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Wed, 18 July 2007, 11:18 am
Bishop25 posts in thread
I can't claim credit for this post. I thought it was so good that I have ripped it from anopther site. Credit must go to posull78 (actual identity unknown) Was looking at the musicals that have opened or are to open on the west end and broadway and was thinking what ones who haven't graced our shores will make it to Australia at all.... Broadway - originated/whats on[u] 110 in the Shade (unlikely) 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (NOW RUNNING - SYDNEY) Avenue Q (2008/09 in Sydney and Melbourne) A Chorus Line (unlikely as we had revival in last 10 years) The Colour Purple (unlikely - too hard to cast here) Curtains (doubtful - maybe STC/MTC) Drowsy Chaperone (rumoured to tour to Oz - unlikely following London failure) Grey Gardens (unlikely) Hairspray (still possible - if movie is success) Jersey Boys (unlikely - not enough interest in four seasons) Legally Blonde (love to see this - will depend on Broadway success) The Little Mermaid (likely, depend on broadway success and not until at least 2010) Spamalot (CONFIRMED - MELBOURNE NOVEMBER) Spring Awakening (Likely, but sounds like off the agenda for now.. maybe 2009 STC/MTC) Wicked (CONFRIMED - MELBOURNE MID 2008) Xanadu (Likely due to Aussie connection - depend on Broadway success) Young Frankenstein (Likely, probably 2009/2010) West End - originated/whats on[u] Bad Girls the musical (wont ever happen here.. no fan base for Tv show) Billy Eliott (CONFIRMED - SYDNEY NOV 2007) Blood Brothers (done Australia twice already - unlikely again) Buddy (done Australia - unlikely again) Cabaret (done too recently - unlikely again for at least 10 years) Desperately Seeking Susan (possible, not until at least 2009/2010) Dirty Dancing (done Australia - probably come back within 5 years) Fiddler on the Roof (Australian tour just complete) Gone with the Wind (unlikely - suprised if this last a year when opening in London next year) Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (wouldn't be surpised if this appears here again soon - through reality TV show!) Les Miserables (possible again - reckon after Phantom tour we will see this revived again) Little Shop of Horrors (unlikely to see here again soon) Lord of the Rings (unlikely as staging is too expensive) Mamma Mia (likely revival in 5 years time) Marguerite (new Boubill and Shoenberg opening next year - definite no) Mary Poppins (2009 Melbourne or Sydney) The Phantom of the Opera (CONFIRMED RETURN - JULY 2007 MELBOURNE) Parade (opens at Donmar - please please please Kookaburra or STC?MTC do this) Sound of Music (watch out for 2008 reality TV show casting this one in Oz) We Will Rock You (Australian tour complete) So from what we see now, three new musicals are confirmed for next 12 months Billy Elliott, Spamalot and Wicked. Revivals of The Phantom of the Opera also confirmed. So potentials are probably only Avenue Q, Spring Awakening and Mary Poppins and if a TV network gets behind it we will see Sound of Music or Joseph cast by public vote. What do others think? What would you like to see in Australia from the above list?

I'm with NA

Thu, 19 July 2007, 12:10 pm
Saw Wicked and Avenue Q in London just at the start of this year. Both unbelievable shows, very different set ups. I think Avenue Q is much easier to mount here with theatres etc, and yes- IT COULD COME TO PERTH! YAY! But I was in the second row for Q- it's worth being that close. Wicked I was further back. Too expensive to get a close seat for that one. Still, the sheer 'grandness' of that production means pretty much any seat will have an impact. This is not coming near Perth though! However, as far as stuff coming to Oz- let's see more Australian shows... Very little in the list does much for me. I think pretty much everything I might be interested in seeing is coming anyway. and I saw the pro production in London of Les Mis, and agree it was pretty ordinary mostly. In many ways I enjoyed the performances of my cast in our little production in Mount Isa back in '04 more. anyways, that's my 2 bob nev It's the simple things stupid...

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