‘Paint Your Wagon’ moseys into the
Toon
Paint
Your Wagon
Newcastle
Tyne Theatre & Opera House
Wednesday
22nd - Saturday 25th November 2017
Tickets:
Tickets are available
from the Tyne Theatre box office or online: Tickets from our
afilliate Eventim
With a
wonderful score by Alan Lerner and Frederick Loewe, a crowd of love starved
miners and a coach full of Fandango ladies what’s not to like about ‘Paint Your
Wagon’?
The musical
opened on Broadway in 1951 and in London’s West End in 1953 but it is perhaps most well
known for the 1969 Hollywood film starring Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin.
Starlight
Theatre Productions will be staging the musical at the Tyne Theatre and Opera
House from 22nd - 25th November 2017.
The score
has such well known songs as ‘Wandrin’Star’ - growled in the movie by
Lee Marvin, ‘I Talk to the trees’ - sung more tunefully by Clint
Eastwood, Hand me down that Can o’ beans, They Call the wind Maria, and
Whoop-Ti-Ay. It is a mix of rip roarin’ songs and melodies designed to
tug on the heart strings such as ‘ I still see Elisa’ and ‘How can I
wait’.
The story is
set in the California wilderness in May 1853 and centres
around gold prospector Ben Rumson, played by Alan Davison, and his 16 year old
daughter, Jennifer, played by Hannah Elliot.
They
discover gold and found Rumson Town. Other prospectors start flocking to
the town to try their luck and Jennifer meets Julio Valveras, a Mexican
prospector, with whom she falls in love. Along the way Jacob Woodling, a
Mormon, arrives in town with his two wives. The prospectors think it is unfair
that he should have two women when they have none and he is prevailed upon to
sell one of them. Ben wins the auction but Jennifer is not happy and she goes
off East to school.
Into the mix
comes Jake Whippany who, once he has saved enough money, sends for his wife
Cherry and her Fandango girls.
As happened
all too often at this time, the gold begins to run out, causing problems and
heartbreak.
Lonely
prospectors, complex relationships, gold fever and wonderful music all have a
part to play in this fabulous show that is seldom performed due to the large
number of men required. Indeed it is more than 20 years since it has been
staged in Newcastle so it is a rare opportunity to see this splendid show.
Tickets
Tickets are available
from the Tyne Theatre box office or online: Tickets from our afilliate
Eventim
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