- Hey, Mr. Producer!
"Hey, Mr. Producer!" was a
concert honoringtheatre producer Cameron Mackintosh performed as a benefit for the Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB) and the Combined Theatrical Charities.Staged by
Bob Avian , it was presented at the Lyceum Theatre inLondon onJune 7 andJune 8 ,1998 , with the latter being a Royal Charity Gala in the presence of HMQueen Elizabeth II and theDuke of Edinburgh .It featured performances from many of the hit musicals that Mackintosh has produced, including "
My Fair Lady ", "Oliver! ", "Little Shop of Horrors", "The Fix ", "Godspell ", "Anything Goes ", "Song and Dance ", "The Boyfriend ", "Lauder", "Five Guys Named Moe ", "Martin Guerre", "Miss Saigon ", "The Phantom of the Opera", "Follies ", "Oklahoma! ", " Carousel", "Tom Foolery ", "Cats" and " Les Misérables", as well as a segment devoted to the work ofStephen Sondheim .The all-star cast performing these numbers included
Liz Robertson ,Jonathan Pryce ,John Barrowman ,Ellen Greene ,Julian Lloyd Webber ,Bernadette Peters ,Russ Abbot , Sonia Swaby, David Campbell,Maria Friedman ,Lea Salonga ,Lisa Vroman ,Colm Wilkinson , Michael Ball,Julia McKenzie ,Hugh Jackman , Joanna Riding,Millicent Martin , David Kernan,Ruthie Henshall ,Judi Dench ,Tom Lehrer ,Hal Fowler ,Elaine Paige andPhilip Quast , among others. There was also a special performance byStephen Sondheim andAndrew Lloyd-Webber , who spoofed their own songs.The concert was filmed and recorded and has been released on
CD ,DVD , andvideotape .
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