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Oliver! is a stage musical, with book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the 1838 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens . It premiered at the Wimbledon Theatre , southwest London in 1960 before opening in the West End , where it enjoyed a record-breaking long run.
Oliver! was the last G-rated film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. It was the last movie musical to win the award, until Chicago in 2002 (there have been other musicals nominated such as Hello, Dolly!, Fiddler on the Roof, Cabaret, All That Jazz, Beauty and the Beast and Moulin Rouge!).
Mark Lester (born Mark A. Letzer; [1] 11 July 1958) is an English former child actor who starred in a number of British and European films in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1968 he played the title role in the film Oliver!, a musical version of the stage production by Lionel Bart based on Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist.
Jack Wild (right) with Oliver! co-star Mark Lester at the 41st Academy Awards, 14 April 1969. The Wild brothers sought acting roles to supplement their parents' income. In the autumn of 1964, the pair were cast in the West End theatre production of Lionel Bart's Oliver! – Arthur in the title role and Jack as Charley Bates, a member of Fagin's ...
Ticket prices are flexible for Story Theater Company's performance of "Oliver! Jr." The suggested price is $10, but STC wants to be accessible to all.
In the 1984 Broadway revival of the musical Oliver!, Nancy was played by Patti LuPone. In the 1994 London revival of the musical Oliver!, Nancy was played by Sally Dexter, later by Claire Moore and Ruthie Henshall. In Disney's live action television production Oliver Twist (1997), Nancy is played by Antoine Byrne. However, unlike most versions ...
Oliver! (1960) – music, lyrics, book. Oliver! was also produced on Broadway in 1963, winning a Tony Award for Best Composer and Lyricist and receiving nominations for Best Musical and Best Author of a Musical. A return Broadway engagement of the original production played in 1965, and a Broadway revival was mounted in 1984. Blitz!
Her breakthrough role was Nancy in Oliver!, a role she created in the original 1960 London production. [12] When she first came in to audition for the musical's author and composer, Lionel Bart, he recognized her as a childhood neighbour, and greeted her as "Lily Klot". Her subsequent audition caused him to award her the role of Nancy.