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Post by ali973 on Apr 16, 2018 19:11:28 GMT
A lot of this looks great. I just hate the way the video is mixed. The sound is awful. It sounds like the orchestra is made of a trumpet, a violin and cymbal, where in reality it's a huge orchestra. I was also hoping to hear them SING.
Otherwise I look forward to seeing it in June!
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Post by theatremadness on Apr 16, 2018 19:41:38 GMT
Excited to have a new cast recording of this show but I *really* hope the accents are OK.
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Apr 17, 2018 12:27:04 GMT
I see a lot of whinging over the approach taken by the production on our American equivalents, similar things for the Carousel revival too.
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Post by ali973 on Apr 17, 2018 15:05:58 GMT
I see a lot of whinging over the approach taken by the production on our American equivalents, similar things for the Carousel revival too. I think people's biggest gripe seems to be with the ending.
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Apr 17, 2018 16:08:41 GMT
I see a lot of whinging over the approach taken by the production on our American equivalents, similar things for the Carousel revival too. I think people's biggest gripe seems to be with the ending. The ending sounds a great idea to me and hardly revolutionary. The lack of age difference also seems to have annoyed some plus the faction who are ranting about political correctness in everything.
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Post by harrietcraig on Apr 17, 2018 22:31:52 GMT
As someone who has seen the show, I thought I would chime in to say that I have no whinging to do about the ending. It might not have been exactly the way I would have staged the ending had I been directing the show, but I thought it was a perfectly valid interpretation.
What I would like to whinge about is the OTT staging of "Get Me to to the Church on Time", complete with can-can "girls". Just so we're clear, I have no objection per se to men in drag dancing the can can -- in the right circumstances, I find it quite enjoyable -- I'm just not sure they belong in "Get Me to the Church on Time".
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Post by Jon on May 11, 2018 15:58:15 GMT
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Post by squidward on May 12, 2018 12:11:02 GMT
I see a lot of whinging over the approach taken by the production on our American equivalents, similar things for the Carousel revival too. I think people's biggest gripe seems to be with the ending. How is the ending different from the original ? I’m very curious to know .
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Post by squidward on May 12, 2018 12:17:21 GMT
As someone who has seen the show, I thought I would chime in to say that I have no whinging to do about the ending. It might not have been exactly the way I would have staged the ending had I been directing the show, but I thought it was a perfectly valid interpretation. What I would like to whinge about is the OTT staging of "Get Me to to the Church on Time", complete with can-can "girls". Just so we're clear, I have no objection per se to men in drag dancing the can can -- in the right circumstances, I find it quite enjoyable -- I'm just not sure they belong in "Get Me to the Church on Time". Can-Can girls in ‘Get me to the church on time’?. Seriously? That is SO wrong and funny for all the wrong reasons. Whatever next? Some strippers in the wedding scene in Fiddler on the Roof ?
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Post by harrietcraig on May 16, 2018 2:44:14 GMT
Can-Can girls in ‘Get me to the church on time’?. Seriously? You can see the can-can girls in "Get Me to the Church on Time" very briefly at the 13-second mark, and again at the 24-second mark, of this TV commercial for My Fair Lady:
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2018 2:47:35 GMT
Well Lauren sounds amazing
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on May 16, 2018 9:25:32 GMT
I think people's biggest gripe seems to be with the ending. How is the ending different from the original ? I’m very curious to know . Quite a bit of discussion on it in the link below (along with critiques of Shaw's and Lerner's versions) -
www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.php?thread=1108085
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2018 9:55:47 GMT
I really hope Lauren gets the tony.
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2018 10:00:50 GMT
She certainly deserves it.
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Post by ali973 on Jun 8, 2018 3:02:59 GMT
This was utterly fantastic. I had a dumb ass grin on my face throughout the first act, and was in tears by the time she cracks it and gets "the rain in Spain..." Lauren and Harry are sensational. I was cheering for Katrina Link for the Tony, but they might as well just hand it over to Lauren. Her singing is marvelous, although it could use a bit more amplification and a boost. I Could Have Danced All Night was so delightful. Harry is splendid as well, and is heart breaking in Act 2. The set is magnificent, and I've never seen an interior as splendid as John Napier's Norma Desmond's mansion.
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Post by Jon on Jun 8, 2018 4:08:24 GMT
This was utterly fantastic. I had a dumb ass grin on my face throughout the first act, and was in tears by the time she cracks it and gets "the rain in Spain..." Lauren and Harry are sensational. I was cheering for Katrina Link for the Tony, but they might as well just hand it over to Lauren. Her singing is marvelous, although it could use a bit more amplification and a boost. I Could Have Danced All Night was so delightful. Harry is splendid as well, and is heart breaking in Act 2. The set is magnificent, and I've never seen an interior as splendid as John Napier's Norma Desmond's mansion. I really hope this follows other Lincoln Center Productions like South Pacific and The King and I and transfer to London.
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Post by Jon on Jun 8, 2018 19:19:51 GMT
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jun 9, 2018 0:06:45 GMT
Harry H-P is similarly impressive. He isn't just doing a Rex Harrison impression - which many have done in the role. He is able to hold a tune with some nice tone. But he is also acts it very distinctively. I think this is one to add to the collection
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Post by mrbluesky on Jun 9, 2018 9:19:52 GMT
Just got the album via ITunes and WOW Lauren’s voice is incredible! Transfer please!!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2018 10:31:34 GMT
Australian Producers take not this is how a revival should sound. Lauren Ambrose sounds beyond terrific.
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Post by ali973 on Jun 9, 2018 15:51:23 GMT
Lauren sounded fanatsic - though as I said could use some more amplification. Harry is excellent. I thought the Tony should go to Tony Shalhoub but what a terrific and detailed performance Harry gives.
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Post by Jon on Jun 9, 2018 23:57:44 GMT
Lauren sounded fanatsic - though as I said could use some more amplification. Harry is excellent. I thought the Tony should go to Tony Shalhoub but what a terrific and detailed performance Harry gives. Nobert Leo Butz as Alfred Dolittle despite the slightly dodgy accent sounds great on With a Little Bit of Luck and I'm Getting Married in the Morning. I saw Harry in The Pride a few years ago and he was very good.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2018 22:18:56 GMT
Baz has just replied to a tweet from one of our board members saying My Fair Lady has been measured up for a theatre in the West End, but it will not happen until, at the earliest, late 2019.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2018 22:22:07 GMT
Baz has just replied to a tweet from one of our board members saying My Fair Lady has been measured up for a theatre in the West End, but it will not happen until, at the earliest, late 2019. I’m not a twitter user, but could someone please pose the Hello, Dolly question? It would be great to know one way or another.
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Post by Jon on Jul 27, 2018 0:36:00 GMT
Baz has just replied to a tweet from one of our board members saying My Fair Lady has been measured up for a theatre in the West End, but it will not happen until, at the earliest, late 2019. I imagine it’ll need a fairly big theatre, would be good for Drury Lane or the Dominion
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Post by ali973 on Jul 27, 2018 8:16:21 GMT
Palladium. MFL in London must always be at Covent Garden.
I haven't seen Cameron Mackintosh's version live, but did see a professional filmed version of it. I saw the current revival in June and I had a dumb grin on my face from beginning to end. It's marvelous, beautiful and delightful. The set was incredible, Harry was fantastic and sexy AF, and Lauren was absolutely stunning. It took me a while to get used to Norbert, but these two dance numbers are basically two parties on stage. It's such a fantastic production.
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Post by Being Alive on Jul 27, 2018 15:07:41 GMT
Hello! That member was meeeeee. Dolly is being looked at for a possible summer run next year (a la King and I) from what I understand. Where though I don’t know. The only place I can think that you could stage My fair Lady in London so that it’s almost Lincoln centre identical would be the New London in my head? But I don’t know if the stage is big enough for the mo after set.
Just have to say though, I genuinely think My Fair Lady was the best thing I’ve ever seen. Eliza’s entrance (no pun intended @ryan !) as the gauze goes up, stage revolves and the overture reaches its end knocked me senseless and I burst in to tears. It was such a visual spectacle, and I think that the piece itself is one of the greatest, if not the greatest Ever written.
And the variation on the ending was absolutely as I always believed it should be. I don’t want to spoil it, but it’s how I always felt it should be.
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Post by Jon on Jul 27, 2018 18:36:26 GMT
My Fair Lady is doing a National Tour next year so I’m guessing any London production will use that design similar to The King and I and South Pacific
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Post by Jon on Jul 29, 2018 0:49:01 GMT
I think if MFL does transfer, they’d have Harry Hadden Paton, Allan Corduner and maybe Diana Rigg reprise their roles.
I would like to see Rosalie Craig as Eliza.
Baz’s article actually states they’re looking at the Dominion which would make sense considering Nederlander is one of the producers of the current revival although as I’d prefer Drury Lane given that’s the show original London Home.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jul 29, 2018 1:02:35 GMT
They are expanding the amateur rights for MFL in the UK for 2020 to include the big theatres.
Not sure that a UK transfer is that likely unless it is a v short run before the end of next year.
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