JUDY AND LIZA
REUNITED ON STAGE IN JUST ONE WEEK’S TIME
What good is sitting alone in your room? In just one week’s time Judy Garland and her daughter Liza Minnelli will be reunited on stage as Judy and Liza begins previews around Merseyside, before touring the UK in 2011. Rehearsals are now in full flow in London and the excitement is building as the orchestrations, set, costumes and performers all come together for the first time.
Merseyside born Emma Dears felt that it would be perfect to trial the show in her home region due to its status as a cultural capital, as well as it being home, of course. Thus, the people of the region will be the first to see this all new musical experience before anyone else. Judy and Liza will open at the Capstone Theatre, Liverpool on 4th Nov before travelling to the St Helens Theatre Royal on 6th Nov and The Floral Pavilion, New Brighton for two performances on 13 Nov.
These legends of the silver screen will be portrayed on stage by West End stars Emma Dears (Mary Magdelene-Jesus Christ Superstar, Ellen –Miss Saigon) and Lucy Williamson (We Will Rock You, Fame and most recently played the lead role of Mavis in the UK No1 tour of Stepping Out). The performances will be intertwined with images of Judy and Liza, whilst Emma, as Liza and Lucy, playing Judy, tell the sensational stories of the lives of two of the world’s most legendary stars of stage and screen. The show will of course feature all all of your favourite Judy and Liza hits including Cabaret, Maybe This Time and The Man That Got Away.
Emma and Lucy will be backed by a five piece band, providing the perfect setting for the songs of Judy and Liza, with Musical Direction from renowned Conductor and Composer Michael England, (Phantom of the Opera and Miss Saigon, both in the West End) and direction from the award winning Rita Henderson.
Visit www.judyandliza.com to hear Emma Dears sing Maybe This Time, a little teaser of what you can expect from the show. (Don’t click on anything when you get to the site to listen)
Judy and Liza is a dream that Emma Dears has had for a number of years. Emma has created the concept, written the script and also performs as Liza in the show. Now, her vision becomes a dazzling reality.
Emma explains “About ten years ago I had the idea for a show about Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli. I had always been compared to Liza as a performer and so I started to look into her life. The one thing that these two fascinating women share is the rare ability to move an audience and yet their personal lives are blighted with tragedy and loneliness. When you look deeper into the songs which they have both made famous over the years the parallels with their own life experiences are uncanny. This is why “Judy & Liza” works and why the audience will be taken on an emotional rollercoaster whilst at the same time enjoying some of the most beautiful and familiar songs of the last eighty years.”
Judy and Liza is a show that the whole family will not want to miss, so come hear the music play, as the curtain rises on Judy and Liza one more time...
‘So I would dance and she would sing, and it was kind of a family thing.
Performing was part of our world.’ Liza Minnelli.
PERFORMANCE DETAILS
The Capstone Theatre, Liverpool
Hope University Creative Campus,
17 Shaw Street,
Liverpool
L6 1HP
Thursday 4th November 2010 @ 7.30pm
Ticket Price £15.00 (£12.50 Concession)
Tickets can purchased through the Liverpool Philharmonic Box Office
Box Office Telephone Number: 0151 709 3789
Tickets can be purchased from Website: www.judyandliza.com
St Helens Theatre Royal
Corporation Street
St Helens
WA10 1LQ
Saturday 6th November 2010 @ 7.30pm
Ticket Price £15.00 (£12.50 Concession)
Theatre Box Office: 01744 756000
Website: www.sthelenstheatreroyal.co.uk
New Brighton Floral Pavilion
Marine Promenade
New Brighton
Wirral
CH45 2JS
Saturday 13th November 2010 @ 2.30pm and 7.30pm
Ticket price 7.30pm £22.00 & £20.00 (£2.00 reduction for concessions)
2.30pm £20.00 & £18.00 (£2.00 reduction for concessions)
Theatre Box Office: 0151 666 0000
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