Book and Lyrics by David Sale
Featured OzMade Musicals 2007
Set in Sydney, 1935, it's the story of two sisters fighting over custody of
a little boy, the son of a third sister who died giving birth to him. Lila and
her husband George have cared for the boy since he was born. Now, Vanessa, a
West End musical comedy star, has ditched her career for reasons of her own to
return to Australia and claim the boy.Based on the best-selling novel by New York-based Australian writer Sumner Locke Elliott, CAREFUL HE MIGHT HEAR YOU became one of the ground-breaking Australian movies of the 1980's. The musical had its world premiere in Canberra in October 1999. Legendary Broadway director/ producer Harold Prince said of the project: "I've spent a lot of time in Australia, and I kept wondering why an original indigenous musical hadn't emerged. CAREFUL could be the one. I'd love to see how it fares, because I think this is a worthy project, adapted expertly from Sumner's novel."