Musicals Ray Davies

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davies other people s lives tour commodore ballroom, vancouver, bc 2006


in 1981, davies collaborated barrie keeffe write first stage musical, chorus girls, opened @ theatre royal stratford east, london, starring marc sinden , had supporting cast of michael elphick, anita dobson, kate williams , charlotte cornwell. directed adrian shergold, choreography charles augins , jim rodford played bass theatre s house band .


davies wrote songs musical version of jules verne s around world in eighty days; show, 80 days, had book playwright snoo wilson. directed des mcanuff , ran @ la jolla playhouse s mandell weiss theatre in san diego 23 august 9 october 1988. musical received mixed responses critics. davies multi-faceted music, mcanuff s directing, , acting, however, received, show winning best musical award san diego theatre critics circle.


davies musical come dancing, based partly on 1983 hit single twenty new songs, ran @ theatre royal stratford east, london in september–november 2008.


sunny afternoon, musical based on ray davies s life , featuring kinks songs opened critical acclaim @ hampstead theatre. musical moved harold pinter theatre in london s west end in october 2014. musical won 4 awards @ 2015 olivier awards, including 1 ray davies: autograph sound award outstanding achievement in music .








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