Завтра у Эрла ДР, так что с меня обязательный пост с картинками. А пока вот такое интервью:
"When I left college I had a year of doing everything, including selling financial services, but nothing satisfied me in the way theatre does," said Earl.
"I enjoyed music but I could not read it – I still can't (ыыы, так и не научился нотной грамоте
) – but I enjoy the stimulation and storytelling that music provides."
So he set up his own musical theatre production company in Bournemouth.
читать дальшеTwenty years later, Earl is touring his own production. The Three Phantoms sees him joined by two other West End singers, Matthew Cammelle and Stephen John Davis, who have also performed the iconic role.
"It might have been a long-winded route but I certainly served my apprenticeship," Earl said.
"I didn't go to theatre school in London and I'm pleased I didn't.
"Doing it this way round gave me an understanding of the entire industry – you need to understand it is trend- driven.
"If you find a way of holding everyone's attention, then you stay at the forefront of their thoughts."
The Three Phantoms, which arrives at Hull New Theatre next month, fulfills that intent.
"It's musical theatre meets the Rat Pack," said Earl, alluding to the wise-cracking group that included Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr.
"Coming at it from the point of view of songs from shows can be a bit staid, a bit boring – just turning up, singing, and then walking off.
"The show is interwoven with our relationships with other shows and a lot of tomfoolery. It is traditional variety, I suppose, good-old fashioned variety entertainment."
The production, which is backed by an orchestra, also includes songs from other musicals, including Les Misérables, West Side Story and Spamalot.
Joining the trio of male singers is Rebecca Caine, who originated the role of Cosette in the Cameron Mackintosh production of Les Misérables and joined the original cast of The Phantom Of The Opera as Christine.
Earl's first involvement with the London production of The Phantom Of The Opera was in 2003, as an understudy.
Later he took over the role, which he played for two-and- a-half years at Her Majesty's Theatre in London.
"It was something I did not think would happen," he said.
"But each time your career develops and gets stronger, people have more trust in your responsibility to take things on.
"It was a combination of feelings. It is one of the most iconic roles, in one of the most iconic musicals.
"You are being given quite a responsibility and one that people will judge accordingly, as there have been so many prior to you – but you don't think you can please everyone, as you cannot.
"There was some trepidation, but that call from my agent – to tell me I'd got the role – is one that still resonates to this day."
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