Le monde des musicals

Version 1

Chess (1997-02-Princess Theatre-Melbourne)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: Princess Theatre (Melbourne - Australie)
Durée : 3 semaines
Nombre :
Première Preview : Wednesday 19 February 1997
Première : Wednesday 19 February 1997
Dernière : Saturday 15 March 1997
Mise en scène : Colin McColl •
Chorégraphie : Jack Gunn •
Producteur :
Avec : Florence … Barbara Dickson
Freddie … Daryl Braithwaite
Anatoly … Derek Metzger
Svetlana … Delia Hannah
Molokov … David Weatherley
Walter … Tim Page
Arbiter … Keith Wright

Version 2

King and I (The) (1998-12-Battersea Arts Centre-London)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: Battersea Arts Centre (Londres - Angleterre)
Durée : 1 mois 1 semaine
Nombre :
Première Preview : Thursday 03 December 1998
Première : Thursday 03 December 1998
Dernière : Saturday 09 January 1999
Mise en scène : Phil Willmott •
Chorégraphie : Jack Gunn •
Producteur :
Avec : Lindsey Danvers (Anna), Alan Mosley (King), Jacqui-Lee Pryce (Lady Thiang), Lara Parmiani (Tuptim), Learie Foster (Lun Tha), Phil Willmott (Sir Edward)
Commentaires : Following the previous year’s success in fitting “Sound of Music” into the Battersea Arts Centre’s main house - which is more a gymnasium than an auditorium - this was again judged to be a great success.

Version 3

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1999-11-Battersea Arts Centre-London)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: Battersea Arts Centre (Londres - Angleterre)
Durée : 1 mois 2 semaines
Nombre :
Première Preview : Friday 26 November 1999
Première : Wednesday 01 December 1999
Dernière : Saturday 15 January 2000
Mise en scène : Phil Willmott •
Chorégraphie : Jack Gunn •
Producteur :
Avec : Kieran Creggan (Adam), Fiona Benjamin (Milly), James Bowden, Andrew Lawden, Samuel James, Matthew Dennison, Daniel Redmond, Julian Essex-Spurrier, Kate Burrell, Laura Conway, Lorraine Graham, Joanne Kirkland, Laura Roxburgh, Rachel Matthews.
Commentaires : Phil Willmott’s annual Christmas musical at the pocket-handkerchief sized BAC stage was established as a source of exuberant, low-cost, high-entertainment theatre - and, once again - his production received excellent notices.

Version 4

Sound of Music (The) (1997-12-Battersea Arts Centre-London)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: Battersea Arts Centre (Londres - Angleterre)
Durée : 1 mois 1 semaine
Nombre :
Première Preview : Saturday 29 November 1997
Première : Thursday 04 December 1997
Dernière : Saturday 10 January 1998
Mise en scène : Phil Willmott •
Chorégraphie : Jack Gunn •
Producteur :
Avec : Penny-Belle Fowler (Maria), Tim Berrington (Captain von Trapp), Roz McCutcheon (Mother Abbess), Charlotte Bicknell (Elsa), Phil Willmott (Max Detweiler), Katey Crawford Kastin (Liesl), Mark Powell (Rolf).
Commentaires : This was a cut-down production, accompanied by just two pianos, but with a cast of 40. It was extremely well received by the critics and public, and acclaimed as a triumphant example of how a fringe, shoe-string production could work just as well as the grandest of stagings.

Version 5

South Pacific (1995-12-Drill Hall-London)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: Rada Studios (Londres - Angleterre)
Durée : 1 mois 1 semaine
Nombre :
Première Preview : Tuesday 12 December 1995
Première : Tuesday 12 December 1995
Dernière : Saturday 20 January 1996
Mise en scène : Phil Willmott •
Chorégraphie : Jack Gunn •
Producteur :
Avec : Joanna Maddison (Nellie Forbush), Peter Polycarpou (Emile), Christopher Howard (Lt. Cable), Patti Boulaye (Bloody Mary), John Marquez (Luther).
Commentaires : With a 17 strong cast and a 6 piece band this was one of the earlier attempts to re-stage the standard large-scale West End and Broadway musicals as "chamber” pieces in small venues.

Version 6

Victor Victoria (2004-01-Bridewell Theatre-London)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: Bridewell Theatre (Londres - Angleterre)
Durée : 2 semaines
Nombre :
Première Preview : Tuesday 13 January 2004
Première : Tuesday 13 January 2004
Dernière : Saturday 31 January 2004
Mise en scène : Phil Willmott •
Chorégraphie : Jack Gunn •
Producteur :
Avec : Ria Jones (Victoria), Christopher Holt (Toddy), Mark Halliday (King Marchan), Stewart Alexander (Squash), Emma Barton (Norma), Matthew Daines
Commentaires : Originally a 1933 German play “Viktor und Viktoria” by Rheinhold Schunzel, the first English version was the 1935 Jessie Matthew film, “Just a Girl”. Blake Edwards re-made the film in 1982 with music and lyrics by Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse, and with his wife, Julie Andrews in the lead. In 1995 he adapted this into a Broadway musical, again starring Julie Andrews. Extra songs were needed and Mancini and Bricusse started work on the project, but sadly Mancini died, and newcomer Frank Wildhom completed the score. It opened in New York in October 1995 and ran for 734 performances. Julie Andrews was nominated for a Tony but rejected the nomination because, as she explained in a curtain speech, “However, flattered as I am, and honoured to be nominated, I have to say how deeply sad I am to be the only nominee in this extraordinarily gifted company.” However, Julie Andrews and the show received and won several other awards from the Drama Desk and Outer Circle critics. Julie Andrews stayed with the show for almost two years, during which she took a short holiday when Liza Minelli stood in. A great scandal ensued when the leading man walked out in protest at Minelli’s poor performance. When Julie Andrews finally left the show in June 1997 she was replaced with Raquel Welch, but without its legendary star, the show came off very quickly.