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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2017 20:08:15 GMT
Thanks for that, I was going to ask who the Narrator was. Can't find much info online. Don't suppose anyone knows who played the other main parts on the 2009 recording?! Good grief. Is that his alter-ego?! Who knew. Oh yes. NSFW just in case anyone googles it! An interesting story. Turns out the pay's much better than a Kenwright tour! Who knew.... Anyway.... Jacob - Henry Metcalf Pharaoh - Simon Bowman (assume not the Saigon/Les Mis one)Reuben - Trevor Jary Butler - Stephen McCarthy Baker - Harry Morrison Quite probably... He played the young Elvis in Are You Lonesome Tonight? many moons ago at the Phoenix. |
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Post by theatremadness on Apr 23, 2017 13:01:44 GMT
Well, it's already on tour, they've already released a recording with Joe as Joseph....would it transfer into town?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2017 13:36:51 GMT
I'm guessing a West End transfer too for the 50th anniversary.
Although why this production, I haven't the foggiest.
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Post by Jon on Apr 23, 2017 13:45:36 GMT
Where would it go? I assume one of the playhouses as I doubt any of the bigger theatres will be available. Is there real demand for Joseph in the West End given it's toured since the Stone Age.
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Post by daniel on Apr 23, 2017 13:51:11 GMT
If they charge West End prices for this production there'll be riots in the streets..
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Post by Jon on Apr 23, 2017 13:52:16 GMT
If they charge West End prices for this production there'll be riots in the streets.. I suspect if it did, it would be have permanent discounts to get people in |
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Post by Mark on Apr 23, 2017 14:00:23 GMT
There is a break in the tour in July/August but Joe is busy with his "Gloria" Tour.
There are then dates up until mid-November. Its actually a pretty good show for a limited Christmas season.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2017 14:24:01 GMT
NT Live relay to cinematic premises?
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Post by johartuk on Apr 23, 2017 14:52:44 GMT
NT Live relay to cinematic premises? As ALW has said he's planning to bring the show back to the West End 'later this year', it would make more sense to wait until then to do an NT Live relay to cinemas, or wait until the 50th celebration performance next year (whatever that involves) to do it. |
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Post by indis on Apr 23, 2017 16:32:37 GMT
Joseph back in London? have to see this
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Post by steve10086 on Apr 23, 2017 17:48:23 GMT
If they broadcast the cheap and shoddy touring version in cinemas it will be a travesty.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2017 8:19:19 GMT
I think it'll do a couple of arena shows like JCS
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Post by daniel on Apr 24, 2017 8:54:57 GMT
I've got no problem with Joseph as a show, and I'm sure when done properly it's probably quite good...but this particular production is an abomination. It's by far the most amateur-looking (I mean that with no disrespect to non-professional companies) "professional" show I've ever seen.
It's great that such a cheap production can offer really chip tickets for schools and families; I'm all for getting new audiences into theatre, but to put the current production into a West End house with inflated prices would anger me greatly. Have lower prices, with family deals and I'd possibly be more tolerable, but I still feel the production itself is nowhere near West End standards.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2017 9:04:22 GMT
Where would it go? I assume one of the playhouses as I doubt any of the bigger theatres will be available. Is there real demand for Joseph in the West End given it's toured since the Stone Age. It's ALW, why not The Other Palace? It's conspicuously empty of any runs after July, and they've already had a visit from RENT so are presumably open to that sort of thing. |
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Post by steve10086 on Apr 24, 2017 9:09:24 GMT
I've got no problem with Joseph as a show, and I'm sure when done properly it's probably quite good...but this particular production is an abomination. It's by far the most amateur-looking (I mean that with no respect to non-professional companies) "professional" show I've ever seen. It's great that such a cheap production can offer really chip tickets for schools and families; I'm all for getting new audiences into theatre, but to put the current production into a West End house with inflated prices would anger me greatly. Have lower prices, with family deals and I'd possibly be more tolerable, but I still feel the production itself is nowhere near West End standards. [/rant] Couldn't agree more. The Palladium production of Joseph (later restaged at the Adelphi) proves it can be a quality show. But Kenwright's touring version is truly horrible. It's embarrassingly bad. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2017 10:54:29 GMT
It's ALW, why not The Other Palace? It's conspicuously empty of any runs after July, and they've already had a visit from RENT so are presumably open to that sort of thing. Wasn't Rent the last show at the St. James Theatre, and The Other Palace opened with The Wild Party? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2017 11:09:30 GMT
It's ALW, why not The Other Palace? It's conspicuously empty of any runs after July, and they've already had a visit from RENT so are presumably open to that sort of thing. Wasn't Rent the last show at the St. James Theatre, and The Other Palace opened with The Wild Party? He is indeed correct. And as you're two people who do "enjoy" being "precise" on well, everything I think it's fair to adjudicate on this one. They changed over the signage and décor in the break between, and Wild Party was indeed the first Other Palace production.
ETA to be completely pedantic, Rent was of course a co-production with Clwyd.
It's still a stupid name though.
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Post by shady23 on Apr 24, 2017 12:02:20 GMT
I think it'll do a couple of arena shows like JCS It is, have just heard it's coming to Newcastle Arena, and no doubt the rest. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2017 12:17:20 GMT
I think it'll do a couple of arena shows like JCS It is, have just heard it's coming to Newcastle Arena, and no doubt the rest. Why why why Joseph....
I'd love to see a decent production but I LOATHE arenas.
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Post by daniel on Apr 24, 2017 13:04:26 GMT
And @superted wins the point for this one! 🎉🎉🎉 I think it'll do a couple of arena shows like JCS |
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Post by singularsensation10 on Apr 24, 2017 13:43:58 GMT
I can see this backfiring badly. I actually love Joseph, it was the first show as a kid that got me obsessed with theatre, so will always hold a big place in my heart... BUT it doesn't have the same kind of cult following that JCS does. I also don't think the score is as 'big' as JCS score and will drown in a big venue. I saw the JCS arena tour and thought it was all kinds of wrong, and somehow think this will be an even more disappointing fail. Why not just do a big gala at the Palladium and get Donny Osmond, Philip Schofield, HfromSteps (that's his full name right?) etc with Linzi Harley, Maria Friedman and Vivienne Carlyle and other alumni back, and get ALW to play Jacob or something? This show is great when quality is put over quantity, and arena tours are hard to achieve that.
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Post by johartuk on Apr 24, 2017 14:20:06 GMT
I can see this backfiring badly. I actually love Joseph, it was the first show as a kid that got me obsessed with theatre, so will always hold a big place in my heart... BUT it doesn't have the same kind of cult following that JCS does. I also don't think the score is as 'big' as JCS score and will drown in a big venue. I saw the JCS arena tour and thought it was all kinds of wrong, and somehow think this will be an even more disappointing fail. Why not just do a big gala at the Palladium and get Donny Osmond, Philip Schofield, HfromSteps (that's his full name right?) etc with Linzi Harley, Maria Friedman and Vivienne Carlyle and other alumni back, and get ALW to play Jacob or something? This show is great when quality is put over quantity, and arena tours are hard to achieve that. I agree. JCS has a rock score, so works in an arena setting (ALW has said that he originally envisioned it being performed in an arena setting). Joseph was originally written to be performed in a school, and certainly doesn't have a rock score. I just can't see it working in arenas, where many audience members will be sitting a long way from the stage! A gala performance in a theatre, with former cast members, would be a far more sensible (and fun) idea to celebrate the 50th anniversary. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2017 15:14:57 GMT
If they brought back Linzi Hateley for just 1 performance I'd be there in a heartbeat! Though I'm not sure she could belt it out like she used to. She's fantastic on the London Cast Recording.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2017 15:15:21 GMT
If they brought back Linzi Hateley for just 1 performance I'd be there in a heartbeat! Though I'm not sure she could belt it out like she used to. She's fantastic on the London Cast Recording.
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Post by shady23 on Apr 24, 2017 15:54:24 GMT
Maybe they're banking on a bit of stunt casting for the Pharaoh etc?
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