Armidale Drama and Musical Society (ADMS) has introduced its production for 2019, which is called 'Singin in the Rain' and director Warren Bartik said the show was based very much on the 1952 movie of the same name.
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"It follows it fairly closely, but not quite as detailed. It's interspersed with those classical numbers, you know, Goodmorning, Singing In the Rain and Moses Supposes, just beautiful music," Warren said.
It's a musical that has everything, well supported songs, a funny script, it has tap dancing, lots of sight gags and comedy gags.
- Warren Bartik
"We have a cast of 29, and what's exciting this year is that there are probably only three or four who I have worked with previously and the rest are new people to ADMS.
"We've got this groundswell of new talent that we've got moving through, who want to put up their hands and be in a musical that was made well before they were born."
Warren said this production is a comedy musical about the turmoil within the movie industry in the late 1920's with the arrival of sound. "Talkies" were a difficult transition for some Hollywood actors.
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"It's a musical that has everything well supported songs, a funny script, it has tap dancing, lots of sight gags and comedy gags. It's got a bit of everything." he said.
Old film sequences are integral to Singing In the Rain. They were recreated by ADMS with local cinematographer Kate Thomas and director Warren Bartik, together with stunning costumes by Margaret Sims.
They include the first silent movie The Royal Rascal set in 17th Century France and then the 18th century Duelling Cavalier that reveals its stars in their first attempt at a talking picture, with disastrous results.
Singin' in the Rain opens Thursday, July 4 for eight performances only at the TAS Hoskins Centre.
Tickets online here or at Carrs NewsXpress in the Mall.