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Post by HereForTheatre on Oct 8, 2017 15:38:23 GMT
To be fair the director had to explain all this to me....which isn't ideal and so they said they made changes since to make the concept mote obvious. The stamp for example was added after I talked to him about it.
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Post by shady23 on Oct 8, 2017 16:53:04 GMT
Watched them unloading the kit into Newcastle Theatre Royal today.
Really looking forward to seeing this one evening this week.
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Post by kirstylovesmusicals on Oct 8, 2017 17:20:36 GMT
I’m seeing this tomorrow and can’t wait. Even forked out for a decent stalls seat instead of my usual in the balcony.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 8, 2017 21:08:37 GMT
Two weeks 'til Manchester! I’m gagging for it. Are you going on opening night? |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 8, 2017 21:09:58 GMT
I’m seeing this tomorrow and can’t wait. Even forked out for a decent stalls seat instead of my usual in the balcony. Looking forward to your review Kirsty. |
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Post by theatreian on Oct 8, 2017 21:13:20 GMT
Hope you have a great night and enjoy the show.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2017 9:07:23 GMT
Two weeks 'til Manchester! I’m gagging for it. Are you going on opening night? Likewise!. I am. You? |
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Post by PhantomNcl on Oct 9, 2017 10:19:18 GMT
Working this one tonight and Thursday, then in to see it as a paying punter on Friday. Beyond excited - I was a huge fan of the
Adelphi original, and loved the previous tour too with Faith Brown, one of the loveliest people I've ever met.
I remember working the merchandise stand for the whole run, and one night while I was restocking after the incoming a man came up and asked if we had any posters. I said not officially on sale, but I'm sure I could get one for him. He said "Thank you very much, that's very kind, I'm 'Mr Faith Brown', and we'd like to have a poster from every venue on the tour." I got him the poster and he took my name and address - at Christmas that year I got a card from them, and a lovely signed photo of Faith as Norma as thanks for my help!
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Post by shady23 on Oct 9, 2017 11:26:23 GMT
Danny was off sick at the end of last week so I hope he is back today.
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Post by dgjbear on Oct 9, 2017 14:04:08 GMT
I'm British, have a TV and had no idea who Danny Mac is either . I'm hoping he's a revelation as an actor. I'm so looking forward to Sunset Boulevard , but I must admit my heart sank when I found out his background . I realise plenty of really good actors have been in soaps , such as Suranne Jones, Sarah Lancashire etc , but for every one of these fine actors there seems to be an over publicised one act shouty soap actor . Danny Mac was a Musical Theatre actor (he was in the ensemble of Wicked and first cover Boq) before going into a Soap ( Hollyoaks). He was in Strictly Come Dancing last year, which launched his career as a leading man.
I'm glad it's not just me...
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Post by shady23 on Oct 9, 2017 14:16:05 GMT
I saw him as Boq in Wicked a few times and he was perfectly fine. He is also perfectly fine too 😍
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Post by michalnowicki on Oct 9, 2017 15:49:55 GMT
I saw him as Boq in Wicked a few times and he was perfectly fine. He is also perfectly fine too 😍 Quite a looker  |
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Post by shady23 on Oct 9, 2017 15:52:37 GMT
Yes which made it all the most bizarre that Glinda didn't just dump Fiyero and run off with him instead.
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Post by shady23 on Oct 9, 2017 19:55:37 GMT
Went to town after work, the wind changed and I was blown into the box office, getting a great half priced seat.
Interval now. Enjoying it but the lugging of those staircases around every two minutes really is distracting!
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Post by kirstylovesmusicals on Oct 9, 2017 21:07:23 GMT
Standing ovation on all levels from what I could see tonight. Will Post my thoughts in a bit
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Post by kirstylovesmusicals on Oct 9, 2017 23:16:35 GMT
So Ria is pretty fantastic as Norma. There were moments I felt she could have made the character more unpredictable but the way she played it actually worked well and I loved her voice,so strong and clear. Danny was good acting wise but I felt his voice wasn’t quite upto such a big score. He had this strange ability to make me not like him but like him at the same time.
Molly as Betty was very lovely indeed and I enjoyed Adam Pearce as Max. The stair case was cleverly split into 3pieces but it didn’t bother me how much they were moving it about. Very glad I saw this production I don’t feel like it’s a tour done on the cheap and it’s worth a look!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2017 7:03:22 GMT
Thats actually really good to hear what you say about danny as joe should be that type of character. He isnt exactly a likeable person but at the same time as our leading man and narrator you need to be able to like him
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Post by PhantomNcl on Oct 10, 2017 12:32:16 GMT
Wow. What a great show, and some fantastic performances. Having read on this thread about the whole 'film within a show' idea the set changes didn't bug me as much as they might have done otherwise - it fits having the 'crew' come and strike the set after each scene is filmed. Some really lovely uses of projection too, especially combined with the lighting for scenes such as Salome with red flames licking up the sides of the set. Even the car chase, which I've never really liked in any version I've seen, didn't seem too bad and works well as a filmed element (though they do need to oil the gear stick, it was squeaking like a tortured mouse every time it was moved!).
I loved the costumes, especially Norma's 'New Ways to Dream' one, and turbans were very much in evidence!
Ria was absolutely incredible as Norma. She went from fragile to bossy old boot to batsh*t crazy with such ease, and her voice was possibly the most suited to the score out of all the Normas I've seen. She brought the house down after 'With One Look' and 'As If We Never Said Goodbye', and quite rightly so.
Not knowing a great deal about Danny Mac I was really impressed with him both in terms of his acting and his singing. It's a big role to carry off, especially as he's hardly off stage, but I thought he did a really good job. Molly Lynch was great as Betty with a lovely singing voice, and the two of them performed 'Too Much In Love' beautifully.
The stand-out for me though was Adam Pearce as Max. I was't sure if he would be too young for the part, but once he started to sing... oh my! That beautiful deep, rich voice... goosebumps all over! I think it was the first time in my twelvety-something times of seeing the show that I've actually felt any kind of sympathy for Max, but Adam really brought a greater depth to the character, and his love for Norma was very evident. There was a lovely moment during 'New Ways' where Norma reaches out to Max and gently takes his hand, both of them caught up in the memory of their time together as actor and director.
All topped off by a superb ensemble and an orchestra which sounded as though it was 4 times the size it actually was, and it made for a fantastic evening of theatre, with a standing ovation on all levels to finish things off.
I'm looking forward to going back to see it in full on Friday with my other half and parents, who've never seen the show before or heard the score, and seeing what they make of it!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2017 13:40:00 GMT
So I saw this at the last matinee in Leicester and I really couldn't praise it highly enough. Though was a perfect solution to touring Sunset and a real quality touring production. Up there with Miss Saigon as a show I will happily travel round the country to see.
The orchestra were fabulous, score sounded amazing. The sets (physical and projections) I thought were great.
Ria Jones IMO is the best Norma we have had since Paige. Fantastic musical theatre voice and amazing in character. And Danny Mac - to be so gorgeous AND so talented, what's not to love.
I know I'll probably be alone on this but I thought this was the best version since the original. In particular I thought it was a gulf away from the semi started version. For me it just clicked. Haven't enjoyed it so much since The Adelphi!
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Post by chernjam on Oct 14, 2017 15:48:24 GMT
I've been excited to read how well the tour has been received. Sunset is one of my all time favorites, so seeing it having successful re-incarnations makes me hopeful that if they ever do the film with Glenn, perhaps that will spur interest in a full fledged, open-ended revival - especially now that some other directors have had stabs at it and shown how it can be done without the glorious production that we had the first time (I miss Napier's sets, but...)
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Post by macksennett on Oct 16, 2017 5:59:34 GMT
Sorry to ask (!) but can someone tell me what the merchandise is for this show please?
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Post by jaymanc on Oct 16, 2017 11:08:27 GMT
In Leicester they had acrylic magnets, a mug, a set of postcards with the costume designs and a large costume print of Norma's dresses (the original Anthony Powell designs). Nice program too, no brochure yet though I'm told it will be available soon.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2017 13:27:43 GMT
Surprised they're not doing branded turbans.
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Post by steve10086 on Oct 16, 2017 14:36:40 GMT
In Leicester they had acrylic magnets, a mug, a set of postcards with the costume designs and a large costume print of Norma's dresses (the original Anthony Powell designs). Nice program too, no brochure yet though I'm told it will be available soon. Bit weird to sell the Anthony Powell print when the costumes aren’t in the show. Feels a bit like the end of Bullseye... “look at what you could have won” I guess there’s a lot of leftover stock after the Coliseum/Broadway. |
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Post by PhantomNcl on Oct 16, 2017 15:27:48 GMT
In Newcastle it was just CDs (the remastered London cast recording - £15), magnets (£6) and mugs (can't remember the price). The mug and magnet have the new branding on.
No brochures, just the house programme.
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