Gary Barlow mention: (Repost)
====== Manchester News MEN @mennewsdesk 2h2 hours ago Soon you'll be able to get married in Gary Barlow's former Cheshire mansion!
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=Great Random: Gary Barlow mention:
Auntie Bex ✨ @bexxy1976 2h2 hours ago
3 weeks since @garybarlow was being groped at the @warchilduk gig! #GoodTimes
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======christopher @312chrischin 4h4 hours ago
When two worlds collide, @garybarlow met my hubby
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==Finding Neverland on Broadway:
===The Harvey Weinstein-produced musical adaptation of “Finding Neverland” took flight in its first Broadway preview last week, selling out the house and posting the kind of box office that, if it continued for a whole week of performances, would have seen the show top $1 million.
The single performance of “Finding Neverland” (pictured above in its tryout run at the A.R.T. in Cambridge, Mass.) hit $159,823, drawing a packed house of 1,510 theatergoers. The average ticket price came in at $105.84, a pretty robust figure for a show during previews, a period during which pre-opening tickets are often sold at reduced prices to get audiences in the door.
It’s a promising showing for the title, which stars Matthew Morrison (“Glee”) and Kelsey Grammer in the backstory of J.M. Barrie’s creation of Peter Pan. But the big numbers should be taken with a grain of salt, in that the figures for first previews often get a boost from curious Broadway avids and rabid fans of stars or titles. Besides, initial interest in “Neverland” was bound to be high since Weinstein began drumming up New York publicity for it way back when he got a song from the show on the 2014 Tony telecast. Whether the audience enthusiasm will continue to hold up in the coming weeks remains to be seen.
==Broadway Box Office: ‘Finding Neverland’ Soars in First Preview
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==Take That III: Article: (Repost)=
It's Take That's first day back at work.
If you can call sitting around talking about themselves 'work', of course.
"I can never bring myself to refer to what we do as work," says Gary Barlow. "Certainly not at home. This is the thing that we play around with."
He does have a point. Their current project has involved more playing around than normal. Barlow, along with bandmates Mark Owen and Howard Donald have a song on the soundtrack of Kingsman: The Secret Service, the spy caper starring Colin Firth, Samuel L Jackson and newcomer Taron Egerton, that opened in cinemas recently.
They saw the film in its rough state last May, when director Matthew Vaughn asked them, as he previously did with his other films Stardust and X-Men: First Class, if they'd like to offer a song for the soundtrack. The band agreed; their song Get Ready For It plays over Kingsman's closing credits.
"What we got from watching it was that the film was very beautifully shot, expensive looking and very dramatic, so we needed a dramatic, headline statement of a track," says Barlow, 44. "We went into the studio and came up with Get Ready For It almost straight away."
There was a nervous wait while Vaughn made his decision, and finally the song got the green light.
The accompanying video sees the Take That trio living out their spy fantasies, in the same way Firth et al do in the film.
For Owen, a bit of a film buff, appearing on a film soundtrack is something of a dream come true.
"When I get a day off, I'll go to the cinema and watch three films in a row. And I love
soundtracks," says the 43-year-old, before reeling off a list of his favourites, including Cinema Paradiso ("so, so beautiful"), The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty("really euphoric") and last year's The Fault In Our Stars ("perfectly chosen").
Barlow looks incredulous at this. "There's only one choice for best film soundtrack, isn't there?" he says, leaving the other two waiting for his answer. "It's Star Wars, hands down."
All three would be interested in writing a full soundtrack for a film, although given their schedule for the rest of 2015, if it were to happen, it's highly unlikely it would be this year.
There's the small matter of their arena tour, after all, which begins in April. Compared to their recent stadium gigs, which included, among other things, a 60ft-tall moving robot called Om, circus performers, and a giant wall of water which the band and a team of acrobats abseiled down, their tour of UK arenas is relatively small.
However, they all laugh at the thought of playing to around 10,000 people each night being called 'intimate' or 'small' - planning is no less challenging, they say.
"We had our first meeting this week," says Donald, 46, just days after his wedding to illustrator Katie Halil.
"We always like to go away to do our planning, all staying in a house just planning it all, set lists and things."
"It's early, really," says Barlow, "but our stage will be getting made very soon. There are only a few companies that make these stages, so we have to get in while they can do them. We have to hire the right lights, all that technical stuff. Big decisions. But it's very exciting."
On the subject of set lists, they all wince slightly, thinking about how they're going to manage to fit in all their hits.
"I suggested one giant medley, so we can do everything," says Owen, "but that didn't go down very well."
"We've nearly been together 25 years, so there are a lot of songs," adds Donald. "And for every new song we play, there has to be something left out that fans might absolutely love, so we have to get that balance just right. We've got so many songs in our catalogue, so it's very difficult."
"That's the thing that makes me proud," says Barlow. "When we sit down and write down the songs we want to play - there are just so many now. We can't play for five hours, so we have to choose, and there are so many we want to get in.
"Touring is unquestionably the best thing we do," he continues. "It's our audience in front of us, total creativity and expression on stage, no media in between us. It's the best part."
One other thing they will have to consider this time around, is what they'll do with the extra stage they'll have to fill.
Jason Orange decided to call it a day last September, releasing a statement saying: "I have spent some of the best years of my life with Take That and I'd like to thank everyone who has been a part of my journey, including my band mates, who are like brothers to me."
This news came a few months after Robbie Williams announced that he wouldn't be returning to the fold as he had done for their previous album, Progress, and resulting tour - although he did hint he might return again in the future.
While the remaining three say Orange's departure was a "huge loss", they say no concessions will be made, and fans will still get the show they always would've done.
"It's not a time to scale things back," says Barlow. "Absolutely not. Take That is a brand and people expect a big production extravaganza when they come to see us, and that's what they're going to get."
======Interview with Take That | Bishops Stortford Herts & Essex Observer
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=Take That III: Tour News:
===Dutch Take That FC @dttfc 4h4 hours ago
Take That tour news! Rehearsals are on! #takethat #TT2015
fb.me/1TZJ6WM52Finding Neverland News: Reminder:
====Finding Neverland is a new Broadway musical that tells the fascinating story of how Peter became Pan, and now you and a child or friend have the rare chance to go backstage and meet the cast. With this exclusive opportunity, you’ll watch the show from the producer’s house seats and then head backstage for a private tour and the opportunity to meet star actors Kelsey Grammer, Matthew Morrison and Laura Michelle Kelly. A member of the production team will give you and your guest a tour backstage before taking you to the dressing room area, where these cast members will greet you. The perfect gift for any Broadway lover, this is a unique chance to get inside access to what is sure to be New York’s next big hit.
Finding Neverland begins previews at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater on March 15th, 2015, with opening night April 15th. Based on the Academy Award-winning film of the same name, it has been brought to life by the team behind Shakespeare in Love, Chicago and Pippin. The show follows playwright J.M. Barrie, who needs a big hit to save his floundering career and finds the inspiration he’s been missing when he meets the beautiful widow Sylvia and her four young sons. Packed with mesmerizing visuals, irresistible songs, and plenty of laughs, Finding Neverland is a timeless story about the power of imagination, and spectacular proof that you never really have to grow up. Tony Award® winner Diane Paulus (Pippin, Hair) directs this innovative new musical featuring an original score by noted songwriter/composer Gary Barlow and Grammy Award® winner Eliot Kennedy, with a book by celebrated playwright James Graham.
==== IfOnly @ifonly 7h7 hours ago Previews have started for @neverlandbway. Get your backstage experience at Broadway's newest sensation
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=The director and producer share their insight into Finding Neverland on Broadway!
Broadway headliner and GLEE notable Matthew Morrison is set to headline upcoming Broadway musical Finding Neverland alongside multi-award-winning stage and screen star Kelsey Grammer and director Diane Paulusalong with producer Harvey Weinstein discuss their participation in the hotly anticipated production as part of a new interview.
== ACTORSandCREW @actorsandcrew 9h9 hours ago Diane Paulus & Harvey Weinstein Discuss FINDING NEVERLAND In New Video Interview
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