Andrew Sinclair, “Broadcasting and the Arts: Progress makes imperfect,” The Listener, v103 n2650, (21 Feb 1980), p.244 Jodie Prenger most recently starred in the National Theatre’s West End production of A Taste of Honey. Recent theatre work includes the national tours of Abigail’s Party, Shirley Valentine, Annie, Fat Friends The Musical, Tell Me On A Sunday and Calamity Jane. In the West End she has starred in Oliver! at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, One Man Two Guvnors at the Theatre Royal Haymarket and Spamalot at the Playhouse. She also appeared in Les Misérables which was the inaugural production at the Dubai Opera House. Jodie has also starred in pantomimes at the Liverpool Empire and Birmingham Hippodrome. Her television acting work includes Years and Years, Jamie Johnson, Citizen Khan, Casualty, Wizards vs Aliens, Candy Cabs and Waterloo Road. Television presenting work includes Let’s Dance For Comic Relief, Top Dog, Over The Rainbow and Let It Shine. Writing credits include Cinderella: The Socially Distanced Ball for Turbine Theatre and The Choir Musical. Previously performed by iconic musical theatre stars Marti Webb and Sarah Brightman, this new production directed by Paul Foster includes an intimate post-show chat with Jodie charting her life, love and experience playing the role of Emma.

Andrew Lloyd Webber, “Tell Me on a Sunday West End revival,” Accessed via: https://www.andrewlloydwebber.com/tell-me-on-a-sunday-west-end-revival/ The latest production in Mandarin, premiered in Shanghai, China in early June 2018 with musical supervision by Fiz Shapur, who also supervised the Mandarin language production of CATS. A Broadway cast recording featuring selections from the show sung by Bernadette Peters was released by Victor Records in 1985. The show toured the United Kingdom, beginning on 30 August 2010 at Northampton's Royal Theatre and continuing until autumn 2011. [12] The tour starred Claire Sweeney as 'the girl' and was directed by Tamara Harvey. The script was again updated for the 21st century, and 'the girl' was rewritten as originating from Liverpool, like Claire Sweeney herself. The song list stayed closer to the original, although a new finale was added, "Dreams Never Run on Time", itself a rewrite of the song "Somewhere, Someplace, Sometime" from the 2003 version. and became a number 3 hit in the UK charts. [1] The song was also popular in Ireland, and made it to number 1. [2] Song details [ edit ]The song is about a woman being told of her boyfriend's infidelity. The woman denies this initially, before rebuking her news-bearer (a girlfriend) with the revelation that she "knew before" and had done for some time. She also spends much of the song criticising her friend for rushing to break the "bad news" to her.

The Wizard of Oz(2011) Book by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Jeremy Sams Music by Harold Arlen Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg Additional music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Additional lyrics by Tim Rice Based on the 1939 motion picture The Wizard of Oz Based on the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Ozby L. Frank Baum Shortly after, on April 28, 1984, a special performance starring Sarah Brightman was filmed at the Palace Theatre and broadcast on TV. The performance was also released as an album by RCA. Citron, Stephen. Sondheim & Lloyd-Webber: The New Musical. New York, New York: Oxford University Press 2001. ISBN0-19-509601-0 pp. 262-63

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The one-woman show was first performed at the Sydmonton Festival in September 1979 starring Marti Webb, who had been appearing in Evita as the alternate for Eva Perón. In January 2016, Jodie Prenger starred in a revival at the Watermill Theatre in Newbury directed by Paul Foster before touring the UK. The production toured again, starring Prenger in June 2021. On September 18, 1985, an American adaptation of Song and Dance opened on Broadway starring Bernadette Peters. The production featured additional lyrics by Richard Maltby Jr., who also served as director. The Broadway production was choreographed by Peter Martins, with tap choreography by Gregg Burge, scenic design by Robin Wagner, costume design by Willa Kim, lighting design by Jules Fisher, and sound design by Martin Levan. Tell Me On Sunday was the first show to open in Oslo, Norway past the pandemic. It opened at Chateau Neuf Theatre on May 31 and starred Charlotte Brænna. This version was based on the definitive 2016 version and was directed by Julie Ibenfeldt Lindvik, with musical supervision by Christian Sthäler. It was translated by Christian Ranke and Martine T. Lundeberg

In the lead up to the television airing, the Sunday Telegraph described the program as a “modest but attractive “concert musical” and while The Observer’s Jennifer Selway was less than impressed by the album, she hoped “It may look very good on the screen.” Ray Connolly, writing for the Sunday Times felt the program was an innovative way to present popular music, and hoped the BBC would present more like it. The Phantom of the Opera(1986) Lyrics by Charles Hart Additional Lyrics by Richard Stilgoe Book by Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber Based on the novel by Gaston Leroux Lloyd Webber re-assembled many of the musicians who had contributed to his earlier Variations album, for which he arranged Paganini's caprice for his brother Julian Lloyd Webber's cello, including jazz multi-instrumentalist Barbara Thompson and her husband, drummer Jon Hiseman. Gary Moore engineered the 1987 digital transfer for the album's first release on compact disc.Tell me on a Sunday charts the romantic misadventures of a young English girl in New York in the heady days of the 1980’s. Brimming with optimism, she seeks success and love. But as she weaves her way through the maze of the city and her own anxieties, frustrations and heartaches she begins to wonder whether she’s been looking for love in all the wrong places. The girl' is the only person who appears on stage, despite having conversations with her friends and writing letters to her mum. Originally conceived for television, TELL ME ON A SUNDAY has been performed by many legendary musical theatre stars including Marti Webb, Bernadette Peters and Sarah Brightman. This new production for 2021 will include an intimate chat with Jodie and Musical Director Francis Goodhand about life, love and playing the role of Emma. The British Film Institute holds a VHS copy of the program, though it is currently undetermined as to the preservation or access status. Marti Webb – Take That Look Off Your Face" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 22 September 2021.