About musicals

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If you put Michael Ball into a musical it will be utterly amazing

If you put Ruthie Henshall into a musical she'll kill it dead

I love Ruthie.
If you look at her career you can hardly say she kills musicals. YADBU.

YABU - I give you Les Mis (wonderful) and Passion (beyond dire and entailed seeing Michael Ball's naked behind).

I like Michael Ball, who is Ruthie?

She's an awful ego of a musical performer

She's killed all shows I've seen her in and rendered them unwatchable for me

I'm not a fan of Ruthie Henshall. Apart from anything else, I find it irritating that she has put an 'ie' on the end of a name that really doesn't require it. It sounds silly.

Even les mis? Chicago? She loves me? Miss Saigon? They were all amazing!

I saw Ruthie in Billy Elliot recently and she was fantastic. Would rather see her over Denice Van Outen or some reality show reject any day

Never heard of her.

Never heard of her either.

I saw wicked last night (incredible BTW!) and I couldn't tell you the name of any of the actors . I clearly need to pay more attention.

She was awful in les mis and when I saw her in Chicago she couldn't hack not being the lead so kept trying to steal the show which became annoying - like a child jostling to be front and centre when they're 3rd cabbage from the left

The while point of chicago is roxie and velma vie to be the lead!!!

Its a game of one upmanship. Even the musical director said that!

Yes, isn't that the storyline?

Hate hate hate musicals. Unless they are Fred and Ginger films.

I'd rather skewer my own liver with a pipecleaner than go near anything involving his balliness.

YABVU to cheerleader for these modern travesties of noise

I know the story but this wasn't the character this was her. It's hard to explain but it didn't work what she was doing

I love Michael Ball, he was the best Sweeney Todd ever.

Sounds entirely character based to me.
I think you just dont like her fullstop.
She could do amazing performances and you still would find a perceived fault.

eattherude wasn't he?
I love Michael Ball

I agree about Sweeney Todd he was unbelievable in that!

I should point out that I'm the type of person who prefers Javert to Valjean in Les Mis too because he has the better songs

Agree totally about sweeney todd.

Also agree about javert

Seriously, don't any of you find west end muicals just too loud?

I gave up after a group visit to Mamma Mia two years ago.

Panicking it's much age now.

She can't that bad, 5 Olivier Award nominations puts her somewhere towards the top of her profession, I think!

I love musicals.
Am off to Avenue Q next week, Sweeney Todd at Twickenham theatre, Scottsboro boys, Forbidden Broadway, Evita, Thoroughly modern Millie and Miss Saigon..all before December.

Just because she's got awards doesn't mean everyone is going to like her

They are loud but so much fun!

Saying that though I didn't like the new Miss Saigon. It was a bit too 6th form production/minimalist for the story