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The fourth Magnormos Musical Theatre Trivia
Night, hosted by the outrageously hilarious self-help guru
Jan van de Stool (pictured), was held once again in the
intimate surroundings of The New Capers on Tuesday, March
6th 2007.
A capacity audience, lovers of musical theatre were out en
masse to celebrate the art form and contest for a share of
over $2,000 worth of prizes.
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Following an interactive warm-up from Jan van
de Stool (pictured), it was straight into the trivia.
No questions on sport, geography or politics, the teams
played through a variety of interactive and audio/visual
games based on musical theatre productions and movies.
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Launching the 2007 Prompt Musicals season,
Magnormos provided entertainment from highlights of the
up-coming season, accompanied by Sue Goessling on piano:
Kristin Keam (pictured) performed 'Nights with Voltaire'
from the first presentation of 2007: LOVE EQUALS, a new
Australian musical by Craig Christie and Kristin Keam to
have its world premiere in March.
MORE DETAILS ON LOVE EQUALS>
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Jessica Enes (pictured)
performed 'Sing Happy' from John Kander & Fred Ebb's first
Broadway work: FLORA THE RED MENACE, to have its Australian
premiere production as the second Prompt Musicals
presentation - by special arrangement with Domini Pty Ltd,
in July 2007.
MORE DETAILS ON FLORA THE RED MENACE>
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Magnormos special guest Julia Hume (pictured)
performed 'Sail Away' from the Nick Enright and David King
classic: MARY BRYANT, to have its Melbourne premiere
production in September 2007
Performance rights for MARY BRYANT exclusively licensed by
HLA Management Pty Ltd. PO BOX 1536, Strawberry Hills
NSW 2012 (hla@hlamgt.com.au)
MORE DETAILS ON MARY BRYANT>
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Magnormos Contributing Artist Meg Corson
(pictured) was one of two surprise performances, as she
represented team 'Von Trapp Family All-Stars' in the newly
launched 'Cabaret-oke' game.
In order to win back some bonus points for her team, Meg
listened to the first half of a popular musical theatre
verse, and was then required to perform the second half
live. Karaoke backing tracks supplied by
Broadway Best
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The trivia was fast and furious, and teams battled through
four Team Challenges, the popular favourites:
- 'Introductions' - listen to the introduction music of a
musical theatre song and guess the Song Title and Source
Musical, and:
- 'Local Productions' - question based round on Australian
written musicals and the Australian productions of
international musicals
Plus two new games:
- 'It's all in the Numbers' - question based round on the
theme of numbers, and the exciting:
- 'Movie Musicals Minute' - 42 musicals in 60 seconds... but
don't get one wrong or you LOSE a point.
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The scores were tight, with
Score Keepers Rachel and Laura (pictured) sending
calculators and pens whirring to keep up with the scoring
demands of the evening.
Runner-up Teams 'The Avengers', 'Limited Resources' and 'Artskids'
put up a brave and valiant fight, but with almost 10 points
the difference, they could not catch the undisputed winners
of the Team Trivia: 'The Drowsy Chaperones'. |
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Congratulations to: Paul Gartside, Byron Bache, Anthony
Young, Max Peterson, Anna Grace Hopkins, Aaron Hughes, Simon
Bowden, Nick Bunning, Lindsay Smith, Sandra Mounsey
(pictured with Jan van de Stool.)
The Drowsy Chaperones received a Team Prize hamper
consisting of:- 10 X Victorian
Music Theatre Calenders courtesy of
Broadway Best
- 10 X Double passes to 'Peter Berner in
Bernerland' courtesy
Andrew Taylor Management
- 10 X Individual tickets to 'Tim Minchin So
F***ing Rock' courtesy
Tim Minchin and
Fox in the Snow
- 10 X Individual tickets to 'Laughapoolooza
2007 - Comedy is the new Rock 'n' Roll' courtesy
Laughing Stock Productions
- 10 X Individual tickets to 'Ben Chisolm -
Voicebox' courtesy
Ben Chisholm
- 10 X Mixed bottles of wine (Chardonney
2005, Pinot Noir 2004 and Cabernet Merlot 2004) courtesy
Coombe Farm Estate
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The final game of the
evening, Musical Theatre Knockout, allowed all the players
to play as individuals. A game of elimination and
ultimate musical theatre knowledge, players compete through
a series of statements that require a 'True' or 'False'
answer.
Players
with a correct response are
propelled to the next round, while players with unsuccessful
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As the questions got more and
more difficult, the surviving players were gradually
reduced, with questions such as: "The 2002 film of
Chicago was the first movie musical to win an Oscar for
Best Picture since Oliver! thirty-four years earlier.
True or False?", and "There is a song in Stephen Sondheim’s
Company called ‘Poor Baby’. True or False?"
The tension grew with each elimination, as
remaining players got closer to the Title and - a prime
selection from the heavily-laden Prize Table.
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After almost 30 rounds it was
down to three players... Pamela Thompson,
Will Conyers and the original Musical Theatre Superstar
winner back to avenge her title: Sally Elliot.
The tension was extreme as the audience
waited for the question that would allow one of them to
break out against the others...
"Destry Rides Again" is set in Littleneck.
True or False.
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And with the correct answer
of 'False', ('Destry Rides Again' is set in Bottleneck), the
winning place was claimed by host of Broadway @ Bedtime
Will Conyers
(pictured), the latest Musical
Theatre Superstar.
Will selected as his prize
package:
- A copy of 'Playbill: At This Theatre' (courtesy
Hal Leonard Australia)
- A copy of of the original Broadway cast recording of
'Pacific Overtures' (courtesy
Broadway Best)
- A bottle of wine (courtesy
Coombe Farm Estate)
Plus a gold pass to Magnormos 2007 productions!
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The next 10 runners up were
given the chance to make their selection from the prize
table following the winner, with most getting the exact
prize that they were eyeing off from the beginning of the
night! 1st Runner Up:
Pamela Thompson received:
- A double pass to 'Alison Bice in the Wizard of Bice'
(courtesy
Alison Bice and
Token Artists)
- A double pass to 'Amelia Jane Hunter is Keith Flipp, the
Girl from Belkendown Flat' (courtesy
Amelia Jane Hunter and
Token Artists.
- A copy of 'All the Colours of the Rainbow' CD (courtesy
Bayview Records)
- A bottle of Wine (courtesy
Coombe Farm Estate)
2nd Runner Up: Sally Elliot
received:
- A $50.00 voucher (courtesy
Middle8Music)
- A double pass to 'Amelia Jane Hunter is
Keith Flipp, the Girl from Belkendown Flat' (courtesy
Amelia Jane Hunter and
Token Artists.
- A copy of the original cast recording of 'A Bunch of
Ratbags' (courtesy
Australian Musicals)
- A bottle of Wine (courtesy
Coombe Farm Estate)
3rd Runner Up: Don Bridges
received:
- A double pass to 'Black' and 'Exit the King' (courtesy
Malthouse Theatre)
- A copy of the original cast recording of 'Parade'
(courtesy
Broadway Best)
- A bottle of Wine (courtesy
Coombe Farm Estate)
4th
Runner Up:
Andrew Leach received:
- A 1.5 hour massage voucher (courtesy InnerCity Massage and
Nigel Horden)
- A copy of the original cast recording of 'Amour' (courtesy
Broadway Best)
- A bottle of Wine (courtesy
Coombe Farm Estate)
5th
Runner Up:
Bryce Baumgarten
received:
- An actor package - including audio and video for 12 months
(courtesy
AT2 Artist Technologies)
- A copy of the original cast recording of 'A
Bunch of Ratbags' (courtesy
Australian Musicals)
- A bottle of Wine (courtesy
Coombe Farm Estate)
6th
Runner Up:
Anna Grace Hopkins
received:
- A double pass to 'Cats' (courtesy
Nova Music Theatre)
- A double pass to 'Macbeth a Contemporary Rock Opera'
(courtesy Dianne Gough Productions)
- A copy of 'Broadway Unplugged' (courtesy
Bayview Records)
- A bottle of Wine (courtesy
Coombe Farm Estate)
7th
Runner Up:
Simon Bowden received:
- A double pass to 'The Ghost Writer' (courtesy
Melbourne Theatre Company)
- A copy of the original London, French and Australian casts
of 'Annie Get Your Gun'
(courtesy
Bayview Records)
- A bottle of Wine (courtesy
Coombe Farm Estate)
8th
Runner Up:
Byron Bache received:
- A double pass to ALL 2007 Company Initiative Projects
(courtesy
Theatreworks)
- A copy of the original cast recording of 'A
Bunch of Ratbags' (courtesy
Australian Musicals)
- A double pass to 'Macbeth a Contemporary Rock Opera'
(courtesy Dianne Gough Productions)
- A bottle of Wine (courtesy
Coombe Farm Estate)
9th Runner Up:
Luke Rice received:
- A double pass to 'Black' and 'Exit the King' (courtesy
Malthouse Theatre)
- A copy of the original cast recording of 'Tick, Tick,
Boom' (courtesy
Broadway Best)
- A bottle of Wine (courtesy
Coombe Farm Estate)
10th Runner Up:
Sandra Mounsey received:
- A copy of 'The Guide 92nd Edition' (courtesy
Domini Drama)
- A double pass to 'Alison Bice in the Wizard of Bice'
(courtesy
Alison Bice and
Token Artists)
- A copy of the original cast recording of 'A
Bunch of Ratbags' (courtesy
Australian Musicals)
- A bottle of Wine (courtesy
Coombe Farm Estate)
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