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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2016 15:55:33 GMT
the chav culture can't afford to go That one I'd debate a bit, LOL. Yes, they don't always have (to be Marxist about it) the "culture capital" to know how to obtain access to theatre - but cash? Quite often there - if you go by the various documentaries that show homes with far more modern electrical goods, and more of them, than many can afford. Being chav is not exclusive to people who have little money. I see plenty of people with money behaving in such a way!
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Post by demelza on Sept 9, 2016 22:14:07 GMT
Personally, I'd love to see Rosalie Craig as Satine. Not sure who I'd pick for Christian though. Hadleigh Frasier. Hadley would never go for it. I remember seeing tweets in the past where people were discussing Moulin Rouge as a stage production and tagged him in tweets about how he'd be a great Christian and he's said that he's not a fan of the film so he wouldn't consider doing it. A shame, really - he'd be incredible. One can only hope that he'd change his mind!
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2017 14:23:10 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2017 11:14:54 GMT
Is there news?
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Post by ali973 on Oct 6, 2017 11:19:51 GMT
Didn't they just release a full cast of the creative team?
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Post by Someone in a tree on Oct 6, 2017 11:21:42 GMT
Let's just hope it's a bold and new production and not the film on stage
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2017 11:49:30 GMT
Let's just hope it's a bold and new production and not the film on stage To be fair, either would make me happy. A faithful recreation would be brilliant, a "bold... new" has the potential to alienate existing fans and is a big risk. Look at it in reverse, Phantom. A "bold...new" production on film instead the original on film by-and-large was the wrong move and critically unsuccessful.
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Post by musicalmarge on Oct 6, 2017 12:21:37 GMT
I didn't think it was Baz who was reluctant for the stage version to happen so much as the rights holders for the songs. Though, granted, there's no reason why it can't have an entirely new score... A new SCORE?!!! Moulin Rouge IS the score!!!
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Post by alece10 on Oct 6, 2017 12:21:45 GMT
They were going to do one of those immersive screenings of the film at the Phoenix last year that never happened. Maybe it's going to happen.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2017 12:28:07 GMT
I didn't think it was Baz who was reluctant for the stage version to happen so much as the rights holders for the songs. Though, granted, there's no reason why it can't have an entirely new score... A new SCORE?!!! Moulin Rouge IS the score!!! yes. Craig Armstrong's work on the score for MR is stellar. It would be such a shame to transfer the show to stage without it. With regard to the notion that the stage show hasn't happened because of song rights holders reservations, I'm not sure I'd agree. Notable composers of songs from the film include Queen, Elton John, Bowie. All who have had music rights acquired either for jukebox or original stage productions. So I'm not sure that argument has much leverage.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2017 12:29:48 GMT
Two-time Emmy nominee Sonya Tayeh (So You Think You Can Dance) will craft the moves of "Lady Marmalade" and more tunes for the stage adaptation of Moulin Rouge, based on Baz Luhrmann's 2001 motion picture. The musical will hold a previously announced developmental workshop from October 30-December 15. Joining the previously reported director Alex Timbers and book writer John Logan on the creative team will be scenic designer Derek McLane, costume designer Catherine Zuber, lighting designer Justin Townsend and sound designer Peter Hylenski. Moulin Rouge centers on a spectacular club filled with emotions, surprises and effervescence. The story follows a young poet (played on-screen by Ewan McGregor) who is exposed into the Moulin Rouge and begins an affair with the club's star (played in the film by Nicole Kidman). As was the case in the movie, the stage musical's score will feature some of the most beloved popular music of the past 50 years. Casting and details of the premiere engagement of Moulin Rouge! The Musical will be announced in the coming months.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2017 12:38:39 GMT
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Post by horton on Oct 6, 2017 13:13:46 GMT
This isn't a hot title any more.
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Post by QueerTheatre on Oct 6, 2017 19:36:27 GMT
This isn't a hot title any more. lol, yes. yes it is.
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Post by horton on Oct 7, 2017 6:39:50 GMT
I guess we shall see- it might do well with the hen night crowd. It's nowhere near the cultural phenomenon it was at the time of the movie release.
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Post by ali973 on Oct 7, 2017 7:26:09 GMT
I guess we shall see- it might do well with the hen night crowd. It's nowhere near the cultural phenomenon it was at the time of the movie release. ummm..this is slated for Broadway. There's no such thing as a tacky "hen crowd" over there, not really at least and certainly not to the level of frequency you'd see in London.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2017 21:04:51 GMT
It's a 'brand' - it will be absolutely fine!
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Post by horton on Oct 9, 2017 21:32:12 GMT
Just like Spiderman.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2017 8:11:09 GMT
I don't think you can compare Spiderman to Moulin Rouge.. Its a completely different market and target audience. Spiderman is aimed at kids and Marvel Fans (geeks) a high percentage I would say are not musical theatre fans. Conversely, Moulin Rouge captured the hearts of many Musical Theatre fans, specifically the young generation who are now in the early adult age-range who don't now need their parents to fund their theatre trips etc.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2017 14:17:28 GMT
So the actual was news was of a double vinyl release of the original soundtrack, followed by "more news later in the year".
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Post by robertb213 on Nov 1, 2017 19:05:24 GMT
Exciting news - Aaron Tveit and Karen Olivo have been involved in the workshop, And a Boston tryout is happening in June 2018 😁😁😁
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2017 19:55:36 GMT
www.emersoncolonialtheatre.com"The Emerson Colonial Theatre officially re-opens its doors in Summer 2018 with the pre-Broadway World Premiere of Moulin Rouge! The Musical."
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Post by daniel on Nov 1, 2017 20:18:56 GMT
Exciting! The theatre in Boston that it's going to is ATG's newest venue, currently undergoing refurbishment. I wonder if they have a production stake and could bring it to the West End?
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Post by ali973 on Nov 2, 2017 6:48:34 GMT
I actually went to Emerson College back in '99-2002/3!
I have seen a gazzillion touring companies in the Colonial Theatre (this was before Emerson bought it in the 2000's). I love that theatre, and I am happy it is being reopened.
I'll be in Boston in June and have booked to see Jagged Little Pill across the lake at the A.R.T. in Cambridge. I hope both these out of town tryouts run simultaneously in June (though it's unlikely). If they'd do I'd definitely check this out!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2017 9:48:58 GMT
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Post by ali973 on Nov 2, 2017 9:52:50 GMT
I really hope it's not Tveit. Way overrated. Couldn't understand what was the fuss all about in Next to Normal. He was serviceable, but nothing out of the ordinary.
Karen Olivo is great and a very dynamic performer. She was phenomenal in Hamilton. Doubt she'll open it on Broadway, she seems pretty content being semi-retired and living in Wisconsin.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2017 10:08:57 GMT
I really hope it's not Tveit. Way overrated. Couldn't understand what was the fuss all about in Next to Normal. He was serviceable, but nothing out of the ordinary. I agree. I don't get it either. Wait. What was I saying . . . ?
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Post by ali973 on Nov 2, 2017 11:42:18 GMT
He's cute..there's literally a thousand of those everywhere.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2017 11:58:38 GMT
He's cute..there's literally a thousand of those everywhere. At my age and with my hairline, I take what I can get nowadays.
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Post by viserys on Nov 2, 2017 11:59:18 GMT
Don't crucify me, but might Tveit not actually be a bit -too- handsome and dishy for the part?
Part of the attraction in the movie was that Ewan McGregor had this gawky geeky appearance, the young hapless fish out of water who fell for this "Goddess" of the stage (and who in turn fell for him just because he was different from all the smart suave rich types)?
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