Chitty Chitty ! ! Coming to Australia?
Sat, 31 Dec 2005, 09:14 amSkeeve Stevens5 posts in thread
Chitty Chitty ! ! Coming to Australia?
Sat, 31 Dec 2005, 09:14 amAnyone know or heard of when the full on production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is coming to Australia?
I've heard it's in New York at the moment.
...Skeeve
Re: Chitty Chitty ! ! Coming to Australia?
Tue, 10 Jan 2006, 09:09 amWalter Plinge
'Chitty' was definately not a flop! :
'Having been nominated for three Olivier Awards including Best Musical and winning Best Musical in the 2003 Variety Club Awards Chitty then went on to break every record at the London Palladium. The longest running show in the history of the theatre, beating Cameron Mackintosh's production of Oliver and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.'
The show ran for over 2 years and is now on Tour in the UK, as Jerry mentioned it was a very english show which didn't transfer well to broadway which happens quite often. The musicals 'Ragtime' and 'RENT' didn't do well in the UK when they transfered from Broadway, I guess you never can tell what different audiences and countries are going to like!
'Having been nominated for three Olivier Awards including Best Musical and winning Best Musical in the 2003 Variety Club Awards Chitty then went on to break every record at the London Palladium. The longest running show in the history of the theatre, beating Cameron Mackintosh's production of Oliver and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.'
The show ran for over 2 years and is now on Tour in the UK, as Jerry mentioned it was a very english show which didn't transfer well to broadway which happens quite often. The musicals 'Ragtime' and 'RENT' didn't do well in the UK when they transfered from Broadway, I guess you never can tell what different audiences and countries are going to like!