Sunday 14 October – Claudelands Arena, Hamilton

Tickets will be on sale from 9am, Monday 6 August, through Ticketek.

The First Lady of Musical Theatre, the legendary Elaine Paige, announces two very special concert dates for New Zealand this October.

Fans are urged to get in quick to avoid missing out on this star of the West End and Broadway as she recreates many of her starring roles from the biggest musicals of the era, plus performs a selection of her favourite standards and modern classics in a spectacular new two-hour stage show.

Elaine Paige, as an actress, recording artist, producer and broadcaster, has made a major contribution to modern musical which ensures her own chapter in the entertainment world and justifies the title ‘The First Lady of Musical Theatre’.

She has starred in numerous West End productions, on Broadway and in concerts internationally, sweeping to fame when she created her award-winning performance as Eva Peron in Evita. Shortly afterwards, she created the role of Grizabella in the original production of Cats, and the classic song Memory became one of Elaine's many hit records.

Further theatre productions include, Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar, Grease, Billy, Chess (with her record-breaking number one hit I Know Him So Well with Barbara Dickson), Anything Goes, Piaf, Sunset Boulevard in London and Broadway, The King and I, Sweeney Todd (New York City Opera). She has also worked twice with Sir Peter Hall's Theatre Company in The Misanthrope and Feydeau’s Where There’s A Will.

Elaine has performed in concert worldwide from The White House to The Great Hall of the People in Beijing, from the Bolshoi to Sydney Opera House. She has appeared in many television roles including her own TV specials and Royal Variety Shows. She has recorded 20 solo albums (four multi Platinum and eight consecutive Gold) and six cast albums and has been honoured with a number of awards: Society of West End Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Musical and Variety Club Award for Show Business Personality of the year (1978); Variety Club Award for Musical Artiste (1986) and Variety Club Award for Best Actress (1995); Gold Badge of Merit from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (1994); HMV Lifetime Achievement Award (1996); Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Operatic and Dramatic Association (1999); Order of the British Empire for services to Musical Theatre (1995), Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Musical (2004) and Variety Club Special Presentation for 40 Years on Stage (2009).

www.elainepaige.com

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www.pacificentertainment.co.nz

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