FAME THE MUSICAL is back.
Fame will return to Australia in a national tour beginning at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre on April 18th 2010. The musical will then open in Brisbane at the Lyric Theatre QPAC on June 20th and in Sydney in early September.
Produced by John Frost and directed and choreographed by Kelley Abbey, Fame The Musical is the story of the kids from New York’s School for the Performing Arts who inspired a generation and sparked sales of untold millions of legwarmers.
Fame is, almost uniquely, a classic of cinema, television and music theatre. The movie, released in 1980, won an Academy Award and swept the world. The TV show ran for six seasons, won numerous Emmy Awards and was broadcast in over 70 countries. And Fame The Muscial ran for a decade on the West End and has been seen by ten million worldwide. As the much anticipated new movie version of Fame is now in cinemas, John Frost believes the time is right for his new stage production.
“This is a show with wonderful songs and sensational dancing”, Frost says. The fact that the public can’t get enough of Australian Idol, So You Think You can Dance, Dancing with the Stars and Masterchef – like Fame all about aspiration and inspiration – tells me that the time is right for this spectacular new show”.
With auditions in October Frost says, “we will be looking for 30 young and dynamic dancers/singers of all cultural backgrounds. And we expect to see hundreds at the auditions, most of them in leg warmers and leotards”.
“The auditions mirror the theme of Fame; that young people can break through in the entertainment world and become what they want – if they work at it”, he shares. (The original School for the Performing Arts’ graduates include Alicia Keys, Jennifer Aniston, Liza Minnelli, Al Pacino and Suzanne Vega.)
“You want fame? Well fame costs. And right here is where you start paying. In sweat”, Frost warns. ‘We won’t be quite so blunt,” he says, “but it is certainly true that a new generation of music theatre stars are likely to emerge from these auditions. It’s up to them. So it’s going to be a very exciting time.”
Do you have what it takes?
FAME The Musical – Auditions!
Brisbane
Date: Friday Oct 2nd & Saturday Oct 3rd
Venue: QPAC – Merivale Street Studios
Sydney
Date: Monday Oct 5th – Thursday Oct 8th
Venue: Capitol Theatre
Melbourne
Date: Sunday Oct 11th- Wednesday Oct 14th
Venue: Her Majesty’s Theatre
Fame in Theatres Now!
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