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I agree. Would she really want to put herself through this again? And for what career gain? The financial risks are also a little higher with these reviews and NYC costs. By the time it gets there the wicked hype might die down a little (sales in London very strong though. I’m sure it’ll make its money back and more). 

Cynthia finds good work I think she will move on. 

 

THDavis said: "Jeffrey Karasarides said: "That's true. It'd also be something for Levy to lose the Olivier for the West End run to Nicole Scherzinger for the Jamie Lloyd-helmed revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard and then the Tony for the Broadway run to Rachel Zegler for the Jamie Lloyd-helmed revival of Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita."

The idea of Levy losing the Olivier considering the depth of performance she gives in Next to Normal (in addition to her powerhouse vocals) to a talented singer humping the stage and mugging for the camera is troubling to me. Lol - art is truly subjective."

Yes it is subjective because that really wouldn't be my take. C Levy was by far the front runner for the Olivier initially and there was so much excitement and hype behind her beautiful, beautiful performance. However, as soon as Nicole S opened the limelight was taken immediately away and it wasn't even contentious anymore. Nicole S's performance as Norma in the context of the Jamie Lloyd concept was genuinely ground breaking, her vocals extremely pristine with a gorgeous timbre and vulnerability that I genuinely believe would be much greater than almost any person that has stepped on a Broadway stage before her.........as I have said before a combination of Whitney Houston and Judy Garland.  

I always find it so strange when people think the mugging and 'humping the stage' (i.e. twirking) is because Nicole S was hamming it up or playing out of character. No - the whole point is that Norma doesn't want to grow up, she doesn't want to age, she still wants to be that young norma (see also, the brilliant panning between Nicole's face and young norma face to exaggerate Nicole's aging). Yes, it's ridiculous. That's the point. I think the emotional reaction of the audience should be subtle cringe feeling sorry for Norma while also of course enjoying a little bit of comic relief. 

I quickly began to realise that Nicole S was giving one of the greatest performances OF ALL TIME - which was pretty much cemented after winning over Audra in Gypsy. Either Audra was lousy or Nicole was incredible for that to happen (especially given the social-politicised context of all of the various controversies that was hurting, not helping Nicole at the time). 

My take was that Audra was not lousy . In fact, I think Audra would and should have won that Tony over almost anyone that won a Tony in recent times but not unfortunately you can't beat Nicole in Sunset. 

Jeffrey Karasarides said: "If thishappens and Caissie Levy reprises her role, it'd be something for her to be an early Tony frontrunner for Best Lead Actress in a Musical two years in a row."

I think Rachel Z might disrupt it should Evita come but maybe C levy will already have her Tony by then from Ragtime. 

I don’t know if I could say greatest ever but it’s certainly special and I’ve always wondered why she wasn’t able to break out as a major theatre star…some of her recordings are very special. Can she act? 

It is quite amazing to see how some of the recent musicals are already near the top of the list. God time is flying. Equally near the bottom of the list too a couple of the more niche artistic ones too. 

Any more thoughts from posters?

" You all act like there are Gatsby productions playing everywhere"

Well in London alone we had the Gatsby immersive experience and musical that felt relatively recent, so I can see how it seems a bit over exposed. 

I’m going tonight so we can have a performance by performance update here at this point haha. 

I am shocked at how much better and funnier the show feels now in the west end transfer vs menier. Not sure if it was the theatre size or if the performances have actually evolved but the show is absolutely hilarious. 

Exciting, is the material good though? Tell me we don't have another QUEEN OF V coming??