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Post by ncbears on Sept 2, 2022 15:39:59 GMT
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Post by alece10 on Sept 2, 2022 15:50:50 GMT
Sunday seems an odd day to announce.
Hope it's somewhere easy to get to and not somewhere like Ally Pally.
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Post by ncbears on Sept 2, 2022 15:57:26 GMT
Could the show be Next to Normal?
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Post by Someone in a tree on Sept 2, 2022 16:17:33 GMT
Sunday seems an odd day to announce. Hope it's somewhere easy to get to and not somewhere like Ally Pally. Sunday makes me think something religious, Hello Dolly (Sunday clothes) or Sunday in the park with George |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Sept 2, 2022 16:25:59 GMT
That won’t be Sunday or Dolly
It will be some concert nonsense again.
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Post by nottobe on Sept 2, 2022 16:37:23 GMT
The teaser image looks a bit similar to the colours of 'Bright Star'. Don't know the show myself and not sure how desperate I am to see it, especially if it is a concert.
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Post by Seriously on Sept 2, 2022 22:38:09 GMT
Oh what's his mum paying for this time?
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Post by Being Alive on Sept 2, 2022 23:03:00 GMT
Think it might be Light In The Piazza
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Post by alece10 on Sept 3, 2022 8:21:25 GMT
Not sure about that. The wording in the post says "and finally we are allowed" rather than him so I read that in general terms and Light in the Piazza has been done here before.
But what do I know!
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Post by austink on Sept 3, 2022 8:47:58 GMT
Oh what's his mum paying for this time? Burn. But true… |
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Post by danb on Sept 3, 2022 9:08:01 GMT
Just let them have weighed up the sound design first in whatever ‘exciting’ space has been booked, so that the no doubt ‘exciting’ talent they’ve booked can be heard singing shatever the ‘exciting’ score is. Exciting! 🎉🎉🎉
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Post by theatremiss on Sept 3, 2022 9:44:56 GMT
Oh what's his mum paying for this time? Burn. But true… Does she? |
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Post by austink on Sept 3, 2022 11:08:55 GMT
Maybe he’s more independent now but the rule I have learned to apply is that any concert style event built around its conductor is financed though this approach. Apply it here and another notable production company. |
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Post by robertb213 on Sept 4, 2022 20:01:04 GMT
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Post by theoracle on Sept 4, 2022 20:01:07 GMT
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Post by theatremiss on Sept 4, 2022 20:03:08 GMT
Was about to post the same. Can’t say I’m fussed tbh. Ally Pally is such a dreadful place to get to if you have to get the train into London for it. I wonder who he’ll have in mind to cast? Probably Rob Houchen |
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Post by robertb213 on Sept 4, 2022 20:22:50 GMT
Was about to post the same. Can’t say I’m fussed tbh. Ally Pally is such a dreadful place to get to if you have to get the train into London for it. I wonder who he’ll have in mind to cast? Probably Rob Houchen Me either. Dreadful location and I didn't enjoy it when I saw it last time. But yeah I'd assume Rob Houchen will do it again and he was the best thing about it. |
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Post by anthony40 on Sept 4, 2022 20:39:54 GMT
Whilst I think The Bridges of Madison County and The Light in the Piazza are in a league of their own in therms of modern musicals- is anyone else getting fed up with the concert?
I completely understand why this option is chosen- give us a full production.
I have a copy of the PBS version that was screened in America on DVD, I also saw the Royal Festival Hall version from a couple of years back and the recent Royal Academy of Arts version a couple of weeks ago,
Grr!
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Post by Distant Dreamer... on Sept 4, 2022 20:47:20 GMT
Was interested….then I saw the venue.
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Post by alece10 on Sept 4, 2022 20:49:32 GMT
Sunday seems an odd day to announce. Hope it's somewhere easy to get to and not somewhere like Ally Pally. Ah well. Looks like my fear has been realised. |
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Post by couldileaveyou on Sept 4, 2022 20:50:33 GMT
I wonder if he got Lucy Schaufer to reprise her role as Margaret
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Post by alece10 on Sept 4, 2022 20:51:48 GMT
I enjoyed it at the RFH but I'm not travelling to Ally Pally.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Sept 4, 2022 20:56:23 GMT
Didn't we have a concert of this on the South Bank not so long ago?
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Post by oxfordsimon on Sept 4, 2022 21:05:05 GMT
Summer 2019 at the RFH.
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Post by jek on Sept 4, 2022 21:49:36 GMT
Ally Pally theatre is really lovely - we saw Shadwell Opera's production of 'Where The Wild Things Are' there. We live in Stratford (E15) and don't find it too much of a hassle getting to the venue. Tube to Moorgate then a 20 minute train journey to Alexandra Palace Rail station. Then it's a (quite strenuous) walk up the hill or a short bus ride. Either way you get magnificent views across London. Be lovely if Rebecca Caine got to play Margaret Johnson given that her recent run in the production in Colorado was shortened by Covid.
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Post by ThereWillBeSun on Sept 4, 2022 22:01:51 GMT
GROUNDBREAKING.
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Post by theoracle on Sept 4, 2022 22:03:57 GMT
Agreed, the venue is terrible for acoustics and is a trek to get to but to hear this score live again will be fab. Also wit this being Quick Fantastic, we’ll probably have another great cast so keen to see who Margaret Johnson will be tomorrow. That being said, a 15piece orchestra seems rather small for Alex Parker? There’s usually at least 30 of them on stage…
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Post by mrbarnaby on Sept 4, 2022 22:15:13 GMT
Only 15 in the orchestra?
What’s the point?
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Post by SuttonPeron on Sept 4, 2022 22:16:08 GMT
Agreed, the venue is terrible for acoustics and is a trek to get to but to hear this score live again will be fab. Also wit this being Quick Fantastic, we’ll probably have another great cast so keen to see who Margaret Johnson will be tomorrow. That being said, a 15piece orchestra seems rather small for Alex Parker? There’s usually at least 30 of them on stage… Unlike other shows Alex Parker has done, the largest orchestration for this is written for 15 players. And he did a My Fair Lady concert a couple years ago with only 18, when the score calls for 26. |
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Post by aptheguy on Sept 4, 2022 22:18:04 GMT
I'd rather have a film adaptation with the 2019 cast.
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