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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2018 23:27:40 GMT
There was a situation recently where Grace was on for Cathy P, but Alexia had a back injury. Alexia still went on but had to sit down for the whole show. I think it’s good they’ve added additional alternates/standbys as it takes pressure not only off Grace but the other girls who may be fighting illnesses to ensure the show goes on if Grace is already swung on.
I think Alexia particularly will benefit as she’s a working parent. It’ll mean she gets to spend more time with her child if they are allowed to book specific shows off this contract.
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Post by hitmewithurbethshot on Dec 18, 2018 9:48:53 GMT
A casting call went out for understudies around November saying that each girl would be needed to cover at least 4 queens so it wouldn’t surprise me if the new alternates will also cover a few extra as well
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Post by TallPaul on Dec 18, 2018 13:06:04 GMT
Please forgive my ignorance if this is a stupid questions, but are there also understudies for the band?
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Post by firefingers on Dec 18, 2018 14:15:33 GMT
Please forgive my ignorance if this is a stupid questions, but are there also understudies for the band? Band members have deps, short for deputised I guess. The band will change line up a lot more as they take other gigs to keep life interesting and having a dep play for a week etc. Same for the technical team.
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Post by TallPaul on Dec 18, 2018 14:31:50 GMT
I see. Many thanks.
A completely different scale, of course, but when I was at 42nd Street just last week, I thought the percussionist looked different (and much younger) to the one I'd seen just a month previously, playing the bells with a spanner!
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Dec 18, 2018 16:58:52 GMT
Enjoyed this interview with Lucy Moss, filmed at The Lowry.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2018 18:56:34 GMT
Please forgive my ignorance if this is a stupid questions, but are there also understudies for the band? Yeah. I saw West Side Story last month and it was great to see they had listed every cover and alternate for every instrument in the programme! I found it very surprising.
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Post by ncbears on Dec 20, 2018 17:35:33 GMT
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Post by Rukaya on Dec 20, 2018 20:28:11 GMT
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Post by ncbears on Dec 20, 2018 21:01:09 GMT
Yes. My question about US or UK cast was posted before it was announced Chicago would be a new cast.
My daughter was hoping to see some of the current Queens (she really like Millie and Natalie). So, she told me that we still have to take her to London and not just Chicago. She is very obsessed with the show and has watched - I don't know how many - videos of the megamix (youtube and instagram) and has thoughts on every actor and swing that she has seen. She has spread the word through her high school.
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Post by ali973 on Dec 21, 2018 0:19:08 GMT
Happy and sad to hear this.
I'll be in Chicago at the time to visit my besties and was planning on seeing Bedknobs and Broomsticks but happy to see Six in its place instead.
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Post by hitmewithurbethshot on Dec 21, 2018 18:39:19 GMT
Wonder if they’ll change some of the script/lyrics, some of the jokes are very UK-centric
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2018 19:58:20 GMT
Wonder if they’ll change some of the script/lyrics, some of the jokes are very UK-centric
Apart from "remember us from your GCSEs?" I can't think of anything that wouldn't work in the US.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2018 22:58:16 GMT
I’m at the show tomorrow in Glasgow. Through my recommendation, two of my friends have also booked tickets and I’ll be going with them, which is great. I’m so glad this show has gained such success through word of mouth.
Apparently Grace will be on tomorrow so I’m excited. I want to see her as, well, anyone, but I’d miss any of the others if they were gone - Jaye’J’s Beyoncé style voice, Millie’s sass and style, Natalie’s belt, Alexia’s energy and personality, Aimie’s little riffs and runs and Maiya’s phone-stealing habits during the megamix. She hasn’t tweeted who she’ll be on for so I’m excited to be surprised!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2018 22:59:04 GMT
Wonder if they’ll change some of the script/lyrics, some of the jokes are very UK-centric
Apart from "remember us from your GCSEs?" I can't think of anything that wouldn't work in the US.
They could always change that line to “remember us from your SATs?”
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Post by HereForTheatre on Dec 22, 2018 13:17:28 GMT
Apart from "remember us from your GCSEs?" I can't think of anything that wouldn't work in the US.
They could always change that line to “remember us from your SATs?” Yeh but do they actually get taught it in SAT's in America anyway?
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Post by joeinnewyork on Dec 22, 2018 16:56:30 GMT
The SAT doesn't include any History questions. The Educational Testing Service, which administers the SAT, offers a separate set of exams, Achievement Tests, that test for fund of knowledge in specific areas, including History. Not sure, though, that "remember us from your Achievement Tests?" would have the zing of "remember us from your GCSEs?" especially since the Achievement Tests aren't taken by as many people as the SAT. Maybe "remember us from public television?" (which aired "Wolf Hall" here) or "remember us from Showtime?" (which aired "The Tudors")...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2018 18:43:46 GMT
How much Tudor history is actually taught in America? I can't imagine it's much.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2018 18:47:53 GMT
Well, I don't think a lot about Hamilton is taught (could be wrong) and it's still selling out so...
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Post by joeinnewyork on Dec 22, 2018 20:27:12 GMT
No, I don't think most high schools here do what I would call a good job of teaching history. This has many reasons, among which are challenges to the very idea of a history "canon," i.e., a focus on Europe and European-Americans at the expense of other demographic groups, and a focus on monarchs and generals as opposed to everyday life. My own view is that kids here should indeed learn a lot about the history of our own country (the U.S.) and about that of its closest ally (the U.K.), which gave rise - in modified form, of course - to our legal and political institutions. (Also, Tudor history is fun!!) And it's not as if today's American kids who aren't learning about the Tudors or the Glorious Revolution are gaining a particularly solid grounding in South American, African or Asian history, or the history of women's suffrage or the gay rights movement, so I view it as a lose-lose.
But boy, do I get into trouble when I say this sort of thing out loud!
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Post by Raven on Dec 24, 2018 16:25:19 GMT
I saw this yesterday for the first time and LOVED it! The humour is great, the vocals are incredible and overall the show is just brilliant. Very clever lyrics and a unique piece of theatre. I wish I could go back and experience it all over again!
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Post by stuart on Dec 27, 2018 17:52:40 GMT
Tonight’s show has been cancelled due to cast illness.
“Kenny Wax, Global Musicals and George Stiles, the producers of Six, are sorry to announce the cancellation of tonight’s performance due to cast illness. The remainder of the run is scheduled to go ahead as planned.”
I’m seeing the show this weekend, really hoping it goes ahead as I’ve been looking forward to it for ages!
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Post by impossibleprincess73 on Dec 27, 2018 19:08:06 GMT
Oh no! I have tickets for the 4pm show tomorrow, hope it goes ahead. I saw it on Sunday and loved it so much that I had to go back before the end of the run.
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Post by danb on Dec 27, 2018 22:08:32 GMT
I was made to listen to some of this on the way home from London today and wanted to rip my ears off at some of it. Lots of the backing tracks sound like they are from the kids programme ‘Lazy Town’. I realize that they are going for a synthesised, cheap to recreate band but it doesn’t do it many favours does it?
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Post by westended on Dec 27, 2018 22:50:46 GMT
How big is the stage at th Arts Theatre? Does it have a fly tower?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2018 23:07:57 GMT
SON. Did you just diss Lazy Town? Do we need to settle this outside?
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Post by danb on Dec 27, 2018 23:10:57 GMT
SON. Did you just diss Lazy Town? Do we need to settle this outside? Oh God no, loved ‘Lazy Town’ (20 Times Up a fave) but that level of tinny synthesised backing is fine for Scandi kids shows, but not for a West End musical revue charging appropriate prices. Call me Son one more time...😂
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Post by Pennywise57 on Dec 28, 2018 11:56:37 GMT
I was meant to see last night's show. I just wish I checked here before I left as I'd not received any email or anything so drove all the way there which takes about an hour only to be told the show had been cancelled. Still, not the end world. Exchanged my tickets for Saturday so hopefully no one's ill. I will check before I leave next time. Really looking forward to it anyway!
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Post by Rukaya on Dec 28, 2018 14:00:56 GMT
Tonight Grace is playing Parr and Renee Lamb is doing the show as Catherine of Aragon - wow!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2018 14:05:57 GMT
Okay, I may need to go to Glasgow today to see Renee. I just checked Ticketmaster and it says there's plenty of tickets left for tonight, but I'm not sure whether or not I can make it through there as time and money are very much in short supply.
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