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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 4, 2017 17:21:42 GMT
I've always wanted to see Cabaret, not a massive fan of Will but he might be good in this. What's the Bibiddy-Boboddy-Bill Kenwright production like? I've bleached it from my memory having experienced Sam Barks being totally inept and Wayne Sleep trying to dance in a pair of fishnets. I'm sure I heard his back creak. Hiddy. |
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Post by partytentdown on Jun 4, 2017 17:29:04 GMT
Sarah Harding must be washing her hair around that time.
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Post by music0fthenight on Jun 4, 2017 17:30:31 GMT
Whilst I will say the 2008/2009 tour was very lackluster in some places, the 2012 west end and 2013 tour was vastly superior, with improved staging (Tomorrow Belongs To Me was deeply chilling), choreography and Will Young was a fantastic Emcee, so I'm definitely looking forward to seeing this production again, which might have even more changes as it's being marketed as a "new" tour???
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Post by d'James on Jun 4, 2017 17:36:11 GMT
Is this the production with *gasp* nakedness in it??! Just so I know who or who not to go with?! Haha.
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Post by Being Alive on Jun 4, 2017 17:50:11 GMT
Missed the last tour and had always wanted to see Will so thats nice.
But Louise is too old to be playing Sally. Surely?
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jun 4, 2017 17:53:04 GMT
Well Sally Bowles isn't supposed to be a very good singer... so they are fine there
But she is supposed to be a 20 something. Not twice that.
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Post by martin1965 on Jun 4, 2017 17:57:06 GMT
Booked for the Lowry in November. Never seen this on stage so looking forward to it. Casting La Redknapp is interesting, Will Young should be good. Any other casting?
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Post by longinthetooth on Jun 4, 2017 19:52:02 GMT
Is this the production with *gasp* nakedness in it??! Just so I know who or who not to go with?! Haha. The last production at the Savoy and on tour with Will Young had nakedness *shock* ...... 
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Post by d'James on Jun 4, 2017 19:54:46 GMT
Is this the production with *gasp* nakedness in it??! Just so I know who or who not to go with?! Haha. The last production at the Savoy and on tour with Will Young had nakedness *shock* ...... *Faints* but not the tour? |
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Post by longinthetooth on Jun 4, 2017 20:18:10 GMT
The last production at the Savoy and on tour with Will Young had nakedness *shock* ...... *Faints* but not the tour? Yes, the tour as well. Some of the midweek matinee matrons were shocked to the core! |
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Post by d'James on Jun 4, 2017 20:19:53 GMT
*Faints* but not the tour? Yes, the tour as well. Some of the midweek matinee matrons were shocked to the core! Won't somebody's *PLEASE* think of the children?!!!?!!!! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2017 20:27:51 GMT
It's not the fault of the production that some of its more feeble-minded audiences couldn't take the Nazi deathcamps seriously.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 4, 2017 21:22:53 GMT
Yes, the tour as well. Some of the midweek matinee matrons were shocked to the core! Won't somebody's *PLEASE* think of the children?!!!?!!!! What? Is it another Radcliffe Equus moment? Teenage girls and middle aged men craning to get a look at his "golden snitch"? |
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Post by d'James on Jun 4, 2017 21:34:05 GMT
Won't somebody's *PLEASE* think of the children?!!!?!!!! What? Is it another Radcliffe Equus moment? Teenage girls and middle aged men craning to get a look at his "golden snitch"? Well I'm sure it'll be a draw for some people, but I have some relatives who may not be quite so comfortable with it. |
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Post by Sue on Jun 5, 2017 6:20:29 GMT
I saw the 'naked' production at the Savoy in 2013...there's barely any nakedness at all, just a snatch of it right at the end...ha, boom boom 🤣 I'm just too funny!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2017 9:07:07 GMT
I saw Louise Redknapp perform once. Well I thought I did. Turns out I was watching the results of someone having painted a wall magnolia for half an hour with Eternal's greatest hits playing on the radio.
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Post by Peach on Jun 5, 2017 10:07:33 GMT
Louise Redknapp is so mimsy nowadays I fully expect her to play Sally Bowles wearing a cardigan.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2017 10:22:50 GMT
A good Emcee is important, but a bad Sally can make or break Cabaret, as proven by the last West End production with Michelle Ryan!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2017 10:54:19 GMT
Of all the recent Sally's I've seen, it was Amy Nuttal from Emerdale that impressed me the most.
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Post by wickedgrin on Jun 5, 2017 11:07:13 GMT
Surely, surely they could have found someone better than Louise Redknapp? Is she even box office? Hopefully she may not do all the performances in the week (such is the fashion now) and may catch the MT understudy at a matinee? The production (from what I remember) was quite good. I saw it several times. The nudity was toned down for the tour - no naked sailors as in London!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2017 11:13:01 GMT
Surely, surely they could have found someone better than Louise Redknapp? Is she even box office? Hopefully she may not do all the performances in the week (such is the fashion now) and may catch the MT understudy at a matinee? The production (from what I remember) was quite good. I saw it several times. The nudity was toned down for the tour - no naked sailors as in London! To be fair to her, she was the runner up in 'Strictly' last year along with Danny Mac who is also leading a show at the moment. They're both a little bit like the bland leading the bland to me but they're obviously popular with Joe Public and the great unwashed. |
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Post by d'James on Jun 5, 2017 11:34:09 GMT
Louise Redknapp is so mimsy nowadays I fully expect her to play Sally Bowles wearing a cardigan. Exactly. Her costumes on Strictly were so unflattering (at her request, apparently. (Not that they should be unflattering, but that they shouldn't be revealing/too tight.)). |
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Post by Peach on Jun 5, 2017 12:49:16 GMT
Surely, surely they could have found someone better than Louise Redknapp? Is she even box office? Hopefully she may not do all the performances in the week (such is the fashion now) and may catch the MT understudy at a matinee? The production (from what I remember) was quite good. I saw it several times. The nudity was toned down for the tour - no naked sailors as in London! To be fair to her, she was the runner up in 'Strictly' last year along with Danny Mac who is also leading a show at the moment. They're both a little bit like the bland leading the bland to me but they're obviously popular with Joe Public and the great unwashed. To be fair to Danny Mac, he is perfectly suited to his role in On The Town. His scenes away from the other strong leads are very dance heavy, which he carries off beautifully. |
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Post by TallPaul on Jun 5, 2017 14:20:42 GMT
You can say (or write) what you like about Bill Kenwright productions, but credit where it's due, he does know how to cast to get bums on seats. It also helps if you can advertise for free to 2 million listeners on prime time Radio 2
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Post by hal9000 on Jun 5, 2017 15:48:08 GMT
I saw Anna Maxwell Martin as Sally. I actually consider her vastly overrated on TV and in film, and her performance turned me off the "but Sally isn't supposed to be a good singer!" arguments for life.
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