16 years ago
2005 is the 100th anniversary of the first performance of the Merry Widow, the most popular operetta of the 20th Century.
A perfect excuse to stage the sparkling new comic Australian translation the Merry Widow from Bluegum Creek which has now been staged four times including once in England after receiving official recognition from the Lehar estate.
Near Sydney Frank Hatherley the writer is available to direct.
He is flush from success after staging the World Premiere of his play Manly Mates a tale of political corruption in NSW at the Peninsula Theatre late last year.