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Post by distantcousin on Dec 2, 2018 21:18:53 GMT
I saw it yesterday afternoon. Nothing from Woman in White, Whistle down the Wind, Stephen Ward. Only a few instrumental tunes from Starlight express. It was an experiment with a good cast. I liked it. But that's it. Err, No Matter What was included in the "love songs" section.
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Post by Dawnstar on Dec 3, 2018 15:35:42 GMT
I saw it yesterday afternoon. Nothing from Woman in White, Whistle down the Wind, Stephen Ward. Only a few instrumental tunes from Starlight express. It was an experiment with a good cast. I liked it. But that's it. Oh gosh, I never even noticed that there wasn't anything from Woman in White, despite having seen the recent production at Charing Cross with Anna O'Byrne. I suppose that shows that it's not exactly ALW's most memorable piece!
@ryan Ah, so the lady I saw in the lobby & thought "She looks like Emilia Fox" was actually her. Usually I'm absolutely useless at recognising anyone famous.
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Post by scarpia on Jan 26, 2020 18:29:30 GMT
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Post by gmoneyoutlaw on Jan 26, 2020 20:05:36 GMT
JoAnn M. Hunter is directing and probably choreography too. JoAnn is the choreographer of School of Rock and she also did the recent R&H production of Cinderella at Paper Mill Playhouse. You must have mean that the show was written by Richard Curtis with ALW. I've got tickets for Unmasked February 15th. I've seen The Music Of Andrew Lloyd Webber many years ago and expect about the same this time.
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Post by chernjam on Feb 22, 2020 7:04:05 GMT
Hey everyone - so I just got in from The Papermill Playhouse's production of "Unmasked" (which is billed as a "World Premiere") What an absolute delight. I'm amazed that at just over 2 and a half hours - and covering ALL that they did (even with some cuts which I missed) I was left with loving every minute of it and not wanting it to end. The pacing made it fly by - the cuts in and out with ALW seemed seamless and you really felt like he was narrating the evening. The cast hit this out of the park - which in a lot of ways is harder than performing in a standard ALW production (they have to shift story lines, characters and try to in a sense provide the context) but I didn't feel they missed a single step on that front. And even though some of the songs were cut (i.e. "Everythings Alright" omitting a recurrence of the refrain between Judas and Jesus) it didn't feel lost or awkward like it often does when those types of cuts occur on TV broadcasts.
ALW really came across fantastic (He's not as well known or rather interviewed here in the states) More than a few people commented on leaving they never knew he was so funny. Even a self-deprecating nod to the Cats film (in that intro he set it up by saying this was the exception to the rule that you need a strong story in order for a musical to work, referenced how it had set long-running records around the world and was a film that was out for "a little while") Cats is my least favorite (next to Starlight Express) and even those sections made me wanting more.
Know it would be a pipe dream that would only work for true ALW-files - but I'd love a part II with some of the lesser knowns.
Anyway - I would not be shocked if this heads out on a US Tour. It was incredibly well received and has been selling quite well (sold out tonight)
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