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Sept 16, 2017 22:45:27 GMT
Post by SageStageMgr on Sept 16, 2017 22:45:27 GMT
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Post by richey on Sept 17, 2017 9:32:53 GMT
Wow that's a very harsh review. Sounds like you'd made up your mind to hate it before you even went.
It certainly doesn't sound the same show that I saw in Manchester only a few months ago and can't believe it would have deteriorated that badly in such a short time.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 17, 2017 9:37:32 GMT
A Spanish friend of mine went the other night and loved it, although he said he wasn't expecting the ending  |
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Post by richey on Sept 17, 2017 13:04:06 GMT
EP mentioned she'd have some news about this later in today's show. If anyone hears what it is can you post it please, I had to turn off when she had an uncontrollable fit of her giggles.
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Sept 17, 2017 13:15:32 GMT
Post by Dannyboi on Sept 17, 2017 13:15:32 GMT
EP mentioned she'd have some news about this later in today's show. If anyone hears what it is can you post it please, I had to turn off when she had an uncontrollable fit of her giggles. God I like her but every single time she does that laugh a little part of me dies inside! The best thing is they pre record the show,so someone somewhere decided to leave this one in! Dear god it went on for about two minutes! Goes right through me even when its short but this one has to be the worst ever! Some people must find it amusing but what set her off wasn't even the least bit funny. She is a legend though. |
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Post by Dannyboi on Sept 17, 2017 13:29:36 GMT
The news is the original production back on in Australia next year.
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Sept 17, 2017 19:19:27 GMT
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Post by SageStageMgr on Sept 17, 2017 19:19:27 GMT
Wow that's a very harsh review. Sounds like you'd made up your mind to hate it before you even went. It certainly doesn't sound the same show that I saw in Manchester only a few months ago and can't believe it would have deteriorated that badly in such a short time. I'm sorry you've interpreted it this way. The truth is I desperately wanted to love it, as I have done previously. I've seen every outing of this tour with every cast and seen it decline each time. Band of 20, cast of 30. Now a band of 8 and cast of 20 including 6 prop kids. The main kid of the evening has always mimed "Santa Evita" in this production, so I'm not going to knock that. Scenes such as the funeral at the beginning used to be sung by off-stage cast in wing mics, this is now a very poorly done click track to allow for the fact they don't have a musician with a bell to dong in the pit. That plus the stage is too thin to spare anyone and the sound is too thin. I was seeing this show again DESPITE the fact that I knew it would be smaller and cheaper. I was hoping the cast would blow me away - and they sadly didn't. Honestly it they stripped this down anymore it would be a chamber piece. One last point HOW could they have gone on so long mispelling Perón on all the signs in "A New Argentina" (and even the backdrop) I don't know. The downstage wash in "Perón's Latest Flame" isn't properly shuttered out either. Two ugly semi circles leaving 2-3ft of darkness downstage left and right instead of a neat line was surely not the Lighting Designer's intention. |
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Sept 18, 2017 13:04:54 GMT
Post by TallPaul on Sept 18, 2017 13:04:54 GMT
The news is the original production back on in Australia next year. Not just on in Australia, but a 40th anniversary production at the Sydney Opera House, directed by Hal Prince. |
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Sept 18, 2017 13:31:25 GMT
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Post by richey on Sept 18, 2017 13:31:25 GMT
The news is the original production back on in Australia next year. Not just on in Australia, but a 40th anniversary production at the Sydney Opera House, directed by Hal Prince. So much for an EP exclusive then..this was discussed on here a few weeks ago |
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Sept 18, 2017 13:48:39 GMT
Post by TallPaul on Sept 18, 2017 13:48:39 GMT
I didn't realise, sorry. I'm going to give her, just this once, the benefit of the doubt, cos she wasn't on air last week. I'm sure she, or rather her producer, would have brought us the news earlier if she could.
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Sept 18, 2017 16:06:58 GMT
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Post by Scswp on Sept 18, 2017 16:06:58 GMT
I didn't realise, sorry. I'm going to give her, just this once, the benefit of the doubt, cos she wasn't on air last week. I'm sure she, or rather her producer, would have brought us the news earlier if she could. Yes, the news is actually a few weeks old now, isn't it? It's even mentioned earlier in this thread, I think - or was it on another messageboard? Original Hal Prince production of Evita next year in Australia starring Tina Arena. |
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Sept 28, 2017 17:17:41 GMT
Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2017 17:17:41 GMT
Just clocked this promotional image on TKTS twitter feed.... Genuinely thought he was with an inflatable doll until second take!  |
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Post by ali973 on Sept 28, 2017 22:43:48 GMT
Staging clumsy, set ugly, lighting tacky, costumes from a stock collection. But there's great energy, determination and amplification that makes it very exciting and rather enjoyable. The only interesting directorial choice is Eva's campaign to get Peron out of prison during A New Argentina. Rainbow High not too bad either. The lowering of Eva's keys during the finale was especially triggering and not. okay.
Abe Jay is an Elaine Paige clone and sounds especially like her during Goodnight and Thank You, but then turns her Elphaba button and sounds more contemporary. But, by the end of the second act, she hits all the emotional notes and I must say I was a bit chocked up at the end. Gian Marco Schiaretti as Che is boring, dull, charmless, vocally inapt and looks straight out of gay porn as an IDF soldier. The ensemble are uniformly young and generic, and look more like they're from Surrey than Buenos Aires.
Other observations:
-Why is the little girl who is clearly lip synching Santa Evita mic'ed?
-There was a heart attack in the front row during the Act 1 finale.
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Post by jaymanc on Sept 28, 2017 23:29:30 GMT
Gay porn soldiers? Tickets booked.
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Sept 28, 2017 23:43:27 GMT
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Post by SageStageMgr on Sept 28, 2017 23:43:27 GMT
Staging clumsy, set ugly, lighting tacky, costumes from a stock collection. But there's great energy, determination and amplification that makes it very exciting and rather enjoyable. The only interesting directorial choice is Eva's campaign to get Peron out of prison during A New Argentina. Rainbow High not too bad either. The lowering of Eva's keys during the finale was especially triggering and not. okay. Abe Jay is an Elaine Paige clone and sounds especially like her during Goodnight and Thank You, but then turns her Elphaba button and sounds more contemporary. But, by the end of the second act, she hits all the emotional notes and I must say I was a bit chocked up at the end. Gian Marco Schiaretti as Che is boring, dull, charmless, vocally inapt and looks straight out of gay porn as an IDF soldier. The ensemble are uniformly young and generic, and look more like they're from Surrey than Buenos Aires. Other observations: -Why is the little girl who is clearly lip synching Santa Evita mic'ed? -There was a heart attack in the front row during the Act 1 finale. Abi Jaye?!!! Emma Hatton surely?!! |
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Sept 28, 2017 23:45:30 GMT
Post by ali973 on Sept 28, 2017 23:45:30 GMT
Oh. Yes, her. Sorry.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2017 10:17:30 GMT
I love that a heart attack was under "other observations" so casually. 😅
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Oct 2, 2017 19:47:24 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2017 19:47:24 GMT
I'm at the show tonight, Natalie Langston is Eva. I'm quite enjoying it so far, I will post my thoughts afterwards.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2017 21:40:45 GMT
Not sure if it's been mentioned elsewhere, Madalena Alberto will be playing Eva again when the tour restarts.
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Oct 28, 2017 7:24:48 GMT
Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2017 7:24:48 GMT
Not sure if it's been mentioned elsewhere, Madalena Alberto will be playing Eva again when the tour restarts. Where have you seen this? |
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Oct 28, 2017 8:49:45 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2017 8:49:45 GMT
Not sure if it's been mentioned elsewhere, Madalena Alberto will be playing Eva again when the tour restarts. Where have you seen this? On the Kenright website |
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Oct 28, 2017 9:55:39 GMT
Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2017 9:55:39 GMT
Where have you seen this? On the Kenright website Kenwright's good at uploading casting without announcing it! Seems a bit weird they have the random week in December before next year's tour. |
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Oct 28, 2017 10:43:25 GMT
Post by theatremadness on Oct 28, 2017 10:43:25 GMT
Kenwright's good at uploading casting without announcing it! Seems a bit weird they have the random week in December before next year's tour. I think that's because they have some international dates booked in after Manchester. Dubai is one, there are some others, maybe Italy or something I think I heard! Then they carry on with the UK. I guess they wanted to come back to Manchester to took the dates they could and then started filling the rest up! |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 28, 2017 10:49:48 GMT
Ooh I wish it had been Madalena for Manc in December.
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Oct 28, 2017 10:52:55 GMT
Post by theatremadness on Oct 28, 2017 10:52:55 GMT
Ooh I wish it had been Madalena for Manc in December. Do you mean this December BB? By the looks of it, it should be Madalena! There's no mention of Emma on the Kenwright site anymore. Both the cast list and poster have been replaced to show Madalena for dates including Manc this December. Having said that, some of the ensemble who aren't doing this extension (and didn't even do London) haven't been removed but maybe that's because they haven't finished casting yet. www.kenwright.com/microsite/evita/#castcreatives |
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