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NEW ROLE AS `THE DIVA'
IN SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
MARCIA Hines will be joining the cast of the iconic hit musical Saturday Night Fever, which will premiere in Sydney at the Sydney Lyric Theatre at The Star from March 29. 
Australia’s original disco diva, Marcia Hines, will play the role of The Diva, who performs at Disco Odyssey 2001, the nightclub where Tony Manero dances every Saturday night.… Members read the rest!

BE AMONG FIRST TO BUY TICKETS
FOR 2019 DISCO INFERNO
TICKETS to the iconic Saturday Night Fever stage production in Sydney next year have been released while at the same time, cast members are being finalised.
Leading Australian theatre producer John Frost said cast members of the new version of this classic hit show will include Paulini, Natalie Conway and Nana Matapule who will be three of the ensemble of singers who will give voice to the much-loved disco soundtrack, alongside a cast of incredible dancers.… Members read the rest!

CURTAIN TO OPEN ON SATURDAY NIGHT
FEVER, CHICAGO & WAITRESS
A TRIFECTA of musical theatre productions will premiere in Sydney over the next two years.
The Kander and Ebb masterpiece Chicago will open at the Sydney Lyric Theatre in 2019; the worldwide hit musical Saturday Night Fever will open at the Capitol Theatre in 2019; and the Australian premiere of the Broadway smash hit Waitress will open at the Sydney Lyric Theatre in 2020. 
“I am so excited to bring these three wonderful, diverse productions to light up Sydney stages and thrill audiences,” said leading Australian theatre producer John Frost.… Members read the rest!

Brisbane to host music's top artists
THE music of the Bee Gees, presented by some of Australia’s top performers will be a major highlight of the City of Brisbane’s Queensland Music Festival this weekend.
Event producer and musical coordinator Ken Laing has brought together some of the country’s finest musicians for the performance on Friday and Saturday night, July 19 and 20 at which Australia’s top stars will present the hits of the Bee Gees in the `How Deep is Your Love’ concert at Brisbane City Hall.… Members read the rest!

Award was a surprise
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Flashback to Variety Today 1993

ACTOR, singer, compere extraordinaire Gerry O'Connor experienced a high point of his career when he was presented with a Wallace Award for Theatre Restaurant Performer of the Year.

The honour caught Gerry by surprise. As co-producer of the Wallace Award gala three-and-a-half hour entertainment program which involved about 130 performers, Gerry was busy directing from backstage when the announcement came.

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Bee Gees set to tour Australia
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Flashback to Variety Today 1997
Letter to Variety Today's Shirley Broun from Barbara Gibb

Dear Shirley,

We have been on the go since last December. I am now home for about a month, then off again. Did you manage to send Noelene Batley a `Variety Today', cos Barry gets mine.

Noelene is very well known in Australia, and goes over nearly every year and gets to work a few clubs around Sydney, where her folks still live.

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