1/29/2024 0 Comments Female bellhopFellow sex worker Kit de Luca ( Rachael Wooding) has a fairly small part as a friend to Vivian, but she stood out with her big (huge) vocals, which put everyone else’s to shame. There are other highlights to Pretty Woman however, besides Harms and Charles as hotel manager and bellboy. ![]() The Roy Orbison hit of the same name of the film is by far the best song of the show, and with a teaser of its familiar baseline performed earlier on in the show, it felt like the audience were just waiting for this song to reappear in full so they could get up and dance. These new songs written for the show by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance are quite fun at the time, but not memorable once you’ve left the auditorium. However, over thirty years on from the movie, it feels as though it could have been updated in some way – the characters expanded upon or delved into with the musical numbers perhaps, which unfortunately don’t add anything to the story. Lawton – the film’s screenwriter and director respectively – have kept the stage script fairly similar to its original. I found myself more interested in their story than Vivian and Edward’s, which was probably not what the producers were going for. As hotel manager and bellboy, the duo steals the show with their seemingly spontaneous dance numbers which provide most of the comedy and are a delight to watch. They are also overshadowed by another pair in the cast who hold much of the comedy.īob Harms plays the double character of the hotel manager and Happy Man – a narrator of sorts, and Alex Charles is Giulio, the hotel’s bellboy. The couple do their best to recreate the rom-com on stage but seem to lack chemistry. ![]() Mac is also no Richard Gere, although he does appear to be channelling the Hollywood actor at times. Unfortunately, her vocals are noticeably weaker than some of the others in the cast, which was disappointing. However, it works as a cult movie for its early 90s era, but fails to hold up as a modern musical as we watch loveable Vivian ( Aimie Atkinson) and suave Edward ( Danny Mac) burst out into song after song amongst glitzy backdrops.Ītkinson is goofier than Julia Roberts and quite endearing, but she doesn’t have the charm and charisma of Roberts. A billionaire businessman meets a prostitute, turns her into a high-class escort for a week before they fall in love – we all know the story of the 1990 box office smash ‘ Pretty Woman’. ![]() Less Pretty Woman, more 'pretty tacky'The popular romcom ‘ Pretty Woman’ starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere was recently transformed from movie to musical, and has reopened at the Savoy Theatre, much to the delight of fans of the film.
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