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| Muriel's Wedding Musical - Any News? | |
| Posted by: PurpleMoney 07:43 pm EDT 07/06/21 | |
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| I'm reminded on July 6, 2019 I was in Sydney AU to see the tour of Muriel's Wedding a The Lyric. Love dinner before the show and an amazing performance that I saw again and again in my week there. I had thought it would be coming to Broadway or Toronto but after the failure of King Kong (same producers) is the show on hold indefinitely? It's a brilliant show that I listen on CD frequently and can remember every work of dialogue in between the songs. My heart break for Betty who only wanted to feel that her life was a good as an ABBA song. And Muriel who things that if she was married she would be somebody. Brilliantly staged hitting all the film moments but has a theatrical voice as well, why hasn't Muriel's Wedding continued to entertain audiences? Maybe there will be an announcement for 2022. Has anyone else on this board seen the show in 2017 or the tour I saw in 2019? |
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| re: Muriel's Wedding Musical - Any News? | |
| Posted by: Teesh 10:45 pm EDT 07/06/21 | |
| In reply to: Muriel's Wedding Musical - Any News? - PurpleMoney 07:43 pm EDT 07/06/21 | |
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| I believe another Australian workshop was planned with an eye to Rebel Wilson playing the title role in the U.S. but I don't know if it went ahead due to last year's lockdown. | |
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| re: Muriel's Wedding Musical - Any News? | |
| Posted by: simbo 03:20 am EDT 07/07/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Muriel's Wedding Musical - Any News? - Teesh 10:45 pm EDT 07/06/21 | |
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| The show was originally meant to play a Toronto run in 2018 shortly after the initial Sydney season, however for various reasons that fell apart. The 2019 tour had to recast significant roles due to cast members having moved on - the actress playing Muriel, Margie McKenna, had moved to the US to play the girlfriend in a tour of "Dear Evan Hansen", the actress playing Rhonda had moved over to be in "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" in Melbourne (still running in both parts!) I suspect the agreements with US producers have fallen apart. Also Rebel Wilson feels like hideously wrong casting to me, from her UK experience in "Guys and Dolls" she had a tendency to go off script which would not suit the show. | |
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| re: Muriel's Wedding Musical - Any News? | |
| Posted by: PurpleMoney 06:34 pm EDT 07/07/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Muriel's Wedding Musical - Any News? - simbo 03:20 am EDT 07/07/21 | |
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| Have you seen Ryann Redmond sign from Muriel's Wedding? She looks perfect. I saw her as Olaf in Frozen and not impressed, but it was Frozen .... | |
| Link | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRGZtxBfX10 |
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