Post by Talissa on Nov 7, 2005 16:59:09 GMT 11
archy and mehitabel
Magnormos Music Theatre Readings Program
From 28 to 30 November
In a deserted office, a cockroach dives headfirst onto the keys of a typewriter, pouring out the ruminations of his soul. Its archy (he's too small to hold down the shift key), poet, philosopher, moralist and futile worshipper of mehitabel, the alley cat.
This bizarre, highly original musical takes us into the streets of the big city as archy tries hopelessly to bring the toujours gai mehitabel off the back fence and into a respect-able home as a housecat.
Three performances only - November 28th - 30th
Theatreworks,14 Acland Street, St Kilda @ 8pm
Tickets: Full: $22 Concession* $18 (includes booking fee)
* Magnormos Contributing Artist, valid concession card holders
MEAA Members
Book online at www.magnormos.com
or on: 0422 807 411
Starring:
Michael Lindner
as
Archy
Jane Badler
as
Mehitabel
Matt Hetherington
as
Big Bill
David Gauchi
as
Tyrone T Tattersall
and featuring: Meg Corson, Angela Lumicisi and Julia Hume
with Robert Grubb as The Newspaperman.
Director:
Aaron Joyner Musical Director:
David Piper Choreographer:
Jessica Enes
Graphic Design: Lauren Elise
Stage Manager: Lisa Stockdale
Production / Photographer: Sebastien Arnold
Background
It all began in 1916, with Don Marquis' whimsical stories for The New York Evening Sun. In 1954, a 45 minute album was recorded, with Carol Channing as Mehitabel and Eddie Bracken as Archy. A concert version by the Little Orchestra Society in New York followed, and at that point, archy & mehitabel was renamed Shinbone Alley. It opened on April 13, 1957 at the Broadway Theatre, with Bracken and Eartha Kitt (understudied by Chita Rivera) in the leads.
The book was co-written by lyricist Joe Darion and Mel Brooks, the future director of future Hollywood satires like Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs, The Producers and History of the World, Part One. Way ahead of its time (Cats didn't open for another quarter-century) Shinbone Alley lasted only 49 Performances. But it wasn't over then. Popularity was such that the show was presented on television for a national audience, this time with Bracken and Tammy Grimes. Finally, Shinbone Alley was made into an animated film with the leads who began it all, Channing and Bracken. Today it is often singled out as one of the most daring and innovative musicals of the Golden Age of Broadway.
What is a Reading?
Traditionally a reading is a read through performance of a text, without settings, props, costumes or other theatricalities, just the actors and their scripts, and generally with very limited rehearsal process. The Magnormos Music Theatre Readings Program is a program of rehearsed readings, which involve a short rehearsal period, relevant but limited stage direction, choreography, costuming and musical preparation/arrangement, and comprehensive focus on the actor and the text.
.
Previous Magnormos Readings
.
Saturday Night (Australian Premiere), Nile Blue (Australian Premiere) Dutch Courage (Victorian Premiere), Water Into Wine, A Bunch of Ratbags.
.
Whats been said about the MTRP
.
all you could want from Sondheim on any night ... a bullseye! (The Age)
Saturday Night
.
Fizzed with focused energy ... one to watch ... (Herald Sun)
Saturday Night
."... I haven't had so good a time at a musical this year... " - (The Age)
A Bunch of Ratbags
Magnormos Music Theatre Readings Program
From 28 to 30 November
In a deserted office, a cockroach dives headfirst onto the keys of a typewriter, pouring out the ruminations of his soul. Its archy (he's too small to hold down the shift key), poet, philosopher, moralist and futile worshipper of mehitabel, the alley cat.
This bizarre, highly original musical takes us into the streets of the big city as archy tries hopelessly to bring the toujours gai mehitabel off the back fence and into a respect-able home as a housecat.
Three performances only - November 28th - 30th
Theatreworks,14 Acland Street, St Kilda @ 8pm
Tickets: Full: $22 Concession* $18 (includes booking fee)
* Magnormos Contributing Artist, valid concession card holders
MEAA Members
Book online at www.magnormos.com
or on: 0422 807 411
Starring:
Michael Lindner
as
Archy
Jane Badler
as
Mehitabel
Matt Hetherington
as
Big Bill
David Gauchi
as
Tyrone T Tattersall
and featuring: Meg Corson, Angela Lumicisi and Julia Hume
with Robert Grubb as The Newspaperman.
Director:
Aaron Joyner Musical Director:
David Piper Choreographer:
Jessica Enes
Graphic Design: Lauren Elise
Stage Manager: Lisa Stockdale
Production / Photographer: Sebastien Arnold
Background
It all began in 1916, with Don Marquis' whimsical stories for The New York Evening Sun. In 1954, a 45 minute album was recorded, with Carol Channing as Mehitabel and Eddie Bracken as Archy. A concert version by the Little Orchestra Society in New York followed, and at that point, archy & mehitabel was renamed Shinbone Alley. It opened on April 13, 1957 at the Broadway Theatre, with Bracken and Eartha Kitt (understudied by Chita Rivera) in the leads.
The book was co-written by lyricist Joe Darion and Mel Brooks, the future director of future Hollywood satires like Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs, The Producers and History of the World, Part One. Way ahead of its time (Cats didn't open for another quarter-century) Shinbone Alley lasted only 49 Performances. But it wasn't over then. Popularity was such that the show was presented on television for a national audience, this time with Bracken and Tammy Grimes. Finally, Shinbone Alley was made into an animated film with the leads who began it all, Channing and Bracken. Today it is often singled out as one of the most daring and innovative musicals of the Golden Age of Broadway.
What is a Reading?
Traditionally a reading is a read through performance of a text, without settings, props, costumes or other theatricalities, just the actors and their scripts, and generally with very limited rehearsal process. The Magnormos Music Theatre Readings Program is a program of rehearsed readings, which involve a short rehearsal period, relevant but limited stage direction, choreography, costuming and musical preparation/arrangement, and comprehensive focus on the actor and the text.
.
Previous Magnormos Readings
.
Saturday Night (Australian Premiere), Nile Blue (Australian Premiere) Dutch Courage (Victorian Premiere), Water Into Wine, A Bunch of Ratbags.
.
Whats been said about the MTRP
.
all you could want from Sondheim on any night ... a bullseye! (The Age)
Saturday Night
.
Fizzed with focused energy ... one to watch ... (Herald Sun)
Saturday Night
."... I haven't had so good a time at a musical this year... " - (The Age)
A Bunch of Ratbags
