ICU Musical Theatre

2009 – Nicest Kids In Town

musical — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:15:39 +0000

Nicest Kids in Town will follow on from the success of last years revue (Don’t Tell Mama). It will be produced by Michael W with direction from Lucy H, Phil R, Seb J. The choreography is being done by the very talented James Perry with Musical Direction from Zoe H with Laura M and Rob F helping out. The band will reasonably small and made up of familar faces as well as some new and exciting talent!

Nicest Kids in Town gently focuses on school stereotypes taking a light hearted look at some of the more comical people and situations in school and drawing attention to some slightly more downbeat situations. Featuring songs from some of the well known musicals: Hairspray, West Side Story, Mamma Mia! and maybe introducing you to some new songs from 13 and You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, it promises to be lots of FUN!

This is just a chance for everyone to get stuck in, have some fun and do something they may not have done before so it would be great to see as many people come and support us as possible!

Performances will be at 7:30pm on Sunday 6th and Monday 7th December in the Union Concert Hall.

2000 – The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

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2001 – The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

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2002 – Grease

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2002 – The Pirates of Penzance

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2001 – HMS Pinafore

MTSoc Administrator — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:53:25 +0000

Comic opera in two acts; music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; text by W. S. Gilbert. First produced at the Opera Comique, London, May 28, 1878. The first American performance, New York, 1878, was unauthorized; the first important American production took place November, 1897, at the Boston Museum. The success of Pinafore seems to be as lasting as the mighty deep itself, and nearly as widespread: certainly wherever the English language is spoken it is one of the most popular of comic operas. It sprang to instant popularity in the United States, its success being rivaled among Gilbert and Sullivan’s works only by the Mikado. Its popularity is well deserved for it contains some of Gilbert’s most clever sallies of wit and some of Sullivan’s most charming melodies. Moreover, the former’s satire on matters nautical in England during victorian days and the latter’s parody of “sea music” can be as well appreciated and enjoyed now as ever.

2003 – The Grand Duke

MTSoc Administrator — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:51:31 +0000

“The Grand Duke” is Gilbert & Sullivan’s final collaboration. It was first performed on 7th March 1896, and ran for only 123 performances in London’s Savoy Theatre. It is one of their least-performed operettas, but contains some of the finest music Sullivan ever wrote.

2004 – Anything Goes

MTSoc Administrator — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:49:36 +0000

The action takes place on the SS American, sailing from New York to England. On board are the beautiful American heiress Hope Harcourt, her english fiance Sir Evelyn Oakleigh and Hope’s Mother. Stowing away on board is Billy Crocker, a young admirer of Hope’s who can’t believe she would really marry the silly Sir Evelyn and determines to try and stop her. Public Enemy Number Thirteen, with his moll Erma, is also along for the ride and he passes on to Billy the passport and ticket of a gangster friend of his who didn’t catch the boat. This leads to unwelcome complications for Billy, as he and the Public Enemy have to keep changing disguises to avoid arrest. Keeping the steam at boiling point in the ship’s engine room and working the stabilisers overtime is the sexy, incandescent Reno Sweeney: ex-evangelist and currently nightclub singer. With her help all the shipboard disasters are averted and all the romances sorted out – including her own.

2005 – Kiss Me, Kate

MTSoc Administrator — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:47:33 +0000

It’s 1951. An “all Singin’ all Dancin’” musical adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew is set to open in Baltimore with actor-manager Fred Graham playing opposite his former wife Lilli Vanessi in the respective roles of Petruchio and Katharine. “After all we owe it to Shakespeare, not to mention the six other fellows who’ve been sitting up nights rewriting him.” Lilli’s Katharine creates unscheduled on-stage sparks when Fred flirts with lovely Lois Lane, a Broadway chanteuse. Further complications ensue when heart-throb Bill Calhoun: dancer, compulsive gambler and definitely Lois’ man, loses ten thousand dollars and signs Fred Graham’s name to an IOU, attracting the attention of “The Mob”. The great Cole Porter poured a huge amount of his best music into Kiss Me, Kate. The score scintillates with hits such as “Wunderbar”, “Always True To You In My Fashion”, “Why Can’t You Behave”, “We Open in Venice” and “Too Darn Hot” – a fabulous stream of lovely melody allied to words by one of the wittiest lyricists America has ever produced.

2006 – Babes in Arms

MTSoc Administrator — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:37:54 +0000

At the Surf and Sand Playhouse in Cape Cod, the young and poor apprentices are performing in summer stock theatre. Led by the handsome Val, they have written a revue in order to raise money for the theatre’s kind co-owner, Bunny, to help pay off the debts she inherited from her father. However, the apprentices’ revue is almost not performed when Fleming, the other owner, decides to put on the terrible play, The Deep North. After stumbling through various romantic relationships, the apprentices unite to turn The Deep North into a shambles. The play closes and they are able to perform their revue which turns out to be a great hit and raises the money for Bunny. This show by the internationally famous Rodgers and Hart was made into the 1939 film starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, and was directed by Busby Berkeley. In fact, it is the root of their series of “let’s do the show right here in the barn!” films. Even if you don’t remember the film, you will certainly know and love the songs including “My Funny Valentine” and “The Lady is a Tramp”, as well as “Where or When”, “I Wish I Were in Love Again” and “Johnny One Note”.