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Nicole Scherzinger to star in Cats the musical
Just heard this, quite exciting as I know she has an amazing voice (but surprised they went with someone already famous)
Ive not seen the musical before but looking forward to it |
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It's been rumoured for a while, happy for her to see it's been confirmed. She'll be excellent.
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Can't wait. Booked tickets about 2 months ago as I've been wanting to see this show for ages, glad it's back in London for a stint.
Having Nicole in the role of Grizabella will be amazing! Beautiful song is 'Memory' |
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Yes ive always wanted to see it and didn't think id get the chance
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I love Cats but never seen it live and I wish i had when Elaine paige did it but i won't suddenly book tickets because of her. I much prefer going to the theatre when proper theatre trained actors are in the cast. Not popstars who are used to as a ploy to sell tickets.
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I love Cats but never seen it live and I wish i had when Elaine paige did it but i won't suddenly book tickets because of her. I much prefer going to the theatre when proper theatre trained actors are in the cast. Not popstars who are used to as a ploy to sell tickets.
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I love Cats but never seen it live and I wish i had when Elaine paige did it but i won't suddenly book tickets because of her. I much prefer going to the theatre when proper theatre trained actors are in the cast. Not popstars who are used to as a ploy to sell tickets.
Since then, Nicole & Andrew have sort of built a relationship between them which has ultimately led to this. Nicole can really sing |
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There is more to musical theatre than being able to technically sing the songs. For instance, acting! Acting through the singing! Being able to perform to the same high standard night after night!
That's not to say that Nicole won't do a fantastic job and perhaps she has training in musical theatre that I am not aware of. Being able to sing a couple of songs for tv performances is hardly the same however as actually taking part in a full production long term. Not to dismiss her efforts entirely as she did a great job with both performances, but they cannot possibly indicate whether or not she's up to playing Grizabella night after night. Saying all that. I'd hope Andrew Lloyd Webber would hire someone who is up to the demands of a musical theatre production and not just someone with a pretty voice who'll sell more tickets. Only time will tell! |
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I much prefer going to the theatre when proper theatre trained actors are in the cast. Not popstars who are used to as a ploy to sell tickets.
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Nicole majored in Acting and Musical Theatre at college and also starred in productions of Chicago and Showboat. I'm sure she'll be great in Cats.
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Why? A singer is a singer, and Nicole - popstar or not - is an fantastic singer. She'll be incredible in this.
and if there is one thing about british theatre at the moment, they hire anyone they can regardless of whether they can act or sing. Kerry katona was hired to play Marilyn monroe in a few one off performances The likes of Amanda Holden and Kimberley Walsh were Fiona in Shrek. What next? Amy childs as Fantine in Les Miserables. Or Kym Marsh as Eva Peron in Evita. American theatre is much better because they are realistic in their casting choices. They don't hire has-been soap actors or flavor of the month reality stars. Not like over here. Nicole is fantastic vocalist, no doubt about it. |
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Nicole majored in Acting and Musical Theatre at college and also starred in productions of Chicago and Showboat. I'm sure she'll be great in Cats.
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Like the post above said, musical theatre is more than just singing
and if there is one thing about british theatre at the moment, they hire anyone they can regardless of whether they can act or sing. Kerry katona was hired to play Marilyn monroe in a few one off performances The likes of Amanda Holden and Kimberley Walsh were Fiona in Shrek. What next? Amy childs as Fantine in Les Miserables. Or Kym Marsh as Eva Peron in Evita. American theatre is much better because they are realistic in their casting choices. They don't hire has-been soap actors or flavor of the month reality stars. Not like over here. Nicole is fantastic vocalist, no doubt about it. |
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Beat me to it. She played Maureen in Rent at The Hollywood Bowl a few years ago too.
No offence, but those are some pretty ridiculous comparisons. As some of us have mentioned, Nicole is trained and has performed in other musicals. She's not just a pop singer. |
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To be fair though, her part is actually quite small. She features twice for four minutes at a time until the end when her character sings 'Memory'. So she only sings one full song once.
Nicole can act, she's been in productions before, there's stuff on YouTube if people really care that much lol |
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Like the post above said, musical theatre is more than just singing
and if there is one thing about british theatre at the moment, they hire anyone they can regardless of whether they can act or sing. Kerry katona was hired to play Marilyn monroe in a few one off performances The likes of Amanda Holden and Kimberley Walsh were Fiona in Shrek. What next? Amy childs as Fantine in Les Miserables. Or Kym Marsh as Eva Peron in Evita. American theatre is much better because they are realistic in their casting choices. They don't hire has-been soap actors or flavor of the month reality stars. Not like over here. Nicole is fantastic vocalist, no doubt about it.
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American theatre is much better because they are realistic in their casting choices. They don't hire has-been soap actors or flavor of the month reality stars. Not like over here.
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If those adverts she does are any demonstration of her acting talent I will definitely not be going!
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I'm a huge huge fan of Cats and my first reaction was WTF
but I'm still willing to give her a chance. I'm more concerned about the changes ALW intends to make to the show (making the Rum Tum Tugger more 'street', urgh). The UK tour cast was pretty much perfection and I would have been more than happy to see the tour booked into London for 12 weeks (though it does look like a lot of the tour cast will be in the London production).As long as it's still 'Cats' and not 'Cats Staring Nicole Scherzinger' I'll be happy. |
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I saw this today and it was AMAZING!
I've been a big fan of the musical for years, despite actually seeing it in the theatre. I booked the tickets back in September before Nicole was officially announced so the fact she later was announced to be in it was just an added bonus for me as I really like her (I won't say I'm a huge fan but I love her songs and she seems a right laugh!). Anyway, because "being a fan" I thought I knew the musical inside out, they've made some very minor changes this time around and when she first appears on stage it's quite sudden, it's just like..there she is, which was nice and you see people's heads in the audience edging out to get a better look She's quite tiny actually, but what a voice on her!(I am trying to give this a more "nicole" review, rather than a 'cats' review because of the topic ). We were quite near the front and she just basically looked and sounded like Nicole Scherzinger (or is that a really bizarre thing to say? ) I will say though, she sung 'Memory' absolutely beautifully. Nice and slow and it rises up until the big "touuuch meeeeeee" part. Quite spine-tingling! I feel I'm not biased as I've not read one bad review regarding Nicole's performance yet (which is actually quite surprising considering the "Outrage" by the cats the musical fans when it was first announced Nicole was to be "their" Grizabella ).ANYWAY without rambling on, for me, I am super happy. I got to see a musical I've been dying to see for years and to top it off, having Nicole in my favourite character's role was excellent. A show that HAS to be experienced in the theatre. One funny moment though: We were all waiting outside the doors for the tickets to be taken and the man comes out and says "hold on a minute, we have an announcement" and an elderly lady of about 80 instantly said "IS NICOLE NOT IN IT!?", he said "she's in it, I just want to tell you all which ticket holders go in which door".
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aww I'm glad she's found her calling in the west end and that she's been very positively received
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Cats is ok, but I thinks most under 30s will not be impressed by it, & there is of course only one song of note (Memory)
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aww I'm glad she's found her calling in the west end and that she's been very positively received
![]() I was very surprised by her performance, she can certianly act & sing. Quote:
Cats is ok, but I thinks most under 30s will not be impressed by it, & there is of course only one song of note (Memory)
The theatre can be an eye-opening place, there were men in their late 50s/early 60s shedding a tear to 'Memory'! One man was singing along to all the songs behind me which was slightly annoying but anything goes
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*apparently* it's in Nicole's contract to record an updated Cats soundtrack with the current Palladium cast so I hope that's true. It could do with a new edition and Nicole did such a wonderful job
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I don't think I've heard one negative review of her in this.
Hopefully she can continue to have success in this field. Also a return to X Factor next year would be amazing
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but I'm still willing to give her a chance. I'm more concerned about the changes ALW intends to make to the show (making the Rum Tum Tugger more 'street', urgh). The UK tour cast was pretty much perfection and I would have been more than happy to see the tour booked into London for 12 weeks (though it does look like a lot of the tour cast will be in the London production).
She's quite tiny actually, but what a voice on her!
). We were quite near the front and she just basically looked and sounded like Nicole Scherzinger (or is that a really bizarre thing to say?