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Old 28-04-2007, 23:59
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I know quite a few people on the forum were fans of the Maria show. and theres been a lot of chat about it in other threads so I thought I'd create one to chat about the show, and the careers of the girls involved.

who was your favourite?

have you seen Connie in SOM?

have you seen Aoife in SOM?

have you seen any of the others perform in other shows?

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Old 29-04-2007, 00:05
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Hey, glad to join you here.

My absolute favourite was Aoifie. I thought she was fabulous, even with footloose when ALW said it was awful! Have not see her yet but would love to. Also would love to hear what others thought if they have seen her in Chicago.

Also liked Belinda, but mainly because she is so lovely!

What is Helena up to now? Anyone know?
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Old 29-04-2007, 00:09
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Aoife was not my favourite in the show. In fact I felt she was quite bland near the beginning (I have learnt the error of my ways now!)

I have seen her in both Chicago and Sound of Music and she was amazing! Shes a fantastic actress and is one of the best Roxie's i've seen.

As for Maria I felt she does a better job than Connie, who can often be quite wooden and stiff. She is amazingly emotional and has great chemistry with the Captain. If only she'd been chosen from the beginning!
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Old 29-04-2007, 00:12
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Originally Posted by Jocko Homo
Aoife was not my favourite in the show. In fact I felt she was quite bland near the beginning (I have learnt the error of my ways now!)

I have seen her in both Chicago and Sound of Music and she was amazing! Shes a fantastic actress and is one of the best Roxie's i've seen.

As for Maria I felt she does a better job than Connie, who can often be quite wooden and stiff. She is amazingly emotional and has great chemistry with the Captain. If only she'd been chosen from the beginning!
I always saw the potential. I really enjoyed the little acting clips we got to see, with the kids and that. I really felt she was Maria. I knew she had weak moments with her voice but that only takes practice to strengthen. Her best performance was in the sing off. She was so good there, I was gobsmacked she didn't go through.

I don't understand how sometimes ALW says he will judge by the performances in the sing off and does and then other times he doesn't.
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Old 29-04-2007, 00:18
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Seen Connie in TSOM - very good.

As for seeing any of the others perform - I've performed in a lot of shows with Laura if that counts (most recently in Chess in 2005 when she played Florence). First SAW her perform when she was about 10.
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Old 29-04-2007, 01:42
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Originally Posted by BlurAlly
I always saw the potential. I really enjoyed the little acting clips we got to see, with the kids and that. I really felt she was Maria. I knew she had weak moments with her voice but that only takes practice to strengthen. Her best performance was in the sing off. She was so good there, I was gobsmacked she didn't go through.

I don't understand how sometimes ALW says he will judge by the performances in the sing off and does and then other times he doesn't.
If you want Connie you don't want Aoife or Abi in the final because they can both outsing her and are stronger actresses. Helena arguably outsang her but had too big a mountain to climb.
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Old 29-04-2007, 01:52
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Originally Posted by Jocko Homo
I know quite a few people on the forum were fans of the Maria show. and theres been a lot of chat about it in other threads so I thought I'd create one to chat about the show, and the careers of the girls involved.

who was your favourite?

have you seen Connie in SOM?

have you seen Aoife in SOM?

have you seen any of the others perform in other shows?
Abi is hilarious in Fame and nailed her two big songs too - the TV screen presence works on stage too - she just stands out.

http://fame.binarylab.com/index2.htm

Didn't see Blondel but the big song is on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbBY2NESwy8

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Old 29-04-2007, 02:05
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Originally Posted by BlurAlly
Hey, glad to join you here.

My absolute favourite was Aoifie. I thought she was fabulous, even with footloose when ALW said it was awful! Have not see her yet but would love to. Also would love to hear what others thought if they have seen her in Chicago.

Also liked Belinda, but mainly because she is so lovely!

What is Helena up to now? Anyone know?
Helena

http://www.spotlightcd.com/interactive/cv/1/F86645

Belinda

http://www.thephantomoftheopera.com/...urrentCast.php

Look under swings
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Old 29-04-2007, 10:30
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I haven't seen any of them in anything. I really must get round to see Sound of Music though...

Interesting that both Aoife and Abi have done so well, as I couldn't imagine that they would - neither seemed like a consistent enough singer, though they were obviously good in other ways. Who does Abi play in Fame?
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Old 29-04-2007, 11:32
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After the events of the last week, I am getting seriously cheesed off with ALW. Apparently he is going to use Funny Girl as a vehicle for the post-sound of music Connie. I am disgusted. This is Abi's part, he said it himself (as an excuse not to cast her as Maria).

I haven't seen TSOM yet, but I would be much more interested in seeing Aoife in the role. In the clips I've seen on youtube, Connie's acting was very am-dram.
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Old 29-04-2007, 11:36
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Does anyone know what happened to Siobhan? Great voice, great looks, pity about the acting....
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Old 29-04-2007, 11:39
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Originally Posted by Corinna
Does anyone know what happened to Siobhan? Great voice, great looks, pity about the acting....
too true she had a great voice but I was very suprised she got to the final... she was as wooden as anything.

last I heard she was bringing out an album of some sort soon.
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Old 30-04-2007, 03:40
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Originally Posted by Phil2003
I haven't seen any of them in anything. I really must get round to see Sound of Music though...

Interesting that both Aoife and Abi have done so well, as I couldn't imagine that they would - neither seemed like a consistent enough singer, though they were obviously good in other ways. Who does Abi play in Fame?
Serena.
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Old 30-04-2007, 03:50
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Originally Posted by LaurieMarlow
After the events of the last week, I am getting seriously cheesed off with ALW. Apparently he is going to use Funny Girl as a vehicle for the post-sound of music Connie. I am disgusted. This is Abi's part, he said it himself (as an excuse not to cast her as Maria).

I haven't seen TSOM yet, but I would be much more interested in seeing Aoife in the role. In the clips I've seen on youtube, Connie's acting was very am-dram.
I thought Connie had added a character to Maria but its not the one ALW said he wanted (more novice than tough) and as Jocko H and some of the heavier newspaper critics said she's not good at portraying the relationship side that requires more acting skills.

As Abi has far stronger acting skills and he says himself she could sing it and both Aoife and Abi have been playing American roles to acclaim it would seem pretty silly to jump to Connie.

Oddly, Tim Rice seems to have employed both Helena and Abi - makes you wonder which of the partnership is right.
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Old 30-04-2007, 17:54
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I was always a fan of Aoife, so I'm glad to hear that she is doing a couple of shows a week. Her voice wasn't the best( but then again neither was Connie's), but she really stood out for me during all the acting clips we saw.
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Old 01-05-2007, 11:07
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Quick question...

What was the name of the girl who dropped out before the finals? Graham Norton read out the letter from her. Anyone know what she is up to now?
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Old 01-05-2007, 15:05
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Emily. I'm not sure about her last name
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Old 01-05-2007, 19:04
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Originally Posted by Angelica123
I was always a fan of Aoife, so I'm glad to hear that she is doing a couple of shows a week. Her voice wasn't the best( but then again neither was Connie's), but she really stood out for me during all the acting clips we saw.
I agree. It's very hard to appreciate Aoife's talents, when watching her perform random unconnected pop songs.

She's a scarily good actress, and I mean scary. She really becomes the character and she's so versitile too! Was there ever 2 more contrasting characters than Roxie and Maria? yet she does both of them remarkably well.

And when she has a character to 'become' it makes her vocal performances better too, I like her voice not the strongest but it has a lovely sweet tone to it.
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Old 24-05-2007, 17:22
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Just in case anyone was interested Siobhan has landed herself with a role in Grease

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2...230818,00.html

she will also be an understudy for the Sandy

although with David Ian involved is anyone really suprised?
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Old 24-05-2007, 17:27
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Old 24-05-2007, 18:03
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Seeing Connie in Sound of Music on Thursday 28th of June on my trip to London. Hope she is on that night.
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Old 24-05-2007, 19:23
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If anyone is interested, Simona Armstrong is appearing in an episode of daytime soap Doctors in June.
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Old 24-05-2007, 19:33
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Just in case anyone was interested Siobhan has landed herself with a role in Grease

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2...230818,00.html

she will also be an understudy for the Sandy

although with David Ian involved is anyone really suprised?
How hilarious! I suppose Grease is about her level.

Yes, it's hardly surprising that her big break came about through David 'the letch' Ian. There is such a funny clip on youtube of her first audition. Graham's commentary on David is just outrageous.
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Old 24-05-2007, 19:53
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I can't believe I'm going to say this but... I'd much rather see Siobhan as Sandy than any of the 'singers' in Grease is the Word. Considering Siobhan was pretty much my least favourite (not helped by the judges singing her praises every week whilst continually knocking Leanne- who at least had a musical theatre voice and could perform).

Just goes to show you how god-awful Grease Is The Word is.
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Old 24-05-2007, 20:00
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Yeah, I'm with you on that one I think! Her acting skills were seriously lame, but Sandy isn't exactly the most challenging part in all the world. I've only seen GITW once and I can't say anyone bowled me over.
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