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Post by karloscar on Sept 30, 2021 19:04:24 GMT
I loved Nicola Hughes in Chicago. She and Maria Friedman were one of the most interesting pairs to do Velma and Roxie early in the run. As for Gypsy? Who's going to win the fight to do Rose's Turn??? The Funny Girl concert in New York gave all its leading ladies a chance to bring different aspects of Fanny's character to the stage. Rose is a trickier one to get right, as she needs to build steadily towards that climax and with such diverse performers how do you build dramatic tension. Could be an interesting night...
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Post by alece10 on Sept 30, 2021 19:10:55 GMT
She was also Shug in The Color Purple I remember she took over from Ute Lemper in Chicago (back when it was good!) and then went on to feature in Fosse. Ah yes I forgot about Fosse. I loved that show. I still listen to the recording quite a bit.
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Post by Being Alive on Sept 30, 2021 19:11:33 GMT
I can see them giving Tracie Bennett one of the two big numbers (probably Everything's Coming Up Roses).
Don't know why but I've got a sneaking suspicion Keala will be Roses Turn
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2021 19:47:24 GMT
I can see Tracie Bennett doing Some People, rather than Everything... who's going to be stuck with Small World? Not exactly the most exciting of songs in Gypsy
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Post by alece10 on Sept 30, 2021 21:58:32 GMT
I can see Tracie Bennett doing Some People, rather than Everything... who's going to be stuck with Small World? Not exactly the most exciting of songs in Gypsy I also think Tracie will get some people as its a better and she does that so well.
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Post by QueerTheatre on Oct 1, 2021 0:03:17 GMT
Managed to snap up some £20 stalls seats, and its on my actual birthday too! Can't wait!
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Post by pomegranate on Oct 1, 2021 6:41:55 GMT
Managed to snap up some £20 stalls seats, and its on my actual birthday too! Can't wait! That is great! How did you find such cheap tickets? I can’t see anything under £40 😭
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Post by mrbarnaby on Oct 1, 2021 16:17:26 GMT
I love Nichola Hughes and can’t wait to see her in this. We haven’t seen enough of her onstage in my opinion.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2021 11:21:15 GMT
I would honestly just prefer to have a Tracie Bennett-led Gypsy on its own. I would kill to see her sing this score. She will definitely get one of the big 3 numbers... Can easily see them give her Rose's Turn. The other names are a bit meh.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2021 12:11:34 GMT
I suspect she will get a big number, but her voice is sounding rough these days. You could drive a truck through that vibrato and it feels forced like sandpaper. I know she has masses of fans but her number in Follies was hard to listen to. She was fantastic in She Loves Me though.
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Oct 2, 2021 13:00:44 GMT
Having already booked, I'm intrigued how this will work. I've seen shows where there are three different actors in one role as the character ages but never seven.
My understanding is that it's a staged concert version, presumably with the other roles each taken by one performer, but a different Rose for each of her songs. Rose ages during the show so logically the casting should reflect that. I wonder if some of Rose's musical numbers will be sung as duets or more ?
Several of the best known songs are performed by or include Louise/June/Herbie in the show, including my personal favourite Louise's Let Me Entertain You, but so far no mention who will perform these roles.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2021 14:29:19 GMT
Seth Rudetsky did a Funny Girl about twenty years ago with several different Fanny Brices including Lillias White and (I think) Ana Gasteyer, isn't that correct? This model has been done many times, so I'm sure it will follow that pattern whatever way it works...
Who are the three best singers (or most Rose-like singers) of the bunch? They will get the three big numbers. Tracie has to be one of them. Keala and Sally Ann maybe? I could see Spiro doing Mr. Goldstone or Together Wherever We Go. Bennett may be left to close either act with Everything's Coming... or Rose's Turn.
Rose's seven numbers, by the way: Some People Small World Mr Goldstone You'll Never Get Away From Me Everything's Coming Up Roses Together Wherever We Go Rose's Turn
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Post by robertb213 on Oct 31, 2021 15:45:00 GMT
Remaining lead cast announced in case anyone missed it - Laura Pitt-Pulford as Louise, Carly Mercedes Dyer as June, Christopher Howell as Herbie.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 5, 2022 15:58:14 GMT
Ebony Molina, Rachel Stanley and Alexxis Owen-Hobbs as Electra, Mazzepa and Tessie Tura.
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Post by danb on Jan 5, 2022 16:15:42 GMT
Do you think they’ll be off book for their whole song? 😬
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 5, 2022 16:38:09 GMT
Hopefully a precedent hasn’t been set in that respect 😐.
I have to say, as much as I love the show, I don’t see how this “bunch of Roses” concept is going to add anything to the proceedings.
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Post by theoracle on Jan 8, 2022 23:49:37 GMT
Decided to book for this. What are the sightlines like at this theatre? From photos online, it looks like the stalls are on a flat floor? I've booked for row L to get some extra legroom. Hopefully any sound issues reported from Sunset has been resolved too. Looking forward to hearing that overture!
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Post by robertb213 on Jan 9, 2022 12:41:11 GMT
I've only been once but yes, the front Stalls are flat. I was in H1 for A Christmas Carol and it was completely fine but I am tall 😁
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2022 14:26:59 GMT
Hopefully a precedent hasn’t been set in that respect 😐. I have to say, as much as I love the show, I don’t see how this “bunch of Roses” concept is going to add anything to the proceedings. I agree. I have a ticket booked, but I would honestly much rather see one of these women take on the role, preferably Tracie Bennett as I want to see how Judy Garland would've played Rose lol. Seriously though, I want to see her sing this score so bad - I wonder have we any inkling as to who's singing what? Also, who gets what acting scenes - e.g. the big dressing room scene, and then will it be someone else singing Rose's Turn straight after?
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Post by theoracle on Feb 18, 2022 21:25:53 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2022 23:39:43 GMT
I'm going to this on Monday night and am very intrigued - I don't know what to expect, suffice to say I'm looking forward to Tracie Bennett who I believe is performing Rose's Turn. Wondering who has Some People and Everything's Coming Up Roses... Any ideas?
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Post by Being Alive on Feb 19, 2022 0:40:28 GMT
From what deduced from varies photos I think the songs are split as the following:
Keala - Some People Mel - Mr Goldstone Becky - You'll Never Get Away From Me Nicola - Small World Sally - Everything's Coming Up Roses Sam - Together Wherever We Go Tracie - Rises Turn
Desperate for them to reduce the prices of the remaining seats (although I will book if I absolutely must pay that 😂)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2022 18:46:01 GMT
You don’t know how much I envy all of you who are going to see this on Monday. But I don’t envy you cos you’ll see all these great women who’ll play Rose; I envy you cos you’ll see Danny Collins as Tulsa. He may be a tad too old for Tulsa, but he’s such an amazing actor/dancer/singer. Loved him in everything he did for Matthew Bourne and Showboat; and I watched that dreadful film version of Cats just cos he’s in it. By the way, I leave this here in case someone hasn’t seen it yet: Have fun on Monday!
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Post by theatremiss on Feb 21, 2022 22:16:34 GMT
I was supposed to be there tonight but the trip to Ally Pally and the new train timetable meant I gave it a miss. Anyone know how it was?
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Post by ilovewemusicals on Feb 21, 2022 23:21:17 GMT
Some People – Samantha Spiro Small World – Nicola Hughes You’ll Never Get Away From Me – Rebecca Lock Mr Goldstone – Melanie La Barrie Everything’s Coming Up Roses – Keala Settle Together, Wherever We Go – Sally Ann Triplett Rose’s Turn – Tracie Bennett
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Post by theoracle on Feb 22, 2022 0:19:37 GMT
Well I really enjoyed this. All were exceptional but Sally Ann Triplet and Tracie Bennett.. they are British Theatres Crown Jewels for a reason, the absolute real deal. Although there are more songs in the first half and the other roses were brilliant, the second half was taken up a notch by the two fabulous leading ladies. It was wonderful to hear the original orchestrations so well taken care of by Alex Parker and the audience was clearly loving it too. I walked past Sir Ian McKellen on my way to my seat who seemed to be enjoying too and I saw Daniel Evans in the audience as well.
I’m not sure how I felt about Ally Pally though. It’s a large auditorium for sure and I think the design suits Gypsy well but I’m really not a fan of the flat floor. I was in row L and felt far away and found myself ducking heads. Acoustics were ok - vocals were 90% clear but felt this might’ve worked better somewhere else.
Overall, QuickFantastic seem to really know how to run these concert productions in a way some other organisers don’t. Can’t wait to see what they bring out next.
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Post by Being Alive on Feb 22, 2022 0:36:12 GMT
Sally Ann walked away with the show - she had the whole of the second half including Rose during the strip.
It would have belong to Bennett, but she went so wrong in the dressing room scene that it was on the verge of the wheels coming off - the look of panic on Laura Pit Pulfords face was...quite something. Whole chunks of dialogue missed, getting to the point she was just making stuff up. Great rendition of Roses Turn though.
Really enjoyed all of them tbh - although I'm not sure I'd have given Keala Everything's Coming Up Roses. She was fine but I imagine one of the others might have made something a bit more of it.
Sensational orchestra playing one of the best scores of all time though - kind of a dream and very glad I went!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2022 0:51:27 GMT
This was a messy night. Because it was a one off it really was far from perfect but there were some lovely performances. Sally Ann floored me. She was really a near perfect Rose, and her scenes were really something. So nuanced and ticked all the boxes for the role - hopefully she gets to do it in full some day. Bennett gave a barnstorming Rose’s Turn as expected and got an immediate standing ovation but a shame she went up on the killer dressing room scene, it was quite painful to watch. I’m not sure what show Keala thought she was in but the scene she did prior to Coming Up Roses was awful. She whispered all the dialogue. I was also really disappointed with Sam Spiro - she was really poor tonight - maybe she was having an off night but she seemed really nervous. She also didn’t have the voice for Some People. The orchestra was very good but the sound system was poor and everything was so loud - did anyone else find this? I’m not sure the whole concept worked - every Rose was really trying to savour her scene by dragging out every line and there wasn’t much connection between the Roses but that’s to be expected with the short rehearsal time etc - it was just a bit of fun I guess in the end. Glad I saw it!
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Post by apubleed on Feb 22, 2022 7:53:51 GMT
* The orchestra sounded incredible (although was so overamplified. The whole night was so overamplied I worry about hearing damage. Telling myself it’s ok because there were breaks from the sound between scenes * The best roses: - Tracie Bennett gave a devastating, haunting performance of a very dark Rose that I would love to see a full production of - Sally Ann Triplett was able to give a surprisingly fleshed out performance because she has quite a good range of comedy and drama in her scenes. Her small world reprise really made an impact. Again another one I would be interested to see a full show of -Kealla has a very very clear and powerfully belted “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” and I enjoyed her dialogue before the song. Again yet another I would want to see the full show. * Most of the other roses didn’t really have the material to do as interesting work as these three so I won’t dwell on them too much. * The Louise gave a fully realised and complex arc - it was like watching a real stage version
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 22, 2022 8:07:27 GMT
Have we got to a place where performers in a one-off show apparently get a free pass on learning the material? Or the sound technicians get a pass on it being over amplified? I don’t think the ticket prices included a discount for the fact that the show would be imperfect, probably quite the opposite, so why are customers expected to accept this? As much as I may like and respect Tracie Bennett, she had one scene to learn and she fluffed it. Actually, not fluffed but totally blew it by the sound of it. Not acceptable.
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