[Showtuners] Come celebrate 'The World's Greatest Entertainer - JUDY GARLAND' with her daughter Lorna THIS SATURDAY IN SYDNEY - ALMOST SOLD OUT!

[News from Showtune Productions]

Dear Showtuners, 

We had a magical experience in Port Douglas at Diane Cilento's theatre
Karnak  with Lorna's show there. Showtune plans to take a few more shows
this year to Karnak including the debut of our new production of HEDWIG. It
was very special to work with Diane, and having 'Rock-A-Bye Ya Baby' blast
in the Daintree Rain Forrest was really something.

This weekend we present the Australian debut of SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME at
the City Recital Hall in Sydney 31 May 8pm. This show will be a real treat
with the 12 piece band under the direction of the amazing Colin Freeman.
Wait till you hear Garland's Carnegie Hall Overture played by these guys you
will die! I am very excited to be presenting this show indeed, it is a bit
like a couple of hours in a Hollywood household with their music, their
memories and their legacy. It is almost sold out but I am releasing some
more good seats tomorrow so if you haven't booked there will still be some
available in Sydney.. If not fly to Melbourne!

Last week we placed SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME on sale at HER MAJESTY'S
THEATRE in Melbourne on the 15 June at 5pm, the response in Melbourne at the
Arts Centre was terrific and we thought before she goes back home we would
share the show with Melbourne. 

Below are the details for SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME and AN EVENING WITH.
plus a offer from Boeing Boeing.

Hope to see you all at one of LORNA LUFT'S Shows before the tour is done.

Love and Light

David Hawkins

 
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Showtune Productions proudly present
the Australian Premiere of 
 
LORNA LUFT
in
SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME 

Celebrating her mother JUDY GARLAND
Written & Directed by Ken & Mitzie Welch
Arranged/Orchestrated/Conducted by Colin R Freeman

31 May 2008 @ 8pm
City Recital Hall, Angel Place 
SYDNEY
Phone Bookings: (02) 8256 2222 or 1300 797 118 
ONLINE BOOKINGS
<http://www.cityrecitalhall.com/events/id/317/Lorna-Luft-Songs-My-Mother-Tau
ght-Me>  

15 June 2008 @ 5pm
Her Majesty's Theatre
MELBOURNE
Phone Bookings: 1300 795 012 
ONLINE BOOKINGS
<http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=SONGSMYM08>  


"A rousing, dramatically riveting musical event. The use of Garland video
has enormous impact" ~ Daily Variety

Lorna Luft - daughter of Judy Garland s returning to Sydney and Melbourne to
perform one show only in each city at the City Recital Hall on Saturday 31
May and Her Majesty's Theatre Melbourne on 15 June of Songs My Mother Taught
Me - a lovingly staged multimedia extravaganza melding one of the most
familiar songbooks with intensely personal, often hilarious memories plus
private photos and video footage of Lorna's mother; the legendary Judy
Garland. 

Sydney audiences already know the irresistible talents of Lorna Luft, after
her sell-out concert in February. 

Showtune Productions Artistic Director David Hawkins said "I had to bring
the entire show to Sydney as it was wonderful to see the audience spell
bound when she did only a segment of the show and it made me realise the
huge love there is in Australia for Judy Garland.  Showtune is also touring
Lorna 's cabaret show nationally but only Sydney audiences will see Songs My
Mother Taught Me." 

New musical arrangements of Garland's classic orchestrations ensure that
this rich tapestry of songs are given the illustrious and deferential
treatment they deserve with a ten piece band made up of some of Australia's
best musicians. Lorna brings unmatched emotion to many of her mother's
signature songs including Come Rain or Come Shine, The Man That Got Away,
Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody accentuated with touching and
humorous memories. The show features never before seen footage and photos
plus dozens of tunes from some of Garland's most popular films: The Wizard
Of Oz, Easter Parade, Meet Me In St. Louis and A Star Is Born.    

 
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Written and directed by Emmy Award Winners Mitzie and Ken Welch (best known
for The Carol Burnet Show), Songs My Mother Taught Me pays homage to
composers, performers and pals who were part of Garland's life including
Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin and celebrates the birth of the Rat Pack. 

Variety called Songs My Mother Taught Me "a rousing, dramatically riveting
musical event" that played eleven weeks at the historic Canon Theatre in
Beverly Hills and was awarded two Los Angeles Theatre Alliance Ovation
Awards for 'Best World Premiere Musical' and 'Best Musical Direction'. The
show completed an-eight week engagement at The Savoy Theatre in the West
End, and just this year a regional tour of the UK. 

"an incandescent revelation, not to be missed". ~ Los Angeles Times 

"Attendance is mandatory at this rainbow-vaulting occasion" ~ Critics Choice
LA Times

"Affectionate, Amusing. a knock-out" ~ New York Post
 


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LORNA LUFT
Exclusive and Intimate

LIVE IN OZ TOUR DATES!
29 May 2008 @ 8pm
Canberra Playhouse 
CANBERRA
Phone Bookings: (02) 62752700
 <http://www.canberratheatre.org.au/pages/event/performance859.asp> ONLINE
BOOKINGS 

5 June 2008 @ 8pm
The Events Centre 
CALOUNDRA
Phone Bookings: (07) 5491 4240
 <http://www.theeventscentre.com.au> ONLINE BOOKINGS

6 June 2008 @ 8pm
Southport RSL Club 
GOLD COAST
Phone Bookings: (07) 5552 4200
 <http://www.southportrsl.com.au/other_shows.htm%20> ONLINE BOOKINGS 

7 June 2008 @ 8pm
Powerhouse
BRISBANE
Phone Bookings: (07) 3358 8600 
 <http://www.brisbanepowerhouse.org/events/view/lorna-luft/> ONLINE BOOKINGS


13 - 14 June 2008 @ 8pm
Adelaide Cabaret Festival (with full band) 
ADELAIDE 
 
<http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/adelaidecabaret/?view=CatalogMgr&c
atalog=220&item=181771> ONLINE BOOKINGS 

16 June 2008 @ 8pm 
Civic Theatre
NEWCASTLE
Phone Bookings (02) 49291977 
 <http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=LORNALUF08> ONLINE
BOOKINGS 

It is over 30 years since Lorna Luft has shared her amazing talent with
Australian audiences.  At last she is returning to Oz to belt out a few
showstoppers, in the great tradition - as only one with her pedigree can.
Direct from the UK tour of her show "Songs My Mother Taught Me" celebrating
the musical legacy of her mum Judy Garland, and a series of concerts with
Rufus Wainwright playing Carnegie Hall, The London Palladium and The
Hollywood Bowl. She will be performing an exclusive, intimate night of songs
from her new album, "Songs My Mother Taught Me", and her career in film and
theatre.  
 
Born into show business, to legendary entertainer Judy Garland and producer
Sid Luft, Lorna made her television debut at 11, on The Judy Garland Show.
By 19, she was stopping the show on her own, starring on Broadway in Neil
Simon's hit musical, Promises, Promises.  Her career continued on the NY
stage in the musical Snoopy before taking a dramatic turn alongside Farrah
Fawcett in the highly commended drama Extremities. 
 
In addition to regional theatre productions of Grease, Carnival, Little Shop
of Horrors, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Girl Crazy, Mame and Gypsy, she has
starred in national tours of They're Playing Our Song and as "Miss Adelaide"
for 2 years in Jerry Zaks' world tour production of Guys & Dolls.  

She starred alongside Craig McLachlan in the 2006 blockbuster UK premiere
production of Irving Berlin's White Christmas: The Musical; quickly
following that success with the 2007 hit revival of Rodgers and Hart's Babes
in Arms, at the prestigious Chichester Festival Theatre.  
 
In concert, Lorna has appeared at some of the world's most prominent venues
including: The Hollywood Bowl, Madison Square Garden, Carnegie Hall, The
London Palladium, Royal Albert Hall and L'Olympia in Paris.   In 2006 and
2007 she garnered acclaim for her surprise duet appearances with
singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright at his celebrated tribute concerts to
Judy Garland Rufus Does Judy, which have recently been released on CD and
DVD.
 
In 2007 Lorna joined Alan Cumming and Margaret Cho as part of Logo Network's
new animated series, Rick & Steve.  A UK television favourite, she
frequently appears as a guest, and sometime co-host, on ITV's popular Loose
Women and was a subject of a highly rated BBC documentary titled Somebody's
Daughter, Somebody's Son.  In the US she has had featured roles on a number
series including, Murder She Wrote, The Nanny, and was a regular on Trapper
John M.D.  She joined her sister,  Liza Minnelli, in an electrifying duet on
The Tony Awards and was a featured performer on PBS's Jerry Herman's
Broadway at the Bowl. 

In films, she is most remembered by fans of all ages as Pink Lady "Paulette
Rebchuck", in the camp classic. Grease 2.

In 1998 Lorna added a new dimension to her multi-faceted career, that of NY
Times best-selling author, upon the release of her critically acclaimed
memoir - Me and My Shadows.  It was optioned by ABC-TV and broadcast as a 4
hour miniseries, starring Judy Davis in February 2001.  Lorna served as
Co-Executive Producer on Life with Judy Garland: Me & My Shadows which
garnered the highest ratings of the season and won 5 Emmy Awards.
 
In 2004, her one woman show Songs My Mother Taught Me had its debut on the
West End to great success; it gained rave reviews in the UK and USA.  The
show is now currently enjoying a world tour, keeping alive the cherished
musical legacy of her family.

	

 

 
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