in italiano by Stefania Clerici “True colors are beautiful, like a rainbow” sang Cyndi Lauper in the 80s…and true, spectacular and multi-coloured are the sets, lights, costumes and music of the musical “Priscilla, la regina del deserto” (Priscilla Queen of the Desert – The Musical) which opened in Italy last Wednesday, December 14, at Teatro […]
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Priscilla Queen of the Desert kicks off its heels in Milan
“Every conceivable surface has been decked with sequins, spattered with coloured lights, plastered in mirrored chips or trimmed in feathers and fringe in “Priscilla Queen of the Desert,” said the New York Times, and it will be the same production which comes in to Milan in two weeks’ time. Movie The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the […]
Broadway’s Billy Elliot to close
The Broadway musical “Billy Elliot”, winner of 10 Tony Awards in 2009 and a hot ticket for much of its run, will close on January 8, 2012, after 3 years and 3 months of performances. The decision to close came after a somewhat precipitous decline in ticket sales that accelerated through the late spring and […]
The Bizarre World of Showbiz: Joan and Jackie Collins backstage at Priscilla
Playbill, apart from having all the latest theatre news, also send photographers backstage to capture those fun moments when the cast meet some of the celebs who’ve come to see them. There is a wonderful collection now on-line of the two Collins sisters, Joan and Jackie, backstage at Broadway’s Priscilla. Cast and Collins Sisters – now who can tell […]
Broadway’s ‘Priscilla, Queen of the Desert’ gets cleaned up
Lots of the risqué lines, bawdy jokes and swearing has been edited out of the Broadway script. These changes are among many that “Priscilla” has undergone in its journey to Broadway, from the 1994 Australian movie to the musical’s first workshop in Sydney in 2005 — and then full productions there and in the West End. The […]
Priscilla Queen of the Desert starts previews on Broadway tonight
After its North American début in Toronto, Priscilla Queen of the Desert begins previews on Broadway at the Palace Theatre. The official opening is scheduled for March 20, but don’t hold your breath, with Broadway musicals anything might happen. Olivier Award nominee Tony Sheldon will play Bernadette; Hair Tony Award nominee Will Swenson is Tick/Mitzi; and La […]
