[Showtuners] Songs My Mother Taught Me - SYDNEY EXCLUSIVE

Tue Apr 8 19:30:02 AEST 2008

Dear Showtuners, 

Well we have shows all over the nation for Lorna Luft including, Canberra,
Port Douglas, Cauloundra, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Ballarat, Geelong, Alice
Springs, Newcastle, Melbourne. So catch Lorna's Exclusive and Intimate show
with her sensational trio at one of the venues nationally and tell ya mates.
I shall be posting all tour updates to our website www.showtune.com.au as
the shows go on sale.

I have a great treat for Sydney, we have decided after Lorna's sell out
success in February at The Factory, that we would pull all the stops out and
mount for the first time in Australia her full show with full band "SONGS MY
MOTHER TAUGHT ME".  We are playing the beautiful City Recital Hall, Angel
Place Sydney on 31 May at 8pm.  Bookings are now open for the ONE SHOW ONLY
Exclusive.

It is an honour to be working with Lorna again and I can't wait to sharing
her with the nation!

      See ya there!

      Hawk

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Showtune Productions proudly presents EXCLUSIVELY for Sydney the Australian
Premiere of 

LORNA LUFT
in
SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME 

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

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 n1300 797 118 
ONLINE BOOKINGS
<http://www.cityrecitalhall.com/events/id/317/Lorna-Luft-Songs-My-Mother-Tau
ght-Me>  

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

Lorna Luft - daughter of Judy Garland is returning to Sydney to perform one
show only at the City Recital Hall on Saturday 31 May 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 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.   

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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