London Musicals 1995-1999.pub - Over The Footlights
London Musicals 1995-1999.pub - Over The Footlights
London Musicals 1995-1999.pub - Over The Footlights
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1998<br />
OKLAHOMA (2 nd Revival)<br />
<strong>London</strong> run: Olivier <strong>The</strong>atre, July 15 th – October 3 rd (Fixed run)<br />
Re-staged Lyceum <strong>The</strong>atre, Jan 20 th , 1999 (93 Performances)<br />
Music: Richard Rodgers<br />
Book & Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II<br />
Director: Trevor Nunn<br />
Choreographer: Susan Stroman<br />
Musical Director: John Owen Edwards<br />
Producer: Cameron Mackintosh<br />
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Cast: Maureen Lipman (Aunt Eller), Hugh Jackman (Curly),<br />
Josefina Gabrielle (Laurey), Jimmy Johnston (Will Parker),<br />
Vicki Simon (Ado Annie), Shuler Hensley (Jud Fry),<br />
Peter Polycarpou (Ali Hakim), Gavin Lee<br />
Notes: With additional funding from Cameron Mackintosh this was a glorious full-scale production, and a sellout<br />
for its National <strong>The</strong>atre season, earning the desperately needed money following cuts in the arts grants.<br />
Reservations were expressed about whether the subsidised National <strong>The</strong>atre should be producing such<br />
obviously commercial material, but everyone agreed it was of a standard unlikely to be bettered. Following its<br />
sell-out success at the Olivier it was<br />
re-staged for a five month run at the<br />
Lyceum.<br />
Original <strong>London</strong> Production:<br />
Drury Lane, April 1947<br />
First Revival: Palace <strong>The</strong>atre<br />
September 1980<br />
Hugh Jackman &<br />
Maureen Lipman<br />
Photo by Michael Le Poer Trench<br />
CLOSER THAN EVER (1st Revival)<br />
<strong>London</strong> run: Jermyn Street <strong>The</strong>atre, July 20 th – August 22 nd<br />
Music: David Shire<br />
Lyrics: Richard Malty Jr.<br />
Director: Matthew White<br />
Choreographer: Sam Spencer-Lane<br />
Musical Director: Caroline Humphris/Martin Lowe<br />
Cast: Helen Hobson, Beverley Klein, Mark McKerracher, Gareth Snook<br />
Songs: Doors, She Loves Me Not, You Want to Be My Friend? <strong>The</strong> Bear the<br />
Tiger the Hamster & the Mole, <strong>The</strong> Sound of Muzak, One of the Good Guys,<br />
You’re my First Second, Fandango, <strong>The</strong> March of Time, Father of Fathers,<br />
Another Wedding Song, I’ve Been Here Before<br />
Photo by Ash Scott Lockyer<br />
Story: Four singers with 24 songs sing about love, rejection, obsession,<br />
fatherhood, marriage, sex, friendship, getting old. <strong>The</strong>re is no plot, but , a bit<br />
like Sondheim’s “Company”, a great deal of emotional life is covered as the<br />
characters slide in and out of a mocked up subway train. This was an intimate<br />
but “very American” entertainment.<br />
Original <strong>London</strong> production: Bridewell, <strong>1995</strong><br />
Mark McKerracher, Gareth Snook, Beverly Klein & Helen Hobson
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