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- 20 February 1960
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- Musical Theatre NZ 50th Annive...
Rydges Hotel
Friday, March 19 at 8:00am
Musical Theatre NZ Porirua Little Theatre - Auditions for Curtains the Musical Comedy Whodunit - directed by Matt Bentley - book by Rupert Holmes, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander, with additional lyrics by Kander and Holmes - 13 and 14 December (oops wrong dates in previous post - apologies) - click on the link for further info
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Don’t forget early bird conference registration fee cut off is 31 December, so get your registrations in, and celebrate this huge milestone for MTNZ and for community theatre in New Zealand
19 - 21 March 2010 - Auckland - our 50th Anniversary - Hosted by Zone One at the newly refurbished Rydges Hotel -
http://www.rydges....com/hotel/2/RZAUCK/Rydges-Auckland.htm
Go to http://www.musical.org.nz/Conference%202
Poster and Programme Competition – don’t forget to send in your posters and programmes for the competition entries close 31 December, the website competition also closes on 31 December. http://www.musical.org.nz/Conference%202
The Nola Speir Patron’s Encouragement Award and MTNZ Merit Awards – close off is 31 January 2010. http://www.musical.org.nz/nomination%20f
Forums and Seminars - We have kept the forum/seminar fees down to a minimum to try and encourage as many people as possible to attend the seminars from societies/schools and our corporate members, especially the Zone One and Two societies. The seminar and forum line up is fantastic and you have some of the best in their field presenting them, so please, come along and learn. Members of MTNZ members (ie Societies, corporates, education) can attend a seminar and forum combo for only $20 and you can check out the trade show whilst you are there as well. http://www.musical.org.nz/Conference%202
NAME THE MTNZ HISTORY BOOK COMPETITION – WINNER WILL RECEIVE A FREE REGISTRATION FOR CONFERENCE - Allan Nagy and I are currently in the process of putting this together and it will be available for sale at conference and also available for those not attending. The final cost is TBC but it will be totally affordable for everyone. I am having a great time going through all the old Spotlights, some fabulous photos of days and shows gone by. However, we need a name for the “book”. There has been a few suggestions, however, the Executive would like to run a competition – so get your marketing teams to come up with a name – eg. Life is a cabaret …. 50 Years of Musical Theatre NZ; No Business Like 50 Years of Show Business; and I was looking at Stagecraft’s history and they called theirs’ “Beginners Please” so you get the drift. We would love your ideas and suggestions and the winning entry will receive a FREE conference registration for Auckland. So please put your thinking cap on and email through your ideas to kate@musical.org.nz to be received no later than 1 December.
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Registration Process - You can save the Word version to your computer, type in the form and send it electronically to Kate or copy and paste the registration form into an email. Unfortunately due to the ...
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ANNOUNCING RENT @ THE CIVIC - 2010
Auckland Music Theatre are proud to announce that we will be producing
"RENT" at The Civic, THE EDGER for a 15 performance season in April/May
2010.
The creative team will be lead by our very experienced Director
Richard Neame, with Musical Direction by Grant Winterburn and Musical
Staging ...by Teesh Szabo.
We are equally delighted to announce that this production is a
collaborative venture with Amici Productions. Both AMT and Amici are
very excited to be presenting this critically acclaimed show; and to
provide continued opportunities for our Auckland theatre community to
present musical theatre to the wider Auckland audience at this level.
Auditions for RENT will be held in December, registration is essential.
Full details are available on the website
ABOUT THE SHOW
RENT is a revolutionary modern rock opera, updating Puccini's classic
"La Boheme", and is widely considered the greatest rock musical of
modern times. Set in the late 1980's in New York City's Bohemian East
Village, this stirring musical tells the story of a group of
impoverished young artists, writers and musicians struggling to live
and pay their rent. "Measuring their lives in love," these starving
artists strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles
of poverty, illness and loss; all while celebrating their creative
spirit, choosing to live life as if there is No Day But Today!
Described by Rolling Stone magazine as "a raw and riveting milestone in
musical theatre", RENT is Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer and Tony Award
winning musical, one of the longest running shows on Broadway.
www.rentauckland.co.nz
RENT|Auckland New Zealand Season 2010|© Copyright Auckland Music Theatre Inc.|Terms ...
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Good luck to Napier Operatic who are opening tonight with Music Hall Meets Vaudeville - all the very best for tonight and a successful season. Onstage at the Tabard Theatre till 28 November. Tickets - www.ticketdirect.co.nz
Napier Operatic is delighted to welcome the talents of Wendy Revell in this fresh take on an o...ld favourite. Wendy has devised and is directing this pre-Christmas show which is guaranteed to have you rolling in the aisles. Gorgeous girls, handsome men, some great comedians and a fast-paced delivery will keep you entertained all night. The cast will travel through England, France and America singing rousing renditions of popular favourites, plus there will be some surprise guest artists. Joanne Stevens, who co-directed last year's hit show The Producers, is taking the cast through their musical paces and the choreography is in the very capable hands of Diana Shand.
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Auckland Music Theatre are presenting Showboat in concert, opening 13 November. A great show not to be missed and all the best to the AMT team for a great opening night and successful season. Ticketing - www.iticket.co.nz
Filled with magnificent lyrical orchestrations and a wonderful vocal score Show Boat with music ...by Jerome Kern and book (based on a novel by Edna Ferber) and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. chronicles the lives of those living and working on the Cotton Blossom, a Mississippi River show boat, from 1880 to 1927. The show's dominant themes include racial prejudice and tragic, enduring love. Hit songs include Old Man River and Can't Help Loving That Man Of Mine.
Show Boat is widely considered one of the most influential works of the American musical theatre. It was a completely new genre - the musical play as distinguished from musical comedy, where the complete integration of song, humor and production numbers into a single and inextricable artistic entity.
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Spanning the years from 1880 to 1927, this lyrical masterpiece concerns the lives, loves and heartbreaks of three generations of show folk on the Mississippi, in Chicago and on Broadway (and their life-long friends). ...
See MoreMusical Theatre NZ Papakura Theatre Company are opening a Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 14 November. Book at Papakura Paper Power 09-298-5280. Good luck to the cast, crew and production team for a fantastic season. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and ...a book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart.Inspired by the farces of the ancient Roman playwright Plautus (251–183 BC), specifically Pseudolus, Miles Gloriosus and Mostellaria, it tells the bawdy story of a slave named Pseudolus and his attempts to win his freedom by helping his young master woo the girl next door. The plot displays many classic elements of farce, including puns, the slamming of doors, cases of mistaken identity (frequently involving characters disguising themselves as one another), and satirical comments on social class.The musical's original 1962 Broadway run won several Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Book. A Funny Thing has enjoyed several Broadway and West End revivals and was made into a successful film.
Musical Theatre NZ Diary dates for 2010 - Zone Two meeting 20 February in Hamilton and the Combined South Island meeting will be in Oamaru - final night of Oamaru Operatic's Les Miserables - 18 September. Don't forget the 50th Anniversary Conference in Auckland 19 - 21 March, register now .....
Musical Theatre NZ Hutt City Musical Theatre Present Cabaret - 12 - 28 November - for ticketing and further info click on the link
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TOI WHAKAARI MASTERCLASSES - Monday 23 – Thursday 26 November 2009 (10am – 4pm) - Teacher’s and Industry Professional Development After another successful year of our teachers’ Masterclass Season, we are offering a greater range of workshop options in 2009, so you can make the most of your time at Toi Whakaari. We a...re offering a selection of one and two day workshops so you can ‘pick and mix’. $150 per one day workshop or $100 per day if you book more than one. $200 for 2 day workshops. http://www.musical.org.nz/temp%20pages/T
www.toiwhakaari.ac.nz
Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School - Aotearoa / New Zealand's national drama school
See MoreMusical Theatre NZ Training - ETNZ is planning a Working at Heights Course for the 7th- 8th December in Wellington and the 11th -12th in Christchurch. Numbers are limited and preference will be given to financial ETNZ members. The costs are $195.00 for ETNZ members and $310.00 for non members. (this includes GST). ETNZ does require that ...people attending this course have a current Workplace First Aid certificate and that the course fee has been paid prior to commencing the course. For further details go to http://www.musical.org.nz/technical.htm
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SELECON SCHOLARSHIP announced at 2009 ETNZ Conference, the Selecon Scholarship has been made possible by the generous contribution of funds by the Directors of Selecon NZ. The Directors of Selecon wish to acknowledge the importance of the NZ market and the impact it has had...
See MoreMusical Theatre NZ Jane Keller - Life is a Cabaret Season - So Many Disappointed Men - at the St James 27 November
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Jane Keller is back in her fabulous new cabaret show. Jane’s show is the first of four gorgeous cabaret shows in the new “Life is a Cabaret” series in the elegant surroundings of the First Floor ...
Musical Theatre NZ NAME THE MTNZ HISTORY BOOK COMPETITION – WINNER WILL RECEIVE A FREE REGISTRATION FOR CONFERENCE - we need a name for the “book”. There has been a few suggestions, however, the Executive would like to run a competition. We would love your ideas and suggestions so email kate@musical.org.nz to be received no later than 1 December
Musical Theatre NZ Spotlight on MTNZ - November edition with lots of news from around NZ - now on line
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Conference forums and seminars include marketing presented by Steve Spiegel from New York who markets shows on Broadway; sound design; auditioning for a show; set design; health and safety; how to make the internet work for your society and using it as a marketing tool; venue design; fundraising; musical directors work...shop (budding ones most welcome); directing; marketing for local theatres; stage management, costume construction; vocal techniques; venue design - to name a few - so check it out and register now or contact Kate the MTNZ Administrator if you have any questions or need further info kate@musical.org.nz or go to http://www.musical.org.nz/Conference%202
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Registration Process - You can save the Word version to your computer, type in the form and send it electronically to Kate or copy and paste the registration form into an email. Unfortunately due to the ...
See MoreMusical Theatre NZ Registrations now open for the MTNZ 50th Anniversary Conference 19 - 21 March 2010 at the Rydges Hotel, Auckland http://www.musical.org.nz/conference.htm For members who live in Auckland, Northland, Waikato - in fact driving distance to Auckland CBD - you can register for a forum and a seminar for $20 if you are a mem...ber of a MTNZ member - great opportunity to learn from some of the best in the business and a fabulous masquerade ball on Saturday night - come and celebrate 50 years of musical theatre in NZ - March 2010 - see you there
