CLOSER THAN EVER

Mirthful Productions in cooperation with Brisbane Arts Theatre presents: MALTBY and SHIRE'S "CLOSER THAN EVER" 17-26 September 2009 Brisbane Arts Theatre Ph:33692344 or bookings@artstheatre.com.au www.mirthfulproductions.com "Sex In The City" meets "Friends" with a whole lot of Broadway sass! With music and lyrics from the Tony Award winning team Richard Maltby Jr and David Shire, comes a tour de force for four actors and pianist in the form of their 1989 hit Closer Than Ever. This revue takes its audience on a journey of love, loss, life and the pursuit of happiness in the form of musical vignettes, all totally self contained in their storytelling. Many shows have followed using the same structure; songs used to tell the stories of many characters, all focused on a particular thought or theme (some examples include Songs For A New World and I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change) What sets Closer Than Ever apart is the dynamic way that its driving emotive score and thought provoking lyrics create an immediate intimacy between the performers and their audience. It’s engaging, it’s exciting, it’s touching, it’s joyful and it’s coming to BRISBANE! Quotes from the New York Times "This song team seeks places in the heart" "Any show whose characters are this interestingly alive feels like home" featuring ROZ PAPPALARDO (Women in Docs, Roz Pappalardo and the Wayward Gentlemen), TONY CAMPBELL (Cabaret entrepreneur), MIRANDA SELWOOD (Mirthful Productions' Founder) and MATT FENNELL (Simon Gallaher's The Mikado), with JAMES DOBINSON (Warehaus Theatre Co Founder, Broadway credits).