QueenAlice said: "Was sad I missed this in London. This is very exciting! How was Lauren Ward? Do we think she will come back to the states for the broadway production?"
She was great, and has remained in the production in all three UK runs so it is entirely possible I suppose. Honestly though, as good as the whole cast were Sharon D. Clarke eclipsed almost everyone and everything else on that stage.
Impossible2 said: "Poor Dannii, it wasn't really her fault. There was no band, all the music was pre-recorded and lets just say that apart from one song (the big one where she sounded fine), they didn't bother changing it to any key she was capable of singing in..."
Rumour has it she only ‘sounded fine’ in THAT one song because she was miming to Tina Arena’s click track.
djoko84 said: "How about the people who care so much about playbills being environmentally friendly, turn off their computers, stop using electricity, and stop posting on here to save energy in their houses. That might work."
Or maybe just those with nothing useful to contribute.
joevitus said: "If you can't help but be wrong, you can't help it. Fact is, it will make utterly no difference to our planet's well being as long as far more serious acts of pollution/waste occur. I can't help but tell you that."
Obviously the planet’s future well being is reliant on addressing as many issues of pollution and waste as possible; from government and business policy down to the everyday decisions of familie
Tsao5 said: “The German show was far from perfect but many who have seen both prefer the Berlin version. Anyway, that is a basic answer to your question."
Great answer Tsao5 and sorry for basically repeating much of what you said but I’d already written it!
I was lucky enough to have seen both and I definitely fall into that category of preferring the Berlin version. The songs and orchestrations were my favourite repre
SouthernCakes said: "Im rewatching the German production of The Hunchback of Norte Dame and its visually stunning. Why did this production never make it to the US? And was this a Disney production?"
joevitus said: “...this is not an effective use of their concern”
I can’t help think this is an entirely BS argument and this kind of thinking totally destructive. Every person and every positive action matters. Almost every significant change is made through an ongoing series of little steps; and it’s ridiculous to dismiss these just because there are larger issues that also need to be tackled. LEDs have brought major improvements in the (agr
ljay889 said: "I think the difference is that Craig and Bailey’s involvement supposedly fell apart during negotiations. If the producers had snubbed them all together, that would be a different story."
Obviously it remains to be seen but I took Patti’s stance as being the same as with Les Miserables - that she enjoyed her time with the original company/production too much to risk marring that experience with a different one. Irrespective of who the replac
Up In One said: "With Lenk and LuPone on board ..."
Isn’t it safe to assume Patti isn’t onboard given the repeated suggestions that Rosalie Craig & Jonathan Bailey won’t be transferring? Aside from previously having quit musicals after War Paint she did, quite unequivocally state she wouldn’t carry on with Company without those leads - which she also followed through with in her Les Mis days.
Jordan Catalano said: "Ok, yeah sure. But she isn’t going to sell tickets and this production would need a name who can sell the show and there’s a ton of people closer to 35 that could actually do that."
I think that’s a very valid point to be honest. While Ms Lenk maybe applauded as a choice within the theatre community almost all of those who would be excited by this choice would probably fall into the ‘likely audience’ category if an
JDonaghy4 said: "She wouldn't. You edited my quote and missed my point. Her performance as Dina was so powerful that my first inclination was to remember her in character. Of course she wouldn't actually play the role as Dina."
Apologies. I guess I did. But if your point was that’s she’s a fantastic actress then, agreed.
Still, I’ll believe this when it’s announced officially and not before.
bryan2 said: "I just heard a live clip of her in the London cast...and wondered why she did not replace Chita here in the states?? Sorry if this has been asked before. I am not a huge fan of her singing but she can dance and was pretty famous at that time....just curious https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw7ol3MZ-OQ"
I’ve been told before now that she and Hal had “creative differences” while sh
NievesG said: "disneybroadwayfan22 said: "Do you think that in the light of this weekend's events and last night, Oklahoma will soften the gun effects in the show? They should remove the shots in the dark scene now especially"
Uh, no, they shouldn't."
Gun control onstage but not off it? Seems a little backwards to me.
They could do a lot worse than following Hamilton’s very creative and successful marketing/branding campaigns. And maybe the pre-release of a Six:Mixtape featuring the artists that inspired the songs
