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Post by Stephen on Nov 15, 2017 23:04:46 GMT
A couple of years ago I saw Glenn Carter as Jesus in Superstar. He was clearly twice the age of all his disciples. And a good 15-20 years older than JC when he died... Ridiculous casting IMO.
Yes, I saw that as well and was really disappointed. Glenn Carter was brilliant playing the part when he was in his 30's (Jesus's age when he died), but at 50+ and looking it it was a big let down. And what is even more ridiculous...he'll probably do it again in a couple of years! |
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Post by couldileaveyou on Nov 15, 2017 23:31:40 GMT
Not to be mean or something, but would you believe that Michael Jibson is only 37? That's why moisturizing is important.
My parents saw Ted Neeley in Jesus Christ Superstar last year and apparently he's still great in it
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2017 8:52:02 GMT
Not professionally, but my friend played one of the twins last year (I forget which...bad friend) now bless his heart my mate is 45, but has had a head of silver hair as long as I've known him...it was not shall we say convincing!! I mean in this case Amdram forgives many things, but obviously professionally I'd say that was a line.  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2017 11:11:35 GMT
Weren't most of the cast of Grease the movie like 30 when they made it, and it was fairly obvious but you kinda accepted it?  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2017 14:44:08 GMT
I'm just warning everyone right now. If anyone mentions Barbra being too old to play Yentl the Yeshiva Boy then I cannot be held responsible for my actions.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2017 15:02:40 GMT
I'm just warning everyone right now. If anyone mentions Barbra being too old to play Yentl the Yeshiva Boy then I cannot be held responsible for my actions. Reminds me of something I read in one of Maureen Lipman's books: I met her three times during the period my late husband Jack Rosenthal was working with her on the film Yentl , then, having sworn “never again”, on Prince of Tides . She was more petite, more beautiful and more ordinary than I had expected. As usual, I found it hard to be myself with someone I had admired for so long, and began to babble.
Jack found her generous and parsimonious, simple and complicated, irritating and fascinating. Convincing her that nobody said “cookie” in 19th-century Poland was laborious. He wrote 13 drafts. Cookie went back in. A nice, powerful Jewish girl who doesn’t always wield her power with equanimity. That struck a chord with me.
On one occasion, I stumbled into telling her the middle eight of Memory was perhaps too low for her voice. On the same occasion, my four-year-old son told her “Your voice really hurts my ears.” She took both with… equanimity.
Good old little Rosenthal!  |
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Post by alicechallice on Nov 16, 2017 17:17:47 GMT
My favourite theatrical experience was the Old Vic production of King Lear: when Glenda Jackson cast the curse of infertility upon Celia Imrie, the woman behind me whispered "It's too late for that, luv" At least it wasn't Imelda in front of you that said it. What a cheek! |
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Post by The Lost on Nov 16, 2017 21:05:54 GMT
The current Eddie on tour (Mark Hutchinson) won the 1993 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for playing Eddie on Broadway and was featured on the 1995 London cast recording, so if he's been at it on and off for 24 years, it explains why he's looking far too old!
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Post by loureviews on Nov 17, 2017 6:58:56 GMT
I recently saw the current UK tour of Blood Brothers - long been one of my favourite musicals. However was really quite shocked when 'Eddie' came on stage. He was being played by someone who looked to be in their 50's! Now I appreciate we shouldn't discriminate, etc, etc but this guy was clearly way too old to play a young adult let alone a teenager or seven year old! I have to say it really ruined this performance for me. Discuss  The twins in BB have looked ancient for years. But it sort of works. |
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Post by loureviews on Nov 17, 2017 7:02:03 GMT
My parents saw Ted Neeley in Jesus Christ Superstar last year and apparently he's still great in it There's a video on YouTube from a couple of years ago where he's singing Gethsemane. He's brilliant. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2017 20:06:10 GMT
I don't care (or always notice) if they're good enough. No way did Anna Jane Casey look 17 or whatever Annie was meant to be, but she was fantastic in Annie Get Your Gun last year in Sheffield. Admittedly I'm quite short sighted but I thought she managed to look in her 20s onstage, which given she's in her 40s I thought was pretty good going! I suppose I'm used to performers being a lot older than characters because of operagoing. You're never going to get a genuinely 15 year old Madame Butterfly, 15 year old Sophie, 17 year old Octavian, etc. nowadays. I think she acted the age really well - the voice, the movement and everything. I adored her performance! I was thinking about opera too actually. I've only seen a couple, but they do seem to stretch credibility about age not to mention race in the casting. But that's the nature of it - ballet's the same. Margot Fonteyn could dance 15 when she was in her 50s. |
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