Welcome to the page about the Lancaster Red Rose Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society Shows from 2010 to 2019. Below is information about the musicals the society staged in the 1990’s which include: Oliver! (2010); Anything Goes (2011); Hello Dolly (2012); Thoroughly Modern Millie (2013); White Christmas (2014); Scrooge! (2015); Peter Pan (2016); Annie Warbucks (2017); My Fair Lady (2018); The Wind in the Willows (2019).
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2019: The Wind in the Willows
The 2019 production of ‘The Wind in the Willows’ was Lancaster Red Rose Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society’s 83rd annual show and it had been 10 years since the society staged the show. It was staged from Tuesday the 12th of November 2019 to Saturday the 16th of November 2019 at the Grand Theatre, Lancaster.
The 2019 musical – with music by George Stiles, lyrics by Anthony Drewe, and a book by Julian Fellowes – is based on the The Wind in the Willows book by Kenneth Grahame. It tells the story of Ratty, Badger, Mole and the impulsive Toad as they embark on a series of riotous adventures spiralling from Toad’s insatiable need for speed.
The musical received its world premiere at the Theatre Royal in Plymouth in October 2016 – before playing Salford and Southampton – and transferred to the West End’s London Palladium, where it was filmed for cinema broadcast.
Musical numbers include: Spring; Messing About in a Boat; Speed is of the Essence; One Swallow Does Not a Summer Make; Toad’s Big Entrance; The Open Road; The Hedgehog’s Nightmare; The Amazing Mr. Toad; The Wild Wooders; Autumn; A Friend is Still a Friend; Toad’s Escape; As if in a Dream; We’re Taking Over the Hall; To Be a Woman; A Place to Come Back To; The Wassailing Mice; The Greatest Great Escape; Hush!; and The Fight
More production details to follow.
2018: My Fair Lady
The 2018 production of ‘My Fair Lady’ was Lancaster Red Rose Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society’s 82nd annual show. It was staged from Tuesday the 13th of November 2018 to Saturday the 17th of November 2018 at the Grand Theatre, Lancaster.
The 1956 musical – with music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics and book by Alan Jay Lerner – is based on the 1913 play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. It tells the story of Eliza Doolittle (a Cockney flower girl) who takes speech lessons from professor Henry Higgins (a phonetician) so that she may pass as a lady. Higgins – who has a difficulty understanding women – slowly falls in love with her.
The musical saw its Broadway premiere in 1956 – and won the 1957 Tony Award for Best Musical – before transferring to the west end in 1958.
Musical numbers include: Why Can’t the English?; Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?; With a Little Bit of Luck; I’m an Ordinary Man; Just You Wait; The Servants’ Chorus (Poor Professor Higgins); The Rain in Spain; I Could Have Danced All Night; Ascot Gavotte; On the Street Where You Live; Eliza’s Entrance / Embassy Waltz; You Did It; Show Me; Get Me to the Church on Time; A Hymn to Him; Without You; I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face.
More production details to follow.
2017: Annie Warbucks
The 2017 production of ‘Annie Warbucks’ was Lancaster Red Rose Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society’s 81st annual show. It was staged from Tuesday the 14th of November 2017 to Saturday the 18th of November 2017 at the Grand Theatre, Lancaster.
The 1992 musical – with music by Charles Strouse; lyrics by Martin Charnin; and book by Thomas Meehane – is a sequel to the 1977 Tony Award-winning musical ‘Annie’ (based on the ‘Little Orphan Annie’ comic strip by Harold Gray) and begins immediately after the musical ‘Annie’ ends. It tells the story of Christmas morning 1933, when Child Welfare Commissioner Doyle informs Daddy Warbucks that he must marry within sixty days or else Annie will be returned to the orphanage. Warbucks’ search for a bride uncovers a plot by Doyle and her daughter to strip him of his fortune. He also realises his feelings for his assistant Grace Farrell.
The musical saw its premiere in Chicago in 1992 followed by a small (less than 10 city) US tour before opening off-Broadway in 1993.
Musical numbers include: A New Deal for Christmas; Annie Ain’t Just Annie Anymore; Above the Law; Changes; The Other Woman; That’s the Kind of Woman; A Younger Man; But You Go On; I Got Me; Love; Somebody’s Gotta Do Somethin’; Leave It to the Girls; “All Dolled Up; The Tenement Lullaby; It Would Have Been Wonderful; When You Smile; Wedding, Wedding; I Always Knew.
The 2017 Annie Warbucks Cast
Principals:
Oliver Warbucks was played by Chris Isherwood; Alvin Paterson was played by Steve Johnson; Ella Paterson was played by Karen Fay; Commissioner Doyle was played by Ceri Hamer; Simon was played by Simon Yaxley; Mrs Kelly was played by Holly Brown; Grace Farrell was played by Faye Cooper; Drake was played by Ryan Fisher; President Roosevelt was played by Geoff Houghton; Mrs Pugh was played by Isabel Elamir; Gladys was played by Helen Rhodes; Miss Clark was played by Zoe Leanne Shimwell; Dr Whittleby was played by Denise Pennington; Price was played by Nathan White; Waterhouse was played by Billy Barrett; Harry was played by Gabriel Cooper, Mr Stanley was played by Geoff Goult; Trainman was played by Billy Barrett; Lillianthal was played by Nathan White; Vandenberg was played by Michael Dowthwaite; Man in a stetson hat was played by Geoff Goult; Cabinet quartet was played by Helen Rhodes, Lyndsey Smallshaw, Gabriel Cooper.
Team Drake:
Annie was played by Matilda Gebhardt; CG was played by Sasha Davies; Peaches was played by Morgan Bower; Pepper was played by Grace Ip; Molly was played by Alex Glen; Tessie was played by Emma House; July (non-speaking) was played by Abi Buczynski; Duffy (non-speaking) was played by Maddie Watson; Kate (non-speaking) was played by Mae Barrett;
Team Pugh
Annie was played by Jessica Davies; CG was played by Tallulah Cooper; Peaches was played by Brooke Hunter; Pepper was played by Martha Chaisty; Molly was played by Daisy Kennedy; Tessie was played by Lucy Bunce; July (non-speaking) was played by Millie Wainwright; Duffy (non-speaking) was played by Lucy Hood; Kate (non-speaking) was played by Orla Duffin.
More production details to follow.
2016: Peter Pan
The 2016 production of ‘Peter Pan’ was Lancaster Red Rose Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society’s 80th annual show. It was staged from Tuesday the 15th of November 2016 to Saturday the 19th of November 2016 at the Grand Theatre, Lancaster.
The 1954 musical – with music by Jule Styne, Morris ‘Moose’ Charlap and Trude Rittmann (dance arrangements); and lyrics by Carolyn Leigh, Betty Comden and Adolph Green – is based on the book and play ‘Peter Pan’ by Sir James M. Barrie. It tells the story of Peter and Tinkerbell – the mischievous fairy – who visit the Darling children one night and begin a magical journey that none of them will ever forget. In the adventure, the travelers come face to face with a ticking crocodile, a fierce Indian tribe, a band of bungling pirates and the villainous Captain Hook.
The musical saw its premiere in San Francisco in July 1954, and then Los Angeles in August and September 1954, before moving to Broadway in October 1954. The musical won the 1955 Tony Awards for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical and Best Stage Technician.
Musical numbers include:
Tender Shepherd; I’ve Gotta Crow; Never Never Land; I’m Flying; Pirate Song; Hook’s Tango; Indians!; Wendy; My Tarantella; Neverland Waltz; I Won’t Grow Up; Oh, My Mysterious Lady; Ugg-a-Wugg; Distant Melody; Hook’s Waltz.
More production details to follow.
2015: Scrooge!
The 2015 production of ‘Scrooge: The Musical’ was Lancaster Red Rose Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society’s 79th annual show. It was staged from Tuesday the 24th of November 2015 to Saturday the 28th of November 2015 at the Morecambe Winter Gardens.
The 1992 musical – with music, lyrics and book by Leslie Bricusse – is based on Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ and the 1970 film Scrooge. It tells the story of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge who undergoes a profound experience of redemption over the course of a Christmas Eve night, after being visited by the ghost of his former partner Jacob Marley and the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future.
The musical saw its premiere in Birmingham in 1992 – before playing in Melbourne in 1993, Tokyo in 1994, Manchester in 1995 – before finally getting its West End debut in 1996.
Musical numbers include: Sing a Christmas Carol; M.O.N.E.Y; Christmas Children; Father Christmas; I Hate People; Make the Most of this World; It’s Not my Fault!; December the Twenty-Fifth; Happiness; You…You; Love While You Can; I Like Life; The Milk of Human Kindness; Good Times; The Beautiful Day; The Minister’s Cat; A Better Life; Thank You Very Much; I’ll Begin Again.
More production details to follow.
2014: White Christmas
The 2014 production of ‘White Christmas’ was Lancaster Red Rose Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society’s 78th annual show. It was staged from Tuesday the 25th of November 2014 to Saturday the 29th of November 2014 at Morecambe Winter Gardens.
The 2000 musical – with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin; and book by David Ives and Paul Blake – is based on the 1954 musical film of the same name. It tells the story of veterans Bob Wallace and Phil Davis who follow the Haynes Sisters (Betty & Judy) to a Vermont lodge overseen by housekeeper Martha Watson for a special Christmas show. Their journey takes a mis-step when they discover the lodge happens to be owned by Bob and Phil’s old Army General, who needs their help.
The musical saw its premiere in St. Louis in 2000 – a US tour 2004, UK tour in 2007 – before transferring to Broadway in 2008.
Musical numbers include: Happy Holiday (1944); White Christmas (Music Box); Happy Holiday / Let Yourself Go; Love and the Weather; Sisters; The Best Things Happen While You’re Dancing; Snow; What Can You Do With a General?; Let Me Sing and I’m Happy; Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep); Blue Skies; I Love a Piano; Falling Out of Love Can Be Fun; Love, You Didn’t Do Right By Me / How Deep Is the Ocean?; The Old Man (Prelude); The Old Man; White Christmas; I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm.
More production details to follow.
2013: Thoroughly Modern Millie
The 2013 production of ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie’ was Lancaster Red Rose Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society’s 77th annual show. It was staged from Tuesday the 5th of March 2013 to Saturday the 9th of March 2013 at the Grand Theatre, Lancaster.
The 2002 musical – with music by Jeanine Tesori; lyrics Dick Scanlan; and book by Richard Morris and Dick Scanlan – is based on the 1967 film of the same name. It tells the story of a small-town girl, Millie Dillmount, who comes to New York City to marry for money instead of love.
Thoroughly Modern Millie had previews in California in 2000 and opened on Broadway in 2002 where it won six 2002 Tony Awards.
Musical numbers include: Not for the Life of Me; Thoroughly Modern Millie; How the Other Half Lives; The Speed Test; They Don’t Know; What Do I Need with Love?; Only in New York; Jimmy; Back at Work; Forget About the Boy; Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life / Falling in Love with Someone; Muqin; Long as I’m Here with You; and, Gimme Gimme.
More production details to follow.
2012: Hello, Dolly!
The 2012 production of ‘Hello, Dolly!’ was Lancaster Red Rose Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society’s 76th annual show. It was staged from Tuesday the 6th of April 2012 to Saturday the 10th of March 2012 at the Grand Theatre, Lancaster.
The 1963 musical – with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, and a book by Michael Stewart – is based on The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder. It tells the story of matchmaker, Dolly Gallagher Levi, as she travels to Yonkers (New York) to find a match for the miserly well-known unmarried Horace Vandergelder.
Hello, Dolly! debuted in Detroit in November 1963 before transferring to Broadway in 1964 where it won 1964 Tony Award’s for Best Original Score, Best Musical, and Best Book of a Musical.
Musical numbers include: Call On Dolly; I Put My Hand In; It Takes a Woman; World, Take Me Back; Put On Your Sunday Clothes; Ribbons Down My Back; Motherhood March; Dancing; Love, Look in My Window; Before the Parade Passes By; Penny in My Pocket; Elegance; The Waiters’ Gallop; The Polka Contest” – Ambrose, Ermengarde, Irene, CorIt Only Takes a Moment; So Long Dearie; and of course… Hello, Dolly!
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2011: Anything Goes
The 2011 production of ‘Anything Goes’ was Lancaster Red Rose Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society’s 75th annual show.
It was staged from Monday the 7th of March 2011 to Saturday the 12th of March 2011 at the Grand Theatre, Lancaster.
The 1934 musical has music and lyrics by Cole Porter; and book by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse.
It tells the story of stowaway Billy Crocker who’s in love with heiress Hope Harcourt – who is engaged to Lord Evelyn Oakleigh – and the madcap antics onboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London.
Musical numbers include: I Get a Kick Out of You; All Through the Night; It’s De-Lovely; Easy to Love; I Want to Row on the Crew; Sailor’s Shanty; You’re the Top; Anything Goes; Public Enemy Number One;; Blow, Gabriel, Blow; Goodbye, Little Dream, Goodbye; Be Like the Bluebird; Buddie, Beware; etc.
More production details to follow.
2010: Oliver!
The 2010 production of Oliver! was Lancaster Red Rose Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society’s 65th annual show.
It was staged from Monday the 8th of March 2010 to Saturday the 13th of March 2010 at the Grand Theatre, Lancaster.
This 1960 musical – with music, lyrics and book by Lionel Bart – is based on the 1838 novel ‘Oliver Twist’ by Charles Dickens.
It premiered at the Wimbledon Theatre in 1960 – before opening in the West End where it enjoyed a record breaking long run – and Lionel Bart won a Tony Award for Best Original Score in 1963.
Musical numbers include: Food, Glorious Food; Oliver!; I Shall Scream; Boy for Sale; That’s Your Funeral; Where Is Love?; Consider Yourself; You’ve Got to Pick a Pocket or Two; It’s a Fine Life; I’d Do Anything; Be Back Soon; Oom-Pah-Pah; My Name; As Long as He Needs Me; Where Is Love?; Who Will Buy?; It’s a Fine Life; and Reviewing the Situation;
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