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Post by talkstageytome on Jun 2, 2016 12:06:04 GMT
Jon Robyns? I didn't expect this! But now I'm going to look at seeing this after all!
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Post by theatrespy on Jun 2, 2016 12:40:30 GMT
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Post by d'James on Jun 2, 2016 12:41:50 GMT
Interesting. A white Eddie, that'll be a first for me.
Pleased to see Aaron Lee Lambert back after seeing him in London. Thrilled Allison Harding will be in it - it wouldn't be the same without her. I assume she'll be understudying Mary Laz as usual.
Rosemary Ashe will be interesting to see.
Slightly more enthused to see this now. I'll definitely book one of the matinees too.
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Post by talkstageytome on Jun 2, 2016 13:08:01 GMT
Interesting. A white Eddie, that'll be a first for me. Pleased to see Aaron Lee Lambert back after seeing him in London. Thrilled Allison Harding will be in it - it wouldn't be the same without her. I assume she'll be understudying Mary Laz as usual. Rosemary Ashe will be interesting to see. Slightly more enthused to see this now. I'll definitely book one of the matinees too. Yes, I thought it was odd that they've cast a white Eddie. As has been discussed before, not many of the roles actually specify race, but you definitely come to expect it, given the past casting choices. The cast does look very good though (and I do love Jon Robyns as a performer!), and it's coming to the Alex in Brum on my birthday, so I'll probably treat myself to a ticket.
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Post by d'James on Jun 2, 2016 13:11:19 GMT
Jaymz Denning was second cover Eddie before. It doesn't matter at all it's just a surprise after they've always cast it that way before.
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Post by talkstageytome on Jun 2, 2016 13:13:11 GMT
Jaymz Denning was second cover Eddie before. It doesn't matter at all it's just a surprise after they've always cast it that way before. Exactly right. That's what I thought too.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2016 14:28:36 GMT
From the cast, who was from X factor then?
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jun 2, 2016 15:26:06 GMT
I don't recognise anyone from the x factor unless they were ones kicked off early.
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Post by tommy123 on Jun 2, 2016 15:32:00 GMT
Who is the character of Michelle? I don't remember!
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Post by talkstageytome on Jun 2, 2016 15:42:02 GMT
Who is the character of Michelle? I don't remember! One of Delores' backup girls.
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Post by d'James on Jun 2, 2016 15:56:17 GMT
Have they said who's playing Monsignor?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2016 13:59:14 GMT
So my heart has just sunk, Craig Revel Horwood has just announced that the cast will be playing the instruments ala Sweeney Todd with Patti and Michael. Including Alexandra playing piano and possibly percussion. I am slightly dreading this.
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Post by talkstageytome on Jun 21, 2016 14:16:24 GMT
Yikes.
I'm sure it'll be fine, at least it'll be interesting to see something so different from the London production.
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Post by d'James on Jun 21, 2016 14:30:54 GMT
Oh hell. It's going to be ridiculous having a load of nuns who can't sing, all being fantastic musicians.
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Post by Distant Dreamer... on Jun 21, 2016 14:58:50 GMT
Oh hell. It's going to be ridiculous having a load of nuns who can't sing, all being fantastic musicians. I couldn't agree more!
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Post by shady23 on Jun 21, 2016 15:00:59 GMT
I saw a production of Chess where they did this. It didn't work for me.
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Post by d'James on Jun 21, 2016 15:06:53 GMT
Wasn't that Craig's production again?
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Post by Michael on Jun 21, 2016 15:21:36 GMT
So my heart has just sunk, Craig Revel Horwood has just announced that the cast will be playing the instruments ala Sweeney Todd with Patti and Michael. Including Alexandra playing piano and possibly percussion. I am slightly dreading this. I've never been happier that I've waited to book a show. I actually wanted to see this in Wimbledon, but I'm now waiting to hear the first reviews.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jun 21, 2016 16:14:55 GMT
Oh dear. Well I'm still looking forward to it....but it does sound....peculiar.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2016 16:29:26 GMT
So my heart has just sunk, Craig Revel Horwood has just announced that the cast will be playing the instruments ala Sweeney Todd with Patti and Michael. Including Alexandra playing piano and possibly percussion. I am slightly dreading this. Heavens. If it's anything like her vocal talents, she'll just play them very LOUDLY and with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2016 16:42:46 GMT
So my heart has just sunk, Craig Revel Horwood has just announced that the cast will be playing the instruments ala Sweeney Todd with Patti and Michael. Including Alexandra playing piano and possibly percussion. I am slightly dreading this. Heavens. If it's anything like her vocal talents, she'll just play them very LOUDLY and with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer. Doesn't she play the piano during "The Greatest Love of All" in The Bodyguard?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2016 17:00:44 GMT
I am so upset to hear this news! It really has put me off going, but we have already booked! Was so looking forward to it too! I feel like when they do this, it ruins the nature of a show! I always prefer there being an Orchestra!
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Post by talkstageytome on Jun 21, 2016 17:12:55 GMT
Don't let it put you off going George. None of us have seen it yet and so can only speculate about the effectiveness of the actor-musician element effectiveness.
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Jun 21, 2016 17:20:51 GMT
Some actor-musician productions work exceptionally well. The Revel-Horwood directed Fiddler on the Roof tour, led by Paul Michael Glaser, a couple of years ago is one that springs to mind. The current Footloose tour is another. You can certainly see in Footloose that a fair amount of thought has gone into incorporating the actor-musician element.
I can't say Sister Act is a show I've ever really felt compelled to see until now but this development has piqued my interest. Seems to be selling very well in Liverpool and Manchester.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 21, 2016 17:37:55 GMT
CRH's actor musician Chess was good! Have faith my children.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jun 21, 2016 17:50:00 GMT
I'm sure there have been some excellent actor musician productions but a lot of productions lend themselves to that format, Sister Act certainly doesn't seem on of them though. They are a choir not a band. What are you going to have?Sister Mary Patrick on trumpet? Sister Mary Roberts on drums? I just don't really see how it's going to work, unless the ensemble are more the instrument players, but it still seems rather bizarre.
That said i can see Delores playing the piano so that aspect might work.
I'm still looking forward to it but this doesn't seem the show to turn into an actor/muso at all.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2016 18:31:56 GMT
I have an image of Delores wondering through an empty choir room, sitting at the rehearsal piano and playing/singing the song Sister Act in the second half. That could be a really effective moment.
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Post by notmymuse on Jun 21, 2016 18:35:57 GMT
CRH's actor musician Chess was good! Have faith my children. Absolutely. I think it was CRH who directed Spend Spend Spend actor-musician, which was amazing, and also the Sunset Boulevard (at the Comedy as it was then I think) I *never* thought would work actor-musician, but was great. When it's done well, it enables the characters to be expressed in another way. With Sister Act it could actually work well - who says they have to be a choir and not a band? The different nuns "discovering" they can play instruments could be very touching and clever and funny. And I doubt they're worried about ticket sales - I went to book for Birmingham 3 weeks ago to find it's almost sold out several months in advance. And as they're charging West End prices for this, that's not bad going.
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Post by groupbooker on Jun 21, 2016 18:53:38 GMT
Well I have just cancelled my group to Bristol because of this. We all think a musical is an orchestra and actors not a mish mash as he keeps rolling out. I love Chess but was really what killed our groups seeing this actor/musician show, it is so oft putting. I know a lot of you love this that's fine but it is not a musical in the proper sense of the word. Sorry guys!
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Post by d'James on Jun 21, 2016 18:54:13 GMT
I have an image of Delores wondering through an empty choir room, sitting at the rehearsal piano and playing/singing the song Sister Act in the second half. That could be a really effective moment. That's meant to be in Eddie's flat, unless they put the song somewhere else.
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