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Post by ali973 on Apr 22, 2017 7:26:58 GMT
I went where no one should go today, and was listening to the 1994 London cast recording of Copacabana.
Has anyone seen this delicious guilty pleasure back in the '90s? I thought it was absolutely gaudy and yet so wonderful and exciting.
Whatever happened to Nicola Dawn?
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Post by ptwest on Apr 22, 2017 8:08:53 GMT
It was completely cheese-tastic, I remember that!
I remember Nicola Dawn as one of "The Unconventionals" on an early series of X factor, assuming it was the same person.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2017 8:17:02 GMT
i really liked it and i didnt think it was any worse than most musical comedies. some great numbers. fun night in the theatre
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2017 10:59:19 GMT
Saw the original production with Gary Wilmot, I remember finding it inoffensive but very slight and the production was low rent in comparison to the best shows of the time. Around then I also saw the original Angels in America which was revelatory and, in comparison, has a lot more that I can recall of it.
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Post by alece10 on Apr 22, 2017 11:02:00 GMT
I remember seeing it with Gary Wilmot too - am I right in thinking it was Cambridge theatre or maybe Prince of Wales?
It was fun and I still have the cast recording
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Post by ali973 on Apr 22, 2017 11:05:17 GMT
It was in the Prince of Wales. I recall Darren Day replacing Wilmot at one point.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2017 11:08:38 GMT
I remember seeing it with Gary Wilmot too - am I right in thinking it was Cambridge theatre or maybe Prince of Wales? It was fun and I still have the cast recording Prince of Wales, Going further back I remember buying the original song on twelve inch vinyl in, I think, the late seventies! EDIT: There is a behind the scenes video of the production on VHS, for those who can play them and can find a second hand copy. |
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Post by gra on Apr 22, 2017 11:39:33 GMT
I've conducted this twice for Amateur Operatic companies.
Great fun to do, particularly if you've got a good band.
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Post by groupbooker on Apr 22, 2017 12:19:38 GMT
It was a Theatre Royal Plymouth production originally and directed by Roger Redfarn. It transferred to London from Plymouth. Barry Manilow came over to see it and wanted a lot of changes which didn't go down too well I remember.
One of the many musicals that we sent from Plymouth to London in the Royal heyday!!
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Post by ali973 on Apr 22, 2017 12:23:53 GMT
I remember seeing it with Gary Wilmot too - am I right in thinking it was Cambridge theatre or maybe Prince of Wales? It was fun and I still have the cast recording Prince of Wales, Going further back I remember buying the original song on twelve inch vinyl in, I think, the late seventies! EDIT: There is a behind the scenes video of the production on VHS, for those who can play them and can find a second hand copy. I had that "making of" video neons ago as well. THAT I know I don't have, but last time I was in the attic I do recall seeing an audience capture of the show with Darren Day in the lead. |
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Post by viserys on Apr 22, 2017 12:55:15 GMT
It was in the Prince of Wales. I recall Darren Day replacing Wilmot at one point. Yes, I saw Darren Day in the lead (and later a Dutch production with Danny de Munk). It was a very special day as there was some sort of West End thing going on in Leicester Square that day with people from various ensembles doing a bed race and other shenanigans. We went on the overnight daytrip coach from Western Germany on Friday evening, saw the West End thing in the morning, bought half price tickets for Copacabana next door, then took the overnight coach back home to arrive on Sunday morning. Ah, to be young again. |
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Post by ali973 on Apr 22, 2017 13:01:32 GMT
I remember the bed race thing they did. Something about the WE was a lot more vibrant back in the '90s.
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Post by PhantomNcl on May 2, 2017 12:45:30 GMT
I remember seeing the Prince of Wales production with Gary Wilmot in the lead, then again on tour with Michael Praed.
Don't remember much of the set, but I saw a local news programme about the costumes for the 'Night on the town' number which had Manhattan skylines that were carried on the girls' outstretched arms - apparently they were so unwieldy they were kept up in the flies and flown down to be attached to the performers.
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