Melbourne - The musical/opera centre of the Southern Hemisphere
Thu, 2 Aug 2007, 11:12 amBishop7 posts in thread
Melbourne - The musical/opera centre of the Southern Hemisphere
Thu, 2 Aug 2007, 11:12 amIt seems that Melbourne is going to the place to be this summer for musicals. Phantom should be still running at the Princess Theatre. Spamalot starts in November at Her Majesty's Theatre. Priscilla Queen of the desert begins at the Regent from October. So now the big question is what musical is going into the STATE THEATRE this January?
The rumour is unless something falls through, look for an opening date (previews around the end of the year) opening around the 6th.
Some of the possibilities are:
1. The Lion King coming back for six weeks (Not likely)
2. Disney's Aida coming over from Japan, Melbourne for six weeks, then onto Sydney for six weeks. Though apparently, Whitehorse Musical Theatre has the rights for a non-professional production in October 2008.
3. 5Oth Anniversary production of West Side Story.
4. Xanadu being produced by QPAC and Victorian Art Centre.
5. Opera Australia "Don Giovanni".
Mariner Theatres? But with
Thu, 2 Aug 2007, 02:47 pmMariner Theatres?
But with at least three BIG shows all at once, (eg: Phantom, Spamalot and Wicked...I know they probably won't overlap)That's a lot of money people have to fork out to get tickets. You tack on another big show (or the others that are planned) there are going to be so many that people want to see that haven't got the money.
That to me is a dilemma, and a possible worry about the market. We don't have a Broadway scene out here (although...it's beginning to look that way). Theatre going on this scale is not the same...these shows don't run forever, so they're going to want as many people as possible to buy tickets NOW. So if you have three, four, five shows all vying for you to go to their show it's couldn't work out for the best to add in another show.
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