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Post by Being Alive on Aug 27, 2018 17:07:34 GMT
I mean fair - I just thought it was a much better performance.
I’m going off topic slightly
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2018 7:28:06 GMT
Danny Burstein set to replace Norbert Leo Butz beginning January 8th for a limited run through April 28th. He will star alongside Laura as well as whoever takes over from her also, Harry will continue in his role.  |
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Post by Jon on Oct 17, 2018 14:05:11 GMT
Danny Burstein is very good casting for Alfred Doolitle. I’m sure once Harry leaves, they’ll cast a name for Higgins
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Post by Sam on Oct 17, 2018 14:08:20 GMT
I am so tempted to go back to see this again. Unfortunately looks like I'm now out of annual leave until April :C I'd really like to see Laura.
For me the biggest disappointments in this were Lauren and Norbert's accents so I'd like to see others in these roles. Harry was amazing.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2018 0:27:52 GMT
Laura is rocking it one-woman style at the minute. She's so fabulous. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2018 9:19:55 GMT
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Post by Being Alive on Oct 24, 2018 11:59:15 GMT
Hardly surprising, she's got a really weak immune system and a small child at home. Goes back in to the old 'you pay for a show, not a meet and greet' thing.
Anyway, theres a beautiful video of her first curtain call on Twitter (i don't know how to link it). I'm so glad she's getting to play her dream role - she's a perfect fit for it (and if she'd have originated it, I think she'd probably have beaten Katrina Lenk to the Tony - I know I've not seen Laura, but I saw Katrina).
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Post by raider80 on Oct 24, 2018 15:04:26 GMT
Even though she isn't stage dooring she is going to pre-sign a bunch a playbills to handed out at the stage door after the show which I think is really sweet of her to do.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2018 15:54:01 GMT
Even though she isn't stage dooring she is going to pre-sign a bunch a playbills to handed out at the stage door after the show which I think is really sweet of her to do. I'm seeing the show in a few weeks so that's good to know, thanks! I certainly don't blame her for not doing the stage door! Really looking forward to this, My Fair Lady is one of my favourite shows and Laura is such a talent. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2018 4:42:00 GMT
For me the biggest disappointments in this were Lauren and Norbert's accents so I'd like to see others in these roles. Harry was amazing. I agree Norbert's accent is terrible, he sounds more upper class than Higgins or Pickering! Unfortunately Laura Benanti's isn't much better. She's a great comedic actress and a wonderful singer, but she cannot do an English accent - her Cockney was far too polite (no need to pronounce the t at the end of words!) and her more refined version had a really strange accent to it, it sounded like a Spanish or French native speaking English. The ensemble were mostly pretty poor as well in the accent department, and they pronounced Ascot in a very weird way! Only Higgins, Pickering and Mrs Pearce had solid accents. I wondered if it was just me being the fussy Grit, but the American lady sitting next to me said she thought the accents were dodgy as well. It's a pretty production, the set works well and the acting is generally good, but some scenes were a bit lacklustre (The Rain in Spain) or just messy (the dancing in the Embassy Ball sadly) and I couldn't get past the poor accents. A disappointment overall. |
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Post by musicalmarge on Dec 12, 2018 15:37:25 GMT
I presume this is coming to the West End next year?
I randomly met someone on Tinder who said they were working on the set for it? Hahaha.....
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2019 0:36:26 GMT
I was dying to see this after seeing Sher's King and I and Fiddler in NYC in 2015 but Benatti's Macy's Day Parade Performance really turned me off, I just couldn't see any character or arch.
I like the little twists regarding age and the Shaw faithful ending but maybe I'm judging it from a 'concert style' performance that won't match the show.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 5, 2019 11:36:10 GMT
I’m hopping to see this towards the end of Feb. Does anyone know any good discount sites ?
Please and thanks
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Post by joeinnewyork on Jan 5, 2019 15:23:12 GMT
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 5, 2019 18:25:57 GMT
Brilliant thank you. I’ll have a look 😄
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Post by sam22 on Jan 6, 2019 8:50:38 GMT
TodayTix have got great seats at the minute up to 62% off and booking until mid Feb
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2019 22:14:31 GMT
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Post by Jon on Jan 12, 2019 23:29:55 GMT
I’m guessing they’re not planning on closing anytime soon, my guess is that they’ll get a name for Higgins from July onwards
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Post by raider80 on Feb 1, 2019 4:05:09 GMT
Well, it looks like the show is hitting the road. A US tour has just been announced for the 2019-2020 season.
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Post by Jon on Feb 1, 2019 4:24:47 GMT
Well, it looks like the show is hitting the road. A US tour has just been announced for the 2019-2020 season. The US tour was announced last year IIRC |
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Post by raider80 on Feb 1, 2019 16:45:10 GMT
Well, it looks like the show is hitting the road. A US tour has just been announced for the 2019-2020 season. The US tour was announced last year IIRC I was not paying attention when they announced that, my bad. Anyway almost every show announces they are going on tour but I don't trust that until real dates come out. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2019 16:58:30 GMT
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Post by Jon on Feb 11, 2019 17:16:40 GMT
I assume she’ll take time off to do the Cadogan Hall concert. That does mean they’ll be a new Eliza and Higgins in July. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2019 20:00:29 GMT
I assume she’ll take time off to do the Cadogan Hall concert. That does mean they’ll be a new Eliza and Higgins in July. Laura will indeed perform as planned. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2019 20:16:12 GMT
For those fans of Laura wanting to catch her on Broadway, I've had a look on the website and got all of her holiday dates listed below. ∙Laura Benanti will not appear in the following performances: Mar 09 - Mar 10 Mar 24 - Mar 28 Apr 27 - Apr 28 Jun 05 (Eve) Jun 28 - Jun 30 Jul 06 (Mat and Eve) Laura exits the show Jul 07th, interestingly a night Harry is off as Higgins. Kerstin Anderson will continue to perform the role of Eliza Doolittle on Tuesday evenings APART from the following Tuesdays, when Laura will perform: Mar 05, Mar 19, Apr 23 and Jun 04. |
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