To be performed at the Little Theatre in Port Elizabeth from 9 to 12 May, Page by Page is a rare and light-hearted peek at the life and adventures of leading musical theatre personality doyenne Judy Page – told in song and words and accompanied by our very own Debbie Everard on piano.
Judy began her prolific career in South Africa as a band vocalist during the 1960s, later shining in cabaret. In the mid 1970s, she broke into the musical theatre scene in the production of From Berlin to Broadway.
In 1976 she was cast as the Countess Elsa in The Sound of Music for which she received the first of 5 Dalro nominations.
She went on to perform in many musical compilations: Brel, Piaf, Jerome Kern, Rodgers Hammerstein, Judy Garland and Jerry’s Girls for which she won the Dalro Award for Best Performance in a musical. She has tackled a series of greatly acclaimed major leads: Roxie Hart in Geoffrey Sutherland’s Chicago (1977) and Mama Morton (2002), Anna in Louis Burke’s production of The King and I, Dolly Levi in Hello Dolly and Mame Dennis Burnside in Mame.
Judy has reached wider audiences on television, appearing in her own series, Hey Jude, many musical programmes and even a soap opera – Westgate.
In 2008, Judy played Jeanette, the eccentric piano player, in The Full Monty, for which she won the Naledi Award for Best Comedy Performance and as one of the vultures in Deon Opperman’s Jock of the Bushveld. Most recently, she appeared in the pantomime, Robinson Crusoe.
Page By Page is a joyous celebration of unforgettable songs and hilarious anecdotes – not to be missed!
Tickets available from Computicket.
Judy Page will appear at the Little Theatre, Port Elizabeth from 9 to 12 May 2012.
