'Somewhere Under The Rainbow' - The Liza Minelli Story at The Mill Theatre

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THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE MANY TITLES WHICH LIZA MINNELLI HAS FOUND HERSELF LIVING UNDER THROUGHOUT HER LIFETIME.
FRESH FROM IT’S SELL OUT PERFORMANCE AND STANDING OVATIONS IN THE OLYMPIA THEATRE, DUBLIN, IN FEBRUARY 2011, THIS AWARD WINNING PRODUCTION IS NOW EMBARKING ON IT’S FIRST NATIONAL TOUR.
JOIN WINNER OF THE EVA GORE-BOOTH BEST FEMALE PERFORMER AWARD, SHARON SEXTON, AS SHE PORTRAYS LIZA IN THE INTIMATE SETTING OF HER DRESSING ROOM, PERFORMING PIECES FROM HER INFAMOUS MUSICAL CATALOGUE AND SHARING THE SECRETS, STORIES AND MEMORIES THAT MAKE UP A MESMERISING CAREER, INCLUDING THE MEMORIES OF WHAT WAS UNDOUBTEDLY THE MOST DEMANDING ROLE SHE EVER PLAYED…..THAT OF “JUDY GARLAND’S DAUGHTER”.
AS WELL AS THE ORIGINAL AWARD WINNING PERFORMANCE IN LIZA’S PERSONAL DRESSING ROOM, AUDIENCES ARE IN FOR A GALA EVENING OF ENTERTAINMENT, WITH ACT II OF THE SHOW CONSISTING OF A LIVE CONCERT, IN AN INTIMATE CABARET SETTING, UNDER THE MUSICAL DIRECTION OF AWARD WINNING MD IVAN MC KENNA.
WHAT THE CRITICS SAID…..
*“ELECTRIFYING!”
*“FROM THE OPENING CHORUS OF THE PLAY’S FIRST SONG, SOME PEOPLE, SHE GRABS THE AUDIENCE BY THE SCRUFF OF THE NECK AND SAYS, “C’MON HONEY, WE’RE GOIN’ FOR A RIDE!” SHE IS THE GOODS AND SHE KNOWS IT.”
*“SEE IT NOW AND SEE A STAR BEING BORN.”
*“THIS MULTI MEDIA DOCUMENTARY BRINGS US UNDER THE RAINBOW BUT NOT IN THE TABLOID SENSE. THIS SHOW DOESN’T CONDEMN- IT EXPLAINS. YOU PINCH YOURSELF TO REMIND YOURSELF IT’S NOT REAL”.
*“SHARON SEXTON’S UNCANNY RESEMBLANCE TO A YOUNG LIZA IS STRIKING. BUT HER CAPACITY TO GET UNDER THE SKIN OF HER ICON IS HER REAL SKILL. …I AM ALMOST CERTAIN I SAW THE ‘REAL THING’”.
*”THE ONE-WOMAN PLAY COULD EASILY BE CONFUSED FOR A CABARET SHOW OR, WORSE YET, A SIMPLE TRIBUTE ALBUM TAKEN TO THE STAGE, BUT TO DO SO WOULD BE TO IGNORE THE SCRIPT THAT SERVES AS THE BACKBONE OF SUCH AN ACCOMPLISHED PIECE OF WORK”

FEATURING THE HITS “MEIN HERR”, “SOME PEOPLE”, “CABARET”, “MAYBE THIS TIME”, “NEW YORK, NEW YORK” AND MORE! IF YOU LOVE LIZA, THIS IS ONE YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS!

*REVIEWS TAKEN FROM PERFORMANCES IN BOTH THE IDGTF AND THE OLYMPIA THEATRE – PETER MADDEN (EDITOR AND JOURNALIST), GORDON FARRELL (THEATRE CRITIC)