Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is a musical with a book by Australian film directors Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott, using popular pop songs as their value. Adapted from Elliott's 1994 film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, the musical tells the story of two drag queens and a transgender woman, who contracts to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a resort town in Australia's remote desert. As they head west from Sydney on their lavender bus, Priscilla, the three friends come to the forefront of comedy errors, facing a number of strange characters, as well as homophobic incidents, while the comfort zone widened and found new horizons.
Produced by Allan Scott in a coalition with Back Row Productions, Michael Chugg, Michael Hamlyn and John Frost, Simon Phillips-directed and Ross Coleman-original production choreographer Priscilla debuted in Australia at Lyric Theater, Sydney in October 2006 After successful runs in Sydney, production was moved to Melbourne in 2007 and then Auckland, New Zealand in 2008, before returning to Sydney for a limited engagement. The success of Australasia Priscilla provoked two years of strong West End production in addition to Bette Midler's debut-produced Broadway in 2011. While original production received one of seven Helpmann Award nominations, Priscilla was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical as well as two Tony Awards, won this award in the costume design category.
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is considered to be 'the most successful gay male representation' in Australian production history. Priscilla deals with sexuality and gender issues. Highly praised for 'challenging traditional Australian ideas of masculinity'. Priscilla is against stereotypes and empowering the LGBTQ community. Focusing on 2 queer drag queens and a glamorous transgender woman, in the empty and empty desert shows homosexuality pushed to the periphery, but continues to celebrate the difference. Priscilla shows the masculinity in these characters by conquering the desert, with obstacles. This automatically challenges the idea that masculine men are better equipped and instead show a gay man doing what a straight man can do, wearing women's clothes. Priscilla continues to praise the differences and challenge the views of mainstream society and culture. It shows that what people say is not always true.
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Synopsis
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Drag queen Mitzi Mitosis - his real name is Anthony "Tick" Belrose - performing in a club ("Downtown" [Australia and London]/"I've Never Been to Me"; "It's Raining Men" [Broadway]) when his wife Marion , who had split for several years because of his homosexuality, asked for help. While Tick is out on stage, fellow drag queen Miss Understanding does her own number ("What Love Should Do With It?"). From the phone in Tick's locker room, Marion reveals that she needs action for several weeks in her business in Alice Springs, Australia. Ticks in at first reluctantly, but Marion tells him that part of the reason he asks is because their eight-year-old son Benji wants to see his father ("I Say A Little Prayer"). Check confessed in another queen of Farrah's attraction, before deciding he would leave for Alice Springs. After he decides to do the job, Tick calls a friend, a transsexual named Bernadette - whose birth name Ralph - to join him but unfortunately, Bernadette's husband has just died. The couple met at the funeral ("Do not Leave Me This Way") where Bernadette agreed to join her. Tick ​​also asks a friend Felicia - whose real name is Adam Whitely - to join them ("Venus"/"Material Girl"), with Bernadette instantly liking his show-off style. Nevertheless, the newly formed trio bought their "Barbie campervan budget" nicknamed "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" ("Go West"). Tick ​​tells them that the trip is beneficial to his wife, but does not tell them that it is also to meet his son who wants to meet him ("I Say A Little Prayer (Reprise)"). When the trip to Alice Springs begins, Adam makes Bernadette's heart after telling jokes about his old life before becoming a transsexual. Then the group went into the bar, barely, and started the bar dance ("I Love the Nightlife"), but when they got back on the bus, learned that the townspeople wrote a hate statement on the bus with spray paint. Tick ​​â € <â €
The second act opens with a group of bogans ("Thank God I'm a Country Boy"). Bernadette talks to Bob and learns that when he was in Sydney, he saw it when he was young "Les Girl" ("A Fine Romance"). Both start to grow each other's feelings. Then in a bar ("Thank God I'm a Reprise Boy Country"), the trio will perform ("Shake Your Groove Thing") when Cynthia, Bob's wife, interrupts their action by "popping" the ping-pong ball ("Pop Muzik"). After this, the trio leave, leaving Bob to wonder about his feelings for Bernadette ("A Fine Romance (Reprise)"). Suddenly, Bernadette asks if she wants a free ride back to her original home, where she agrees ("Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"). Then when they arrived, Adam dressed up like a woman to try to meet a man ("Hot Stuff"), but was eventually chased and almost a victim of a hate crime until Bernadette rescued her by kicking one of her attackers. Then when they arrive in Alice Springs, Tick reflects the journey after someone actually leaves the cake in the rain ("MacArthur Park"). As another first performing act ("Boogie Wonderland"), the trio prepares to perform the various songs they sing or lip-sync on their journey ("The Floor Show"). After that, Tick finally meets his son, Benji, who accepts his father's sexuality and lifestyle ("Always in My Though/I Say a Small Prayer") and Adam can do his own solo Madonna, ("Like A Prayer" [Broadway]]; Confide in Me/Kylie Medley "[Australia and London]), her favorite singer. Afterwards the gang talks about their plans after Alice Springs, and realizes that they can not leave each other ("We Belong"). They went on stage together and the company did a medley of songs to cover the show ("Finally (Finale)").
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* In the production of London, Marion's role is played by Yvette Robinson while Amy Field is on maternity leave (December 1, 2009 - September 25, 2010).
** In every production, Benjamin's role is played by more than one actor, each taking turns at a particular show, because of their young age. On the UK Tour, Benji's role is shared among about 30 different boys above and below the UK.
*** In some productions (only) Farrah and Young Bernadette are played by the same Actor.
Productions
Australia (2006-08)
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert aired on October 7, 2006 at Lyric Theater, Star City Casino, Sydney, Australia and ended its operation on September 2, 2007. Directed by artist director of Theater Theater Company, Simon Phillips, starring Tony Sheldon as Bernadette, Jeremy Stanford as Tick/Mitzi and Daniel Scott as Adam/Felicia with Michael Caton as Bob and Joshua Arkey, Alec Epsimos, Rowan Scott and Joel Slater as Benjamin.
Sydney's production was transferred to the Regent Theater in Melbourne, previewed on September 28, 2007 before it opened on October 6, 2007. The event closed on 27 April 2008 to pave the way for the premiere of the Australian film Wicked .
Melbourne production is transferred to Auckland in New Zealand for a limited period, opened on May 28, 2008 and closed on July 6, 2008.
The musical returned to Star City Hotel and Casino in Sydney on October 7, 2008 for the second anniversary of the premiere and closed on December 21, 2008. The show stars Sheldon and Scott, alongside Todd McKenney as Tick/Mitzi and Bill Hunter as Bob.
London (2009-11)
West End production started a preview on March 10, 2009 at Palace Theater with the opening night of the press on March 23rd. It was produced jointly by Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group and directed by Simon Phillips with musical arrangements by Stephen 'Spud' Murphy, choreography by Ross Coleman, costume design by Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner, production design by Brian Thomson, and lighting by Nick Schlieper. Original actors include Jason Donovan as Mitzi (aka "Tick"), Tony Sheldon as Bernadette, and Oliver Thornton as Adam/Felicia. Famous replacements include Ben Richards as Tick/Mitzi, Don Gallagher as Bernadette, Portia Emare as one of the Divas and Ray Meagher as Bob. London production closed on December 31, 2011.
Toronto (2010-11)
Musical opened on October 12, 2010 at the Princess of Wales Theater in Toronto as a Pre-Broadway experiment. This musical features all Broadway players with new production teams. It received positive reviews and very strong ticket sales. The musical is playing for 12 weeks, a month longer than planned, closing on January 2, 2011. Several modifications were made for production. Italy (2011-14)
Italian production opens on December 14, 2011, just a few months after the Broadway debut, at Teatro Ciak in Milan, where it lasts until April 30, 2012. The cast includes Antonello Angiolillo as Tick/Mitzi, Simone Leonardi as Bernadette, and Mirko RanÃÆ'¹ as Adam/Felicia. Then the event was transferred to Teatro degli Arcimboldi in Milan (from 6 November to 31 December 2012), to Teatro Brancaccio di Roma (from 24 January 2013 to 21 April 2013), and to Politeama Rossetti in Trieste (from 10 to 26 May 2013).
After hiatus, production started the tour, opened on 31 October 2013 at Teatro Alfieri in Turin and closed on January 19, 2014 at Gran Teatro in Rome, with several player changes, including Marco D'Alberti as Bernadette, and Riccardo Sinisi as Adam/Felicia.
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In Brazil Priscilla ran in Teatro Bradesco, SÃÆ'ÂÂ £ Paulo, from March 16 to December 9, 2012, produced by GEO Eventos, BASE Entertainment and Nullarbor Productions, and starring Luciano Andrey as Tick/Mitzi, RubÃÆ' Â © n Gabira as Bernadette, AndrÃÆ' Â © Torquato as Adam/Felicia, Li Martins as Cynthia and Saulo Vasconcelos as Bob. Production includes Brazilian disco song "Dancing Days" during the last bow.
US National Tour (2013)
After the show closed on Broadway, the national tour opened on January 8, 2013 at the Orpheum Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota with Wade McCollum as Tick/Mitzi, Scott Willis as Bernadette, and Bryan West as Adam/Felicia. The tour played his final performance on November 17, 2013 at the Paramount Theater in Seattle, Washington.
National UK Tour (2013-14)
The first UK tour starts on February 9, 2013 at the Opera House in Manchester and closes on April 12, 2014 at the Royal Theater in Plymouth. Jason Donovan and Noel Sullivan alternated as Tick/Mitzi, with Richard Grieve as Bernadette, and Graham Weaver as Adam/Felicia. The tour included changes made to the Broadway production, except for the songs by Madonna.
Stockholm (2013)
A Swedish production takes place from 21 September 2013 to 18 May 2014 at GÃÆ'¶ta Lejon in Stockholm, with Patrik Martinsson as Tick/Mitzi, BjÃÆ'¶rn Kjellman as Bernadette, Erik HÃÆ'¸iby as Adam/Felicia, and Pernilla Wahlgren as one of the Divas. Argentina Argentina (2014-15)
A non-replica staging aired on 5 February 2014 at Teatro Lola Membrives, Buenos Aires, starring Alejandro Paker as Tick/Mitzi, Pepe CibriÃÆ'¡n Campoy as Bernadette, and Juan Gil Navarro as Adam/Felicia. The production of Buenos Aires closed on 31 August 2014 and then moved to Teatro Candilejas at Villa Carlos Paz, with Alejandro Paker repeating as Tick/Mitzi, Moria CasÃÆ'¡n as Bernadette, and Diego Ramos as Adam/Felicia.
Athens (2014)
In Greece the show opens on May 6, 2014 at the Badminton Theater in Athens, where it lasts until June 15, 2014, with Giorgos Kapoutzidis as Tick/Mitzi, Fotis Sergoulopoulos as Bernadette, and Panagiotis Petrakis as Adam/Felicia. After hiatus, production returns to the Badminton Theater from 26 September to 5 October 2014. Manila and Singapore (2014)
Manila and Singapore (2014)The non-replica production runs from May 9 to July 13, 2014 at the Newport Performing Arts Theater at Resorts World Manila, with Leo Tavarro Valdez as Tick/Mitzi, Jon Santos as Bernadette, and Red ConcepciÃÆ'³n as Adam/Felicia.
After a limited engagement from 16 to 26 October 2014 at Resorts World Theater in Sentosa, Singapore, production returns to the Newport Performance Theater in Manila from November 28 to December 7, 2014.
Seoul (2014)
Jo Kwon of the 2AM band plays Adam in Korean production which runs from 3 July to 28 September 2014 at LG Arts Center in Seoul. Spanish (2014-2018)
In Spain
After the show closed in Madrid on February 28, 2016, production began a national tour, opened on 5 August 2016 at Teatro Jovellanos in GijÃÆ'³n and ending on February 25, 2018 at Teatro Principal in Vitoria-Gasteiz. Italian Italian (2015)
Another Italian tour opened on May 27, 2015 at Teatro Manzoni in Milan, starring Cristian Ruiz as Tick/Mitzi, Marco D'Alberti as Bernadette, and Riccardo Sinisi as Adam/Felicia. The tour played its final performance on November 8, 2015 at Teatro Coccia in Novara.
National UK Tour (2015-16)
The second UK tour began on August 25, 2015 at the Opera House in Manchester, with Jason Donovan and Duncan James (and Darren Day from February 2016) alternating as Tick/Mitzi, Simon Green as Bernadette, and Adam Bailey as Adam/Felicia, and closed on June 18, 2016 at the New Theater in Oxford, including stops in London (at New Wimbledon Theater from 5 to 10 October 2015) and Amsterdam (at Koninklijk Theater CarrÃÆ'Â © from 10 to 22 November 2015). After the tour ended, production was transferred to Israel for a limited engagement at Menora Mivtachim Arena, Tel Aviv from 4 to 9 July 2016.
Norwegian Epic Cruise Ship
In October 2015, a shorter and shorter version of Priscilla was aired on a Norwegian Cruise Lines Norwegian Epic cruise ship.
Auckland (2016)
Eight years after the first run in Auckland, the show returned to the Civic Theater from 16 October to 13 November 2016, starring Bryan West as Tick/Mitzi, Simon Green as Bernadette, and AndrÃÆ'Â © Torquato as Adam/Felicia.
Tokyo (2016)
From 8 to 29 December 2016, Priscilla ran at Nissay Theater, Tokyo, with por Ikusaburo Yamazaki as Tick/Mitzi, Takanori Jinnai as Bernadette, and Yunhak from Supernova and Keita Furuya alternately as Adam/Felicia.
France (2017 -)
The premiere at the Casino de Paris on 25 February 2017, starring Laurent BÃÆ'n as Tick/Mitzi, David Alexis as Bernadette, and Jimmy Bourcereau as Adam/Felicia.
South Africa and Hong Kong (2017)
South Africa's production takes place in Cape Town Artscape Theater from March 28 to April 23, 2017, and at Teatro Johannesburg in Montecasino from 28 April to 18 June 2017, with Daniel Buys as Tick/Mitzi, David Dennis as Bernadette, and Phillip Schnetler as Adam/Felicia.
After closing in South Africa, production was transferred to Lyric Theater in Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts from 29 September to 22 October 2017.
Munich (2017-2018)
From 14 December 2017 to 12 April 2018, non-replica production ran on GÃÆ'¤rtnerplatztheater, Munich, starring Armin Kahl as Tick/Mitzi, Erwin Windegger as Bernadette, and Terry Alfaro as Adam/Felicia.
Australia (2018 -)
Tour to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the show which begins on January 21, 2018 at the Regent Theater, Melbourne, and is expected to stop at the Capitol Theater in Sydney, the Festival Theater in Adelaide, and the Lyric Theater in Brisbane. Production star David Harris as Tick/Mitzi (replaced by Tom Handley in the last week in Melbourne), Tony Sheldon as Bernadette, and Euan Doidge as Adam/Felicia.
Music number
Original Australian and New Zealand Production
Amendment to London production
- () "I Say a Little Prayer" is the fifth digit, and again replicated as the ninth number of performances in London production. Therefore, this means that every number (from the fifth number and so on) in Act I is a pending number. This gives a total of fourteen numbers in Act I of London production.
- (*) "Go West (reprise) " was replaced by "Come into My World" in London production.
- (^) Although replaced by "Kylie Medley" in the production of London, "Confide in Me" appeared in the medley.
Broadway and International
- * - The song does not appear on Original Broadway Cast Recording.
UK Tour
The 10th Anniversary of Australia Production 2018
- () Replace Venus from Original Production replaced by Material Girl at International Productions.
Recordings
Original Australian production castings were released on September 29, 2007; both in stores and in iTunes Australia. All songs, with the exception of the reprise of "Go West", of original Australian production are present on the recording and performed by original Australian players. Broadway cast footage was released on April 5, 2011.
Critical reception
In reviewing the West End production, the Evening Standard reviewer of London Evening Standard writes: "From the first moment when three hanging divas hung high over the silver bridge and belt at Downtown, the show never lost The spectacular momentum, riding from the songs dragged on by the lips-sync lips. "
Reviews for Toronto production include praise for the costumes of Globe and Mail : "The costumes designed by Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner, the same team that won the Oscars for the film, are an incredible blend of Villagers meeting with Tim Burton reaching its peak, on a curtain call, a bunch of koala insects and 'roos.' The Star writes well: "The rabbit that touches the eye, this very beautiful ear moves like a cyclone from start to finish and will make you breathless on various occasions, thanks to spectacular spectacles, lewd humor and performances virtuoso. "
Dispute on the use of recorded music
The use of string sections recorded in the production of Broadway Priscilla causes a dispute between the manufacturer and the Federation of American Musicians (AFM). AFM believes that using the recording as a substitute for live music is a marginal cost-saving measure that deceives the audience from the rich and rich live orchestral sound. Producers argue that the artistic conception of the show requires a "synthetic pop flavor" that can only be achieved with recorded music. AFM member Scott Frankel, who composed music for Gray Gardens, states: "What is most special about seeing Broadway music, rather than some other art form, is the interaction between orchestral musicians and performers on stage ". The dispute is currently awaiting arbitration.
Awards and nominations
Original Sydney production
Original London production
Original Broadway production
References
External links
- Priscilla Queen of the Desert on the Broadway Internet Database
- Official website
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