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Post by Mark on Nov 12, 2017 9:21:30 GMT
Wow, she's awesome in this video. I remember her getting a lot of very harsh criticism when she first began in the role but it seems she has vastly improved. Would love to see her.
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Post by kulen on Nov 12, 2017 10:11:20 GMT
Wow, she's awesome in this video. I remember her getting a lot of very harsh criticism when she first began in the role but it seems she has vastly improved. Would love to see her. she got very harsh comments when she started i suspect due to producers only caring about Amber and Marisha leaving Karen to do the odd show when both of them were not able to do so, leaving her no chance of improving. I would also think Amber's absences in shows even though she was scheduled to go on but they saw Karen instead caused a stir, so people weren't here for Karen unfortunately leaving harsh comments. Keeping in mind this video was from about May-June this year so I would think she has improved now even more as she is one of the leads. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2017 17:07:22 GMT
Decided to give cast change a miss on Saturday. Much as I lvoe the show, I know all the crazy fangirls are going to be sat either at the front or all over the Upper Circle, and I wanna be able to hear at least half of the show and we were planning ti be sat up there so I know I'd just get annoyed. I also have a feeling everyone is going to just be there for Amber and it is going to just turn into "Amber Riley: singing Dreamgirls" in concert, rather than the actual show, Also, much as I loved Amber in the role, I care more about Liisi leaving, and she is staying on an extra week anyway.  That said, thats just my choice, I hope everyone else enjoys it?  |
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Post by theatreian on Nov 12, 2017 17:18:01 GMT
Having just watched the video of Karen I was not overly impressed. I was one of the ones who did leave a fairly harsh criticism of Karen in the early days. This video in my eyes just sees her screaming the song. Her vocals are harsh and croaky. It is one of the reasons that I do not rate the show very much. The songs are shouted out mostly and often drowned out anyway by the cheering crowd. It often seems like a concert rather than a theatre show. Just my opinion though.
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Post by kulen on Nov 12, 2017 21:20:17 GMT
Having just watched the video of Karen I was not overly impressed. I was one of the ones who did leave a fairly harsh criticism of Karen in the early days. This video in my eyes just sees her screaming the song. Her vocals are harsh and croaky. It is one of the reasons that I do not rate the show very much. The songs are shouted out mostly and often drowned out anyway by the cheering crowd. It often seems like a concert rather than a theatre show. Just my opinion though. amber riley can sing flawlessly, no question about that. but the type of voice that should be of Effie should be something of Karen or Marisha, Amber's vocals are too light for the character. Just look at jennifer holiday, it was more like marisha. |
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Post by ali973 on Nov 13, 2017 3:41:01 GMT
Kulen is on to something. The whole reason Effie is sidelined (besides her physical attributes) is that her voice was too pop to crossover. Amber can belt her face off, but yes- she's still pop and has a silky smooth voice. The other two ladies have an edge and a raw quality to their voices that is what the character is all about. But..let's face it, as audiences we just want to hear someone sing the living daylights out of these numbers.
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Post by AliceFearnFan2212 on Nov 15, 2017 0:35:50 GMT
Oooo apparently Amber's doing both shows this Saturday!!
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Post by nialld on Nov 15, 2017 0:41:15 GMT
Does anyone know much about Day Seats for Dreamgirls? Do they have them for every performance, and whereabouts usually are the seats?
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Post by daniel on Nov 15, 2017 10:31:56 GMT
Does anyone know much about Day Seats for Dreamgirls? Do they have them for every performance, and whereabouts usually are the seats? They used to be Monday-Friday, £20, best seats they had available, but the info has vanished from the website so not sure now. @theatremonkey, any idea if it’s changed? |
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Post by distantcousin on Nov 15, 2017 11:42:28 GMT
UPDATE: Day seats remain Monday to Friday only from the box office, all dates on todaytix. Be aware that tickets from the box office are very limited - perhaps non-existent - for the final days of this cast. I love your signature joke by the way. I think to work to it's best, it has to be said in a Hull/East Yorks accent!  |
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Post by LaLuPone on Nov 15, 2017 14:51:47 GMT
For people wanting to see Moya's debut, she's just put on instagram today that it's 7 days until she debuts so you can narrow it down to 2 shows.
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Post by ali973 on Nov 15, 2017 16:31:36 GMT
Someone ask Marisha and Karen if they are on Weds! I can see a Weds matinee and am happy to see either Karen or Moya!
BTW-- who is going to Amber's last on Saturday?
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Post by ensembleswings on Nov 15, 2017 17:30:14 GMT
Moya replied to someone on twitter confirming she'll be on for the Wednesday evening show, may try and see whether I can make it down to London to see her debut
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Post by jgblunners on Nov 15, 2017 17:38:25 GMT
I'll be at Amber's last - my first time seeing her!
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Post by nialld on Nov 15, 2017 17:38:28 GMT
UPDATE: Day seats remain Monday to Friday only from the box office, all dates on todaytix. Be aware that tickets from the box office are very limited - perhaps non-existent - for the final days of this cast. Oh interesting as I phoned up too and they told me they weren't doing day seats in person anymore - I think I was put through to the general ATG office though so they might have had the wrong information! Do you think there's much chance bothering to try and get day seats for tomorrow? |
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Post by tommy123 on Nov 15, 2017 17:47:44 GMT
Moya has put in Twitter that on average she’ll be on Wednesdays and Fridays.
I’m assuming Marisha will do Thursdays and Saturdays? And Karen will do Monday & Tuesdays?
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Post by nialld on Nov 15, 2017 18:53:48 GMT
I phoned up too and they told me they weren't doing day seats in person anymore - I think I was put through to the general ATG office though so they might have had the wrong information! Do you think there's much chance bothering to try and get day seats for tomorrow? My information is direct from the actual theatre. If you can accept you may not get a ticket just because they are busy, and are happy to take a total chance, nothing to lose except your time, really . Do they give out day seats based on if they have any seats left (so for example, there are still seats left for tomorrow showing online and if they're still there tomorrow morning would they sell those as day seats?) or does it not work like that? Sorry this will be my last question I swear! |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2017 19:07:17 GMT
Moya has put in Twitter that on average she’ll be on Wednesdays and Fridays. I’m assuming Marisha will do Thursdays and Saturdays? And Karen will do Monday & Tuesdays? I'd guess it would be more Marisha does Tuesdays and Saturdays, Karen does Mondays and Thursdays. Then no one has two days in a row. Marisha and Moya get three shows, Karen gets two. |
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Post by sempala on Nov 15, 2017 19:19:49 GMT
Moya has put in Twitter that on average she’ll be on Wednesdays and Fridays. I’m assuming Marisha will do Thursdays and Saturdays? And Karen will do Monday & Tuesdays? I'd guess it would be more Marisha does Tuesdays and Saturdays, Karen does Mondays and Thursdays. Then no one has two days in a row. Marisha and Moya get three shows, Karen gets two. Why are you so sure that its Karen who gets 2 shows? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2017 19:25:54 GMT
I'd guess it would be more Marisha does Tuesdays and Saturdays, Karen does Mondays and Thursdays. Then no one has two days in a row. Marisha and Moya get three shows, Karen gets two. Why are you so sure that its Karen who gets 2 shows? ... I, didn't say I was sure? I'm just hazarding a guess on the schedule? Well put it this way, someone has to get two shows. And unless they have an alternating schedule for the alternates, then one girl is stuck with two, the others get three. Thats just how it is. Realistically, I'd be surprised if Marisha was the one who got only two, simply because of how much they have been pushing her into the forefront. She got her own pres night ffs! If she was the one to get two, I'd guess she would be the cover girl too, when one of the others gets sick she was the one to go on automatically. But I imagine if anyone is gonna get three, its her. The other two, I'm going off the basis that they had Moya come here from America to do it, so they wanna make her journey worth it and send her down the same path that Marisha has had. I just have a feeling Karen wil be the one to get kinda sidelined again this time around. I am to see all three tho, and can't wait! |
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Post by sempala on Nov 15, 2017 19:31:46 GMT
Why are you so sure that its Karen who gets 2 shows? ... I, didn't say I was sure? I'm just hazarding a guess on the schedule? Well put it this way, someone has to get two shows. And unless they have an alternating schedule for the alternates, then one girl is stuck with two, the others get three. Thats just how it is. Realistically, I'd be surprised if Marisha was the one who got only two, simply because of how much they have been pushing her into the forefront. She got her own pres night ffs! If she was the one to get two, I'd guess she would be the cover girl too, when one of the others gets sick she was the one to go on automatically. But I imagine if anyone is gonna get three, its her. The other two, I'm going off the basis that they had Moya come here from America to do it, so they wanna make her journey worth it and send her down the same path that Marisha has had. I just have a feeling Karen wil be the one to get kinda sidelined again this time around. I am to see all three tho, and can't wait! Didn't mean it in an aggressive way, I see your point though. I reckon it'll be alternating as they're properly rehearsing Nicole R D as a cover Effie, she just had a try on of the final costume the other day. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2017 19:36:32 GMT
... I, didn't say I was sure? I'm just hazarding a guess on the schedule? Well put it this way, someone has to get two shows. And unless they have an alternating schedule for the alternates, then one girl is stuck with two, the others get three. Thats just how it is. Realistically, I'd be surprised if Marisha was the one who got only two, simply because of how much they have been pushing her into the forefront. She got her own pres night ffs! If she was the one to get two, I'd guess she would be the cover girl too, when one of the others gets sick she was the one to go on automatically. But I imagine if anyone is gonna get three, its her. The other two, I'm going off the basis that they had Moya come here from America to do it, so they wanna make her journey worth it and send her down the same path that Marisha has had. I just have a feeling Karen wil be the one to get kinda sidelined again this time around. I am to see all three tho, and can't wait! , I see your point though. I reckon it'll be alternating as they're properly rehearsing Nicole R D as a cover Effie, she just had a try on of the final costume the other day. I know you didn't, don't you worry love! I just think there has to be some order to it. I think what they do now is what they intended to do originally with Marisha, Karen and Ruth before they discovered Ruth clearly wasn't ready (well, she thought she was, but thats a different matter!) |
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Post by daniel on Nov 15, 2017 22:56:03 GMT
My information is direct from the actual theatre. If you can accept you may not get a ticket just because they are busy, and are happy to take a total chance, nothing to lose except your time, really . Do they give out day seats based on if they have any seats left (so for example, there are still seats left for tomorrow showing online and if they're still there tomorrow morning would they sell those as day seats?) or does it not work like that? Sorry this will be my last question I swear! yes, if they’ve got more seats then than they think they can sell at full price, they’ll do day seats. Saturday is all but sold out, but even if there was say 10 seats left I wouldn’t expect them to offer day seats as they can probably be quite confident of shifting them at full price. All my humble opinion of course, don’t take my word as gospel |
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Post by AliceFearnFan2212 on Nov 16, 2017 1:36:11 GMT
Moya has put in Twitter that on average she’ll be on Wednesdays and Fridays. I’m assuming Marisha will do Thursdays and Saturdays? And Karen will do Monday & Tuesdays? I'd guess it would be more Marisha does Tuesdays and Saturdays, Karen does Mondays and Thursdays. Then no one has two days in a row. Marisha and Moya get three shows, Karen gets two. Moya is doing weds eve and friday's so thats 2 shows not 3. Karen is doing matinees, Marisha Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. That's what I've heard |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2017 6:12:49 GMT
Oh so if it turns out to be that then, its what I predicted when the three ladies were first announced, Marisha with 4, the other with 2.
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