Issue #12: November 25, 1998
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- The Aussies are comingagain! First it was Tap Dogs,
now creator Dein Perry is bringing his newest working
mans dance extravaganza Steel City to Radio City
Music Hall for four performances only January 2630. The
15 hoofers from downunder will then embark on a 40-city national
tour that will include Philadelphia, Las Vegas, Chicago, Toronto
and Baltimore.
- Sir Peter Halls current Old Vic revival of Amadeus
looks to be Broadway bound. The transfer will probably open
next fall at one of the Shubert theatres.
- In April look for a 50th anniversary production of Arthur
Millers Death of a Salesman starring Brian
Dennehy to open at the ONeill Theater. Currently at
the Goodman Theater in Chicago, this American classic opened
to rave reviews in September
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- Producer Cameron Mackintosh has mounted the third incarnation
of Just So at the Goodspeed-at-Chester/Norma Terris Theater
in Connecticut running through December 13. Also down the road
for Mackintosh is a new musical based on the movie The
Witches of Eastwick.
- A Canadian tour of Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and
Living In Paris was announced recently in Toronto. The
revival of this much-loved musical by the Belgian singer/composer,
Jacques Brel, will star Canadians Michael Burgess,
Louise Pitre and Jeff Hyslop. The musical will premiere
in Ottawa at the National Arts Centre from March 814,
then Vancouver at the Vogue Theatre from March 1828, with
its final stop at the Winter Garden in Toronto from April 524.
For all you Brel lovers there will be more on this exciting
tour in future columns.
- Before the revival of Youre a Good Man, Charlie
Brown arrives at the Longacre Theatre in New York on January
23, it will make stops in Wilmington, Del., Detroit and Boston.
- An update on the impending arrival of Cameron Mackintoshs
production of Oliver! to North Americathe opening
is now set for October 1999 at the Princess of Wales Theatre
in Toronto. Earlier reports had the classic arriving in March.
- Cate Blanchett, currently wowing film goers in Elizabeth,
will star in David Hares play Plenty, which
will preview at The Albery on April 15 with the official opening
on April 27.
- The revival of Stephen Sondheims musical Into
the Woods will continue at the Donmar Warehouse until February
13. Sondheims clever reworking of many childrens
fairytales has made Into The Woods a favorite among musical
theatre lovers everywhere.
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- It is definitely Brel fever these days. Just on the
heels of the announcement of a Canadian tour of Jacques Brel
is Alive and Well and Living In Paris, Australian musical
theatre star John Waters presents Café Brel.
Following his successful tribute to John Lennon a few
years ago, Waters is currently packing them in at Sydneys
Seymour Theatre Centre with a salute to the Belgian born singer.
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