10th - 19th August
JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS RETURN TOUR SEASON!
RIVERSIDE THEATRE, PARRAMATTA AUG 10-13 FIVE PERFORMANCES
MITTAGONG PLAYHOUSE, MITTAGONG AUG 17-19 FOUR PERFORMANCES
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BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
Miranda Musical Society is incredibly fortunate to be touring their critically acclaimed 2016 production of Jacques Brel to Parramatta and Mittagong this year. The sardonic, wise and intensely emotive songs of this influential Belgian composer and performer still ring in the air, thanks to this show that introduced Brel to many American listeners in 1968, a decade before his untimely death at age 49. Brel was part of the French-language art-song movement that reached its peak of international popularity in the 1950s and ’60s, led by such revered performers as Edith Piaf, Charles Aznavour and Yves Montand.Brel too was beloved in his adopted home of Paris, and around the globe. But the riveting performer and prolific songwriter was an individualist, whose ouevre ranges from the rhapsodically romantic to the caustically political. A born storyteller, his odes are often compressed mini-dramas and often mused in a world-weary but uncynical fashion on the rapture and agony of love. But he also addresses the madness and waste of war — both world wars, and the French and U.S. military wars in Vietnam. Brel’s fever-grade ballads about love’s vagaries, have been widely covered by artists from Judy Collins and Frank Sinatra to David Bowie. "A banquet of Brel is a spread so rich, it could clog the arteries with raw emotion" PRODUCTION CONCEPTION, ENGLISH LYRICS AND ADDITIONAL MATERIAL BY ERIC BLAU AND MORT SHUMAN BASED ON JACQUES BREL’S LYRICS AND COMMENTARY MUSIC BY JACQUES BREL by arrangement with Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd on behalf of Dramatists Play Service, Inc PRODUCTION TEAM Director: Geraldine Turner Musical Director: Mark Cranston Reid CAST Anne-Marie Fanning, Gavin Leahy, Jennifer Parbery, Margaret Short, Andrew Symes, Tim Wotherspoon #MMSJaquesBrelReturn
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13th - 17th September
HELLO, DOLLY!
SUTHERLAND ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE
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Dolly is coming home to the Sutherland Entertainment Centre!
The year is 1890 and Mrs. "Dolly" Levi is an eccentric widow bringing love, life and chaos to everyone she meets, making a vocation out of meddling in the affairs of others (for a reasonable fee). She sets her sights on match-making Horace Vandergelder, the well known half-a-millionaire of Yonkers New York. Money, as Dolly's late husband Ephraim said, is like manure. It’s not worth a thing unless it’s spread around encouraging young things to grow. From store clerks, to artists and wailing nieces, Dolly Levi rounds up the unhappy citizens of Yonkers sending them all to New York in their best Sunday clothes for a life changing adventure they will never forget! This will be the third time Miranda Musical Society presents this classic match making musical, winner of 10 Tony Award and holding a record breaking number of Broadway performances in its inaugural run. With such beloved classics as Put On Your Sunday Clothes, Ribbons Down My Back, Before The Parade Passes By, It Only Takes A Moment and of course the titular Hello, Dolly! This is the event of 2017 not to miss. Book by Michael Stewart Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman Based on the play “The Matchmaker” by Thornton Wilder “Hello, Dolly!” is presented by permission of ORiGiN™ Theatrical on behalf of Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc. PRODUCTION TEAM Director: Diane Wilson Musical Director: Dean Turner Choreographer: Edward Rooke
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March 2018
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
SUTHERLAND ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE
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Be Our Guest at the Sutherland Entertainment Centre!
Capturing the imagination of more than 35 million people worldwide, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, the smash hit Broadway musical, is returning to Miranda Musical Society! Based on the Academy Award-winning animated feature film, Beauty and the Beast is a dazzling musical spectacle filled with beloved characters, gorgeous costumes and magical music from award winning artists Alan Menken, Howard Ashman & Tim Rice. Relive this enchanting tale as old as time with dazzling production numbers from the iconic opening number, to Gaston, Be Our Guest and of course the titular ballroom sequence we all know and love. When Belle, an incredible woman with an adventurous heart finds herself imprisoned by a mysterious Beast in an enchanted castle, she uncovers a magical world. Instantly befriending the enchanted servants from talking candlesticks to chipped tea cups, Belle is quick to learn of the Beast's infamous temper and intolerable nature. However, the two unlikely acquaintances find that there's more to each other than first meets the eye when both Beauty and the Beast unexpectedly discover the everlasting magic of true love. It is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that Miranda Musical Society presents this enchanting love story in a dazzling new production that will delight the whole family. Music by Alan Menken Lyrics by Howard Ashman & Tim Rice Book by Linda Woolverton Licensed exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia). All performance materials supplied by Hal Leonard Australia PRODUCTION TEAM Director: Garth Saville Musical Director: Anthony Cutrupi Choreographer: Tracey Blankenship #MMSBeautyAndTheBeast
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