R&H 80th Concert Will Screen in Cinemas in Australia and New Zealand

Broadway World reports:

The star-studded My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert, filmed last December, will be screened in more than 100 cinemas across Australia and New Zealand from 21st March 2024. Directed for the screen by five-time BAFTA® winner Julia Knowles, tickets are now on sale. Visit www.cinemalive.com to find a local participating cinema.

The landmark event was headlined by recent R&H leading lady Joanna Ampil  (Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific); two-time Olivier Award® winner Michael Ball; television, film and stage actor Daniel Dae Kim; four-time Olivier Award winner Maria Friedman; Emmy®, two-time GRAMMY® and six-time Tony Award® winner Audra McDonald; Olivier Award® nominee Julian Ovenden; West End sensation Lucy St. Louis; Tony Award winner Aaron Tveit; Olivier Award nominee Marisha Wallace; and two-time Tony, two-time Golden Globe® and Emmy Award nominee Patrick Wilson. The performance also featured Anna-Jane Casey, Lily Kerhoas and Jordan Shaw, along with special appearances by EGOT winners Andrew Lloyd Webber and Rita Moreno.

The gala took place on Tuesday, 12th December, 2023, at London’s newly restored Theatre Royal Drury Lane – the same venue that premiered the original West End productions of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific and The King and I.

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Header Image: Rita Moreno and cast members at My Favorite Things: The Rodgers and Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert (Tristram Kenton)