Good Thing Going. Simply Sondheim

Good Thing Going. Simply Sondheim Another concert not for me due to Miss Freidman!!! Rate Topic:

#1 Reich

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Posted 12 May 2007 - 09:15 AM

Good Thing Going: Simply Sondheim at the Cadogan Hall
Tuesday 7 August - Saturday 11 August 2007
7.30pm

Good Thing Going
Simply Sondheim

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Maria Friedman
Mary Carewe
Daniel Evans
Graham Bickley

Programme:
A fabulous evening of Sondheim favourites featuring the best from Into the Woods, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd and many more.

With West End stars:
Maria Friedman, Mary Carewe, Daniel Evans, Graham Bickley.

Tickets*:
£35, £28, £22, £18, £12

*Note: Certain ticket prices are currently only available via telephone.

Special Offers*:
Encore (Friends of the Cadogan Hall): All tickets £22
Group discounts:
10+ 15% off
20+ 20% off
50+ 25% off

*Note: Special Offers are currently only available via telephone.

Box office: 020 7730 4500

The box office is open for telephone bookings:
Monday to Saturday from 10am to 7pm
Sunday from 10am to 7pm (performance days only)

All telephone bookings are subject to a fee of £2.50 per transaction.

11th May, 2007

“The staff are really exited too. Everyone’s giving me a little, doing a little that, when I walk past in the corridor, eyebrow raise thing, when usually they look away.”

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#2 Ash87

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Posted 17 August 2007 - 08:58 PM

QUOTE(Reich @ May 12 2007, 10:15 AM)

I'm surprised by your comment about Maria Friedman - her casting would have made me want to go. Why the decision not to go because of her?

#and u might have had the decency to spell her name correctly

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#3 sharkyvibe

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Posted 18 August 2007 - 08:36 AM

QUOTE(Ash87 @ Aug 17 2007, 09:58 PM)

because she is the musical theatre equivalent of the emperors new clothes, her soulless performances are difficult to watch or listen to. I went to Cadogan Hall and previously i thought she was all style over substance, after seeing this performance there was little style either.

Performing is about more than the instrument, it has to move you and hold a mirror up to a reality, if i just wanted to hear an instrument that could hit quite high notes accurately and milk every note for all it was was worth to the detriment of the reason for the song - i would go and listen to a trumpet !! Although that is a disservice to trumpet players.

Go and watch her singing alongside Barbara Cook at the end of the year and you will see that while the years may have weathered her instrument somewhat, her interpretation will make you believe and empathise and not merely feel obliged to be moved.

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#4 thelastunicorn

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Posted 18 August 2007 - 11:25 AM

well personally I love her a performer. I wouldn't say she was 'soulless' at all. I think she interprets songs brilliantly. I did believe, I did empathise..she got me totally involved in what she was singing... I would book to see something because she was in it I think.

I know some people don't like her as a performer....but I do!

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#5 Felix

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Posted 18 August 2007 - 11:30 AM

Im one of those people, theatregoer who doesn't really like Maria. I think her acting's good but her singing voice is just - ew. It's so... thin, soulless, so pitchy. I've seen her in Joseph DVD, her singing... just cannot compare to Linzi hateley's for sure! Her performance in Hey! Mr. Producer and also live as Marion in WiW, whilst her acting is good her voice is, as I said, ew. Ruthie, on the other hand, sings Marion so much better imo. Haha I know alot of people out there are either loveMaria-hateRuthie or loveRuthie-hateMaria haha ~
I've also heard her sing Dot in the NT production of Sunday and she sounded so... easy to forget... I mean Bernadette's voice was so distinctive and Jenna Russell & Anna Jane Casey have so much... soul and you can hear their acting frmo their voice (not sure whether that makes sense)....

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Posted 18 August 2007 - 12:22 PM

QUOTE(Felix @ Aug 18 2007, 12:30 PM)

I've also heard her sing Dot in the NT production of Sunday and she sounded so... easy to forget... I mean Bernadette's voice was so distinctive and Jenna Russell & Anna Jane Casey have so much... soul and you can hear their acting frmo their voice (not sure whether that makes sense)....

When you say you've heard her sing in SITPWG, do you mean the entire show, or just the few clips that are on the internet?

He used to call me — Blue Roses.

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Posted 18 August 2007 - 12:50 PM

She was superb in SITPWG as was PQ. She was far more subtle than Bernadette Peters and the production as a whole was superior to the NY original. It was a crime that there was no recording made.