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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2022 15:31:52 GMT
The Being Alive concert was where Maria Friedman sang Broadway Baby at the last minute, got noticed by Sondheim himself abd led to her being cast as Dot in Sunday... at the RNT.
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Post by alece10 on Mar 4, 2022 15:44:25 GMT
Think you are right guys as I went to the after show party at Tiger Tiger with a friend who I fell out with years ago so it would have been the earlier concert. I also must have been at the 2015 concert as I go to pretty much everything Sondheim related.
Must try and dig out the programmes.
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Post by alece10 on Mar 4, 2022 15:46:40 GMT
At this point Daniel Evans is probably the most likely candidate to sing Finishinh the Hat Or Franklin Shepherd Inc. But I think Finishing the hat fits the bill more. I so hope they can get 3 of the females to do the stripper song from Gypsy. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2022 15:56:47 GMT
It would be hard to top Bernadette, Julia and Ruthie's Gimmick from Hey Mr Producer. In fact that whole Sondheim set was absolute perfection and is hard to beat.
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Post by theatreian on Mar 4, 2022 16:05:01 GMT
A reminder!
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Post by Someone in a tree on Mar 4, 2022 16:05:25 GMT
It would be hard to top Bernadette, Julia and Ruthie's Gimmick from Hey Mr Producer. In fact that whole Sondheim set was absolute perfection and is hard to beat. Not that I'm going but my worry is that they will try to recreate the previous gig when they should 'move on' Evans could sing Hat brilliantly but it would be more fun if sang something different and gave another person a chance at this classic. I suspect Cameron is wanting an album and dvd out of this (albeit for charity) so it will all be on the safe side. |
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Post by alece10 on Mar 4, 2022 16:19:55 GMT
Did anyone else go to the Hey Mr Producer concert?
Probably none of you are old enough 😀
Its in my top 3 best ever nights in the theatre.
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Post by theatreian on Mar 4, 2022 16:30:39 GMT
I would have loved to go to Hey Mr Producer. Can't remember why I didn't go, but got the dvd and what a line up it was. Never before or since has there been such a theatrical cast on a stage in one night.
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Post by alece10 on Mar 4, 2022 16:41:56 GMT
I would have loved to go to Hey Mr Producer. Can't remember why I didn't go, but got the dvd and what a line up it was. Never before or since has there been such a theatrical cast on a stage in one night. I wasn't originally going but I'd paid a fortune to see a Liza concert that was cancelled so when I got the refund I thought why not spend the money on this as the money had already been spent. I actually got a seat last minute, it was in the gods but I didn't care. |
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Post by theatreian on Mar 4, 2022 16:47:19 GMT
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Post by jaggy on Mar 4, 2022 17:10:37 GMT
Did anyone else go to the Hey Mr Producer concert? Probably none of you are old enough 😀 Its in my top 3 best ever nights in the theatre. I'm so jealous! Did you see any of the original London productions of Sondheim's shows: Follies, Sunday, Into the Woods, Assassins, Passion? |
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Post by alece10 on Mar 4, 2022 17:32:31 GMT
Did anyone else go to the Hey Mr Producer concert? Probably none of you are old enough 😀 Its in my top 3 best ever nights in the theatre. I'm so jealous! Did you see any of the original London productions of Sondheim's shows: Follies, Sunday, Into the Woods, Assassins, Passion? Yes all apart from Passion as its never been a favourite of mine. However I did see it years later at the Donmar. Also Roadshow which was done at the Menier. |
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Post by alece10 on Mar 4, 2022 17:34:27 GMT
Thanks, that's really interesting as I was wondering what the link was as I couldn't remember her being in any of his musicals. |
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Post by anthony40 on Mar 5, 2022 15:04:06 GMT
Coincidently on the day the tickets go sale I have the day off work and it's pay day.
Take my money!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2022 22:21:25 GMT
Hannah Waddingham did a lovely Witch and Desiree a few years ago, so it's good she's in this line-up but it's interesting that the power of TV and an Emmy has helped her to finally be considered with these other headliners. Before Ted Lasso, she never would've been involved with a gig like this. A shame that so many dedicated theatre people only really get their due when they land a hit TV show. I remember she was an also ran for many years, losing Oliviers to bigger names, and also understandably not getting the A Little Night Music Broadway transfer over Catherine Zeta-Jones etc. Nice to see her getting a spot in this.
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Post by alece10 on Mar 5, 2022 22:38:15 GMT
Hannah Waddingham did a lovely Witch and Desiree a few years ago, so it's good she's in this line-up but it's interesting that the power of TV and an Emmy has helped her to finally be considered with these other headliners. Before Ted Lasso, she never would've been involved with a gig like this. A shame that so many dedicated theatre people only really get their due when they land a hit TV show. I remember she was an also ran for many years, losing Oliviers to bigger names, and also understandably not getting the A Little Night Music Broadway transfer over Catherine Zeta-Jones etc. Nice to see her getting a spot in this. And let's not forget her appearances in Benidorm. 😀 |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2022 22:48:50 GMT
Yeah! She was always a reliable workhorse actress - she even survived the ALW Wizard of Oz at the Palladium (!). Nice to see her out and about now.
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Post by marob on Mar 5, 2022 22:50:43 GMT
And thanks to Game of Thrones she’s also a meme.
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Post by theoracle on Mar 6, 2022 22:49:59 GMT
Would love to see Waddingham sing Could I leave you. I think her comic timing and fury would be executed terrifically
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Post by Being Alive on Mar 6, 2022 23:18:31 GMT
Would love to see Waddingham sing Could I leave you. I think her comic timing and fury would be executed terrifically I reckon it'll be Children Will Listen. People will largely do stuff they're known for I imagine. |
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Post by Deal J on Mar 7, 2022 0:43:35 GMT
Or she might do Last Midnight, she seems to enjoy performing that one in her concerts.
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Post by couldileaveyou on Mar 7, 2022 16:15:01 GMT
A very Sondheim year for Maria Friedman!
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Post by jaggy on Mar 7, 2022 21:53:38 GMT
A very Sondheim year for Maria Friedman! This was rumoured to play Broadway with Radcliffe and Andrew Garfield. I wonder if Garfield is still attached... |
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Post by apubleed on Mar 9, 2022 12:12:31 GMT
The most special thing Bernadette could sing would be a new song from Sondheim’s new musical ‘Square One’ she did a reading of just before he died.
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Post by alece10 on Mar 9, 2022 12:24:28 GMT
A very Sondheim year for Maria Friedman! Interestingly enough Maria Friedman talked about this last night in her show. She said that she had been trying to bring the show to Broadway for 8 years and 10 days before Sondheim died he did an interview about Company on Broadway and added at the end that Maria was bringing Merrily to Broadway. She said that once he had said that then it just had to happen as no one would dare go against him. She said more great names to be announced. |
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