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Post by jaggy on Mar 4, 2022 17:10:37 GMT
Did anyone else go to the Hey Mr Producer concert? Probably none of you are old enough 😀 Its in my top 3 best ever nights in the theatre. I'm so jealous! Did you see any of the original London productions of Sondheim's shows: Follies, Sunday, Into the Woods, Assassins, Passion?
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Post by alece10 on Mar 4, 2022 17:32:31 GMT
Did anyone else go to the Hey Mr Producer concert? Probably none of you are old enough 😀 Its in my top 3 best ever nights in the theatre. I'm so jealous! Did you see any of the original London productions of Sondheim's shows: Follies, Sunday, Into the Woods, Assassins, Passion? Yes all apart from Passion as its never been a favourite of mine. However I did see it years later at the Donmar. Also Roadshow which was done at the Menier.
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Post by alece10 on Mar 4, 2022 17:34:27 GMT
Thanks, that's really interesting as I was wondering what the link was as I couldn't remember her being in any of his musicals.
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Post by anthony40 on Mar 5, 2022 15:04:06 GMT
Coincidently on the day the tickets go sale I have the day off work and it's pay day.
Take my money!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2022 22:21:25 GMT
Hannah Waddingham did a lovely Witch and Desiree a few years ago, so it's good she's in this line-up but it's interesting that the power of TV and an Emmy has helped her to finally be considered with these other headliners. Before Ted Lasso, she never would've been involved with a gig like this. A shame that so many dedicated theatre people only really get their due when they land a hit TV show. I remember she was an also ran for many years, losing Oliviers to bigger names, and also understandably not getting the A Little Night Music Broadway transfer over Catherine Zeta-Jones etc. Nice to see her getting a spot in this.
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Post by alece10 on Mar 5, 2022 22:38:15 GMT
Hannah Waddingham did a lovely Witch and Desiree a few years ago, so it's good she's in this line-up but it's interesting that the power of TV and an Emmy has helped her to finally be considered with these other headliners. Before Ted Lasso, she never would've been involved with a gig like this. A shame that so many dedicated theatre people only really get their due when they land a hit TV show. I remember she was an also ran for many years, losing Oliviers to bigger names, and also understandably not getting the A Little Night Music Broadway transfer over Catherine Zeta-Jones etc. Nice to see her getting a spot in this. And let's not forget her appearances in Benidorm. 😀
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2022 22:48:50 GMT
Yeah! She was always a reliable workhorse actress - she even survived the ALW Wizard of Oz at the Palladium (!). Nice to see her out and about now.
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Post by marob on Mar 5, 2022 22:50:43 GMT
And thanks to Game of Thrones she’s also a meme.
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Post by theoracle on Mar 6, 2022 22:49:59 GMT
Would love to see Waddingham sing Could I leave you. I think her comic timing and fury would be executed terrifically
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Post by Being Alive on Mar 6, 2022 23:18:31 GMT
Would love to see Waddingham sing Could I leave you. I think her comic timing and fury would be executed terrifically I reckon it'll be Children Will Listen. People will largely do stuff they're known for I imagine.
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Post by Deal J on Mar 7, 2022 0:43:35 GMT
Or she might do Last Midnight, she seems to enjoy performing that one in her concerts.
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Post by couldileaveyou on Mar 7, 2022 16:15:01 GMT
A very Sondheim year for Maria Friedman!
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Post by jaggy on Mar 7, 2022 21:53:38 GMT
A very Sondheim year for Maria Friedman! This was rumoured to play Broadway with Radcliffe and Andrew Garfield. I wonder if Garfield is still attached...
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Post by apubleed on Mar 9, 2022 12:12:31 GMT
The most special thing Bernadette could sing would be a new song from Sondheim’s new musical ‘Square One’ she did a reading of just before he died.
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Post by alece10 on Mar 9, 2022 12:24:28 GMT
A very Sondheim year for Maria Friedman! Interestingly enough Maria Friedman talked about this last night in her show. She said that she had been trying to bring the show to Broadway for 8 years and 10 days before Sondheim died he did an interview about Company on Broadway and added at the end that Maria was bringing Merrily to Broadway. She said that once he had said that then it just had to happen as no one would dare go against him. She said more great names to be announced.
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Post by scarpia on Mar 9, 2022 12:29:41 GMT
A very Sondheim year for Maria Friedman! Interestingly enough Maria Friedman talked about this last night in her show. She said that she had been trying to bring the show to Broadway for 8 years and 10 days before Sondheim died he did an interview about Company on Broadway and added at the end that Maria was bringing Merrily to Broadway. She said that once he had said that then it just had to happen as no one would dare go against him. She said more great names to be announced. Wonder how similar it will be to the Chocolate Factory version, which I'm still kicking myself for not seeing. This is scheduled for Off-Broadway though...are they planning a B'way transfer?
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Post by Someone in a tree on Mar 9, 2022 13:07:38 GMT
Interestingly enough Maria Friedman talked about this last night in her show. She said that she had been trying to bring the show to Broadway for 8 years and 10 days before Sondheim died he did an interview about Company on Broadway and added at the end that Maria was bringing Merrily to Broadway. She said that once he had said that then it just had to happen as no one would dare go against him. She said more great names to be announced. Wonder how similar it will be to the Chocolate Factory version, which I'm still kicking myself for not seeing. This is scheduled for Off-Broadway though...are they planning a B'way transfer? The recording of it is available on a well known video sharing site
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Post by alece10 on Mar 9, 2022 14:30:56 GMT
Interestingly enough Maria Friedman talked about this last night in her show. She said that she had been trying to bring the show to Broadway for 8 years and 10 days before Sondheim died he did an interview about Company on Broadway and added at the end that Maria was bringing Merrily to Broadway. She said that once he had said that then it just had to happen as no one would dare go against him. She said more great names to be announced. Wonder how similar it will be to the Chocolate Factory version, which I'm still kicking myself for not seeing. This is scheduled for Off-Broadway though...are they planning a B'way transfer? I'm guessing it will be very similar as it was originally performed at the Menier which is a small venue before transferring to the larger Harold Pinter. I don't remember many changes when it transferred.
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Post by Being Alive on Mar 9, 2022 14:33:41 GMT
Wonder how similar it will be to the Chocolate Factory version, which I'm still kicking myself for not seeing. This is scheduled for Off-Broadway though...are they planning a B'way transfer? I'm guessing it will be very similar as it was originally performed at the Menier which is a small venue before transferring to the larger Harold Pinter. I don't remember many changes when it transferred. Almost none in the way that they normally just scale up the shows a little to whatever the auditorium is like.
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Post by alece10 on Mar 9, 2022 14:34:23 GMT
Wonder how similar it will be to the Chocolate Factory version, which I'm still kicking myself for not seeing. This is scheduled for Off-Broadway though...are they planning a B'way transfer? The recording of it is available on a well known video sharing site Thanks for that. I had no idea it was available. Just checked and its Digital Theatre. Usually you have to pay for their shows. So that's my evening entertainment sorted.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Mar 9, 2022 15:14:17 GMT
The recording of it is available on a well known video sharing site Thanks for that. I had no idea it was available. Just checked and its Digital Theatre. Usually you have to pay for their shows. So that's my evening entertainment sorted. Enjoy - its a good recording of it.
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Post by jaggy on Mar 9, 2022 15:25:10 GMT
Wasn’t the biggest fan of the Menier production or Friedmans direction.
Did anyone see Merrily at the Donmar Warehouse with Samantha Spiro or at it’s UK premiere in Leicester?
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Post by alece10 on Mar 9, 2022 15:36:32 GMT
Wasn’t the biggest fan of the Menier production or Friedmans direction. Did anyone see Merrily at the Donmar Warehouse with Samantha Spiro or at it’s UK premiere in Leicester? Yes I saw the Donmar production and also the 10th Anniversary concert at the Sondheim with the original Donmar cast. Both excellent.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Mar 9, 2022 15:50:26 GMT
Wasn’t the biggest fan of the Menier production or Friedmans direction. Did anyone see Merrily at the Donmar Warehouse with Samantha Spiro or at it’s UK premiere in Leicester? Yes I saw the Donmar production and also the 10th Anniversary concert at the Sondheim with the original Donmar cast. Both excellent. *off topic * The donmar one production was outstanding. Michael Grandage directing Spiro, Ovendon, Evans and Francolini using the original book complete with graduation scene and with the addition of Growing Up. Ovendon was freshfaced and a good 10 years younger compared to everyone else and somehow the "getting younger" concept worked and I haven't seen it done as effectively since.
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Post by karloscar on Mar 9, 2022 17:59:07 GMT
Daniel Evans is only a couple of years older than Julian Ovenden, but yes he did have an innocence about him that made it obvious why everyone would adore Franklin Shepherd unconditionally...until they realised he'd moved on to his next passing fancy. His version of Growing Up alone at the piano has never been bettered.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Mar 9, 2022 18:11:27 GMT
That production made me start crying about halfway through. And it didn't stop!
It is a more powerful piece than I had imagined
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Post by c4ndyc4ne on Mar 9, 2022 19:48:46 GMT
Cast will also include Jake Gyllenhaal right?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2022 20:41:46 GMT
Yes I saw the Donmar production and also the 10th Anniversary concert at the Sondheim with the original Donmar cast. Both excellent. *off topic * The donmar one production was outstanding. Michael Grandage directing Spiro, Ovendon, Evans and Francolini using the original book complete with graduation scene and with the addition of Growing Up. Ovendon was freshfaced and a good 10 years younger compared to everyone else and somehow the "getting younger" concept worked and I haven't seen it done as effectively since. Many people have said this, and i agree it was an outstanding production. But some revisions were added without Sondheims approval. He saw the show, hated it, let them complete the run, but has never been allowed in that version since.
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Post by couldileaveyou on Mar 9, 2022 20:45:56 GMT
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Post by jaggy on Mar 9, 2022 22:37:45 GMT
I would have loved to have seen that Donmar production. I wish there was an archive somewhere of it. I've listened to an audio and the cast sounded fantastic especially Spiro.
Hal Prince thought the piece only works when the cast are near enough the same age as the characters at the end (or beginning). Obviously this revival isn't following that belief.
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