, 2017 12:47:59 GMT
Wouldn't surprise me if they're not "allowed" to say anything outside school hours unless the sprog is in danger of injury. Seriously. I could totally believe that. Nah, they're still very much 'responsible' in every sense and would be on the line for a bollocking by the head if any of the little darlings got into trouble. More likely they were just lazy/given up.
But trust me no teacher thinks of an after hours trip as a 'free night out' more a 'how the f*** did I get roped into this sh*t I could be home drinking half a bottle of gin'
Ahem, not that I speak from experience of course.
Out of curiosity, how would you recommend one handles such a situation in the future? I kept thinking about asking the kids where their teachers were, or having a quiet word with the people I thought were the teachers. A mum at work who's seen this from both sides said you should find out what the school was and send a strongly worded letter to the Head.
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