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Post by Oleanna on May 31, 2016 12:07:21 GMT
Anybody think that this is due a big London revival?
Apart from Chichester (2008), we've had no big revival since the original production at the Adelphi in 1961.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2016 12:28:13 GMT
The Chichester production was perfection. It should have transferred but it didn't work out
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Post by ShoesForRent on May 31, 2016 12:29:51 GMT
Who starred in the Chichester production?
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Post by Oleanna on May 31, 2016 12:31:36 GMT
Who starred in the Chichester production? Brian Conley and Scarlett Strallen. |
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Post by ShoesForRent on May 31, 2016 13:02:40 GMT
I haven't heard of Brian but I bet Scarlett was great!
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Post by musicallady on May 31, 2016 14:25:34 GMT
I've done this show twice as an amateur and loved it.
Time for a revival
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2016 14:41:44 GMT
I haven't heard of Brian but I bet Scarlett was great! Taking bets now, you're either very young, not a British national, or live under a rock. There was a period (I think it was basically the entirety of the '80s and '90s?) when you simply couldn't switch on a TV set without having Brian Conley gurning back at you.  |
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Post by Jon on May 31, 2016 15:07:26 GMT
I haven't heard of Brian but I bet Scarlett was great! Taking bets now, you're either very young, not a British national, or live under a rock. There was a period (I think it was basically the entirety of the '80s and '90s?) when you simply couldn't switch on a TV set without having Brian Conley gurning back at you. It's a puppet!!! |
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Post by macksennett on May 31, 2016 15:31:02 GMT
Loved the Chichester production. One of their very best imo.
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Post by foxa on May 31, 2016 18:45:36 GMT
It was done in Regent's Park in 1995 with a different Brian - Brian Cox! I love the musical but I remember that revival being a bit of a mess - Brian Cox (who is an absolutely fabulous actor) was woefully miscast and seemed to be wearing clown's make up.
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Post by ShoesForRent on May 31, 2016 18:49:56 GMT
I haven't heard of Brian but I bet Scarlett was great! Taking bets now, you're either very young, not a British national, or live under a rock. There was a period (I think it was basically the entirety of the '80s and '90s?) when you simply couldn't switch on a TV set without having Brian Conley gurning back at you. 21, not a brit (Israel here, so its kind of a rock, and if the tv program is foreign it's american and nothing else) so I'm three for three whoop whoop!(do I win?) Is he a good stage performer? |
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2016 18:58:04 GMT
I am so good at guessing, go me!  He was very good in The Music Man at Chichester, but I've mostly only seen him work as an entertainer rather than an actor. |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jun 1, 2016 21:03:27 GMT
It was fabulous in Chichester. Scarlett was perfection.. Conley not so much. It was going to transfer to the New London and then it fell through. It should be revived again with Strallen and someone better as Harold Hill.
It also featured great choreography and a neat design
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Post by fiyero on Jun 1, 2016 21:41:31 GMT
It was fabulous in Chichester. Scarlett was perfection.. Conley not so much. It was going to transfer to the New London and then it fell through. It should be revived again with Strallen and someone better as Harold Hill. It also featured great choreography and a neat design Tricky to compare as I haven't seen any other productions but I loved Brian Conley in the role. I loved the whole production! |
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Post by shady23 on Jun 1, 2016 21:43:09 GMT
I've only seen Brian live in the Oliver tour and he was very good in that.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2016 21:49:01 GMT
I'm a huge fan of Brian Conley, seen him four times in panto, but only one musical (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang which he was great in!), bit gutted I missed him in Barnum and Oliver! - and The Music Man for that matter as it is a musical I'd quite like to see!
As I said on the previous forum, Seth MacFarlane did a fantastic cover of "Ya Got Trouble" at the Proms a few years ago, but him starring in a musical would be highly unlikely.
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Post by ShoesForRent on Jun 1, 2016 21:57:44 GMT
I'm a huge fan of Brian Conley, seen him four times in panto, but only one musical (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang which he was great in!), bit gutted I missed him in Barnum and Oliver! - and The Music Man for that matter as it is a musical I'd quite like to see! As I said on the previous forum, Seth MacFarlane did a fantastic cover of "Ya Got Trouble" at the Proms a few years ago, but him starring in a musical would be highly unlikely. He also covered "The Sadder But Wiser Girl for Me" on his album (and we mustn't forget Peter Griffin's "Shipoopi" ) and sounded great, I was just thinking about him. I feel like he may have said he'd like to do stage work in the future, but I could be wrong.. I think he could be great- he's got great comic timing. |
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Post by theatremadness on Jun 1, 2016 22:01:08 GMT
The Music Man was my first Chichester musical and was indeed my first musical I ever did as an amateur, playing Winthrop Paroo when I was 8 years old with my Grandma's amdram society (with my Grandma playing the Mayor's Wife!), so it holds a very special place in my heart! Though I was 14 when I saw it at Chichester, I have only very vague memories of the show as a whole, though I do remember some specific parts but I do know that I completely adored it and thought Brian Conley was simply perfect (as I thought he was in Barnum, too!) and the whole experience was just thrilling. I distinctly remember the audience applauding during the opening when the men put their luggage down and the stage started revolving as if it were a train as they began Rock Island.
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Post by theatremiss on Jun 2, 2016 7:21:29 GMT
Brian has been fab in everything I've seen him in: Jolson was my favourite, followed by Barnum and Oliver. I've seen him in many pantos but it does tend to be the Brian Conley show where panto is concerned. It'd be great to see him in something soon (other than panto)
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Post by brenth on Jun 2, 2016 7:59:57 GMT
I think he would make a great Buddy in Follies
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Post by musicallady on Jun 2, 2016 15:48:21 GMT
I have to disagree about Brian Connolly. To me he takes over whatever he's in and it becomes "his" show.
I can remember years ago seeing Michael Barrymore singing 76 Trombones and thinking at the time he'd be a great Harold Hill.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2016 17:20:36 GMT
I find him a bit hit and miss, panto and Oliver was very much Brian conley show but music man he played the part, and well
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jun 2, 2016 18:51:42 GMT
Conley was rubbish in this. He couldn't be bothered.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 2, 2016 19:01:09 GMT
He was dreadful in Barnum but claimed to have a sore throat.
*yawn*
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jun 2, 2016 21:00:07 GMT
Years ago I cast him in my head as the perfect Harold Hill... And it was a huge disappointment that he didn't deliver in the role at all.
Damien Lewis would probably play it well..
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He was very good in The Music Man at Chichester, but I've mostly only seen him work as an entertainer rather than an actor.
