"Oliver Thornton Oliver Thornton (born 10 September 1979) is a stage actor and singer who is best known for his contributions to musical theatre in London's West End. Oliver Rhoe Thornton was born on 10 September 1979 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales. Whilst at school, he discovered an interest in performing and studied classical ballet from an early age. He gained further acting experience with the Abergavenny Amateur Operatic Society, or AAODS for short, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2011. Thornton began performing in South Wales, where he studied classical ballet, before completing a BA Honours degree in Musical Theatre"
"Shani Wallis Shani Wallis (born 14 April 1933) is an English-born American actress and singer of theatre, television and film, in both her native United Kingdom and in the United States. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the West End, and for the role of Nancy in the 1968 Oscar-winning film musical ""Oliver!"". Wallis was born in Tottenham, Middlesex, and made her first stage appearance at the age of four and later studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) on a scholarship and resumed her theatrical career appearing in many London and provincial productions. She"
"Oliver! (film) Oliver! is a 1968 British musical drama film directed by Carol Reed, written by Vernon Harris, and based on the stage musical of the same name. Both the film and play are based on Charles Dickens's novel ""Oliver Twist"". The film includes such musical numbers as ""Food, Glorious Food"", ""Consider Yourself"", ""As Long as He Needs Me"", ""You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two"", and ""Where Is Love?"". Filmed at Shepperton Film Studio in Surrey, it was a Romulus Films production and was distributed internationally by Columbia Pictures. At the 41st Academy Awards for 1968, ""Oliver!"" was"
"BirdLand Theatre that forwarded all proceeds to the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Linehan performed ""What Would Petula Do?"" at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris in May 2016, and 54 Below in New York City. Maxine Linehan Maxine Linehan is an Irish singer and actress. She has performed as Nancy in ""Oliver!"" and toured with the Irish Operatic Repertory Company. Her albums include ""What Would Petula Do?"", and ""Beautiful Songs"". Linehan was raised in County Cork, Ireland. She performed as a child and at age 17 she had a role in ""The Sound of Music"" produced by the Irish Operatic"
"Oklahoma! Oklahoma! is the first musical written by the team of composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs' 1931 play, ""Green Grow the Lilacs"". Set in farm country outside the town of Claremore, Indian Territory, in 1906, it tells the story of farm girl Laurey Williams and her courtship by two rival suitors, cowboy Curly McLain and the sinister and frightening farmhand Jud Fry. A secondary romance concerns cowboy Will Parker and his flirtatious fiancée, Ado Annie. The original Broadway production opened on March 31, 1943. It was a box-office smash and"
"musical ""Oliver!"" (1968). Reisz had seen her performing her sketches at the Chiswick Empire theatre. She had a starring role in the 1962 low-budget black-and-white British comedy film ""She Knows Y'Know"". Taking its title from her most famous catch-phrase, it is described by the BFI as a ""low life comedy, unfolded against an industrial town backdrop"". The film was restored by Blackpool resident Eurwyn Jones who negotiated use of the print, tracked down copyright holders to ensure it could be shared with fans across the world, and teamed up with Renown Pictures, who restore classic movies, putting the print through"
"""Oliver!"" received thousands of performances in British schools, particularly in the 1970s, when it was by far the most popular school musical. In 1963 Lionel Bart received the Tony Award for Best Original Score. Many songs are well known to the public. ""Oliver!"" was the first musical adaptation of a famous Charles Dickens work to become a stage hit. There had been two previous Dickens musicals in the 1950s, both of them television adaptations of ""A Christmas Carol"". The plot of Dickens' original novel is considerably simplified for the purposes of the musical, with Fagin being represented more as a"
"kind hearted and easily irritated director-professor who loves his students, but constantly criticizes them and the entire generation to which they belong, In this rough form of a play Abol Naga's theatrical capabilities shined. In September 2015, a unique musical opened at The Royal Cultural Centre of Amman, Jordan, He directed the first ever Arabic transportation of acclaimed West End musical ""Oliver!"" His unique and original adaptation swaps Dickensian London to a contemporary Arab city (Amman in the Jordan production). He created together with the well known Disney writer Zeinab Mobarak an adaptation that smartly kept the original Charles Dickens"
"Maxine Linehan Maxine Linehan is an Irish singer and actress. She has performed as Nancy in ""Oliver!"" and toured with the Irish Operatic Repertory Company. Her albums include ""What Would Petula Do?"", and ""Beautiful Songs"". Linehan was raised in County Cork, Ireland. She performed as a child and at age 17 she had a role in ""The Sound of Music"" produced by the Irish Operatic Repertory Company. Linehan was called to the bar in London, where she earned her law degree. She worked for a London law firm which moved her to New York City in 2001. Linehan's first single"
"Oliver! (song) ""Oliver!"" is the title song from the 1960s original West End and Broadway musical ""Oliver!"" and the 1968 film of the same name. The song begins with the workhouse boys and Mr. Bumble praying for the food they will receive and for a blessing of thankfulness. However, Oliver asks for more gruel and that makes Mr. Bumble and the Widow Corney very angry at him and they think of ways to punish him for his ingratitude and ask who he is. The punishment that Oliver is to receive, as stated in the song is that he is to"
"several shuttle companies, connect Nogales with Tucson and points north. Nogales, Arizona, was the filming location for the motion picture musical, ""Oklahoma!"". Nogales was chosen because it looked more like turn-of-the-century Oklahoma (when the musical is set) than anywhere in Oklahoma did in 1955, when the film was made. It was made an ""honorary"" part of the state of Oklahoma for the duration of the film shoot by order of the governor of Arizona. Many dozens of motion pictures have been filmed around the Nogales area. The 1951 biblical motion picture ""David and Bathsheba"" was filmed there. A small part"
"and lyrics written by David Lambert. It is set seven years after the events in the novel ""Oliver Twist"" by Charles Dickens where the Artful Dodger has been sentenced to an Australian penal colony and has a romantic involvement with the character Bet. When Lionel Bart faced severe financial difficulties several years later, he sold his past and future rights to ""Oliver!"" to the entertainer Max Bygraves for £350. Bygraves later sold them on for £250,000 Oliver! Oliver! is an English musical, with music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the novel ""Oliver Twist"" by Charles"
"Eureka (musical) Eureka (also called ""Eureka!"") is an Australian musical with music by Michael Maurice Harvey, book and lyrics by Gale Edwards and John Senczuk and original book and lyrics by Maggie May Gordon. The musical is set in Victoria during the Eureka Rebellion of 1854, covering the tensions between immigrant gold miners from many cultures and the British colonial authorities. The original Australian production played in Melbourne in 2004 at Her Majesty's Theatre. It was nominated for the Helpmann Award for Best Musical in 2005. Maggie May Gordon, a bush poet and writer from Trangie in outback New South"
"set design). Eureka (musical) Eureka (also called ""Eureka!"") is an Australian musical with music by Michael Maurice Harvey, book and lyrics by Gale Edwards and John Senczuk and original book and lyrics by Maggie May Gordon. The musical is set in Victoria during the Eureka Rebellion of 1854, covering the tensions between immigrant gold miners from many cultures and the British colonial authorities. The original Australian production played in Melbourne in 2004 at Her Majesty's Theatre. It was nominated for the Helpmann Award for Best Musical in 2005. Maggie May Gordon, a bush poet and writer from Trangie in outback"
"nominated for eleven Academy Awards and won six, including Best Picture, Best Director for Reed, and an Honorary Award for choreographer Onna White. At the 26th Golden Globe Awards, the film won two Golden Globes: for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, and Best Actor - Musical or Comedy for Ron Moody. The British Film Institute ranked ""Oliver!"" the 77th greatest British film of the 20th century. In 2017, a poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers and critics for ""Time Out"" magazine ranked it the 69th best British film ever. A workhouse in Dunstable, England is visited by"
"the London stage and bringing an end to censorship of British theatre. ""Oliver!"" (1960), based on Dickens's ""Oliver Twist"", was a huge hit from the beginning and became the first modern British musical to be transferred successfully to Broadway. ""Oliver!"" has sustained its popularity to the present day, and for many years was the standard musical performed by schools in the UK. The original stage production, which starred Ron Moody and Georgia Brown, contained such song hits as ""As Long As He Needs Me"" and ""Consider Yourself""; it is also notable for featuring Australian satirist Barry Humphries in his first"
"known for creating the book, music and lyrics for ""Oliver!"", he was described by Andrew Lloyd Webber as ""the father of the modern British musical"". In 1963 he won the Tony Award for Best Original Score for ""Oliver!"", and the 1968 film version of the musical won a total of 6 Academy Awards including the Academy Award for Best Picture. His other notable compositions include the theme song to the James Bond film ""From Russia with Love"", and the hit songs ""Living Doll"" by Cliff Richard, ""Far Away"" by Shirley Bassey, ""Do You Mind?"" (recorded by both Anthony Newley and"
"in Australia (Canberra - 2009 and Feb 2010) as well as numerous productions in U.S. regional theatres and in Canada. Each musical features four players who reprise similar archetypal melodrama roles in each. Corn! is set in the style of the musicals of Rodgers & Hammerstein, featuring parodies of and references to ""Oklahoma!"", ""Carousel"", ""The Sound of Music"", ""The King and I"", ""Cinderella"", ""Flower Drum Song"" and ""South Pacific"". In Kansas in August, Jitter threatens that June will have to marry him if she can't pay the rent; Big Willy is torn between his desire to marry her himself and"
"other schools statewide, and occasionally outside the state. St Andrew's provides extra-curricular opportunities in music, drama and performing arts. Alongside its music curriculum, the school supports musical ensembles, student orchestral performances and domestic and international choral tours including to Europe, the USA and Asia. Extra-curricular drama activities include Senior and Middle School drama ensemble productions, an Old Andrean annual play, theatresports and a weekly Year 7 Drama Club. The school has dedicated drama and performance spaces and a Black Box Theatre. St Andrew's also has a history in musical production. The first whole of school musical was ""Oliver!"", performed in"
"incidental music was written by Maurice Jarre, who also scored ""Lawrence of Arabia"" and ""Doctor Zhivago"". The series is set in the late 1880s in the Cimarron Territory, which would become the Oklahoma Panhandle in 1890. For complex historical reasons, this rugged strip of land existed as a virtually ungoverned U.S. territory for several decades. It was sometimes called No Man's Land, with a reputation for lawlessness and vigilante activity. On the show, Marshal Jim Crown is trying to bring order to the region before its political status is finally resolved. The Cherokee Outlet across the Cimarron River was the"
"""Funniest"" by his classmates. After high school graduation, Williams enrolled at Claremont Men's College in Claremont, California, to study political science; he dropped out to pursue acting. Williams studied theatre for three years at the College of Marin, a community college in Kentfield, California. According to College of Marin's drama professor James Dunn, the depth of the young actor's talent became evident when he was cast in the musical ""Oliver!"" as Fagin. Williams often improvised during his time in the drama program, leaving cast members in hysterics. Dunn called his wife after one late rehearsal to tell her that Williams"
"Over Here! Over Here! is a musical with a score by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman and book by Will Holt. The original Broadway production was directed by Tom Moore and choreographed by Patricia Birch, with scenic design by Douglas W. Schmidt and costumes by Carrie F. Robbins. ""Over Here!"" was a follow-up to the Sherman brothers' World War II musical ""Victory Canteen"", an off-Broadway production that featured 1940s icon Patty Andrews. The setting is a cross-country train trip in the United States during World War II (hence the name of the play, in contrast to the popular"
"and resident jazz vocalist at the Starlight Theatre, Manchester, and the Grove Inn Jazz Club in Leeds. James Byng James Byng (born 1985) is an English actor and vocalist. Acting since the age of ten, James made his West End debut in the title role of ""Oliver!"" at the London Palladium. He played the same role in the national tour of ""Oliver!"" and at the Royal Charity Gala ""Hey! Mr. Producer"", honoring theatrical producer Cameron Mackintosh at the Lyceum Theatre on 8 June 1998. Byng also played Gavroche in ""Les Misérables"" at the Palace Theatre. From 2007 to 2008 he"
"of 7.8/10; the critics' consensus reads: ""It has aged somewhat awkwardly, but the performances are inspired, the songs are memorable, and the film is undeniably influential."" The Academy Film Archive preserved ""Oliver!"" in 1998. ""Oliver!"" was the last G-rated film to receive an Academy Award for Best Picture. It was the last movie musical to win the award until ""Chicago"" thirty-four years later, though others have been nominated such as ""Hello, Dolly!"", ""Fiddler on the Roof"", ""Cabaret"", ""All That Jazz"", ""Beauty and the Beast"", and ""Moulin Rouge!"". ""Oliver!"" also had the distinction of being the last British film to win"
"by Claire Harding. Jack Wild Jack Wild (30 September 1952 – 1 March 2006) was an English actor and singer, best known for his debut role as the Artful Dodger in ""Oliver!,"" (1968) for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor as well as Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations. Wild is also known for his roles as Jimmy in the NBC children's television series ""H.R. Pufnstuf"" (1969) and in the accompanying 1970 feature film as well as Much the Miller's Son in """" (1991). Wild was born into a working class family in Royton, Lancashire. He"
"joke in the whole play that fits the Japanese. But all the jokes in the play fit the English. ... About England, Pooh-bah is something more than a satire; he is the truth."" The opera's setting draws on Victorian notions of the far east, gleaned by Gilbert from the glimpses of Japanese fashion and art that immediately followed the beginning of trade between the two island empires, and during rehearsals, Gilbert visited the popular Japanese exhibition in Knightsbridge, London. A critic wrote in 2016: ""It has been argued that the theatricality of the show was ... a tribute on the"
"revival of ""Oliver!"", he was assistant Stage Manager and Dance Captain. By 1985, he was a Stage Manager for ""Song and Dance"" on Broadway with actress Bernadette Peters. Both were Mackintosh productions. Jay-Alexander was Associate Director and Executive Producer of original Broadway, touring and Canadian companies of ""Les Misérables"" and he staged more than a dozen productions for the show around the world. He was Executive Producer for Mackintosh's next ""smash-hit"" Broadway musical, ""Miss Saigon"", as well as the Executive Producer of the Grammy-nominated ""Five Guys Named Moe"" original cast recording. He was Executive Director of the New York office"
"music started young, singing in the Alberta Youth Choir, the Centennial Singers, and Pro Coro Canada, before joining Edmonton Musical Theatre. His dance career began at 16, which led to him becoming an apprentice with Ballet North. He had been offered a full scholarship to the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, which he declined after deciding to pursue his love of theatre / musical theatre. He began his career on stage at age 18 playing the Artful Dodger in ""Oliver!"" (Stage West's 100th production, Edmonton) just after winning the Grand Prize in the Youth Talent International Competition in Memphis, Tennessee - he"
"resides in the newly constructed Hillman Center for Performing Arts on the Senior School campus. There is also a blackbox theater (The Kountz Theater), which holds many smaller productions, such as the annual Fall Play and the Spring Original Works Theatre Festival. Recent theater performances include: ""Grease"", ""An Enemy of the People"", ""West Side Story"", ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"", ""The Music Man"", ""Romeo and Juliet"", ""Kiss Me, Kate"", and ""The Importance of Being Earnest."" The debut musical in the Hillman Center for the Performing Arts was Oliver! which took place in the spring of 2005, starring Danielle Papincak (Nancy, Class"
"Music Supervision by David Barber. Dick Van Dyke had agreed to head an all-star cast; however, he was forced to withdraw days before the start date when his partner Michelle's illness became terminal. Unable to find an immediate replacement for Van Dyke at such short notice, the producers rescheduled the production to premiere in California in 2016, following which a US tour is being planned. Over Here! Over Here! is a musical with a score by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman and book by Will Holt. The original Broadway production was directed by Tom Moore and choreographed by"
"Jack Wild Jack Wild (30 September 1952 – 1 March 2006) was an English actor and singer, best known for his debut role as the Artful Dodger in ""Oliver!,"" (1968) for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor as well as Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations. Wild is also known for his roles as Jimmy in the NBC children's television series ""H.R. Pufnstuf"" (1969) and in the accompanying 1970 feature film as well as Much the Miller's Son in """" (1991). Wild was born into a working class family in Royton, Lancashire. He moved to Hounslow,"
"John Gielgud dominated British theatre of the mid-20th century. The National Theatre's largest auditorium is named after Olivier, and he is commemorated in the Laurence Olivier Awards, given annually by the Society of London Theatre. Lionel Bart's 1960 musical ""Oliver!"" (based on Charles Dickens novel) contains the songs ""Food, Glorious Food"", ""Consider Yourself"" and ""You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two"". ""Oliver!"" has received thousands of performances in British schools since. In July 1962, a board was set up to supervise construction of a National Theatre in London, and a separate board was constituted to run a National Theatre"
"Even though Foster believed Jones would be successful as a jockey, he encouraged his young protégé to take a role as the Artful Dodger in a production of ""Oliver!"" in London's West End, a move which changed Jones' life forever. In turn, Jones cared for Foster in his later years, bringing him to the United States and providing him financial support. Foster was approached by a friend who worked in a theatre in the West End of London during casting for the musical ""Oliver!"". Foster replied, ""I've got the kid."" Jones was cast and appeared to great acclaim as the"