Stephen Schwartz to Appear at Adelaide Cabaret Festival 6/23

Composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz will appear at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival on June 23 at 6:30pm, the Festival announced on its official site.  Singers will perform numbers written by Schwartz.  Tickets will range from $31.95 to $49.95.  While in Australia, Schwartz will also perform in Sydney and Tasmania.   Visit http://www.festivalofbroadway.com.au/ for more details.

Schwartz has written scores for many successful stage musicals, including Godspell, Pippin, Children of Eden and Wicked, and he has also written for animated film musicals such as Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Prince of Egypt. He has won three Oscars, three Grammys, four Drama Desk Awards, and one Golden Globe.

The 2010 Adelaide Cabaret Festival will mark the Festival's tenth anniversary. Headlining this year's Cabaret Festival and appearing in her only Australian performances will be nine-time Grammy award winner Natalie Cole with principal partner FOXTEL broadcasting her concert on the BIO Channel. Natalie will sing some of the great lyrics and melodies of the American songwriters, accompanied by the Adelaide Art Orchestra. Tickets to see the songstress are still available but are selling quickly.

This year's Festival includes over 124 performances of some 46 different shows across sixteen nights. More than 40 performances have sold out and this year the Festival has reached 95% of box office target and has already taken 11% more than last year's. The 2010 program features 41 artists from the United States of America, United Kingdom, Italy, Japan and France and the best from Australia with 220 Australian artists, 117 of those South Australian performers. There will be 12 international shows, 12 Adelaide premieres, including 9 Australian premieres, and 7 world premieres.

Artistic Director David Campbell says, "We can't believe another year has come around so fast and we're so excited with the jam packed program this year. With the number of shows on offer, it's an all nighter here at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, with our ‘Some Like It Hot' terrace our audience can begin their evening there, see back to back shows, watch the wonderful Mark Nadler in the piano bar for free and then party till late in the Banquet room with some of the coolest bands in the world. We're ready to have some fun and look forward to seeing everyone to do it all again."

Tickets are on sale around the country through BASS Dial n Charge 131 246 or online at www.bass.net.au. Interstate guests should call BASS Special Events on (08) 8400 2222 for details of accommodation packages.

Photo Credit: Linda Lenzi

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