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Post by happysooz2 on Jan 29, 2024 19:27:08 GMT
Very underwhelmed by Ivano’s Jamie. Where is the heart and the strength? Looked like some weak pop performance. It always does to me, no matter who is in the role they always seem to struggle vocally Just watching the show and came on to post this. Is that song an especially hard sing? It’s the song they always use from the show but whoever is singing Jamie just seems to lack ooompf. |
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Post by justfran on Jan 29, 2024 20:23:50 GMT
I enjoyed the Grease medley and thought it was a good way to end the show (even though I’ve never been a fan of the stage version). Phantom was good too but overall no great standouts to me. Nice to have musical theatre on primetime tv though and hopefully it will make people check out what’s on at their local theatres 😊
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jan 29, 2024 20:30:39 GMT
How excruciating is this to watch on a scale of 1-10?
Everything about it sounds hideous.. Alfie Boe… Jason Manford…
But I’m also a little intrigued
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Post by drowseychap on Jan 30, 2024 1:17:20 GMT
John McCrea at the Crucible Sheffield was perfection. It’s been watered down since then to stunt casting, Michelle Visage and Bianca Del Rio and performers who have “sass” but no heart (Layton Williams I’m looking at you) I’ll never go and see it again, it’s too disappointing and a massive stretch from the incredible original we saw in Sheffield which connected with so many. I totally agree I saw the original run in Sheffield and was blown away by it …and also the original west end run . It’s has seemed the last few tours etc have been tweaked and tweaked and had some questionable casting choices ….. I’ve seen the show around 12 times …. But after seeing Layton on tour .. it put the nail in the coffin for me … ruined every love I had for this show …… I was hoping the new casting would help me fall in love with the show again but after seeing it on tv 📺 hmmmmm think I’ll give it a miss …. |
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Post by richey on Jan 30, 2024 7:02:08 GMT
Having enjoyed the tv show, thought I'd listen to the Radio 2 broadcast to lighten this morning's tram journey. However I've had to turn off after 30 mins, the backstage shrieking and screaming from Lucie Jones and Marisha Wallace is unbearable, their interview with Nicole the worst.
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Post by dan on Jan 30, 2024 7:32:22 GMT
Unhelpful not displaying the Valjean's names.. we had Alfie, Killian... but who were the other two? When Jason said the names it wasnt very clear thanks Milan van Waardenburg… as soon as he started singing I was googling away because I loved his voice so much. Velvet smooth. Beautiful voice. |
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Post by happysooz2 on Jan 31, 2024 11:22:39 GMT
How excruciating is this to watch on a scale of 1-10? Everything about it sounds hideous.. Alfie Boe… Jason Manford… But I’m also a little intrigued Not excruciating if you watch it on iPlayer and just fast-forward to the numbers. |
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Post by danb on Jan 31, 2024 11:48:39 GMT
How excruciating is this to watch on a scale of 1-10? Everything about it sounds hideous.. Alfie Boe… Jason Manford… But I’m also a little intrigued Not excruciating if you watch it on iPlayer and just fast-forward to the numbers. So much better than last year. You will want to take a shovel to Boe but otherwise quite watchable. |
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Post by ladidah on Feb 5, 2024 11:38:04 GMT
Someone like Ruthie Henshall could be a good host.
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