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Melvyn Morrow
Melvyn Morrow's first revue scripts were for Australia's biggest TV satirical hit, The Mavis Branston Show. Melvyn's musicals (books & lyrics) include: Postcards From Provence, Off...mehr sehenMelvyn Morrow's first revue scripts were for Australia's biggest TV satirical hit, The Mavis Branston Show. Melvyn's musicals (books & lyrics) include: Postcards From Provence, Offenbach In The Underworld and seven Christmas at the Opera House pantomimes including the nationally popular Santa Meets The Bushrangers. His musical A Song To Sing, O, the story of Gilbert and Sullivan and George Grossmith, was produced by Dame Bridget D'Oyly Carte at London's Savoy Theatre and directed by the author. It then toured Australia. He has adapted book and lyrics for Opera Australia's G&S productions. He received the Australian Writers' Guild Award for Best Libretto for his musical, Shakespearean Idol. He is the co-writer of the Australian musical hits, SHOUT! and Dusty-The Original Pop Diva. He wrote book and lyrics for and directed the musical Dorian Gray Naked. Melvyn is an international member of the Dramatists Guild of America. He co-wrote the musicals Peter Dawson-Off The Record and Here Comes Showtime and the lyrics for the song Lest I Forget (Rebel the movie starring Matt Dillon). Melvyn's plays include Beating A Retreat, A Touch Of Paradise, Vice, Acts of Faith and Pope2Pope. His Victoriana vaudeville, Dickens Down Under, premiered at Sydney's Genesian Theatre. He devised and directed the cabarets Broadway Bard, Tae Kwon Shakespeare, and mozart and ME. In 1996, Melvyn was nominated for a Mo Award for Outstanding Contribution to Australian Musical Theatre. He was producer, writer and director of Cabaret in the Day at Mosman Art Gal- lery where seasons have included: Glorious Mud! (Flanders & Swann), Our Glad (Gladys Moncrieff), Gilbert & Sullivan Forever! (starring Andrew O'Keefe), Of Bing I Sing (Bing Crosby) and Poisoning Pigeons in the Park (Tom Lehrer). With composer Dion Condack, he wrote and directed the musical Dorian Gray Naked, starring Blake Appelqvist. The musical received rave reviews and was the only original Australian musical nominated for the 2019 Glugs of Gosh 2019 Sydney Theatre Awards.weniger sehen