Oliver revival?
Oliver revival?
#1Oliver revival?
Posted: 8/10/10 at 7:05pmWould anyone else like to see a Broadway revival of the current Drury Lane production of Oliver? I thought the show was amazing in London! Who else would LOVE to see Stephanie Umoh (Ragtime) as Nancy?
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#2Oliver revival?
Posted: 8/10/10 at 8:51pm
You started a thread just like this one in May. Why didn't you just bump that one?
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.php?boardid=1&boardname=bway&thread=1016180
#2Oliver revival?
Posted: 8/11/10 at 4:51am
This London production is a great Oliver! Cameron spent a lot of money on it, however the show itself is incredibly old-fashioned ... and when there's no singing, dare I say ... boring ?
The show was a succes thanks to some big names in the cast (Rowan Atkinson).
Kerry Ellis is completely miscast as Nancy. Maybe she had an off-day when I saw her, but she seemed too lazy to articulate and was difficult to understand (I was stitting is row 6 of the stalls) and she ruined "As long as he needs me".
Does Broadway need another revival of an antique piece ?
I would love to see more REALLY NEW shows created by "new" talents (this EXcludes shows written by some ageing rockers in their midlife crisis).
Updated On: 8/11/10 at 04:51 AM
#3Oliver revival?
Posted: 8/11/10 at 6:13am
Kerry Ellis was great when I saw her - a bit neat and tidy-looking for Nancy, maybe, but her singing was terrific.
The production itself is visually stunning but rather too big for this cute little show, I think. It's a fun musical, but not a great one, and a production on this scale really shows up a lot of its weaknesses. The film is a far better version of the musical than any I've seen on stage.
#4Oliver revival?
Posted: 8/11/10 at 6:20am
Well, as I said, maybe she had an "off-day" - it happens to the best I suppose. She mumbled her way through the whole show. Her performance came nowhere near the one of Sally Dexter (the 1994 "Palladium Nancy").
THAT was a performance.
Updated On: 8/11/10 at 06:20 AM
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#5Oliver revival?
Posted: 8/11/10 at 9:36am
"The film is a far better version of the musical than any I've seen on stage."
The film is too clean looking. A blonde, pink-cheeked Shani Wallis playing a sexually abused, alcoholic Nancy? Couldn't they get Twiggy to play the role?
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