waxing lyrical and philosophic: Curtains, the musical (BTS)

A little plug for the upcoming musical I'm in.

Curtains is a musical send-up of backstage murder mystery plots. Set in the 1950s in Boston, when the (supremely untalented) leading lady drops dead on opening night the whole company is at the mercy of a police detective who must save the show, solve the case, and maybe even find love before the show reopens- all without getting killed himself.

Written by lyric and songwriting team Kander and Ebb who brought you the hits Cabaret and Chicago, the show is funny, witty and just a whole lot of fun!

I play one of the principals/leads, Niki Harris, who is the understudy of the now-dead leading lady and love interest of the charming detective. I'll add a pic when I get one.

EDIT: This pic will suffice for now:

If you've got some time, check the show out.

EDIT: In preparation for an interview with the local paper I answered these questions which may help fill a few of you in on more details about the show.

1. About my role
"I play Niki Harris who is the understudy of the actress who gets murdered at the start of the play within the play. She becomes the love interest of the detective who is brought in to solve the murder. Niki is very bright-eyed and innocent, she is thrilled to be working in a big musical and fights for the musical to continue its run in Boston in the hopes it'll get to Broadway."

2. What I'm enjoying about being in the show
"I love musical theatre and this show is very much a homage to musicals and why we do them. We are just like the main character, Cioffi, in the show; we both go around doing our day jobs but really long to be performing on stage. The whole cast is also great fun to be around and work with so the past three months have been a ball!"

3. Why should people come see the show

"First of all, the show is funny. It covers all types of humor (from dry to slap-stick to wit) and is bound to have you laughing at some stage, if not all the time. Secondly, the show was written by songwriting and lyricist pair Kander and Ebb who wrote the much loved musicals, Chicago and Cabaret, so its music is beautiful. Finally, because the cast is full of talented people on and off stage who just want to provide people with an entertaining night out at the theatre."

4. What is the show about

"Curtains is a musical who-dunnit comedy which somewhat parodies backstage murder mystery plots. When the leading lady is murdered on opening night, the cast are thrown into turmoil trying to deal with what they will do to keep the show running while also having a detective closely following their every move as he tries to solve the murder. Eventually the detective finds himself intricately involved in the mystery and the musical in more ways than one."

5. What is my previous stage experience
"I have sung for over 10 years and over the past few years have performed in shows like Fame as Serena (Stagetek productions) and Cosi as Julie (Liverpool Performing Arts Ensemble). At the moment I'm studying a Bachelor of Arts in media and communications at the University of Sydney and am majoring in performance studies which allows me to set myself up with a career path but also indulge my love of the arts at the same time."

EDIT: Here's a publicity pic we took. Hair and make-up not done but should have some proper dress rehearsal photos soon.