Twitter is a marvellous thing. We got news that has made us sit up and start speculating and planning our outfits in advance (Yes we are girls. Yes we do that kind of thing. Yes it makes us happy...). It's the news that there will be a Phantom of the Opera 25th Anniversary celebration!! And taking the lead will be none other than our very own Ramin Karimloo. Still no news on the venue, the staging, who will be involved, the rest of the casting, will it be recorded for posterity etc etc but so what. Fact is that regardless of where it will be, we will be there and experiencing it. We should have realised something of this magnitude was being planned but our radar must have been temporarily disabled as this little snippet crept up on us without warning. Should the Lord Lloyd Webber be needing any extras for an extravagant, never-seen-before 'Masquerade' scene, he only needs to give us a nod and we will be there...But joy of joys!!!!! Honestly, theatre is an unbeatable hobby...
Secondly, we hear Lee Mead is going to be following in the footsteps of his fragrant wife in 'Leegally Blonde' (see what we did there...?) as Emmett. Having not yet seen the show, we can't comment on his suitability for the role, other than we hear there is a lot of acting, 'proper' acting involved. Will this prove to be a task too hard? Or will he prove himself as an actor finally? Remains to be seen.
The message boards are already on fire about this topic. Fans become very precious about their shows and who they deem suitable for the various parts and 'Legally Blonde' are no exception with their ardent fan base. There's only one thing for it; we need to see the show before he starts in it in order to get an unbiased opinion and possibly a second time (if we like the show enough, which is debatable...) once he's in it.
Yet another few theatre outings. Life is tough...thankfully though; at least once the boy Mead starts, Denise Van Outen will have already left. Having them both in the show at the same time would have been bad for his credibility...in our honest opinion...but since that's not an issue, we shall remain quiet on the subject like the good little fairies that we are. But it does make you wonder. Why is he staying clear of the shows with gravitas? LB is by it's own admission unashamedly fluffy...Would it destroy him to sing Marius? Or Raoul in POTO (and not as an understudy)? Or finally bring out that album of MT tunes that everyone wants to hear? ARE YOU LISTENING, MEADY-BOY?? Time will tell...
Now we need to sit down and do a dream casting of Phantom and see how close we could be to getting it right (or utterly wrong as the case may be...)!
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