No need for an update on what Sam barks is doing - she's provided one herself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49vO2UGKKj4
She says she's filming after City of Angels - which may make a transfer difficult for her even if there is one.
This is the Sam Barks bit from Dracula untold that was cut - its more interesting than what was left in.Sam turns up at about 3 mins in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db7aJtBeFxY
Sam has a great voice, but I'm not overly keen on the song. The movie musical it's from is set in 1919, but that's not the vibe I'm getting from the song. It sounds too modern and Disneyesque. Plus, there seems to be a distinct lack of emotion from both singers.
Sam has a great voice, but I'm not overly keen on the song. The movie musical it's from is set in 1919, but that's not the vibe I'm getting from the song. It sounds too modern and Disneyesque. Plus, there seems to be a distinct lack of emotion from both singers.
Catchy with some wow factor may sell better than authentic period piece - just look at whats flopped recently - from here to next week onwards?
Sam did her cabaret at St James Theatre - a comvination of songs from her album, and ones she likes. Sprouts out in force supporting her . https://hayleysprout.wordpress.com/2016/04/09/samantha-barks-at-st-james-studio/ If you clap or cheer at the end we found out her encore number is On My Own. .Jessie's is The Man That Got Away.
Her film Interlude in Prague has been showing on Sky, the last couple of weeks. It reportedly only got shown in 5 UK cinemas so this may be your chance to see it. She looks very different in this one.
Pretty Woman, and especially Sam are getting good reviews in Chicago.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/reviews/ct-ent-pretty-woman-review-0330-story.html As the movie “Pretty Woman” made a star of a young Julia Roberts, so “Pretty Woman: The Musical” likely will do the same for the sensational 27-year-old actress Samantha Barks, born on the Isle of Man. She’s gritty enough to be credible as Vivian, a trailer-park girl from Georgia now turning tricks on Hollywood Boulevard; witty enough to deliver lines like “it was a business doing pleasure with you” and actually snag a big laugh; and, most importantly, vulnerable and lovable enough to be far more Eliza Doolittle than “Rock of Ages.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/pretty-woman-the-musical-delivers-a-heartfelt-homage-to-a-beloved-film/ There is so much to like here, starting with Samantha Barks, whose portrayal of Vivian, the prostitute with a heart of gold, is every bit as endearing on stage as Julia Roberts’ was on film. Barks’ megawatt smile lights up the stage, her powerhouse voice packs an emotional punch to every note she sings, especially with the anthem-like “This Is My Life” and “I Can’t Go Back.”
Reviews of the show were mixed. the Politically Correct reviewers didn't like the story, and some bizarrely claimed the show was too much like the film - which others noted was its main selling point. Others loved it.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/pretty-woman-musical-theater-review-1135530 Barks, a Brit best known as Eponine in the Les Miserables film, makes a sensational Broadway debut. Her characterization is perhaps a tiny bit more sanitized than that of Roberts, what with the latter's coltish physical command and intoxicating smile, but Barks brings pluckiness, grit, self-possession and sensitivity; she has a rich, expressive voice and strikes a lovely balance between the gangly tomboy and the graceful gazelle that helps sell the essential sense of a pure heart, untarnished by the degradations of the boulevard. You find yourself beaming with vicarious pleasure every time she emerges resplendent in some chic new outfit
https://t2conline.com/pretty-woman-the-musical-wild-women-mostly-do/ Samantha Barks is all but guaranteed a Tony nomination next season for her portrayal of Vivian, her magnificent voice projected to the rafters of the Oriental Theatre. Her “I Can’t Go Back” 11th hour power ballad proving Barks has the chops to make not only the central part her own, but the musical as well. She is also a stunner with solid comic timing. Comparisons to Robert’s are inevitable, however I found her look much more in line with Angelina Jolie,
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49vO2UGKKj4
She says she's filming after City of Angels - which may make a transfer difficult for her even if there is one.
She also talks about her fans - the sprouts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0U55LIVzP4
Molly Malone with Russell Crowe singing, well sorta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIGqTL3tf5c
There's also a q and a
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF56PUZBxFU
her favourite movies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llhoEBtPnpA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db7aJtBeFxY
An update on Sam's films.
We have Caesar http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3185182/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_4 and New Amsterdam http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2463744/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1 in pre production for 2015 and 16. And Bitter Harvest http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2463744/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1 and a hundred streets http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2990126/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_3 in post production
http://www.berkeleyrep.org/season/1516/9309.asp#tabbed-nav=seehear
http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Samantha-Barks-Leads-AMELIE-Workshop-Premieres-at-Berkeley-Rep-This-August-20150424
The other good news is that its in America .At the Berkley Rep theatre in Berkley California 28 aug -4 oct.
here she is as Amelie http://snapwidgehttps://instagram.com/p/6Sx2W1hjQ2/t.com/v/1050120902781842486
The problem news is that its a long long way away......
She's also just opened in a short film called the Canary
http://thebarksy.tumblr.com/tagged/the-canary/
there's some of Sam singing on the trailer
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=SAM+ABRKS+2015&FORM=HDRSC3#view=detail&mid=0D14F80101C66660FC6E0D14F80101C66660FC6E
http://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/Am-lie-is-a-dream-of-a-musical-at-Berkeley-6500931.php
http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_28801497/review-new-musical-amelie-charms-but-needs-work
http://www.starkinsider.com/2015/09/samantha-barks-stars-in-charming-amelie-musical-review.html
http://www.edgesanfrancisco.com/entertainment/theatre/reviews//183181/am%C3%A9lie
There's an interview
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/amelie-musical-samantha-barks-previews-817912
According to IMDB Sam has added another film to her list of things underway -Everything Carries Me to You
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4426322/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm
http://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/strike-les-miserables-samantha-barks-starring-new-musical/
Bitter Harvest looks like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waOrFAokoY0
Topical.......Looks a really big film role for Sam;-);-);-)
https://mobile.twitter.com/SamBarks_Daily/status/677911618110382080/photo/1
https://mobile.twitter.com/kirkwhelanforan/status/677846639709659137/photo/1
http://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week9/bear-grylls-mission-survive
http://www.ok.co.uk/tv/itv-bear-grylls-mission-survive-2016-full-cas
http://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tvfilm/bear-grylls-mission-survive-2016-stuart-pearce-neil-morrissey-samantha-banks-and-alex-scott-drink-a3195106.html
She's also on youtube singing a song, Love in a Place Like This , from the new Movie Musical Strike. Its a bit special.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-6Tg8ql1G0
Sam has a great voice, but I'm not overly keen on the song. The movie musical it's from is set in 1919, but that's not the vibe I'm getting from the song. It sounds too modern and Disneyesque. Plus, there seems to be a distinct lack of emotion from both singers.
Catchy with some wow factor may sell better than authentic period piece - just look at whats flopped recently - from here to next week onwards?
I forgot Sam's tour. Sam is doing a tour to promote an upcoming album.
https://www.songkick.com/artists/7487919-samantha-barks/calendar
There's a preview at St James Theatre 2 April
https://www.stjamestheatre.co.uk/studio/samantha-barks/
Literally standing room only left.
She's doing very well surviving Bear Grylls
http://www.entertainmentdaily.co.uk/veggie-samantha-barks-wowed-everyone-on-mission-survive/
There's a review, http://www.rewritethisstory.com/2016/04/samantha-barks-concert-at-st-james.html
The Album is out June 10 - on her agents label
https://samanthabarks.officialstore.co.uk/Shop/PhysicalDetails?pid=RBL_PH_2
Tour is here https://samanthabarks.officialstore.co.uk/Content/Live
Sam's film schedule seems to have changes - some changed , or stayed in development, some new ones arrived.
She's currently filming Interlude In Prague http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5540194/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1 https://mobile.twitter.com/vivelabarks/status/721044128738512896/photo/1
Bitter Harvest is due
Imdb is no longer listing her for Caesar or a Hundred Streets. But she's now down for Chocolate Cake http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2885819/
She survived mission survive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfsCLJy6g_8 - and should probably have won based on the final tasks
There's a youtube of the first song released from it.Trouble maker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sinsVtQB_k
https://www.samanthabarks.co.uk/Shop/default.aspx
Tour is off on road soon https://www.samanthabarks.co.uk/Content/Live
There's an interview
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/14513329.From_the_West_End_to_the_Oscars__Samantha_Barks_can___t_wait_to_bring_her_new_music_to_Richmond_and_Bromley/
She's also appearing at Westend Live which is on 18/19 June - no time table yet
http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/full-line-up-of-west-end-live-announced_40690.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=26may2016
http://www.westendlive.co.uk/event-information
On my Own
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pcjrUiPcvk
Trouble maker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=972NRQl6uec
28 October - 26 November 2016
https://www.stjamestheatre.co.uk/theatre/last-5-years/
Yes Sam in a UK Musical.
If You recall Lauren played this hortly after OTR ended.
She sang Trouble maker at Westend Live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=972NRQl6uec
And On My Own
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pcjrUiPcvk
She talks about her career and album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJvB7j5bOg4
and the album is her on her youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lpG7SyUVCs&list=PLBLrcee-VkUO0by6W3v8u73HRh08U1IkT
She talks about it here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfsJ4Kyf1mg
and here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVbEiut6dHU
and there's a show photoshoot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytkOe8bzeTs
and interview with Graham Norton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtcLp3_BznQ
There's reviews with pictures
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2016/the-last-five-years-review-at-st-james-theatre-london/
http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/theatre/the-last-five-years-theatre-review-samantha-barks-and-jonathan-bailey-shine-in-musical-tale-of-a-a3385901.html
But beong a bit silly they didn't seem to produce a youtube of Sam actually singing it - she was really good.
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Bitter Harvest her next movie should be out in Spring 2017 reportedly first week in March.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TiECdkEF6w
http://www.raymondgubbay.co.uk/whats-on/the-sound-of-musicals-1
https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/109142-sound-musicals-evening-showstopping-hits-all-your-favourite-musica-2017
This is the Raymond Gubbay show Jessie did way back.
Sam's Bitter Harvest film , by another source is out the last week in Feb.
https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2017/samantha-barks-arthur-darvill-star-honeymoon-vegas-palladium/
http://rutlive.co.uk/event/honeymoon-in-vegas/
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Sam's also provided some singing youtubes to listen to. The new embedded feature surrounds them with tons of space so keep on scrolling down if you see white space below the first one !
She also won a whatsonstage award for the last 5 years
https://twitter.com/SamanthaBarks/status/833433749501132800/photo/1
and there's a youtube of Still Hurting from the show on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_eupQ-lYx0
She sang I can Do Better Than That from the show at the Crazy coqs last year https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dQo9DuABL0
There's some more relatively new Sam sings youtubes out too - will post them next time.
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Bitter harvest is out now. Though not in that many cinemas. here - more in US.
there's trailers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P0saS1peTw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge_Uam1MO_s
she talks about it in a panel here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n8y1cwQoyo&feature=youtu.be
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Sam is doing a concert at the Mayflower Southampton 20 May
https://www.mayflower.org.uk/Whats_On/SamanthaBarks2017
She's also doing 5 days at 54 below in New York July 18-22
https://54below.com/events/samantha-barks/
It got very good reviews - 5 stars too.
https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/reviews/review-of-honeymoon-in-vegas-at-the-london-palladium
http://www.talkstageytome.co.uk/2017/03/review-honeymoon-in-vegas-london.html
http://www.jonathanbaz.com/2017/03/honeymoon-in-vegas-review.html
There's a rehearsal video with a little Samantha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuja_GQTejk
an interview
https://www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/2017/arthur-darvill-samantha-barks-honeymoon-london/
a photo
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6Tl8i7U0AAOMJE.jpg:large
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There's also a nice complilation of Sam singing other things on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqtFY7uPNJI
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And a Summertime from her Zeidel cabaret
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9AM4FSbIHA
There's quite a few videos from that cabaret - will put them up next time.
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Sam has picked up a massive new role - leading in the New Musical Pretty Woman on Broadway - in Spring next year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41397892
http://www.playbill.com/article/samantha-barks-and-steve-kazee-to-star-in-broadway-bound-pretty-woman
Her film Interlude in Prague has been showing on Sky, the last couple of weeks. It reportedly only got shown in 5 UK cinemas so this may be your chance to see it. She looks very different in this one.
There's a song from Amelie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq2smTIkV_I
And a When he loved me from her 54 below cabaret
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kliAQaIWHg.
and i can do better than that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07fCmv2tNXY
If i die young
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vZjQQ98-jQ
Justin Bieber
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei97RBnm9Lo
On My Own
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHtU1YB1AvM
Anywhere but here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxbdwN5uYp4&list=PLSdvxJwBfmcf808zl9eUb1uRaD96b8aPw&index=3
Betsy's getting married
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7bRw2LWM4k
Ive been thinking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMXjGlxIrpQ
You made the wait wothwhile
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnyLtvrb9Ss
Pretty Woman opens on broadway on August 16 2018.
https://www.broadway.com/buzz/190574/tickets-are-now-on-sale-for-pretty-woman-the-musical-on-broadway/
It opens in Chicago for 5 weeks on 13 March.
https://www.broadway.com/buzz/190957/see-steve-kazee-samantha-barks-the-more-at-pretty-womans-first-day-of-rehearsal/
Broadway previews seem to start 20 July.
Press has started.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cVlxjfTNXM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybOF5L7-enM
Here's some dressing room singing
https://www.instagram.com/p/BgOdeVVljlG/
An interview
https://www.facebook.com/JakeHamiltonFox32Chicago/videos/2134811286749642/
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DX5aRuAX0AANf_D.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DX9RgAgVAAAyNqf.jpg:large
and a preview of the preview
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/ct-ae-pretty-woman-premiere-0311-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/reviews/ct-ent-pretty-woman-review-0330-story.html
As the movie “Pretty Woman” made a star of a young Julia Roberts, so “Pretty Woman: The Musical” likely will do the same for the sensational 27-year-old actress Samantha Barks, born on the Isle of Man. She’s gritty enough to be credible as Vivian, a trailer-park girl from Georgia now turning tricks on Hollywood Boulevard; witty enough to deliver lines like “it was a business doing pleasure with you” and actually snag a big laugh; and, most importantly, vulnerable and lovable enough to be far more Eliza Doolittle than “Rock of Ages.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/pretty-woman-the-musical-delivers-a-heartfelt-homage-to-a-beloved-film/
There is so much to like here, starting with Samantha Barks, whose portrayal of Vivian, the prostitute with a heart of gold, is every bit as endearing on stage as Julia Roberts’ was on film. Barks’ megawatt smile lights up the stage, her powerhouse voice packs an emotional punch to every note she sings, especially with the anthem-like “This Is My Life” and “I Can’t Go Back.”
http://variety.com/2018/legit/reviews/pretty-woman-musical-review-1202739203/
Well done Sam.
there's also some youtubes with some Samantha, and some singing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrB0o2Edbao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29tKOm7Zb9Y
Fast approaching opening day on Broadway.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8qKih5rDUc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4k473222Sk&list=RD-8qKih5rDUc&start_radio=1
Reviews of the show were mixed. the Politically Correct reviewers didn't like the story, and some bizarrely claimed the show was too much like the film - which others noted was its main selling point. Others loved it.
Sam though got splendid reviews.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DmSfxS8X4AA4Bkd.jpg:large
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/pretty-woman-musical-theater-review-1135530
Barks, a Brit best known as Eponine in the Les Miserables film, makes a sensational Broadway debut. Her characterization is perhaps a tiny bit more sanitized than that of Roberts, what with the latter's coltish physical command and intoxicating smile, but Barks brings pluckiness, grit, self-possession and sensitivity; she has a rich, expressive voice and strikes a lovely balance between the gangly tomboy and the graceful gazelle that helps sell the essential sense of a pure heart, untarnished by the degradations of the boulevard. You find yourself beaming with vicarious pleasure every time she emerges resplendent in some chic new outfit
https://t2conline.com/pretty-woman-the-musical-wild-women-mostly-do/
Samantha Barks is all but guaranteed a Tony nomination next season for her portrayal of Vivian, her magnificent voice projected to the rafters of the Oriental Theatre. Her “I Can’t Go Back” 11th hour power ballad proving Barks has the chops to make not only the central part her own, but the musical as well. She is also a stunner with solid comic timing. Comparisons to Robert’s are inevitable, however I found her look much more in line with Angelina Jolie,
https://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2018/08/pretty_woman_broadway_review_tickets_info_andy_kar.html
its working for the audience- the show has been breaking ticket sales records
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pretty-woman-the-musical-breaks-nederlander-theatre-box-office-record-second-time-300702867.html
Booking till June 2019.