The Australian company of GWB Entertainment’s Groundhog Day The Musical will welcome their first audiences this week at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre. Direct from its record-breaking return season at London’s Old Vic, the production will play an exclusive 13-week season in Melbourne with sold out preview performances from Wednesday 24 Groundhog Day the Musical has ended it’s 13-week season at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre. Phil Connors, a cynical Pittsburgh TV weatherman is sent to cover the annual Groundhog Day event in the small town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Caught in a time loop, he’s forced to relive the same day again and again and again. The Australian company of GWB Entertainment’s Groundhog Day The Musical will welcome their first audiences this week at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre. Direct from its record breaking return season at London’s Old Vic, the production will play an exclusive 13-week season in Melbourne with sold out preview performances from Wednesday 24 As the Princess Theatre gears up for the exclusive season of Groundhog Day The Musical, Melbourne is in for a treat, experiencing the magic of this hit show in the heart of the city’s theatre district. The Melbourne exclusive season of Groundhog Day The Musical will play at the Princess Theatre from January 24, 2024. Get tickets here. The Australian company of GWB Entertainment’s Groundhog Day The Musical will welcome their first audiences this week at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre.. Direct from its record-breaking return season at London’s Old Vic, the production will play an exclusive 13-week season in Melbourne with sold-out preview performances from Wednesday 24 January, ahead of the Australian Premiere on Thursday When does Groundhog Day: The Musical start in Melbourne? When else? February 2 nd – also known as, Groundhog Day! Before its official opening, a week of preview performances will take place from Wednesday January 24 th. Smash-hit musical Groundhog Day The Musical will make its Australian premiere at Melbourne’s iconic Princess Theatre for an exclusive season in January 2024 Melbourne will be the first Australian city to stage the production following a record-breaking season earlier this year at London’s Old Vic Theatre, drawing visitors from near and far Groundhog Day The Musical Princess Theatre, Spring Street, Melbourne Performance: Thursday 1 February 2024 Season continues to 7 April 2024 Information and Bookings: www.groundhogday.com.au Groundhog Day The Musical plays at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre from 24 January 2024. For more information and to join the waitlist, visit: www.groundhogday.com.au for details. Image: The Company of Groundhog Day The Musical at The Old Vic, London Image: Company of Groundhog Day playing at The Old Vic. After a record-breaking season in London, Groundhog Day The Musical is making its Australian premiere, right here in Melbourne. This reinterpretation of the hilarious 1993 film, Groundhog Day, is led by Australian singer-songwriter Tim Minchin. Ingeniously crafted, deliciously funny, and warmly uplifting, Groundhog Day the Musical is modern musical theatre at its sophisticated best. With the original smash hit London 2016 season having won the Olivier Award for Best New Musical, Groundhog Day the Musical went on to play on Broadway in 2017, again starring Best Actor winner Andy Karl. In Person. Regent Theatre Box Office, 191 Collins Street, Melbourne, open Monday to Friday 10am-5pm As per the classic 1993 film starring Bill Murray, Groundhog Day takes place on a very big day in a very small Pennsylvanian town. Each year on February 2, a large rodent emerges from his burrow Groundhog Day is a musical with music and lyrics by The first scheduled preview on 16 March had to be stopped after approximately 15 minutes due to technical The award-winning and record-breaking Groundhog Day The Musical will have its Australian premiere in Melbourne early next year. Direct from its record-breaking return season at London’s Old Vic, Groundhog Day The Musical will play exclusively at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre, for a strictly limited season from January 24th, 2024. Groundhog Day The Musical joins Melbourne's enviable calendar of Australian premieres and exclusives secured by the Labor Government in recent years such as Beetlejuice, & Juliet, Moulin Rouge! The Musical , and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - bringing more visitors, creating jobs and boosting hospitality, hotels and retail across Melbourne. Afua Adjei, a vibrant and talented performer, is set to make her mark on the professional theatre stage with her debut in Groundhog Day the Musical.Based in Melbourne, Afua’s journey into the world of theatre has been marked by a deep passion for musicals and an active involvement in the city’s amateur musical theatre community. Groundhog Day contains flashing lights, smoke, gun shot effects & some strong language. The story ends happily but has darker phases. The story ends happily but has darker phases. One musical sequence in act 2 satirically portrays the central character attempting suicide four times. It's been 30 years since the movie Groundhog Day was released, where a cynical weatherman wakes up to find that he's stuck in a time loop, repeating the same day over and over and over again. The audience gets to watch his journey of personal growth before finally breaking this repetitive soul destroying cycle. Critically acclaimed on both the West End and Broadway, Groundhog Day revels in one man's journey of self-discovery, day after day. Inspired by the hilarious film starring Bill Murray, Groundhog Day features a book by original co-screenwriter Dan Rubin, and music and lyrics by Tony Award-winner Tim Minchin (Matilda the Musical).
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