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Post by HereForTheatre on Oct 9, 2021 10:35:08 GMT
Yes, Danielle made her Elsa debut last night. I was supposed to be at Come From Away - I heard while I was on Oxford Street getting food and I ran to Drury Lane. So worth it! Again, the kids around me were absolutely fine, it was the adults that weren't. Particularly the couple behind me who insisted on talking throughout the show, despite getting glares from both me and the young girl sitting in front of me. Was she wonderful? I've been excited to see her because I lived her in The Color Purple. I think she will be a big star.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Oct 9, 2021 10:20:42 GMT
I think the cover went on for Elsa last night by the looks of Twitter. I am 3excited to catch her in the role at some point.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Oct 9, 2021 8:57:40 GMT
How exciting. Btw I believe there is an offer on at the moment where you can get top price tickets for £25, if anyone is interested. tickets hereAlso regarding the comment above about swings, I can count on just one hand the amount of times over the many years I've been going to Curve where a show has been cancelled because of not having enough cover. On the rare instance of a cast issue they haved pulled something out the bag 9 times out of 10 so it can still go ahead.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Oct 6, 2021 13:51:30 GMT
I'm struggling to even take the step to book something at the moment. Ive seen how much the lack of theatre during lockdown saved me and now I'm just finding it so hard to get back into the habit of paying out to go see something, especially a london trip. I'm meant to be going next week but every time I go to try a book the weekend I get scared of the cost and put it off. I wouldn't have thought twice before lockdown.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Oct 4, 2021 8:30:52 GMT
Thoughts, predictions, rumours & gossip on what next year is going to look like for UK Theatre.
It strikes me certainly in terms of the West End there isn't really a lot announced yet, will it be a quiet year for big new openings and transfers or are announcements just being held back?
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Post by HereForTheatre on Oct 3, 2021 16:59:20 GMT
I think it's a shame, she gives it everything and is obviously really loving the experience. There are others who would be more fitting of going home first surely.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Oct 2, 2021 7:54:40 GMT
Just rowing back to my earlier question about the view for the grand circle for this. Has anyone had experience watching from up there please? Thanks.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Sept 30, 2021 8:51:52 GMT
Can anyone advise on what the grand circle is like for this show/theatre? I've seen some people say you miss some things at the top of the stage from up there?
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Post by HereForTheatre on Sept 26, 2021 8:04:05 GMT
The judging was a bit odd for me. Adam Peaty was over marked for me, I'm really not sure he should be joint 2nd on that leaderboard, where as I felt that lady from Eastenders was very under marked. That guy from CBBC is too frantic for me, he really needs to calm it down and smooth it all out a bit.
I really love AJ and thought Nina gave it a great go. That women from Dragons Den gave it all the talky talk but didn't really deliver on the dance floor.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Sept 24, 2021 6:51:12 GMT
I found most of they extremely annoying to be quite honest and a good percentage of them had what i would say were "crafty" looks rather than seeming polished. There is something about River that I really like though and you can't deny that Crystal is an extremely polish and put together queen so far. I agree that I would have liked to see a little more of Anubis and was a little surprised that there wasn't a pass for both the bottom queens to next week. You have to admit that Electra absolutely smashed the lip sync though.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Sept 24, 2021 6:10:38 GMT
When declaring people rude it's always worth remembering that we don't know what someone is going through. They could be having a bad day, they could be in a bad mood, they could be ill, they could be stressed, they could have depression or anxiety, they could have something serious going on in their life. None of us are lovely to people 100% of the time and it doesn't make us a bad person.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Sept 23, 2021 20:08:33 GMT
Broadwayworld just posted an article about this- someone there reading this forum perhaps?! Oh I think that many places get their news and gossip to publish from here!
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Post by HereForTheatre on Sept 23, 2021 13:25:27 GMT
Good luck getting her back over here to star in a musical now. She'll be the hot ticket in the US now probably up for all sorts of shows. I rather doubt we'll see her in a UK Theatre show for a while.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Sept 23, 2021 8:29:47 GMT
If these performers were cast then it's because they were deemed right for the role. None of us know how these actors performed in the auditions to get cast and how impressive they were. There have been multiple examples of a performer not setting the world alight in one role but the being fantastic in another, it's about the piece and the role and what that role gets out of them. None of us know until we see it. I'm quite excited about this cast and I'm quite confident they will do a great job.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Sept 22, 2021 6:50:51 GMT
She has an excellent talent as her cover in Danielle Fiamanya who I'd be hugely excited to see, I don't think she has been on yet and so you'd think they wouldn't be against throwing her in for at least a day or two to give Sam a break surely.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Sept 20, 2021 8:54:10 GMT
So Roger Bart is out then for a couple of weeks the I assume?
I was going to go this week but might see something else now and save this for my October trip.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Sept 17, 2021 8:41:07 GMT
A very brave thing to take this on and revive it from scratch. Obviously there are people who are die hard fans of the original and it was such a loved show I can see some push back against the new version created here but I'm very excited to see what's done. You have to say that Curve are really smashing it just lately, if you look at the past few years at brand new major revivals of Sunset, West Side Story, The Color Purple, their streamed stuff and and coming up over the next year with A Chorus Line, Billy Elliot and ALW's The Wizard of Oz. There is no doubt they have stepped it up hugely over the last few years.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Sept 15, 2021 4:34:12 GMT
Not this again acting like CM puts on BK quality shows in the West End. His "cheap touring versions" of shows have still been more impressive than 85% of the rest of what's on in London at the time and you know it. Miss Saigon and Mary Poppins were/are both excellent and perfectly fitting of the Theatre.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Sept 14, 2021 20:10:19 GMT
She was good in Dreamgirls? I liked her. I thought her voice could have been a bit stronger but she pulled it out the bag for her big songs and she was competing with Amber Riley in the voice stakes in that show so was always going to be overshadowed there. I think she is an interesting choice and will do a good job I'm sure. I don't think it's anything to be gutted about. Now we just wait to see what the situation is for Christian, I'm getting that it's not Rob Houchen so it's interesting who they have picked. Only a couple of names really stand out for that role. Everyone is going to be cast for a good reason and I'm sure that the field was packed for this so whoever was picked must have been impressive.
Also, I dare say this will run for a good few years so there is plenty of time for a British Chistine and some of peoples fave choices for Christian.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Sept 13, 2021 15:21:16 GMT
Dean is not in the cast.. in any role… Thanks Mr B. We can always rely on you. Are you happy with the names you've heard for the cast generally?
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Post by HereForTheatre on Sept 13, 2021 15:19:33 GMT
Jamie has just joined the cast of Les Mis so I rather doubt he's involved here.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Sept 13, 2021 8:35:12 GMT
Dean John Wilson tweeted earlier about having exciting news soon so guess the rumour earlier in the thread about him being in this could be true....not as Christian surely? Can it?!
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Post by HereForTheatre on Sept 12, 2021 9:26:37 GMT
As much as 1/7 on if you fancy a bet for sports personality Trouble is she is up against Tom Daley and his own great story this year and he has huge support built up over years, but i imagine it's going to between those two.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Sept 12, 2021 7:02:16 GMT
There's been a lot of amazing fairytale stories in British sport over the years but this surely has to be at the top. It's just extraordinary. She has to win Sports Personality no doubt.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Sept 11, 2021 14:17:31 GMT
Was there a lottery or todaytix rush for this before, I can't remember?
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