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Director
Marina Voak
Choreographer
Kim Majczak
Musical Director
Nigel Duffin |
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The Story
The unforgettable opening of Barry Manilow's
Grammy Award-winning hit song provides the inspiration for this nostalgic
tribute to the movie musicals of the 1940s. Staged in the West End and on
tour with Gary Wilmot, the show toured the United States and is now released
to performing companies in the UK and Ireland for the first time.
While creating the world's next big hit, Stephen, an aspiring songwriter,
is carried back to and era when "music and passion were always the fashion"
at the world famous Copacabana nightclub in New York City. In his dream,
Lola La Mar, a hopeful showgirl, is launched on the path to stardom as a
Copa Girl with the help of Tony Forte, a bartender with dreams of his own.
Captivated by Lola's performance, the villainous Rico whisks her away to the
Tropicana nightclub in Havana. From this exotic, distant new world, a tale
of old-fashioned love, jealousy, and murder in the entangled lives of Lola,
Tony and Rico unfolds amidst dazzling costumes, spectacular sets and
sensational choreography.
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Cast List
Tony Forte (Stephen) -
Mark Hills
Lola La Mar (Samantha) - Sarah Murray
Gladys Murphy - Sue Hope
Sam Silver - Graeme Clements
Rico Castelli - Alan Finden
Conchita Alvarez - Kat Webb
McManus - Jerry Rawlings
Willie - Robbie MacNab
Luis - Simon Tooley
Copa Girls:
Wendy Brook, Alison Dea, Mary-Rose Finden, Kelly
Fuller
Caroline Gregg, Vikki Jones, Kirsty Murray, Marie Ridley |
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Review
- The News (Friday 24 March 2006)
"My inner cooler-than-thou teenage self must be spinning in his grave: I
thoroughly enjoyed this Barry Manilow-penned musical. With a plot loosely on
the song of the same name, Manilow wrote a new set of songs and turned it
into a traditional two-act show. Fareham Musical Society entered into the
spirit with some marvellously over-the-top performances. Graeme Clements
gave a suitably larger-than-life reading as Copa owner Sam Silver, and Sue
Hope was spot-on as the former dancer Gladys. But that shouldn't detract
from the star turns. Mark Hills as Tony Forte displayed some impressive
singing chops and Sarah Murray made her Lola a believable wide-eyed country
girl trying to make it big. And it would be unfair to leave out Alan
Finden's devious Rico and Kathryn Webb as the fading star Conchita. Some of
the choreography was a little wonky, especially from the men in the company,
but that somehow added to the charm of this slice of extremely ripe cheese."
Chris Broom |
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