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Monkees musical to open in Manchester

By | Published on Friday 4 November 2011

Monkee Business

How about a stage musical full of Monkees songs? Actually, as those tedious jukebox musicals go, I can think of worse choices of oeuvre. Yes, a new musical called, wait for it, ‘Monkee Business’, and featuring songs by The Monkees, will open in Manchester next March. The band themselves are not involved in the project, but will be invited to the premiere, so that’s nice.

The show is debuting in Manchester as part of a scheme called Manchester Gets It First, an initiative to encourage theatre producers to launch shows in the city. The ‘Ghost’ musical opened there first as part of that programme, and everyone I know from Manchester is still getting over the excitement.

Howard Panter of the Ambassador Theatre Group told the Manchester Evening News: “Following the incredible success of the world premiere of ‘Ghost The Musical’ at the Manchester Opera House earlier in the year, we’re delighted to be premiering yet another landmark new musical, ‘Monkee Business’, as part of our Manchester Gets It First campaign. Manchester is the ideal place for the original creative process necessary for developing large-scale new musicals like ‘Monkee Business’, as it is a city with a great foundation in music with knowledgeable and sophisticated audiences who love and understand fantastic musical theatre”.



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