The Old Crem

I saw that production of 42nd street. I’m not sure if he performed the performance I went to. He was also in Funny Girl in 2016 with Darius Campbell who died yesterday.

Most of that must have been her house considering she more than once said she Carried on working due to financial difficulties.

He did. He had a number 1 in 2002 and four other top ten hits.

I’ve heard from an acquaintance about a celebrity birth. I will post it as soon as I can post something. The pregnancy has not been announced.

Particularly as the European Championships are ongoing and Chris Boardman is on commentary duties and could make a brief on screen tribute.

Apparently a doctor present at the scene is quoted as saying his injures looked survivable.

The police have announced he was stabbed in the neck.

Footage of him seemingly being loaded into an air ambulance.

Daily Mail are saying he has been transported to an ambulance.

The AP are saying ‘ Rushdie was quickly surrounded by a small group of people who held up his legs, presumably to send more blood to his chest.’

True but I imagine there is difference in walking the seconds after and what is being claimed that he was walking minutes afterwards - a claim that nobody seems to be able to verify.

Some reports that he is ok.

Imagine if he scores in the World Cup. We will all be on tenterhooks half expecting a massive death to follow.

Has got Yahoo and Daily Mail coverage for this announcement so an obit cert.

Likely correct but I can’t find a death date for their number 11 Claudio Bizzarri. Still a player left from the first final, Robert Siatka who is 88 now.

IDMB Broadway World Jennifer Butt, who played Madame Thénardier in the original Broadway production of Les Misérables, has died aged 65

Very sad news. Mirror

One to watch. Jason Herbison said he phoned Tom Oliver to offer him the a return but he declined due to being at a different stage in his life.

Sad news Surprisingly not on either BBC or British Sky news websites yet.

Has finally quit the production of My Fair Lady after only making a few performances due to complications resulting from a Covid infection.

According to the Sun Liz Truss is considering the following cabinet Kwarteng - Chancellor Patel - Tory Chairman Braverman - Home Secretary Sunak - Health Clarke - Bussines Cleverly - Foreign Badenoch - Education Mordaunt - Culture Jayawardena - Environment Tugendhat - Security Coffey - Cabinet office

Noticed this years version of the thread had not been opened yet and It feels time to launch it. Some of the people I think should be considered for a debut. Glynis Johns Julie Goodyear Jean Marsh Michael Gambon Duchess of Kent Duke of Kent George Alagiah Bill Turnbull Pele Frank Field For a return Liza Minnelli Jerry Lee Lewis.

Is that true now. Truss seems to be doing better in polls v Starmer than Sunak is.

I can see the Tory manifesto for 2024 pledging to review if devolution works.

That doesn’t rule her out getting one. She could well have already been offered a job.