MS Society - Sound of Music - WA

Thu, 11 Feb 2010, 12:30 pm

Labrug11 posts in thread

MS Theatre & Arts

THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Regal Theatre, 7-17 October

THE HILLS ARE ALIVE!

The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Western Australia will present the world's most loved musical, The Sound of Music at the Regal Theatre from October 7 to 17 with tickets going on sale to the general public from February 1.

The famous musical will be the seventh production in the Society’s history of annual musical theatre presentations at the Subiaco venue. It will be directed by acclaimed musical theatre director and designer, John Senczuk whose production of Les Misérables for MS WA last year broke box office records.

Based on the uplifting true story of the Von Trapp family, The Sound of Music marked the final collaboration of the legendary song-writing duo, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. A huge success from its stage debut in 1957 (winning six Tony Awards), The Sound of Music was made into a film in 1965 (winning five Oscars) becoming one of the most successful and popular film musicals ever.

Set in Austria in the lead up to the Second World War, the musical’s timeless message of triumph over adversity and its memorable score (including My Favourite Things, Do-Re-Mi, Edelweiss, Climb Every Mountain, Sixteen Going on Seventeen, The Lonely Goatherd and the glorious title song, The Sound of Music) continue to speak to people of all ages.

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Click here to view the January Media Release.

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LabrugThu, 11 Feb 2010, 12:30 pm

MS Theatre & Arts

THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Regal Theatre, 7-17 October

THE HILLS ARE ALIVE!

Limited season. Don’t miss out! Click here to purchase your tickets from Ticketek.

Click here to view the January Media Release.

Walter PlingeThu, 11 Feb 2010, 11:21 pm

Same show being produced in

Same show being produced in TWO different theatres in WA in 2010, with production dates barely 3 months apart! MS is doing it, as is Stage Left Theatre Troupe- Goldfields. Can't wait to see both!

Bass GuyFri, 12 Feb 2010, 09:11 am

Duplications abound...

I'm also intrigued to note both Roleystone and Darlington are putting on My Fair Lady mere months apart... and mere MILES apart too... doesn't anyone check these things out anymore?... El

Paul TreasureFri, 12 Feb 2010, 11:54 am

My Fair Ladies

El I can tell you with the My Fair Ladies that Both theatres had confirmed their productions and then announced within about a week of each other... The only people who KNEW that both productions were going on BEFORE they were announced were the rights holders. Roleystone were orginally planning to do Guys & Dolls in that season and changed to MFL when they found out that ManPAC were doing G&D this year, so as not to clash with them. Funnily enough, even though Roley and Marloo are far closer than Roley and ManPAC, Roley and ManPAC share more of a catchment than Roley and Marloo... bizarre but true! The ITA keep trying to get theatres to tell us what they are planning so we can avoid this, but there always seems to be at least one show a year that is repeated, and quite often it seems to be between Roley & Marloo. And hey, it's still not as bad as two years ago when ManPAC and G&S did Pirates of Penzance LITERALLY AT THE SAME TIME

Bass GuyFri, 12 Feb 2010, 11:59 am

Rights?

I was of the (obviously erroneous) understanding that the rights to a show aren't necessarily granted to another production if the second production is within a certain proximity/timeframe. the idea being to prevent exactly this scenario. Obviusly G&S doesn't count anymore, but I thought MFL still had some rights conditions attached... El

Paul TreasureFri, 12 Feb 2010, 12:09 pm

or Lefts?

Maybe the "certain proximity/timeframe" for MFL is less than 4 months?! Or maybe the fact that Marloo has a north of the river postcode and Roley has a south of the river one is considered far enough apart?! Who knows? But obviously both productions have been granted the rights

Neville TalbotSat, 13 Feb 2010, 12:37 pm

or maybe

the cynic in me says- the publisher realised they will still make a decent amount of money here, and stuff considering whether the same show should be repeated so close...? Possible solution is all co's having a password-secure spot on this server where they can log in and tell each other what they are considering so that potential clashes can be discussed and made to work through a collaborative approach or changes to shows be made to have no clash? You could also consider combining resources on set building and costumes and similar if considering the same show in the same year to save money on these expensive elements, or even to double your capacity to make really nice stuff... Surely all the 'major' community theatres would be able to make this work? Isn't this idea of community and working together the purpose of this organisation ITA? Nev It's the simple things stupid...

caroleSun, 14 Feb 2010, 03:20 am

One to beat

One to beat all..........Jan 2000 we did Peter Pan at ManPac and Rockingham just down the road was doing the same show at the same time! In my experience it doesn't seem to matter much with the licensing bodies when it comes community theatre.......decades ago at Roleystone we did Camelot at almost the same time as MMDC, and only a few years ago I directed Calamity Jane at MMDC when Roleystone were putting it on at the same time. Yet I have in the past been in the situation where the rights for a show that I was planning to put on in Pinjarra were withdrawn........ and when I enquired out of curiousity why this was so, I was told it was due to a professional company touring it in Singapore - go figure!

NormaSun, 14 Feb 2010, 10:23 am

Rights....or not

I've given up trying to fathom the rationale of licencing agents. Last year we had approval for 'Streetcar' withdrawn as there was a professional production in Sydney!I wrote and appealed, pointing out that there was no touring announced and that Perth and Sydney were some 3K kms apart etc etc and- rather to my surprise and our delight- the rights were granted.

This year, Stage Left in Kalgoorlie have been refused permission to produce Streetcar, they appealed on similar grounds and have still been refused. while a local theatre in Melbourne are producing the play in April and have been granted permision!!

Walter PlingeMon, 15 Feb 2010, 09:18 pm

What ?

Look if the MS wanna do MFL the same time as SLT in the G, that's their call ...just leave them alone ......dont be such a mofo

JustSuseTue, 16 Feb 2010, 12:02 am

Sounds like a good idea.

Hi Neville, That sounds like a really good idea - getting the clubs to communicate and co-operate, and actually give eachother a hand by combining resources. Really good common sense. That alone is probably enough to ensure that it will never happen. Or am I just getting cynical in my old age? Sue.

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