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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2018 13:22:45 GMT
What a lovely tribute. I shall wear some leg warmers today as a sign of respect and perhaps touch up a nice young man half my age. I think Gillian would have approved.
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Post by Jon on Jul 2, 2018 14:52:03 GMT
What a lovely tribute. I shall wear some leg warmers today as a sign of respect and perhaps touch up a nice young man half my age. I think Gillian would have approved. Your might be arrested or issued an injunction for the last bit..... |
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Post by Phantom of London on Jul 2, 2018 16:18:56 GMT
Both What’s On Stage and Playbill leading websites for the West End and Broadway pay tribute in their leading headline to Gillian Lynne, this just to show how much she left her mark on both sides of the Atlantic and how high she was relished, respected and held in the highest esteem in theatrical circles.
I saw Cats several times as a teenager, in those days there was no internet, so hard to get educated on shows all you really had was cast recordings (Cassette) and reviews and awards, being a youngster the last 2 didn’t even appear on my radar as I was very green, I loved the songs to Cats but didn’t like the show as I didn’t understand why a show would have no real book, at the time I didn’t realise Cats was to be a landmark show as much as Oklahoma was, as the entire show was expressed by beautiful movement, this took the West End and Broadway by storm, they had simply not seen nothing like it. It was only latterly when I came more absorbed by theatre I could appreciate the greatness of Cats, yes it didn’t have a book, perhaps this was what made it great. Where Oklahoma has been replicated, I am sure Cats hasn’t, it has become a singular sensation and this is due the magnificent vision of Gillian.
So it was very fitting that the theatre where history was made, Gillian had the highest privilege paid to her and that is a theatre dedicated to her talent, courage and legacy, which I have to say was just done in time, so with that greatest honour paid only a week before, Gillian sadly passed on yesterday with a smile on her face and just maybe with a foot tapping.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2018 18:30:12 GMT
Her autobiography is amazing, as was her life. May her memory live now and forever. Nice Cats reference. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2018 18:50:49 GMT
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Post by theatreian on Jul 3, 2018 7:58:33 GMT
Well we can all take Gillian's life as an example of how to live it. From a terrible start of her mother dying when she was 13 she lived her life to the full right to the end. As the saying goes life is not a rehearsal, we get one chance at it. Rest in Peace Gillian. I hope I can live as fully for as long as you did.
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Post by emsworthian on Jul 3, 2018 20:07:37 GMT
Perhaps others knew this but I didn't: I read in the Telegraph obit that Dame Gillian even had an affair with Errol Flynn.
Respect.
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Post by tommy on Jul 4, 2018 15:56:47 GMT
A theatrical icon! Can we imagine Cats, Phantom,... without her choreography? Glad she still saw the New London theatre become named after her. Had a similar experience after having seen Cats in London's West End, it changed my view on musical theatre (before I wasn't a fan of the genre, I even doubted whether we really needed to see a musical during a schools trip to London...). Discovered so much variety within this genre in the years following, the groundbreaking choreography of this lady has indeed been part of this discovery of high quality West End theatre! Very sad news. I know her work was extensive and far reaching, but for me Cats was absolutely one of the musicals that changed my life and her influence and work on Cats was (and remains) groundbreaking. 92 is an excellent age though and as others have said, I am glad she saw the New London become the Gillian Lynne. RIP Gillian. |
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