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Miss Saigon
Cameron Mackintosh's new production of Boublil and Schonberg's legendary Miss Saigon will premiere in Melbourne in March.
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Sweet CharityA dance hall hostess, Charity is in love with Charlie, but he is already married and spectacularly ditches her in a Central Park lake. Just as she vows to move on, she literally bums into film star Vittoria Vidal who takes her under his wing in spite of his fiance, Ursula. Charity spends the night in Vittoria's lavish apartment but has to hide when Ursula appears. Swearing off married men and film stars, she heads to the YMCA to meet some real people and they don't come any more real than claustrophobic tax accountant Oscar. He thinks she is a bank teller and she does'nt bother to put him roght, could this be Mr Right at last?
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RespectIn 1900 a 16 year old Norwegian girl arrived in New York, alone and with only a halting command of English. She was determined to strike out on her own in the new world.
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Annie Get Your Gun
The story of Annie Oakley who as a young girl helped support her family by shooting and selling game to hotels. She becane a crack shot shooting game in the head so the body would not be damaged by the shot. She entered into a shooting competition against Frank Butler another crack shot. She beat him by one point and joined Frank with Buffalo Bill'sWild West Show and went around the world with the show.
Season: June 1- 9 Venue: The Whitehorse Centre. |
The Witches of EastwickIn the picturesque New England town of Eastwick our three, not--so-wicked, witches. Alexandra Spotford, Sukie Rougemont and Jane Smart, are divorcees feeling trapped in their everyday humdrum lives. The women have their wishes granted - at a cost - when a mysterious and flashy man arrives in their lives. Season: May 18 - June 2 |
SHOUTThe Legend of the Wild One
Shout is the electrictfying Australian musical from the writers of Dusty, chronicling the life story of Australia's own rock legend, Johnny O'Keefe from the early days of the Sydney Stadium and Melbourne's Festival Hall to the television years of Six O'Clock Rock and Sing Sing Sing including the roller coaster ride that was his personal life.The show is set against a background of the birth of Australian rock n'roll with the songs you swooned to as teenagers. She's My Baby, The Wild One, Sing Sing Sing, She Wears My Ring, Get a Job, I'm Coounting on You, Shake Rattle and Roll and many more. Season May 11 - 27. Venue: Alexander Theatre Monash University
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Fiddler on the Roof
The story of Tevye the milkman and his family who live n the little Ukrainian village of Anatevka sharing the village with the lodal Cossacks. Both are under the thumb of the Russian conquerers and suffer the persecution of the Csar. The musical is taken from the short stories of Shalom Rabinovitsh who wrote under the name of Sholom Aleichem. |
The MikadoA story of Nanki Poo the son of the Mikado of Japan who is hiding away from the court of Japan and falls in love with a young lady Yum Yum who is affianced to her guardian. Season: June 14 - 17.
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The King and IBased on the story of Anna and the King of Siam. Anna, a widow, went with her young son from England to Siam as a governess to the King;s many children. There she became a good friend to the King and was credited with some reforms to the country. |
PassionMPTC presents Stephen Sondheim ans James Lapin the award winning Passion musical/operetta. |
Hot MikadoGilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado brought into the 20th Century |
Cats
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Cats by Andrew Lloyd is the musical version of Pratical Cats by T. S. Elliot. |
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The MikadoNanki Poo, the son of the Mikado of Japan, has fled his father's court and disguised himself as a second trombone in order to escape the amerous attentions of Katisha, an elderly lady of his father's court. He arrives in the town of Titpu where he falls in love woth Yum Yum who has become engaged to Ko-Ko . her guardian who has been raised to the exalted position of Lord High Executioner. Naturally all this leads to problems particularly when Katisha arrives lookiong for Nanki poo. Season October 22 at 2pm & 8pm Venue" Karralyka Centre MoInes Rd. Ringwood Bookings: 9879 2933 Seaon @ Saurday November 5 Venue: Aleaxander Theatre Monash University Bookings: 9905 1111. |
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The ProducersBased on the academy Award winning 1968 film written and directed by Mel Brooks. |
A Chorus LineCasting for a new Broadway musical is almost complete. The field's been narrowed down to just 17 dancers. For these men and women, this audition is the chance of a lifetime. It's what they've worked for - with every drop of sweat, every hour of training, every day of their lives. It's the one opportunity to do what they've always dreamed of. Not to be the star, but to get the job. ...to have the chance to dance and come through. But before the final cut is made, the director Zach asks each of them to talk about themselves. He starts by asking their name, age, hometown and reason for being a dancer. But Zach wants more than just their resumes. He wants to know about their families, friends, lovers, ambitious and careers. One by one, they come forward. Season: May 19 - June 2. |
Enmore Theatre Sydney
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