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RED, WHITE & BOOGIE |
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| In Brief: | Red, White & Boogie is a musical 'whodunit' based on dramatic films of the 1940's. A re-write of "It Happened in Tanjablanca", "Red, White & Boogie" has an additional character yet a reduced cast. |
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Music: |
Peter Pinne |
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Lyrics: |
Peter Pinne |
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Book: |
Don Battye John Michael Howson (story) |
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Dramatic films of the 1940's |
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Original Direction: |
Jon
Finlayson (Director) |
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Cast Size: |
3M, 3F |
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Music Requirements: |
Piano |
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Ideal For: |
- Cabarets - Intimate Spaces - Low Budgets - Regional Theatres - Touring |
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Synopsis: |
Two shipwreck survivors, the Countess Popesceau and Miss Fotherington, arrive at a seedy hotel in Casablanca run by the cheekly little Arab, Ali. They are followed soon after by Viya Con Dias, a Hollywood film star, and Chuck, her manager. Digger, an Aussie soldier, is fascinated by the Countess. Fotherington is more interested in Hugo De Witt who owns the hotel. Viya lets it slip she has negatives from the Embassy and later that night they are stolen. Ali has them. The Countess seduces him into giving them to her. Later when all is quiet, there is a gunshot and it is discovered that Hugo has been shot, strangled and stabbed in the basement. All of the occupants are horrified, but none of them want the police involved so they decide to sell the body in the Casbah. They wrap the body in bandages to disguise it and throw it out the window for Ali to collect - but the body disappears! After a frantic search the body is found - coinciding with the arrival of the Police Chief. After they are questioned about the murder, the Countess calls the Chief and tells him she'll admit who killed Hugo in exchange for a new passport. She accuses Fotherington, and she confesses... but when it is discovered that the Police Chief is really Chuck in disguise, Fotherington is not arrested, after all - in Casablanca, anyone can get away with murder. |
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Credentials: |
N/A |
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Premiere: |
27/11/1973 - Le Chat Noir, Melbourne, Victoria |
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Significant Performances: |
22/11/1974 - Twelfth Night Theatre, Brisbane Queensland |
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Selected Quotes: |
"... thoroughly frivolous, thoroughly enjoyable" (National Times)
"... comprehensive in its satirical scope" (Sunday Telegraph)
"... zippy show" (Listener In) |
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Performance Availability: |
Negotiable |
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Contact: |
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Other: |
Publisher: Yackandandah (ISBN 0 86805 071 7) 1989 |
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WWW.AUSTRALIANMUSICALS.COM |
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