[Showtuners] LORNA LUFT -Exclusive and Intimate - ONE NIGHT ONLY!

[News from Showtune Productions]

Dear Showtuners, 

I hope you all had a great festive season and here's cheers for a fantastic 2008, I look forward to bringing you some treats throughout the year.

To start the year we are running a promotional tour for the release of LORNA LUFT'S new album "Songs My Mother Taught Me" The music of Judy Garland.  Lorna has agreed to do one exclusive and intimate performance at The Factory Theatre for us on the 29 February. This is a not to be miss event, Luft is a powerhouse in the great tradition, her new album produced by Barry Manilow is a wonderful celebration of her mums music.  It is very exciting to be working with Lorna at long last, I have followed her career for many years. Judy Garland and her legacy has been probably the most influential creative inspiration for me, and I know many others in the entertainment world share this appreciation, it is an honour to help Lorna spread the word on the incredible legacy Garland left us all.

It is also terrific to be presenting Lorna at the NEW Factory Theatre in Enmore, ran by the wonderful team at Century Venues.  This will be our first presentation in the new space since they moved the operation from the club @NEWTOWN where we celebrated much success with Lillias, Faith, Eddie and Hedwig.  The Factory Theatre is easy to get to by public transport and parking is a breeze, you will all love this exciting new versatile venue for Sydney.

Looking forward to seeing you in 2008, spread the word Lorna is coming to Oz!

Love and Light

David M. Hawkins
Artistic Director
Showtune Productions





LORNA LUFT



 - Exclusive and Intimate - 

ONE NIGHT ONLY!



"affectionate, amusing... a knock out" New York Post



"her full-throated performance is an incandesent revelation not to be missed" CRITICS CHOICE - Los Angeles Times

 

It is over 20 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.  Her album "Songs My Mother Taught Me" is released on February 9 through the label Rhythm Safari distributed by Universal.



 

"Luft belts the songs with fully committed vitality, delivering with passion and honesty. Luft infuses it with uplifting joy. The singer's time has come" 

Daily Variety



LORNA LUFT



 - Exclusive and Intimate - 

ONE NIGHT ONLY!

 

29 February 2008 @ 8pm - $55 General admission - The Factory Theatre - 105 Victoria Rd Enmore BOOKINGS (02) 9550 3666 or www.showtune.com.au 
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