I don't know who needs to hear this but here's Scarlett Strallen and Katherine Kingsley singing "I Don't Know His Name" in the SUBLIME Menier revival of She Loves Me.
The production, unlike the 1994 London revival, allowed the actors to use their natural voices and Arpad was an absolute Welsh charmer. https://twitter.com/amgreenberg/status/1253390975189299202?s=20
Director Matthew White did something bold and daring that Scott Ellis cannot: he trusted the material. The Menier revival brought out so much depth in the characters. Amalia and Georg didn't bicker, they fought. It came from a real place and made the finale all the more effective
It was a jewel box of a musical. The elements: the set design, costume design, the new chamber orchestration were more cognizant of the period—and the financial realities of the setting—than the slicker, more sitcom-ish Roundabout revival that same year.
The reviews were stellar, the word of mouth was exquisite, but it wasn't enough to bring She Loves Me back into the West End, even for a limited season and that was a shame. I would have flown back just to see it again.
As a matter of fact, the last piece I've written about theatre to date was an encomium to the Menier She Loves Me: https://www.theatreaficionado.com/2016/12/loves-menier-chocolate-factory.html
PS: Though the revival didn't receive a cast album, that audio at the top of this thread is indeed from a complete soundboard of the Menier She Loves Me. Knowing that it at least exists... well, that makes the heart feels a bit better.
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