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Post by FairyGodmother on Apr 26, 2021 20:30:37 GMT
I don't think there's been any announcements. And none of them have put anything up on social media about being in it yet.
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Post by Being Alive on Apr 26, 2021 20:38:45 GMT
Every single new thing said about this makes it sound worse and worse. And I really love that. Cannot wait. My sentiments exactly - gonna be a car crash and I can't wait
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Post by danb on Apr 26, 2021 20:46:19 GMT
As long as it isn’t dull! Quirky I can cope with, needlessly woke & hip I’ll tolerate but dull is not acceptable.
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Post by Being Alive on Apr 26, 2021 20:46:53 GMT
The chairs move, what more can we want?!
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Post by Mark on Apr 26, 2021 20:54:37 GMT
Gloria Onitiri! She is fabulous! Shaping up to be a great cast.
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Post by FairyGodmother on Apr 26, 2021 21:21:59 GMT
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Post by alittlefallofrain on Apr 26, 2021 21:39:41 GMT
Also whoever mixed that sound should be fired. CHF belting over the interview was deeply irritating Pointless, random and incredibly intrusive background music seems to be a standard feature of almost all videos like this now. To say it gets right up my nose is the biggest understatement ever.
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Post by theatremole on Apr 27, 2021 6:39:20 GMT
On paper & Juliet sounded like a car crash and most here loved it.
Unless you want the West End to be museum pieces, revivals of old musicals, Broadway transfers and jukebox musicals you have to give new shows at least a chance.
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Post by FairyGodmother on Apr 27, 2021 8:50:42 GMT
I think you could probably make any show sound like a car crash to be honest.
Promote Carousel with "You're a Queer One, Julie Jordan", "You'll Never Walk Alone" and "The Highest Judge of All" with absolutely no context. Pitch it as "It's a new twist on a love story, a factory worker falls in love with a carousel barker, and well, I won't tell you any more, but I can say that it runs through two time periods." Add in a few pictures of the dream ballet sequence.
Or Mamma Mia "There are so many ABBA songs, we thought, why not use them? So you get this terrifically witty story about a woman living on a Greek island with her daughter, and the daughter is getting married and she wants to invite her dad to her wedding. But it could be any one of three different men, so she invites them all! It's a new fresh musical, but it works because at it's centre it has wonderful heart." Use the songs "The Winner Takes it All", "Honey Honey" and "Chiquitita".
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Post by The Matthew on Apr 27, 2021 9:24:51 GMT
There's a whole genre of humour based around taking popular things and describing them in a way that sounds distinctly unappealing (as I sit here drinking water flavoured with burnt beans and something squirted out of a cow), but when it's the only information people have it's a rather risky way of getting attention. In this case it'll probably work, though.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Apr 27, 2021 10:04:40 GMT
The biog photographs of the Designer and Choreographer are hilarious !!!
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Post by johartuk on Apr 27, 2021 13:07:13 GMT
CATS - A group of mangy moggies gather in a scrap yard to compete in a contest to win the once in a lifetime prize of...immediate death!
PHANTOM - Opera loving, hideously deformed stalker obsesses over a beautiful young singer in a distinctly unhealthy way, only to watch her fall for the good looking, wealthy, titled guy!
LND - Opera loving, hideously deformed stalker is back...and this time, it's personal! With added creepy automatons, freaks, pointless plot twists and child abduction!
LES MIS - Released prisoner breaks his parole, takes on a new identity and rescues a child from her abusive foster parents...all whilst being pursued by an obsessive police officer. In an interesting plot twist, pretty much everyone he encounters ends up dead. So, to sum it up - 'The Fugitive' meets 'Final Destination'!
WICKED - Witch with a skin complaint struggles to negotiate University life, befriending Popular Witch and falling for the good looking, wealthy, titled guy!
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Post by musicalmarge on Apr 27, 2021 21:44:17 GMT
The biog photographs of the Designer and Choreographer are hilarious !!! What’s hilarious about them?
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Post by FairyGodmother on Apr 28, 2021 10:22:03 GMT
I do like how they range from "serene headshot with tastefully blurred natural background" to "passport photo but you can smile" to "action shot of you giving somebody side eye over your sunglasses".
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Post by iamamazing on Apr 28, 2021 15:23:38 GMT
I’ve just had my date changed again has anyone else had there dates changed? ?
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Post by TallPaul on Apr 28, 2021 17:23:42 GMT
I’ve just had my date changed again has anyone else had there dates changed? ? From and to when?
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Post by iamamazing on Apr 28, 2021 17:37:10 GMT
I’ve just had my date changed again has anyone else had there dates changed? ? From and to when? I’ve just had my date swapped from 4rd august to the 5th and I can’t make the 5th as we’ve booked another show that night, having to swap Cinderella for November now
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Post by TallPaul on Apr 28, 2021 17:49:34 GMT
Had you booked for the evening performance on the 4th, iamamazing? I haven't been paying close attention but I see that, after opening night, Wednesdays are now matinee only right up until October half-term, with just six performances per week all through summer.
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Post by Seriously on Apr 28, 2021 17:53:04 GMT
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Post by djdan14 on Apr 28, 2021 18:53:11 GMT
Yes appears a change of schedule I’ve had my Wednesday evening 20th October changed to the 21st
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Post by FairyGodmother on Apr 28, 2021 19:53:28 GMT
Cast announcement maybe? Now we've seen them in the video.
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Post by iamamazing on Apr 29, 2021 0:04:58 GMT
Had you booked for the evening performance on the 4th, iamamazing? I haven't been paying close attention but I see that, after opening night, Wednesdays are now matinee only right up until October half-term, with just six performances per week all through summer. Yep it was the evening on the 4th had no idea about this change thanks for letting me know. I though they might have changed my date because i thought it might have been be press night for the show.
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Post by Mark on Apr 29, 2021 9:19:50 GMT
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Post by fiyero on Apr 29, 2021 9:40:40 GMT
I assume the alternate is future-proofing as there are only 6 shows a week. I hope she gets a schedule though as I’d love to see 2 different interpretations.
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Post by FairyGodmother on Apr 29, 2021 9:45:50 GMT
Poor Prince Charming is so irrelevant we don't even know who he is! Arthur or Gawain maybe? And do we think Gary Wilmot's 'Jean' has been replaced with The Godmother? It sounds like there's been quite a few changes from the workshop at any rate.
An ensemble of 20(ish) too, which should be good for dance numbers.
I wonder what happened to Helen George.
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Post by LaLuPone on Apr 29, 2021 10:00:04 GMT
Carrie’s photo on there makes her look more like Elphaba than Cinderella!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 29, 2021 10:15:52 GMT
Those pics are a right hotch-potch. Some of them seem to be themed round the character, while others aren’t. Carrie’s is ridiculous. Who signed that off?
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Post by TallPaul on Apr 29, 2021 10:47:06 GMT
On my small screen, some of character names don't fully fit on the same line, so I've got:
Cinderell a
The Stepmoth er
The Godmoth er
Everyone else is in the Ensembl e
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Post by FairyGodmother on Apr 29, 2021 10:49:27 GMT
Those pics are a right hotch-potch. Some of them seem to be themed round the character, while others aren’t. Carrie’s is ridiculous. Who signed that off? I don't know what you're looking at BurlyBeaR, they're clearly all themed. Cinderella has anger issues relating to housework; the Queen's a lush; Sebastian models unconvential knitwear (what is that? A short sleeved polo neck?); the Godmother has just finished her level 3 Diploma in Hairdressing; the Stepsisters are practising for careers as Instagram influencers; and the Stepmother likes pointing at things. S'obvious.
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Post by FairyGodmother on Apr 29, 2021 11:04:43 GMT
I think this is new as well? andrewlloydwebberscinderella.com/about/The StoryWelcome to Belleville! The most aggressively picturesque town in the history of the world, populated exclusively with gorgeous townsfolk who stop at nothing to achieve perfection. Belleville is fairy tale come to life: a place where you can’t move without falling over a wishing well or a quivering milkmaid. Maintaining this façade is a full time job, and one that is taken very seriously indeed.
The only person steadfastly refusing to live in the fairy tale is Cinderella, loud-mouthed, dripping with disdain, and more likely to roast Hansel and Gretel for dinner than play the demure and downtrodden maid, Cinderella is desperate to escape. But underneath it all, the loneliness that comes with being the town pariah is wearing on her.
It doesn’t help that her only friend, Prince Sebastian, has suddenly become the heir to the throne after the mysterious disappearance of his elder brother: sex god and charisma machine, Prince Charming. Suddenly thrust into the spotlight, the formerly shy and somewhat-less-sex-goddish Sebastian seems to be quickly growing into his brother’s enormous britches, and out of his friendship with Cinderella. But this change of circumstances also introduces something else to the relationship, a new spark which neither of them quite know what to do with. Could it be that these two old friends mean more to one another than they are willing to let on?
After a devastating PR disaster for Belleville, and with the threat of the guillotine glinting on the horizon, the Queen decides that the only thing to save the town (and her pretty neck) is a Royal Wedding: something colourful and distracting so the peasants don’t get too revolution-y.
All looks lost for the blossoming romance, until Cinderella meets The Godmother, who can fix any problem with a little incision and a couple of broken ribs. Maybe the answer lies where Cinderella has been refusing to look: in becoming the identikit beauty that everyone has always told her to be.
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