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Post by emeraldbaudelaire on Apr 29, 2021 12:24:16 GMT
If there is a theatre God I pray he never let's Kimberly Walsh sing a musical theatre number again. I've never heard anyone sing Defying Gravity like that before...
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Post by greeny11 on Apr 29, 2021 16:31:36 GMT
Another one from Chicago - Cuba Gooding Jr was dreadful. Ruthie Henshall's vocals were flat throughout the whole show too - there was a really awkward moment at the end of a duet between her and Velma where they both ended the song flat and it sounded awful.
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Post by alece10 on Apr 29, 2021 17:13:39 GMT
Nancy Dell'Olio in Fashion Victim was truly awful.
Mind you the whole musical was dire and its the only musical I have ever left at the end of the first act.
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Post by saral on Apr 29, 2021 20:59:27 GMT
I thought Martin Kemp was terrible in Chicago, he can't sing any more
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Post by distantcousin on May 5, 2021 14:23:02 GMT
I love it! It was my first introduction to the song.
Have you heard Linzi Hateley sing it? outstanding! search out the Moving On Soundtrack, it was my introduction to Sondheim! love it! I'll try and find it, thanks! She has a lovely voice. |
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Post by alece10 on May 5, 2021 15:10:16 GMT
Have you heard Linzi Hateley sing it? outstanding! search out the Moving On Soundtrack, it was my introduction to Sondheim! love it! I'll try and find it, thanks! She has a lovely voice. I bought that CD years ago and will have to dig it out and listen again. Thanks for the reminder |
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2021 16:08:46 GMT
Graham Norton was also rotten in La Cage. I went to see La Cage one NYE, and that production had a lot of illness' flying around, and cast members were in and out sick all the time. That evening, both the lead and the understudies were sick, so instead of cancelling the show, they asked Graham Norton to step in. 2 weeks before his official opening night. Bless him. He should have said no. They did offer a refund before it started, but I stayed to watch. I left at the interval and got a full refund for the ticket. |
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Post by inthenose on May 5, 2021 16:23:03 GMT
Graham Norton was also rotten in La Cage. I went to see La Cage one NYE, and that production had a lot of illness' flying around, and cast members were in and out sick all the time. That evening, both the lead and the understudies were sick, so instead of cancelling the show, they asked Graham Norton to step in. 2 weeks before his official opening night. Bless him. He should have said no. They did offer a refund before it started, but I stayed to watch. I left at the interval and got a full refund for the ticket. Was he off book? I'd have loved to have seen this, love me a good trainwreck. Good on him though for stepping up! |
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2021 16:46:33 GMT
Was he off book? I'd have loved to have seen this, love me a good trainwreck. Good on him though for stepping up! Yes off book, but he hadn't really got comfortable with it by then, which was fair enough given he still had a few weeks to really get it down. A few of the dance numbers involved him being moved around by cast members on occasion too. But good on him for stepping up, like you said. It couldn't have been easy to put yourself out there, knowing you're not ready, especially in his musical debut. |
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Post by n1david on May 6, 2021 13:35:28 GMT
I went to see La Cage one NYE, and that production had a lot of illness' flying around, and cast members were in and out sick all the time. That evening, both the lead and the understudies were sick, so instead of cancelling the show, they asked Graham Norton to step in. 2 weeks before his official opening night. Bless him. He should have said no. Yes, he wrote about this in one of his books, and acknowledges he wasn't ready, and should have said no - he rang one of his actor friends after he'd said yes and they said he was completely mad for agreeing to it. But he'd never done a West End show before, so wasn't quite sure how ready he was. He now says he should never have been asked, and I'm inclined to agree that it was the fault of the producers in putting an inexperienced performer onstage before he was ready. |
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2021 17:18:57 GMT
Yes, he wrote about this in one of his books, and acknowledges he wasn't ready, and should have said no - he rang one of his actor friends after he'd said yes and they said he was completely mad for agreeing to it. But he'd never done a West End show before, so wasn't quite sure how ready he was. He now says he should never have been asked, and I'm inclined to agree that it was the fault of the producers in putting an inexperienced performer onstage before he was ready. I agree. I wonder if they thought he could do it, or just didn't want to refund the whole audience by cancelling the performance. I know what the cynic in me says... |
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