Singin' in the Rain

Singin' in the Rain is a musical based on the MGM motion picture[.

The original text

Story and screenplay by Betty Comden and Aldolph Green, adapted for the stage with a book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, lyrics by Arthur Freed, and music by Nacio Herb Brown. In 1983 Tommy Steele directed and starred in a West End stage production at the London Palladium.

Performance history in South Africa

1989: Presented by CAPAB in collaboration with NAPAC, PACOFS and PACT and by arrangement with Harold Fielding Ltd and Maurice and Lois F. Rosenfield at the Nico Malan Opera House from 4 March to 1 April 1989, directed and choreographed by Geoffrey Sutherland starring Belinda Koning, Sandy Dyer, Lindsay Redman, Mike Huff, Tim Plewman, Carol-Ann Kelleher, David Dennis, Pinto Ferreira, Gordon van Rooyen, Michael O’Reilly, Lana Green, Annamarie Blanckenberg.

2015-6: Produced by Pieter Toerien, directed by Jonathan Church with Grant Almirall, Bethany Dickson and Steven van Wyk. Presented at Artscape (2015/6) and the Teatro at Montecasino (2016)

Sources

Singin' in the Rain theatre programme 1989.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045152/

http://www.pietertoerien.co.za/portfolio-items/singin-in-the-rain/

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