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Post by theatrelover123 on Sept 7, 2017 17:06:26 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2017 20:19:09 GMT
Oh that title is just asking for filth.
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Post by notmymuse on Sept 7, 2017 21:24:04 GMT
I saw this at the Landor years ago and was really disappointed. There was a lovely song about dogs (or it may have been cats...) but that was the only highlight. Hopefully the union will do a better job.
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Post by theatreian on Sept 8, 2017 7:20:37 GMT
Is he lucky because he is stiff ,because he has found stiffness or does he dream of stiffness?
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Post by showgirl on Sept 8, 2017 7:40:56 GMT
I saw this at the Landor years ago and was really disappointed. There was a lovely song about dogs (or it may have been cats...) but that was the only highlight. Hopefully the union will do a better job. So I'm right in thinking this isn't new, and may even have seen the Landor version. Somehow the email from the Union read as though it was a new work - or maybe I read it too hastily. |
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Post by mallardo on Sept 8, 2017 7:48:20 GMT
It's not only not new it's old - the very first collaboration between Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty. I too saw the Landor production and thought it quite funny. Done with style it could be hilarious. A movie was made of it a couple of years ago to little acclaim. BTW the "stiff" of the title is a corpse.
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Post by Steffi on Sept 8, 2017 7:52:07 GMT
I enjoyed the production at the Landor. I don't think it's an amazing show but if done right it has the potential to be really funny.
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Post by JJShaw on Oct 12, 2017 18:59:42 GMT
Just to boost this if anyone has hesitations going to see this i would highly recommend.
Really enjoyable score and a talented cast. The woman playing Rita (who i think is nominated for an Offie award) was a huge standout and played it perfectly. I thought it was staged cleverly considering the confines of the Union theatre.
I wish it was presented as a one act rather than a two act. Would be a much stronger 90 minutes show that a sliiiightly drawn out 1hr 50 mins.
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