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Post by theatrelover123 on Aug 25, 2021 13:17:12 GMT
What do we reckon the running time is for this? The show starts at 7pm which usually hints that it will go on into 3hr mark but this is also one of Shakespeare’s shorter plays. Will need to catch a train from Paddington leaving at 10:45 too. Surely if you're an oracle, you should know all that info already??? I predict the show will be 2 hours 38 mins.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Aug 24, 2021 19:39:14 GMT
Who said it’s somebody from the US cast?
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Post by theatrelover123 on Aug 24, 2021 19:21:20 GMT
Melania Trump? She’s pretty free now
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Post by theatrelover123 on Aug 5, 2021 11:15:15 GMT
Can definitely appreciate that Sutton isn't for everyone, but warmth is one of the things I think she has in spades. I don't understand the "dead behind the eyes" criticism at all. Me neither. I think there’s loads of moments where warmth just drips off the stage with her Fair point. I think 'dead behind the eyes' was a little too strong. She definitely looked tired and/or zoned out for many numbers the other night which meant she was underpowered in places. In many of her numbers she did seem like she was just going through the motions and not adding much to give it some spark. Not in everything. She was warm and charming and talented for most of it - but it wasn't always an even performance when I saw it.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Aug 5, 2021 9:19:52 GMT
Finally rebooked our tickets to see Linzi after our original tickets were cancelled for 1st July. I am so excited I could burst (the cancellation was a blessing in disguise in a way). The vhs with Linzi and Donny Osmond was on everyday when I was younger! That was Maria Friedman Linzi and Maria were in Joseph together?
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Post by theatrelover123 on Aug 5, 2021 6:27:32 GMT
The reviews out in the last few hours say differently... 5 stars across the board so far... But they are Theatre Lovers thoughts that they are more than entitled to. Let’s not create conflict where there isn’t any eh? ♥️ Exactly, danb. I’m getting quite bored of ceebee challenging other people’s views when they don’t chime with his. Quite quite bored. And yet it keeps happening. Sigh
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Post by theatrelover123 on Aug 4, 2021 16:22:29 GMT
My thoughts:
4 out of 5. Traditional. All very safe. The set/staging you would expect. Well danced in the two big songs but not much else to comment on dance wise. Singing pretty good but inconsistent. Lovely 4 part harmonies. Acting a mix. Costumes lovely. Wilmot, Kendal and Lindsay all did their usual schtick. Lindsay's ad libs clearly scripted. Sutton Foster talented and looked fabulous in her array of costumes but looked slightly dead behind the eyes and going through the motions in lots of places. She was more talented than others on the stage - but I think I preferred Sally Ann Triplett (and most of that NT cast in fact). Foster's singing was up and down and I was never 100% comfortable with how her voice sounded. Maybe her voice is tired. Some of the leads and character actors quite poor. The show is quite imbalanced as it has some fantastic songs in Act 1 and BGB in Act 2 but then has a stretch of quite tedious songs after BGB so it dips a lot. Thank God for Anything Goes and Blow Gabriel Blow. I genuinely don't think that those numbers would have gotten their audience reactions if this wasn't out just after a long period of lockdown. Had a great seat in middle of row F of stalls but wouldn’t want to be much further back or higher as it was quite hard to hear some of the dialogue and diction in places. Lots of lighthearted fun generally but I'm not convinced it's a 5 star raves show.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jul 29, 2021 21:06:54 GMT
I’m sure she’s fabulous but I have EVERYTHIng crossed that Sutton is on Tuesday night. I will cry if not
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jul 27, 2021 14:29:51 GMT
Shobna is 54 and Christina is 39. Quite likely that Mari had her at 15. Makes it somewhat more poignant that LV is still at home and with few friends in her 30s imo.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jul 26, 2021 20:53:19 GMT
OK. Sorry. Keeping it consistent then. How about just stage actors? That is harder. Lennie Henry out my original list. Quite a few comics have transitioned to actors - often musical - Josie Lawrence. I shall have to put my thinking cap on. A friend of mine, Sally Bankes, was a bank manager until her 40s and then turned to acting. Worked with Victoria Wood on Housewife 49 and, on stage, Acorn Antiques and was in The Watsons at the Menier and west end transfer until the pandemic hit. Lenny Henry, yes. Still a primarily performing in acting capacity. Josie Lawrence started her career acting, including at RSC. Sally Bankes was fab in The Watsons.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jul 26, 2021 20:15:12 GMT
OK. Sorry. Keeping it consistent then. How about just stage actors?
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jul 26, 2021 19:53:52 GMT
No, we haven’t seen because she’s not an actor. It’s not snobbery to question stunt casting. How would you feel if Lily Allen took your job despite having zero qualifications or experience for it? As for a credible music career, that’s definitely a matter of opinion. Sorry you don’t like TheatreBoard. Membership isn’t compulsory. Jeepers, it gets worse. Everyone starts somewhere. As just one example, Billy Piper has forged quite a credible career as a serious actor following a pop career some would scoff at. Given that the personality presented by pretty much every pop star is actually a character played someone quite different underneath, I'd say Lily Allen has a great deal more than "zero qualifications or experience". Further take into consideration the careers of other family members, I'd say you're starting to look a bit of an idiot. She is more than welcome to try my job because 1) Im not an asshole, 2) like every other human, she deserves a chance, 3) she's got childrens mouths to feed and ambitions to follow. If your quote below is 'questioning stunt casting' I'd hate to see what you being condescending looks like! No spontaneity needed dear. Just say the words as they were written and do what the director told you to do. Og - Now that Billie has been ruled out because her acting credentials and training have been proved, can you give us some more examples of others who have established successful acting careers following other careers, with no acting experience in their background?
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jul 26, 2021 19:03:57 GMT
No, we haven’t seen because she’s not an actor. It’s not snobbery to question stunt casting. How would you feel if Lily Allen took your job despite having zero qualifications or experience for it? As for a credible music career, that’s definitely a matter of opinion. Sorry you don’t like TheatreBoard. Membership isn’t compulsory. Jeepers, it gets worse. Everyone starts somewhere. As just one example, Billy Piper has forged quite a credible career as a serious actor following a pop career some would scoff at. Given that the personality presented by pretty much every pop star is actually a character played someone quite different underneath, I'd say Lily Allen has a great deal more than "zero qualifications or experience". Further take into consideration the careers of other family members, I'd say you're starting to look a bit of an idiot. She is more than welcome to try my job because 1) Im not an asshole, 2) like every other human, she deserves a chance, 3) she's got childrens mouths to feed and ambitions to follow. If your quote below is 'questioning stunt casting' I'd hate to see what you being condescending looks like! No spontaneity needed dear. Just say the words as they were written and do what the director told you to do. Seems like a unnecessarily confrontational and personal response to me. What a shame. I don’t think Theatreboard welcomes such responses tbh.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jul 26, 2021 18:45:54 GMT
Wow the snobbery here, TheatreBoard at it's finest. Has anyone seen Allen act previously to make such remarks? She wouldn't be the first and won't be the last person with a credible music career behind them to take to the stage. Dare say Allen is far more competent, capable and qualified than anyone here. I don’t really read any snobbery in the posts above either
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jul 23, 2021 20:34:35 GMT
The trailer maker deserves an award. It makes the show look quite good. The show is definitely not good. The wonder of (false) advertising
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jul 20, 2021 19:40:36 GMT
I have set alerts for lots of the Rush shows on TT and have checked that notifications from them are set on my phone….but I’m not getting any alerts and nothing to go to for each show at 10am. Would should I be getting/seeing?
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jul 19, 2021 15:15:56 GMT
It reads like toys being thrown out a prom. He would be foolish and disrespectful to audiences if it gets cancelled permanently. Which seems very very unlikely. Perhaps they ARE using the time to make all the necessary changes but blaming the government to get more press focus?
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jul 19, 2021 14:55:35 GMT
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jul 15, 2021 18:43:04 GMT
8am on 19 July for Theatrecard members
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jul 12, 2021 18:16:52 GMT
The fact that you meant your original post, dared to defend it and then posted this is worrying in the extreme. I suggest your find yourself a course on appropriate use of language and enrol on it. OK, I was in two minds about whether to respond to this, but here goes… Firstly, I’m gay myself, so you can pack it in with patronising crap about my language and the implicit homophobe accusation. I did not use “gay” as a slur. Secondly, take a look at this… instagram.com/gaysovercovid?utm_medium=copy_link That’s the kind of behaviour I was referring to. The very small minority of people who don’t let silly little things like travel restrictions or a global pandemic get in the way of their holidays. Thirdly, the person I was thinking of was in those pictures of a packed out Soho when the pubs reopened, and when they closed again he jetted off on a holiday that went from country to country for months, only returning when the show started back up. I’m not saying it’s him that tested positive, but to me it implies that even after being out of work for a year some still aren’t taking this serious enough and this show and others are paying the price. Finally, I have a suggestion for you: how about you stop attacking people all the time? Hear hear, marob. Hear hear!!
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jul 12, 2021 14:13:52 GMT
To the naysayers, yes the recording is sh*t - but the live show is remarkably better. Don't be put off getting a ticket just because of the recording. By all means get a ticket if you want to see it and form your own opinion. To balance, I thought the show highlighted more flaws not on the soundtrack eg the am-dram costumes, the pointless waste of time that the gimmicky revolve is when the money in turning every night (whether in place already or not) could have been spent on better effects, the lack of chemistry between characters, the silence that many jokes met and the basic dancing which I've seen better coming out of children's stage schools Just for balance. Just my healthy opinion. No ulterior motives. No gaps that need filling in my life that led to these personal opinions.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jul 8, 2021 21:42:21 GMT
On Twitter I've seen some declaring it their new favourite musical, and describing the score as "beautiful"; one said they get hugely involved in shows and this delivered 'and then some'. Some cried, laughed, and cried again. Others seeing CHF character as a metaphor for being LGBTQ+. I'm not using those to counter any view, or to invite those assertions to be exploded (because they quite easily are no doubt). Just interested to know if any who've found it woeful can see what/why others might really love about it. Because it seems for some it's sooooo far out it would be quite hard to begin to see how others would like it - other than that they've got terrible taste (which I know most of us wouldn't want to say, as it's patronising) Edit/Added: I should offer that an equivalent for me is Mamma Mia. I couldn't understand how anyone could like it; that the last time I'd been in that theatre I was watching 'Evita' (staging influenced by the staging of Brecht's mentor Erwin piscator), and the only moment MM truly took off was when stadium girders flew in for the finale giving the audience the experience they really wanted and could have had in an 80s themed bar for a tenth of the price. Other things I can say 'not my thing' but understand others' liking for it. Is it not easier to just read what people like about it and then counter that with what other people dislike about it (from the many comments here) and reach conclusions from those? Asking other people to justify personal opinions in comparison or in relation to what others think runs the risk of people casting judgement on other people rather than the object of discussion?
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jul 8, 2021 21:07:55 GMT
Had a look at prole access today - lots of availability, slow sales? Weirdly slow sales today. No queue at all this morning. Lots of availability. A fair number of interesting shows coming up and prices not drastically different do maybe it’s because of Covid uncertainty. Maybe
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jul 8, 2021 20:44:24 GMT
Go back and read the last 20/30 pages of this thread again. Then get back to me (if you must). Have a good evening. I have. And so I will. I didn’t see anybody challenge other people’s opinions or saying they were wrong. Only people expressing their positive or negative opinions about a show or the music. As in life. No bitterness or vitriol towards other board members. Sorry. Happy to be proved wrong though. Have a lovely evening too.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jul 8, 2021 20:43:55 GMT
Sorry ceebee. You’ve made it even worse. Very bad form to think that others on the board are offering ‘bitterness and vitriol’ because people don’t agree with your opinion. This is an open space to share a variety of opinions, not attack or cast aspersions about people and their genuinely held opinions. What a shame it sank to personal attacks instead. Go back and read the last 20/30 pages of this thread again. Then get back to me (if you must). Have a good evening. I have. And so I will. I didn’t see anybody challenge other people’s opinions or saying they were wrong. Only people expressing their positive or negative opinions about a show or the music. As in life. No bitterness or vitriol towards other board members. Sorry. Happy to be proved wrong though.
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