I loathe going to the City & I hate public transport but as I'm an amateur operatic "Drama Queen" I make the effort to go to London once a year to see a musical for my special birthday treat. Now this takes us two hours travelling either side & costs over £200, (train fares, tickets, meal etc).
In the past I've seen;
Phantom of the Opera
Mama Mia
My Fair Lady
Mary Poppins
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
I am considering Joseph but to be honest imo the leading man would have to be pretty special for us "Joe Blogs" to spend our hard earned cash & time going to see it .
So for me he's got to be;
good looking/attractive
have a decent body, (don't forget he strips to a loin cloth & I don't want to be cringing with disgust/embarrassment)
a fantastic singer
a good dancer
a fantastic stage actor
have charisma/stage presence
be believable!
I know it's a lot to ask but that's what I expect, or we ain't spending the money .
A lot of the "Josephs" have lovely voices, are cute etc but I want the whole package & so far there are only a couple that cut the mustard for me. (Obviously there is time for others to raise their game).
I want to see some proper acting & dancing & let's have some decent musical songs instead of pop pap too! This is my take on the issue but obviously everyone has differing views, what do you think?

I just feel I've "been there, seen that "with both Grease and Joseph.

If I make an expensive trip to a musical in the West End, it will be to see something new (to me) or my favourite leading man in a new (to him) role.

I must say id love to see Joseph, but it was just on tour up here in January, and i feel it would be wasting a "Slot" seeing something we have seen already. That said, we have got all 5 of our shows booked up not so we can't add more anyway

I take it you haven't spotted your ideal Joseph yet from this bunch.....how about Lee?

I'm not much of musicals fan at all, & like you it has to be a spectacular one. The last time I went to one was to see Jesus Chris Superstar, I think 96-97. That was fantastic & very touching at the end...wonder where is Steve Balsamo these days?

Now...if Lee wins I might just go for it & see Joseph, the one play I never in a million years would have thought of paying money to see.
Last edited by andallthatjazz : 23-04-2007 at 17:05

Can I just ask, roughly how much an average ticket for Joseph (starring the winner of ADWD) would cost? How much was one for The Sound of Music, with Connie?
Last edited by Innocent_fairy : 23-04-2007 at 19:15

Roughly £25-60 for Joseph, I think The sound of music was a littlke higher. It depends how quickly you go to see it and which show you go to see. Hope that helps

I've already booked my tix ( ) and they're top price in the front stalls - £50 each I think.

Yeah at the moment my front runner is Lee.
Joint 2nd Seamus & Lewis.
My secret "awwww" is Chris.
The trouble is we have not seen them dance or act in what I would call any proper sense, so I shall hold off voting until then.
I shan't go & see it if someone I find unattractive & undeserving wins. I'll go & see "The Sound of Music" instead; if we can get tickets that is - I've heard they are gold dust!

Thanks frell-tastic & hot_topics

Turns out my friend was booking them for us, whilst I was on here typing!