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David Harris (Australian Actor)
David Harris (born 1975) is an Australian actor and singer, currently based in New York City. He is currently performing on stage in Moulin Rouge! The Musical on Broadway as the Duke. In Australia, he is best known for his Australian performances as Chris in ''Miss Saigon'', Fiyero in ''Wicked'' and Emmett in ''Legally Blonde'' having received Helpmann Award nominations for all three leading roles. Harris also starred as the Baker in Victorian Opera's production of ''Into the Woods'' and, in America, as Jean Valjean in ''Les Misérables'' opposite Terrence Mann in 2015. He has released two solo albums. Theatre Harris made his professional theatre debut in 1998 as an original cast and workshop cast member of the world premiere production of ''The Boy from Oz'' directed by Gale Edwards with Todd McKenney as Peter Allen, where he also performed in the role of Greg as an understudy. This was quickly followed by another ensemble role in the Australian premiere production of '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales
) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_date = Colony of New South Wales , established_title2 = Establishment , established_date2 = 26 January 1788 , established_title3 = Responsible government , established_date3 = 6 June 1856 , established_title4 = Federation of Australia, Federation , established_date4 = 1 January 1901 , named_for = Wales , demonym = , capital = Sydney , largest_city = capital , coordinates = , admin_center = Local government areas of New South Wales, 128 local government areas , admin_center_type = Administration , leader_title1 = Monarchy of Australia, Monarch , leader_name1 = Charles III , leader_title2 = Governor of New South Wales, Governor , leader_name2 = Margaret Beazley , leader_title3 = Premier of New South Wales, Premie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Hetherington
Matt Hetherington (born 25 May 1970) is an Australian singer and actor, who rose to prominence as a contestant on the first series of ''The Voice (Australia)''. He has appeared in musicals ''Next to Normal'', Green Room Award, '' Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'' Green Room Award and Sydney Theatre Award and ''The Full Monty'', the latter for which he won the Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Musical. Credits Television *'' Dr Blake Mysteries'' *'' City Homicide'' *'' Marshall Law'' *'' Stingers'' *''The Voice (Australia)'' Stage *'' Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'' (2009) *'' Flowerchildren'' (2011) *''The Full Monty'' (2004) *'' Hair'' (2003) *'' Happy Days - The Arena Spectacular'' *''Next to Normal'' (2011) *'' Shane Warne: The Musical'' (2008) *'' Sweet Charity'' (2003) *'' Promises, Promises'' (2012) *''Gypsy'' (2013) *''North by Northwest'' (2015) References External linksMatt Hetheringtonat ''The Voice The Voice may refer to: Fictional entities * The Voice or Presence, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Mitchell
Jerry Mitchell is an American theatre director and choreographer. Early life and education Born in Paw Paw, Michigan, Mitchell later moved to St. Louis where he pursued his acting, dancing and directing career in theatre. Although he did not graduate from the Fine Arts college at Webster University in St. Louis after attending for a year, he later received an honorary degree from Webster University in 2005. Career Mitchell's early Broadway credits were as a dancer in ''The Will Rogers Follies'' and revivals of ''Brigadoon'' and '' On Your Toes''. Mitchell's first professional credit as a choreographer was for the 1990 Alley Theatre world premiere of the musical ''Jekyll & Hyde''. Mitchell's first Broadway production as sole choreographer was the 1999 revival of '' You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'', which he followed with ''The Full Monty''. Mitchell created and for many years directed the annual ''Broadway Bares'' benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. In additio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Durack
Lucy Durack (born 17 November 1982) is an Australian actress, singer and television personality who played Glinda in the Australian production of '' Wicked'', and Elle Woods in the Australian production of '' Legally Blonde: The Musical''. She starred as Tugger in Australian television drama '' Doctor Doctor'' in 2016 and as Roxy Karibas in ''Sisters'' in 2017. Early life Born in Perth, Durack graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) with a Bachelor of Arts (Music Theatre) and prior to graduating was cast in the Brisbane and Sydney seasons of ''Mamma Mia!'' in which she understudied and performed the role of Sophie. Career Durack has played the roles of Peggy Sawyer in '' 42nd Street'', Miss Dorothy in the Australian Premiere of ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'', Lois Lane/Bianca in ''Kiss Me, Kate'', Rikki Rose in ''Respect'', Sybil Chase in Noël Coward's ''Private Lives'', and Laurey in ''Oklahoma!''. Durack's screen credits include the role of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancye Hayes
Nancye Lee Bertles AM ( Hayes; born January 1943), billed under her maiden name as Nancye Hayes, is an Australian actress, dancer, singer and choreographer/director and narrator. She has been a leading figure in Australian musical theatre since the 1960s. Although her roles have been almost exclusively in theatre, she has briefly worked in television in series and mini-series, as a character actress including filling in for an Judy Nunn in the series '' Home and Away''. Early life Hayes grew up in the New South Wales's Sydney suburb of Manly and was an only child. At the age of seven, she had an operation to remove a growth in her hip joint, and the recovery included strapping her leg with irons. After her father died in a car crash when Hayes was eleven, her mother became a barmaid at the old Pacific Hotel in Manly. She began dancing lessons at age nine at Hazel and Violet Meldrum's studio. Hazel had been a choreographer for the leading Australian theatrical firm J.&n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Production Company
The Production Company was an Australian not-for-profit theatre company that staged a series of usually three musicals at the Arts Centre Melbourne each year, until its closure in 2020. It was launched in 1999 by Jeanne Pratt AC with the goal of providing "professional opportunities for local artists and to entertain Melbourne audiences with the best shows from Broadway and beyond". The Production Company specialised in revivals of popular and lesser known musicals with short (two week) rehearsal periods and short runs. It also produced the Australian professional premieres of '' Thoroughly Modern Millie'', '' Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'', ''Grey Gardens'', '' Nice Work If You Can Get It'', ''Curtains'' and '' A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder''. Its productions typically featured well-known Australian musical theatre performers such as Caroline O'Connor (''Gypsy,'' ''Funny Girl''), Michael Falzon (''Chess''), Marina Prior (''Guys and Dolls'', ''Kiss Me, Kate''), Todd McK ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damn Yankees
''Damn Yankees'' is a 1955 musical comedy with a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop, music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The story is a modern retelling of the Faust legend set during the 1950s in Washington, D.C., during a time when the New York Yankees dominated Major League Baseball. It is based on Wallop's 1954 novel '' The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant''. The show ran for 1,019 performances in its original Broadway production. Adler and Ross's success with it and ''The Pajama Game'' seemed to point to a bright future for them, but Ross suddenly died of chronic bronchiectasis at age 29, several months after ''Damn Yankees'' opened. Plot NOTE: This is the plot of the 1994 Broadway revival of the show; there are differences from the original 1955 version. For the 1958 film version, see ''Damn Yankees'' (film). Middle-aged real estate agent Joe Boyd is a long-suffering fan of the pathetic Washington Senators baseball team. His wife, Meg, lamen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IOTA (entertainer)
iOTA (born 7 May 1968 as Sean Hape in Pinjarra) is a New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter and actor. As a musician he has issued six studio albums and was nominated for Best Independent Release for ''The Hip Bone Connection'' (1999) at the ARIA Music Awards of 2000. He has won four Helpmann Awards: Best Male Actor in a Musical in 2007 for Hedwig in '' Hedwig and the Angry Inch'' (2006 Australian cast) and Best Cabaret Performer, Best New Australian Work and Best Original Score for his work in ''Smoke and Mirrors'' in 2010. Personal life iOTA has stated that his parents met in New Zealand;Valerie Lawson, 2007, '"Wear more make-up"', ''Sydney Morning Herald'' (October 6) (Access date: 5 April 2013.) his father is < ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Jackman
Hugh Michael Jackman (born 12 October 1968) is an Australian actor. Beginning in theatre and television, he landed his breakthrough role as James "Logan" Howlett / Wolverine in the 20th Century Fox ''X-Men'' film series (2000–2017), a role that earned him the Guinness World Record for "longest career as a live-action Marvel character", until his record was surpassed in 2021. Jackman has received various awards including two Tony Awards, a Grammy Award, a Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Jackman was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to performing arts and to the global community. During his career, Jackman has headlined films in various genres, including the romantic comedy '' Kate & Leopold'' (2001), the action-horror '' Van Helsing'' (2004), the drama ''The Prestige'' (2006), the period romance ''Australia'' (2008), the epic musical ''Les Misérables'' (2012), the thriller ''Prisoners'' (2013), the mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurie Cadevida
Laurie Kristi Cadevida is a musical theatre performer and the younger sister of Filipino singer Kris Lawrence. She was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She appeared on Ed McMahon's short-lived PAX Network talent competition ''Next Big Star''. She is best known for her performances as "Kim" in ''Miss Saigon''. She played Kim in ''Miss Saigon'' on the Australian National Tour 2007, the US National Tour, and the Armory Theatre. She has also played Amneris in ''Aida'' and Poopsie in ''The Pajama Game ''The Pajama Game'' is a musical based on the 1953 novel '' 7½ Cents'' by Richard Bissell. The book is by George Abbott and Richard Bissell; the music and lyrics are by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. and dances were staged by Bob Fosse in his ...''. She has appeared in the Australian game show '' Spicks and Specks'' as a guest. She won the award for Best Female Actor in a Musical at the 2007 Helpmann Awards for her role as 'Kim' in the Australian tour of ''Miss Saig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Cameron Mackintosh
Sir Cameron Anthony Mackintosh (born 17 October 1946) is a British theatrical producer and theatre owner notable for his association with many commercially successful musicals. At the height of his success in 1990, he was described as being "the most successful, influential and powerful theatrical producer in the world" by the ''New York Times''. He is the producer of shows including ''Les Misérables'', ''The Phantom of the Opera'', '' Cats'', ''Miss Saigon'', '' Mary Poppins'', '' Oliver!,'' and '' Hamilton.'' Mackintosh was knighted in 1996 for services to musical theatre. Two of his productions, ''Les Misérables'' and ''The Phantom of the Opera'', are the two longest-running musicals in West End history. In 2008, ''The Daily Telegraph'' ranked him number 7 in their list of the "100 most powerful people in British culture". In the '' Sunday Times Rich List'' of 2021, Mackintosh was estimated to have a net worth of £1.2 billion. Early life Mackintosh was born in Enfield, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Millar (Australian Actor)
James Millar may refer to: *James Millar (artist) (c. 1735–1805), English portrait painter *James Millar (educationalist) (1893–1989), Scottish educationalist *James Millar (physician) (1762–1827), Scottish physician and editor of the Encyclopædia Britannica * James Millar (Australian actor) (born 1980), Australian actor, singer and writer *James Duncan Millar (1871–1932), Scottish barrister and Liberal, later National Liberal, politician * James R. Millar (1936–2008), American economist *James Millar (loyalist) James Millar (born 6 July 1966) – commonly known as "Sham" – is a Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary. Millar was a leading member of the West Belfast Brigade of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) until 2003 when he was one of a number of ... (born 1966), Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary * James D. Millar (1869–1948), American teacher, bookkeeper, businessman and politician * James Broom Millar, British Foreign Service personnel and media executive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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