Our season opens with Cole Porter’s Anything Goes and co-incidentally it is back on Broadway this year.
As I greet our audiences at the top of the escalator, the musical they most request is Kismet. So here you are, a brand new staging of this beautiful classic featuring several performers new to the company.
For 2011, our third musical is an Australian premiere. Grey Gardens is the fascinating and dramatic true story of Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter. It won three Tony® Awards and the film it is based on has a cult following. I am thrilled that Pamela Rabe and Nancye Hayes have agreed to star in this show. It will be presented in the Arts Centre’s Playhouse. This is the first time we have used this venue, as it is a more intimate theatre and will suit perfectly Roger Hodgman’s staging of this remarkable show.
As you read this brochure inviting you to subscribe, you will see that we are welcoming back some of our favourite directors, music directors, choreographers and designers. We also welcome some of our most loved performers and introduce some outstanding new talent as well.
In 2011 we have been able to keep our prices competitive. Our mantra is ‘Quality Entertainment at the Cheapest Prices’ and an A reserve subscription to all three musicals is $255, B Reserve is $180 and C reserve is $108.
It has never been easier to subscribe to The Production Company, and this will be another great year to enjoy the best of Broadway musicals.
I look forward to seeing you at the Arts Centre.
Jeanne Pratt AC
Chairman
