AusStage

Event

Jerry's Girls

Venue

Playhouse, Melbourne, VIC

First Date

21 November 2015

Last Date

6 December 2015

Dates Estimated

Status

Professional

World Premiere

Description

Created to showcase his leading ladies, this new staging of Jerry Herman’s JERRY’S GIRLS will feature the dazzling talents of twelve of Australia’s leading ladies including Rhonda Burchmore, Nancye Hayes, Silvie Paladino, Christie Whelan-Browne and Kirby Burgess. Herman’s hits in this musical feast include Hello, Dolly!, Bosom Buddies, Wherever He Ain’t, I Won’t Send Roses, The Best of Times and I Am What I Am. More than most songwriters, Jerry Herman has put the leading ladies of his shows centre stage – Dolly Levi in Hello, Dolly!, Auntie Mame in Mame, Mabel Normand in Mack and Mabel and female impersonator Zaza in La Cage Aux Folles. Jerry’s Girls affectionately celebrates Jerry Herman’s unique gift for writing songs that capture the true spirit of these extraordinary characters of musical theatre.

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Production Company

Primary Genre

Music Theatre

Organisations

The Production Company, Presenting Company
The Production Company, Production Company

Contributors

Name	Function	Notes
Brent Hill	Actor
Chelsea Renton-Gibb	Actor
Rhonda Burchmore	Actor and Singer
Kirby Burgess	Actor and Singer
Virginia Gay	Actor and Singer
Nancye Hayes	Actor and Singer
Debora Krizak	Actor and Singer
Josie Lane	Actor and Singer
Claire Lyon	Actor and Singer
Natalie O'Donnell	Actor and Singer
Silvie Paladino	Actor and Singer
Christie Whelan-Browne	Actor and Singer
Simone Goodwin	Administrator	Development Manager
Andrew Hallsworth	Choreographer
Owen Phillips	Costume Designer
Dean Bryant	Director
Natalie Gilhome	Director, Assistant
Matt Scott	Lighting Designer
Nadia Gianinotti	Marketing / Box office / Sales
Kendra Reid	Marketing / Box office / Sales
James Robertson	Marketing / Box office / Sales
Robbie Smith	Marketing / Box office / Sales
Stephanie-Jane Lewendon-Lowe	Music Adaptor	Preparation of Music parts
Mathew Frank	Musical Director
Matthew Thorne	Musician, Bassist
Martin Corcoran	Musician, Clarinetist	Reed 2
Tony Hicks	Musician, Clarinetist	Reed 1
Dean Cooper	Musician, Drummer
John Paine	Musician, Guitarist	& Banjo
Alannah Guthrie-Jones	Musician, Harpist
Gillian Cosgriff	Musician, Keyboardist
Stephanie-Jane Lewendon-Lowe	Musician, Keyboardist
Conrad Nilsson	Musician, Percussionist
Bob Collins	Musician, Trombonist	#1
Eric Klay	Musician, Trombonist	#2
Ari Farrar	Musician, Trumpeter	#2
Greg Spence	Musician, Trumpeter	#1
Larry Alford	Original Director
Jeff Busby	Photographer
Colin Page	Photographer
Jerry Herman	Playwright
Frank van Straten	Programme Administrator / Researcher
Julie Cavanagh	Publicist
Dale Ferguson	Set Designer
Peter Grubb	Sound Designer	Co-Sound Designer
David Tonion	Sound Designer	Co-Sound Designer
David Miller	Technical Director