Does anyone else have serious doubts about the new

When is it slated to premiere?

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I thought Hugh Jackman was the lead...

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Jill Paice is Scarlet! That's awesome enough (for me anyway). And the premiere is in London with previews I think April 2. And official opening like the 28th of Aprilish.

And toher than CATS, Nicholas Nickelby and Les Mis (the latter two with John Caird), most of Trevor Nunn's stuff has been really strange/flop.

Starlight Express - interesting..?! & practically a flop in the U.S.
Sunset Boulevard - Flopped for the most part and I thought for the most part without the set, the direction really wouldn't have been anything.
Woman in WHite - uhhhhhh sadly an extreme flop and it was his idea to use the "video projections"!
Aspects of Love - Also, a flop on Broadway

Therefore, I'm skeptical. And also I don't even know who the Music/Lyrics/Book person is either!

Who knows..maybe I'll be surprised!?

I don't know enough about the production to comment, but I will say that anything can work as a musical if done properly.

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"WATCH OUT! Here comes Miss Scarlet and she look like she fixin' ta slap herself a slave!"

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Updated On: 2/3/08 at 07:18 PM

No its not Hugh Jackman its Darius Danesh

He became famous (or infamous ) for doing a Britney song (hes own version of Baby One More Time) which was so over the top that every newspaper here laughed at him.He was egotistical and very annoying.

A few years later he entered the Pop Idol type show again (he was booted out the 1st time early on) and showed more promise.

He got a record contract and released a few singles and had an album which did OK.He then fell of the map and popped up giving a very average performance in the West End production of Chicago.

He has an alright voice (nothing special) but its his personality that seems to bug a lot of people, hes very much a Z list celebrity

Here is one of his singles (i think his only big hit)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCns_r4bm94

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Its quite scary how little interest there is here in this show, no one is talking about it AT ALL.

The last time a show here had such little hype around it was Desperately Seeking Susan, and that closed after a month

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Last i heard was it got pushed back until February 2009 for its London opening

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It is one of the Greatest Movies ever made in my opinion.

I think a lot of people who go to see this will be your older generation here in London and the chances are they probably saw the flop 70s production at the Drury Lane

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Whoot another Jill Paice fan!! Yes, I honestly don't see how this could damage her career...Judy Kuhn did some better stuff AFTER Chess flopped, and many actresses do as well, and not only Chess but Metropolis or whatever too, .. or even RAGS. But I'm really just not a big fan of Trevor Nunn. Nothing all-too-extravegent comes from his work, and Hal Prince is a much better director and I hope he recovers from that stroke quickly! (Sorry to tie in two threads?)

Re Hugh Jackman - he's too busy filming movies. He just finished Baz Luhrmann's "Australia" and is starting "Wolverine" any day now that will film through June.