NEWS:
THE
[SECRET'S] OUT!
It's official! Tonight on Broadway At Bedtime, company
director Aaron Joyner announced that Magnormos will be
presenting the Australasian Premiere of the cult
Broadway hit [title of show].
Auditions for four fantastic leads will soon take place
for the May 2010 season.
2010 GREEN ROOM NOMINATIONS
Congratulations to Lucy Birkinshaw (Lighting Design),
Chelsea Plumley (Female Artist in a Leading Role) and
the company of Life's A Circus (Best New
Australian Musical) for their recent nominations.
Other Magnormos Contributing Artists
nominated this season include: Matt Hetherington, Sally
Bourne, Nancye Hayes, Luke Hunter, Mark Jones, Michael
Robinson, Danny Pettingill, Tim Minchin and John Thorn.
ARNO
VANN THE LATEST TRIVIA WINNER
Arno Vann has taken
out the title of 'Musical Theatre Superstar' at the
latest Magnormos Musical Theatre Trivia Night hosted by
Lyall Brooks. The 'Team Champions' were 'Dainty
June and her Newsboys', and all enjoyed some fantastic
prizes including wine, theatre tickets, chocolates, and
more.
LIFE'S A CIRCUS CAST AND DIRECTOR
ANNOUNCED
The
premiere presentation of Life's A Circus will be
directed by Kris Stewart, resident director of Wicked
and founder of the New York Musical Theatre Festival,
and will feature the performance talents of Chelsea
Plumley (Company, Sunset Boulevard), Glen
Hogstrom (Les Miserables, Billy Elliot,
Mamma Mia) and Cameron MacDonald (AltarBoyz,
Miss Saigon). Plumley, Hogstrom and
MacDonald join four circus performers as part of the
company, and musical direction will be by the composer,
Anthony Costanzo, with musical supervision by Kellie
Dickerson (Wicked), and choreography by Kate Priddle.
LIFE'S A CIRCUS
In August 2009, Magnormos will produce a limited season
of Anthony Costanzo's Life's A Circus as part of
the Magnormos Prompt! Musicals Program. Recently
debuted at OzMade Musicals 2008, Life's A Circus
has music and lyrics by Anthony Costanzo, and a book by
Peter Fitzpatrick.
Audition applications
are now open for limited casting positions.
FLOWERCHILDREN
WORKSHOP
Magnormos recently presented a workshop presentation of
new musical flowerchildren as part of the Musical
Theatre Readings Program. Written by Peter
Fitzpatrick, flowerchildren is the story of the
legendary 60's group The Mamas and Papas, with a cast
including Matt Hetherington, Laura Fitzpatrick, Paul
Watson and Katrina Wellins.
More info>
THE 6TH MUSICAL THEATRE TRIVIA
NIGHT WINNERS
With over 100 competitors, Simon Bowden has taken out
the title of Musical Theatre Superstar at the latest
Musical Theatre Trivia Night.
This is Simon's second win at a Magnormos Musical
Theatre Trivia Night, and he was also part of the
winning Team Champions "The Little Edies".
As winner of the evening, Simon had
first pick of the Individual prize table, and he chose
for himself a pack containing a double pass to Wicked,
a Spamalot Cast Recording, a Haighs Chocolate
voucher and a bottle of wine.
2008 GREEN ROOM
NOMINATIONS
Lyall Brooks has been nominated for Male Artist in a
Featured Role for his portrayal of Man in
The Thing About
Men.
Other
Magnormos Contributing Artists who have received
nominations include Terence O'Connell, Lisa-Marie
Charalambous, Chris Parker, Eddie Perfect, Rosemarie
Harris, Nancye Hayes, Cameron MacDonald, Matt
Hetherington, Sally Bourne and Cristina D'Agostino.
More information at:
www.greenroom.org.au
AUDITIONS FOR FLOWERCHILDREN
Magnormos is seeking submissions from artists for three
remaining roles for a workshop production of new musical
flowerchildren. With an original book by Peter Fitzpatrick, flowerchildren
features the songs of the legendary vocal group 'The
Mamas and the Papas'.
More
information>
OZMADE MUSICALS 2009
SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN
Are you an Australian writer with an unperformed
musical? Then Magnormos wants to hear from you!
Submissions for the On The Drawing Board
component of OzMade Musicals 2009 are now being accepted
through
Australian Musicals.com. Check out the
OzMade page for more
information on this gala annual event.
OZMADE MUSICALS 2008
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS NOW ONLINE
Check out the Magnormos Gallery
for this and more.
NEW MUSICAL WORKSHOP
Magnormos has just completed a workshop of a new musical by David Mitchell
and Melvyn Morrow, with a score by the late Ray Cook. The workshop
cast, led by director Aaron Joyner and musical director Sophie Thomas,
included Abi Richardson, Anne Wood, Annie Phelan, Barry Mitchell, Don
Bridges, Erin Cornell, Greg Ross, Peta Doodson, Sam Ludeman and Shaun
Murphy, with musical support from Hayley Johnson and musical arrangements by
Michael Tyack.
Stay tuned for a sneak-peak at this new
musical at OzMade Musicals 2008.
OZMADE MUSICALS 2008 DATE ANNOUNCED
The sixth annual OzMade Musicals gala concert will be held on Monday
November 17th at the Athenaeum Theatre. The evening will be hosted by
Tony Sheldon, currently leading the Sydney cast of Priscilla Queen
of the Desert - the Musical, and will soon reprise the role of
Bernadette on the West End.
The evening will celebrate the old and the
new of Australian musical theatre, and will celebrate the 50th anniversary
of the Australian classic Lola Montez.
NEW-LOOK MAGNORMOS WEBSITE
The Magnormos website has had a timely overhaul - and now has far less pink!
Designed around the colours and lines of the updated Magnormos Logo, the new
site contains a News section and a new multi-media gallery.