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Jordan Catalano said: "There’s no point in transferring this production anywherewithout Jamie Parker. His performance is just as strong as Levy’s and for me, one of the best male performances I’ve ever seen in a musical. And I mean EVER."

PREACH!!

Jamie Parker has done 2 shows on Broadway and is a Tony Award nominee for Best Actor in a Play. There's no way he wouldnt be allowed to go if it actually does transfer.

Jeffrey Karasarides said: "I also imagine thatproduction being shut down for months due to the SAG strike might've also added to the budget."

It wasn't shut down for as long as you might think, as Jon Chu worked with actors not involved with the strike e.g Jonathan Bailey, other brit actors in smaller roles. They also did some filming using doubles.

Imagine Googie Gomez from The Ritz, playing Norma Desmond.

It really wasn't that far from it.

I believe she was the only named London Norma to not play it on Broadway as well.

Levy sings it too cleanly and it's too pretty. I really don't get that much depth from her performance.

Jamie Parker acts her off the stage. I'll see if it any different at the Wyndhams in a few weeks.

I'd lower your expectations if I were you. Apparently it's been an interesting rehersal period.

I look forward to hearing your thoughts.

"Speaking of Idina, I could see Jackie Burns being a good fit for the alternate."

She's doing the Cher role in Burlesque the Musical in the UK, till November

https://burlesqueonstage.com/

 

Wasn't Eden Espinosa Idina's understudy in the original cast? 

Or maybe she was her Standby? Did they even have them when the show opened?

I don't think it is and that's why i think it will struggle at the Palace. At the heart of it is an intimate story between a hadful of people and supersizing the scale of everything you could lose that.

What was the reasoning behind taking The Palace? Because it's new refurb and opening? location? 1648 is a big number and as i recall, it's not the most intimate of theatres.

I wonder if they might go for a bigger name for Jerry Falwell. It's a great part, great songs and won Zubin Varla the Olivier Award. I'd go as far as to say that it's the best male role in the show. Jim is always in Tammy's shadow

With Tim Sheader directing, who knows what you'll get. His time at Regents Park saw him have massive hits and big mis-fires. His Ragtime and Carousel were 2 of the worst things I have ever seen.

Broadway Flash said: "This seems so weird to me. Why would Cameronmackintosh agree to this? Wouldn’t he make more money by just doing a scaled down version of the original and put it in a smaller theatre back on Broadway?"

It closed because people were bored of it and ticket sales were down. Why put the same thing back on again when you can do something much more interesting

I guess when he did the press launch earlier this year, that they had a deal in place?

He definitely wanted better terms/more money.

The new logo is awful. It reads more like a production of Hair or something from one of the old Beatle's films. Whats with all the musical instruments in it?

Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be selling that well, so there will be plenty of discounts available. Hopefully.

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "I, too, would love to know how substantial the rewrites are since Chicago.

One other big creative team change:

The music supervisor, arranger, and orchestrator is now Tom Deering (who had similar roles onStanding at the Sky's Edgeand Tammy Faye). Previously, Elton's collaboratorGiles Martin was the orchestrator (who is now just theMusic Producer) and the Music Sup was Nadia DiGiallonardo."