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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2024 2:40:03 GMT
Can Brightman even still sing ? What I mean is I saw her sing on tv and she sounded awful . I also find her more a singer than actress. I know she did song and dance and POTP.
But there a many people I would prefer however
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 30, 2024 8:50:18 GMT
“Reimagined”
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Post by distantcousin on Jan 30, 2024 10:07:06 GMT
Tim's Instagram account is always entertaining. Not sure I would cast him opposite Brightman but could be an interesting dynamic. He's good pals with Courtney Act who could easily understudy Norma! Yes, I've just discovered it. Very enjoyable. hehe. And he looks INCREDIBLY good for 42!! Courtney? haha, I could see her more playing the Jamie Lloyd version - the black slip would look divine! |
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Post by distantcousin on Jan 30, 2024 10:11:29 GMT
They're going for a "grand, old Hollywood" aesthetic, aren't they (despite the talk of a reimagining - they need to make it as different from Jamie Lloyd's as possible, and this production lands slap bang between his two stagings)
Looks like they've cast most of the principals older - to fit with La Brightman's vintage.
Tim Draxl looks amazing for 42 though - about 10 years younger - his instagram is very "alluring"!
I love the return to a proper, older Max. Played by a veteran actor like Robert Grubb. It makes the most sense to me. This role has been cast completely age inappropriate (in terms of major productions) for years. I don't remember there being a authentically older Max since Dave Willets in the 2008-09 London revival.
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Post by richey on Mar 20, 2024 20:50:48 GMT
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Post by anthony40 on Mar 22, 2024 13:22:58 GMT
There was a massive full-sized poster for this in the foyer when I turned up at the box office to purchase tickets to see Groundhog Day.
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Post by magnificentdonkey on Apr 11, 2024 13:10:31 GMT
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Post by anthony40 on Apr 11, 2024 14:07:40 GMT
How exciting! There was a massive- about the size of a wall- image for the show in The Princess Theatre when I turned up to purchase my tickets for Groundhog Day at the Box Office.
Listen to the accent! I sound nothing like that.
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Post by chernjam on Apr 12, 2024 18:29:52 GMT
I have to admit, I'm really not a fan of Sarah Brightman. Just never enjoyed her voice or performances. I recognize that puts me in the minority in terms of the vast public, but, can't help it - and I had purchased a number of her CD's (when that was still a thing) thinking maybe I needed to warm up to her or something. But all these years later - Ann Crumb > Sarah Brightman in any Aspects of Love songs; Sierra Boggess > Sarah Brightmas in any POTO songs... etc. Which saddens me because the amount of energy and marketing and social media this production is doing would in most cases genuinely have me excited and contemplating planning a trip to Australia. But I don't have the slightest interest. I sincerely hope I'm in the minority and that this will be a grand success, just because I love the score so much and happy to see it having a renewal of interest and success that seemed to have eluded it the original productions and revivals to this point. On a completely other note, kind of funny that they used "The Lady's Paying" instrumental to open the video for the first day of rehearsal. Almost to say to the fans of that song who were angered by it being cut in the London/forthcoming Bway production "we've got it"  |
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Post by danb on Apr 13, 2024 14:01:14 GMT
[/quote] On a completely other note, kind of funny that they used "The Lady's Paying" instrumental to open the video for the first day of rehearsal. Almost to say to the fans of that song who were angered by it being cut in the London/forthcoming Bway production "we've got it" [/quote] Neither ‘Eternal Youth’ nor ‘The Ladies Paying’ would make sense in last year’s ‘Sunset’. The fact that Joe has been ALLOWED into the house is a massive deal, so it wouldn’t scan to have a gaggle of beauticians allowed in, nor a load of Tailors just for a pair of mood lighteners. |
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Post by magnificentdonkey on Apr 16, 2024 12:40:07 GMT
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Post by karloscar on Apr 17, 2024 7:59:52 GMT
Odd that Miss Brightman is completely missing from any publicity and rehearsal footage so far. Is she there and her Norma is elusive and camera shy, or are we back in the days when opera divas would park and bark their "Norma" in different productions without much rehearsal?
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Post by max on Apr 17, 2024 9:19:16 GMT
Odd that Miss Brightman is completely missing from any publicity and rehearsal footage so far. Is she there and her Norma is elusive and camera shy, or are we back in the days when opera divas would park and bark their "Norma" in different productions without much rehearsal? She's pictured in the video they put out of the cast meeting on the first day, having the set presented to them etc. The cast are all standing in a circle (presumably introducing themselves). She's very dressed down, wearing black rimmed glasses, laughing with the people either side of her. |
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Post by BVM on Apr 17, 2024 9:52:33 GMT
She's way too busy serving #icon to be in all the publicity. Our illusive Queen.
(It's funny actually, I read in one of the many ALW unofficial biographies in the 90's that when she was in Cats in 1981 she stood apart from all the other struggling artistes and was always swanning in and out of stage door in expensive/luxurious outfits and didn't mix much with the rest of the cast - could well be (probably is) total b*llox; but the image made me laugh. Was allegedly one of the reasons ALW noticed her)
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Post by max on Apr 17, 2024 11:00:54 GMT
She's way too busy serving #icon to be in all the publicity. Our illusive Queen. (It's funny actually, I read in one of the many ALW unofficial biographies in the 90's that when she was in Cats in 1981 she stood apart from all the other struggling artistes and was always swanning in and out of stage door in expensive/luxurious outfits and didn't mix much with the rest of the cast - could well be (probably is) total b*llox; but the image made me laugh. Was allegedly one of the reasons ALW noticed her) Couldn't be more different in that 'first day of rehearsals' video. Very 'unflattering' black dress with no style. I put 'unflattering' in inverted commas because....she's gone to work. I like that, it's work gear to roll your sleeves up in. Perhaps it's performative camaraderie, and when she left the rehearsal room she slipped into a D&G number. |
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Post by ilovewemusicals on Apr 18, 2024 5:51:22 GMT
I got the feeling she’s not really been mixing with the others as she was hanging by the door in that first video and wasn’t sat down looking at the set with the others. And there are no photos of her from the other cast.
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Post by max on Apr 18, 2024 23:22:15 GMT
I got the feeling she’s not really been mixing with the others as she was hanging by the door in that first video and wasn’t sat down looking at the set with the others. And there are no photos of her from the other cast. In the main she only has two people and a fake chimp to act with, so I guess it's not too strange. I also didn't see her sitting watching the set presentation. I did notice the front row seats were a bit padded and the ones behind were like school chairs, lol. Perhaps Sarah was to the side reclining on a chaise longue! |
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Post by BVM on Apr 19, 2024 8:15:22 GMT
I got the feeling she’s not really been mixing with the others as she was hanging by the door in that first video and wasn’t sat down looking at the set with the others. And there are no photos of her from the other cast. In the main she only has two people and a fake chimp to act with, so I guess it's not too strange. I also didn't see her sitting watching the set presentation. I did notice the front row seats were a bit padded and the ones behind were like school chairs, lol. Perhaps Sarah was to the side reclining on a chaise longue! I am here for this. Method acting innit. |
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Post by ilovewemusicals on Apr 20, 2024 7:18:40 GMT
According to Tim Draxl on Instagram, the cast start rehearsing in the theatre next week. So that’s a whole month of rehearsing at the actual venue.
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Post by osdtdg on Apr 20, 2024 7:28:04 GMT
According to Tim Draxl on Instagram, the cast start rehearsing in the theatre next week. So that’s a whole month of rehearsing at the actual venue. Billy Bouchier (in the ensemble, and I'm guessing he'll cover one or two lead roles too) is currently starring as Tony in West Side Story on the Sydney harbour and posted earlier this week that he had only just joined rehersals. Seems like most of that time in the theatre will be his only rehersal time. Not sure how much of a factor that is, but it may account for something. |
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Post by anthony40 on Apr 24, 2024 15:08:59 GMT
An interview with Sarah Brightman in morning television, Australia
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Post by bobbievanhusen on Apr 29, 2024 4:57:40 GMT
I wonder what the big dance number is at 18 seconds? |
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