AusStage

Event

High Society

Venue

Playhouse, Melbourne, VIC

First Date

31 December 1992

Opening Date

31 January 1993

Last Date

6 February 1993

Dates Estimated

Status

Professional

World Premiere

Part of a Tour

Yes

Description

"Carolyn Burns has adapted this stage musical from the soggy but successful 1956 film
version... Set among the very idle, very rich in Philadelphia of the 1950s, Tracy Lord is about to marry for the second time when she has to choose between suitors, including her former husband."

Description Source

Reviewer's Opinion

Primary Genre

Music Theatre

Secondary Genre

Musical

Subjects

Love
Marriage
Relationships
Romance

Organisations

State Theatre Company of South Australia, Production Company
Australia Council for the Arts, Grant Body
Farrelly Productions Pty Ltd, Presenting Company
Melbourne Theatre Company, Presenting Company
Royal Queensland Theatre Company, Presenting Company

Contributors

Name	Function	Notes
Carolyn Burns	Adaptor
Ross Coleman	Choreographer
Tony Tripp	Designer
Simon Phillips	Director
Karen Norris	Lighting Designer
Cole Porter	Music and Lyrics
Ian McDonald	Musical Director
Dannie Bourne	Musical Director, Assistant
Dannie Bourne	Musician
Steven Fleming	Musician
Peter Gaudion	Musician
David Palmer	Musician
Hermann Shwaiger	Musician
Peter Whitford	Musician
Paul Williamson	Musician
Helen Buday	Performer	Liz Imbrie
Josephine Byrnes	Performer	Tracy Lord
Lorrae Desmond	Performer	Margaret Lord
Marty Fields	Performer	Mike Connor
Charmaine Gorman	Performer	Caroline Lord
Philip Holder	Performer	George Kitteridge
Bob Hornery	Performer	Uncle Willie
John McTernan	Performer	C K Dexter Haven
Kevin Miles	Performer	Seth Lord
Moira Hay	Stage Manager
Emma O'Neill	Stage Manager, Assistant
Ray Godden	Wardrobe Master