MOVIES GREATEST MUSIC
- from Casablanca to Moulin Rouge
STARRING: CHARL VAN HEYNINGEN, LISA MELMAN AND ANDRE-JACQUES VAN DER MERWE
Without music, a movie's power to communicate would be halved. We have chosen to
explore some of our favourite numbers from various movie soundtracks, such as
Casablanca, Carousel, Love Story, The Godfather, Fiddler on the Roof ,A Star is
Born, Arthur, An Officer and a Gentleman, Ghost, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast,
The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Yentl, Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Flashdance,
Titanic, Armageddon, Men in Black, The Full Monty, Moulin Rouge and many, many
others, integrating them with memorable scenes and dialogue. As we move
chronologically through time, we will enchant you, excite and inspire you as you
remember with us those songs and characters that have carried us "over the
rainbow"
MOVIES GREATEST MUSIC will appeal to audiences of all ages. Two of South
Africa's foremost entertainers, CHARL VAN HEYNINGEN and LISA MELMAN (who first
shared the stage in Richard Loring's smash hit " A Touch of Webber, a Taste of
Rice") will transport you to another world with the most beautiful renditions of
timeless, classic movie songs. They will be joined by the experienced pantomime
and comedy actor ANDRE-JACQUES VAN DER MERWE as Stanley, the off-beat video shop
owner. Beautifully staged and lit by the acclaimed FIONA RAMSAY, written with
panache, style and humour by one of South-Africa's foremost directors and cinema
experts ALAN SWERDLOW and with the highly talented JANINE NEETHLING (Fiela's
Child) and brilliant newcomer CHRIS HARPER as musical directors, this show
promises to be one of the highlights of the 2002/2003 theatre season.