This is a bit after the fact but I saw the show last week and did not even realize I had any understudies. My main priority was catching Anthony so I just glanced at the cast list and once I confirmed he was on, I put it away. I only now realize looking back at my cast list that I had James on for Albus and honestly, I never would have guessed that he wasn't the full time performer for the role. He was wonderful, had fantastic chemistry working opposite all of his main scene partners
I don't know if it's facebook's algorithms because I have been reading up on this a lot as of late or not but... has anyone else been suddenly getting a MASSIVE influx of advertising for Chicago on their FB page? I can't tell if it was always there before and it's just kicking in now since I have viewed a number of things in regards to this story as of late or.... are the producers of this trying to suddenly and massively up the advertising as much as possible? Since this
Skye8 said: "Can someone describe what it looks like when Albus and Scorpius sabotage Cedric in the second task (in the lake)? The day I saw the show, something must've gone wrong because nothing was happening to him."
When the spell is cast his body starts to expand like a balloon and he floats upward. One of the very few less impressive effects for me because to me it looked like he was in an astronauts space suit the entire time. Like the costume alr
I hunted down the article that she gave her statements to. Appears to be a local newspaper and also looks like it was done on the same day that news broke about the lawsuit: CATS Film Adaptation Thread Jul 24
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BroadwayNoob said: "The musical was based off of a book so they hopefully could be delving deeper in to these characters to make this in to an actual story. I can't imagine Taylor Swift, James Corden, or Ian McKellan being proficient dancers"
Yeeeeeeeeeah except that the entire book of poems is just the lyrics of the musical. Now that I think about it.... the musical is more or less a 2 and a half hour reading of all the poems in
It makes me wonder if they would flesh out some of the long, long, LONG fan "theories" about the show in place of dancing. Seriously, google 'Cats the Musical Head cannons' and it's a heck of a can of worms yet there might be SOME weight to it.
There was a dressing room "Character Study" on Broadway.com's YT with Mamie Parris where she basically dishes out a BUNCH of backstory into Grizabella that is not mentioned at ALL in t
MagicToDo82 said: "Everytime I see a high school doing Cabaret, I get a little queasy."
^^^THIS! I once saw a local KIDS theatre group do Cabaret. Like, 95% of the company were between the ages of 12-18. The only "older" actors were two 20 somethings that played Fraulein Schneider and Herr Schultz. It just.... blew my mind that they thought it was a good idea.
I am thinking signs are pointing pretty heavily towards Dreamgirls. Someone posted in the Dreamgirls topic that they have put up a casting call for the end of the month so they are moving forward for this season for sure. If not Winter Garden, where else might it have secured a theatre for this season?
deathofacatler said: "Is their Facebook page still up? I can’t seem to load it."
Nope. It was up earlier in the day but within a few hours they deactivated it. It is likely still there but it's basically hidden from view. It was basically a bunch of pictures of the kids in their costumes and notices about classes offered.
Eek. Found them on Yelp. Only 7 reviews but the bad ones are pretty bad and of their 2 positive reviews, the one is from someone that went to shows but did not have children involved and the other looks to be from an account created just to leave the one positive review to counterbalance all the bad: https://www.yelp.com/biz/theaterpalooza-leesburg
I was looking at their facebook earlier when a friend shared the post about it but now looking back again, they have removed their page. Being that they seem to charge kids to be in their shows AND they charge for tickets, it not like they were not making some kind of money. It's not that hard to factor the rights into you budget. And 16 times? Sounds to me like they are being mismanaged by someone that either doesn't know that you actually have to PAY for show rights or didn't th
EllieRose2 said: "By injury, is it a severe cut that needs to heal before she can run in the sand and the water safely? Is it broken? I am sure we will learn more in time but being that this just seemed to happen so suddenly, they might not even know yet.
As I already posted, Hailey clearly stated she BROKE her foot during a performance."
I was trying my reply the same time you were. I did not see it until after we both posted.
Not sure but all signs I am seeing are pointing to it being for quite some time. I checked Lott's instagram and it all seemed to happen fast. She was called on Friday to start Tuesday. There is no mention of her return date anywhere and someone asked her in the comments if she would be there still at the start of August and she responded "idk. And I think that's the key. I don't think anyone likely knows yet. Going to assume that if it is something that just happened, they mi
msmp said: "bwayrose7 said: "Can we please have just one thread that stays on topic? Most of us really, really, REALLY are just here to talk theatre.
I for one am curious about the reasoning behind some of the more controversial changes to this show. My biggest "complaint" is twofold: why make the running love theme "Your Song" instead of "Come What May", and why on earth would they replace "One Day I'll Fly Away"?&
disneybroadwayfan22 said: "So, I found an audio of Act 2 of the show and...
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The production of the show at Moulin Rouge (the Indian show where Your Song/Come What May) isn't even in the show?! Sabine chooses the Duke andSantine sings Your Song to Christian to him, and just dies?
On ONE hand, the set makes my eyes pop outta my head at how insanely elaborate and gorgeous it is.
On the OTHER hand, the set makes me worried that they are going to attempt to overload your sense with enough spectacle to make your head spin like, well.... the movie... and not back it up with enough substance to balance it out.
And on the last hand (because I apparently have three hands in this situation) damn I hope that windmill actually moves! I am eagerly awaiting reports in
There are those that like minimalist staging. I am one of them, when the story calls for it. I have always thought that this staging and the show were never a good fit. I didn't understand why it never sat well with me UNTIL the movie came out. And then I got it. The show is BIGGER and better then the minimalist staging. It's so much better in the bright fantasy staging put forward in the moving. The glitz and the glamour of the showbiz lifestyle that Roxie craves. I actually HATED Ch
Is it a masterpiece? Oh god no. Is it one of the most fun, campy, so bad it's almost brilliant musicals that I paid to see three times? Heck yeah it was!
The movie captures the camp and the comedy of the 80s in the 90s so well and the musical captures the movie just as well. It was a musical that really should not have worked. It was a recipe really for a disaster but by god one of the best times I have ever had in a theatre.
