Barnum will take the Prince Edward in 2010

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Barnum will take the Prince Edward in 2010

Posted: 2/24/09 at 6:19pm

Barnum is currently set to revive Spring/Summer 2010 at the Prince Edward Theatre. Sets are being design for this theatre.

The hunt for the lead is still underway but Cameron is persuing Hugh Jackman, John Barrowman and Michael Ball.

Fate of Jersey Boys is unknown. I (personal) would say the show will probably close but obviously a transfer could be possible to another Delfont Theatre...probably a smaller one where the tuner should have opened in to begin with.

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re: Barnum will take the Prince Edward in 2010

Posted: 2/24/09 at 9:03pm

Surely, if Michael Ball were to play Barnum he'd have to lose about half his current body weight! (You do know that's not all padding, dont you?)

Updated On: 2/24/09 at 09:03 PM

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re: Barnum will take the Prince Edward in 2010

Posted: 2/24/09 at 10:16pm

urgh i hate Barnum

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#4

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Posted: 2/25/09 at 6:27am

LOL HotJohn. That's true! I'd see it with any of the above, particularly Jackman! Wasn't there something about Barrowman not wanting to work with Cameron after the 'Nancy' show though?

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#5

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Posted: 2/25/09 at 7:22am

Isn't Hugh Jackman involved with a Broadway musical about Houdini scheduled for 2010?

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Posted: 2/25/09 at 9:05am

This cannot be true. That line-up idea has more than a whiff of the WOS board about it... two people previously rumoured to be involved (for the same role I seem to remember), and a movie star thrown in to get people's attention.

And I f*cking hate Barnum anyway.

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re: Barnum will take the Prince Edward in 2010

Posted: 2/25/09 at 10:25am

Think what you like about the Xanadu plans i heard (all true but, of course, just speculation of what plans they'd like for the show) but Barnum taking the Edward is almost a cert. Cameron want's it in there the only thing in his way is Jersey Boys suddenly doing amazing buisness and getting a long advance in. Unlikley really.

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re: Barnum will take the Prince Edward in 2010

Posted: 2/25/09 at 10:53am

I think the Cameron row would not block JB from taking the role, after all he is a "West End leading man". It's too good for his ego to turn down.

Sadly, I do think MB might be out of the running physically.

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re: Barnum will take the Prince Edward in 2010

Posted: 2/25/09 at 10:55am

'Jersey Boys' has a very healthy box office one year after opening and shows no real signs of a downturn.
Maybe Cameron will transfer it but I doubt it.

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re: Barnum will take the Prince Edward in 2010

Posted: 2/25/09 at 6:23pm

Its good to see the Prince Edward get a decent show at last!

#11

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Posted: 2/25/09 at 6:24pm

Do you mean 'Jersey Boys' or the possible 'Barnum'?

#12

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Posted: 2/25/09 at 6:27pm

Barnum, not a real fan of jukebox musicals.

#13

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Posted: 2/25/09 at 10:40pm

Have you seen Jersey Boys?

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Posted: 2/26/09 at 1:13am

Is Cam Mac the producer of JERSEY BOYS over there? If not, how could he, even as landlord just "transfer" a show to another theatre?

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Posted: 2/26/09 at 7:33am

As much as I loved 'Barnum' at the Palladium all those years ago if its going to work these days it will be a total rework. Todays audiences just wouldn't except such an empty vessel.
As for 'Jersey Boys' not being a proper musical, it is the one show in town that is sadly classified as 'jukebox' when it isn't, it tells a true story with the songs that are relevant to that story.
I would never classify 'Barnum' as a proper musical - it was just an entertainment.

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Posted: 2/26/09 at 7:44am

BARNUM was like another Joe Layton directed musical, GEORGE M! Both shows had lead characters that the audience struggled to have any empathy with.

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re: Barnum will take the Prince Edward in 2010

Posted: 2/26/09 at 5:10pm

Not when Michael Crawford was doing it! The audience loved him- perhaps too much.

And to see him slide on a runway from the circle down to the Palladium stage was an unforgettable moment. The show is a totur de force for someone with megastar wattage.

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re: Barnum will take the Prince Edward in 2010

Posted: 2/26/09 at 5:19pm

Having never seen the show live, I cannot really comment. However, at home our LP of '82 Aussie production is one of my favs. I'd love the chance to see the show live and experience first hand all the amazing stunts and tricks I've only heard/read about for years

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re: Barnum will take the Prince Edward in 2010

Posted: 2/26/09 at 5:22pm

Oh my god!
I bought that album a few months ago on CD and I have to say it sounds like an amateur group doing it in a bus shelter!

Updated On: 2/26/09 at 05:22 PM

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re: Barnum will take the Prince Edward in 2010

Posted: 2/26/09 at 5:26pm

HAHAHAHAHAHA

Well sadly that's the only recording of show I had as a kid, also probably the second musical album I remember hearing, so it (along with our LP of Mary Martin in South Pacific) has a very special place in my heart. I'll try and track down another version to hear how it should be done - which one would you suggest? Crawford or Dale?

#21

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Posted: 2/26/09 at 5:26pm

......get yourself a few pennies together and get this DVD.

#22

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Posted: 2/26/09 at 5:29pm

Its £20 at Dress Circle and its a region 1 DVD - unplayable on our DVD player. Maybe I'll just have find an alternative way of acquiring it *wink wink*

#23

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Posted: 2/26/09 at 5:31pm

Defo the Crawford version. The Dale one is just lifeless.

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Posted: 2/26/09 at 6:27pm

I have not seen Barnum, love to see a classical musical, so look forward to this.

I have seen Jersey Boys through the metro offer, I know I am a bit of a downer on it, but my expectations were raised with how well it done in New York, pretty much the same thing happened with all the hype with Oliver. I liked the Jersey Boy story but was not keen on the music except a couple of songs.