Marti Webb: Tell Me On Sunday

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The British Film Institute holds a VHS copy of the program, though it is currently undetermined as to the preservation or access status. Billed as a one-woman show about a young English girl who has recently landed in New York. Brimming with optimism, she sets out to seek success, companionship and, of course, love. But as she weaves her way through the maze of the city and her own anxieties, frustrations and heartaches, she begins to wonder whether—in fact—she’s been looking for love in all the wrong places. Billed as a “concert for the theatre,” Song and Dance opened in the West End at the Palace Theatre starring Marti Webb in 1982. Cameron Macintosh served as producer, with direction by John Caird, choreography by Anthony Van Laast, scenic design by David Hersey, costume design by Robin Don, musical supervision by Harry Rabinowitz, orchestrations by Lloyd Webber, and sound design by Autograph. The dance portion featured Wayne Webb, with Linda-Mae Brewer, Jane Darling, Andrea Durant, Linda Gibbs, Paul Henry, Andy Norman, Sandy Strallen, and Paul Tomkinson. The girl' is the only person who appears on stage, despite having conversations with her friends and writing letters to her mum. Tell Me on a Sunday charts the romantic misadventures of a young English girl in New York in the heady days of the 1980s. Brimming with optimism, she seeks success and love. But as she weaves her way through the maze of the city and her own anxieties, frustrations and heartaches she begins to wonder whether she's been looking for love in all the wrong places.

Tell Me on a Sunday was filmed live at the Royalty Theatre on January 28, 1980. According to The Daily Telegraph arts reviewer Keith Nurse, the audience of 400 people was comprised of invited “music and show-business” guests, who received free copies of the LP. The event was hosted by Bill Boggs, and accompanied by the London Philharmonic Orchestra.Shortly after, on April 28, 1984, a special performance starring Sarah Brightman was filmed at the Palace Theatre and broadcast on TV. The performance was also released as an album by RCA. Jodie Prenger most recently starred in the National Theatre’s West End production of A Taste of Honey. Recent theatre work includes the national tours of Abigail’s Party, Shirley Valentine, Annie, Fat Friends The Musical, Tell Me On A Sunday and Calamity Jane. In the West End she has starred in Oliver! at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, One Man Two Guvnors at the Theatre Royal Haymarket and Spamalot at the Playhouse. She also appeared in Les Misérables which was the inaugural production at the Dubai Opera House. Jodie has also starred in pantomimes at the Liverpool Empire and Birmingham Hippodrome. Her television acting work includes Years and Years, Jamie Johnson, Citizen Khan, Casualty, Wizards vs Aliens, Candy Cabs and Waterloo Road. Television presenting work includes Let’s Dance For Comic Relief, Top Dog, Over The Rainbow and Let It Shine. Writing credits include Cinderella: The Socially Distanced Ball for Turbine Theatre and The Choir Musical. The song is about a woman being told of her boyfriend's infidelity. The woman denies this initially, before rebuking her news-bearer (a girlfriend) with the revelation that she "knew before" and had done for some time. She also spends much of the song criticising her friend for rushing to break the "bad news" to her. In 2004, Marti Webb returned to the show, which, according to Playbill, was adapted “to suit an actress approaching 60.” The production toured the UK with Marti Webb, Patsy Palmer, or Faye Tozer playing the lead depending on the venue. The one-woman show was first performed at the Sydmonton Festival in September 1979 starring Marti Webb, who had been appearing in Evita as the alternate for Eva Perón.

In the lead up to the television airing, the Sunday Telegraph described the program as a “modest but attractive “concert musical” and while The Observer’s Jennifer Selway was less than impressed by the album, she hoped “It may look very good on the screen.” Ray Connolly, writing for the Sunday Times felt the program was an innovative way to present popular music, and hoped the BBC would present more like it. On September 18, 1985, an American adaptation of Song and Dance opened on Broadway starring Bernadette Peters. The production featured additional lyrics by Richard Maltby Jr., who also served as director. The Broadway production was choreographed by Peter Martins, with tap choreography by Gregg Burge, scenic design by Robin Wagner, costume design by Willa Kim, lighting design by Jules Fisher, and sound design by Martin Levan. Lloyd Webber re-assembled many of the musicians who had contributed to his earlier Variations album, for which he arranged Paganini's caprice for his brother Julian Lloyd Webber's cello, including jazz multi-instrumentalist Barbara Thompson and her husband, drummer Jon Hiseman. Gary Moore engineered the 1987 digital transfer for the album's first release on compact disc. TELL ME ON A SUNDAY is directed by Paul Foster, has musical direction by Francis Goodhand and musical supervision by Catherine Jayes. It is designed by David Woodhead with lighting design by Howard Hudson and sound design by Tom Marshall.Song and Dance was nominated for two Olivier Awards, including Actress of the Year in a Musical (Marti Webb), and Outstanding Achievement of the Year in a Musical.

While Prenger is in the same league of West End Powerhouse voices, she also brings a vulnerability to the role that is all her own” The Stage 2016 The Phantom of the Opera(1986) Lyrics by Charles Hart Additional Lyrics by Richard Stilgoe Book by Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber Based on the novel by Gaston Leroux Following its closure, on 28th April 1984, a special performance of Song and Dance featuring Sarah Brightman performing Tell Me on a Sunday was filmed at the Palace Theatre and later broadcast on UK television. TELL ME ON A SUNDAY charts the romantic misadventures of a young English girl in New York in the heady days of the 1980’s. Brimming with optimism, she seeks success and love. But as she weaves her way through the maze of the city and her own anxieties, frustrations and heartaches she begins to wonder whether she’s been looking for love in all the wrong places. The Wizard of Oz(2011) Book by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Jeremy Sams Music by Harold Arlen Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg Additional music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Additional lyrics by Tim Rice Based on the 1939 motion picture The Wizard of Oz Based on the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Ozby L. Frank BaumMarti Webb – Take That Look Off Your Face" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 22 September 2021. An album of the show was released by Polydor in January 1980. Sunday Times reviewer Derek Jewell noted the album was vastly different in scope than Lloyd Webber’s previous “epic” works of Joseph, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Evita, but that it achieved “a witty, pointed, poignant commentary on both the character of the woman and the emptiness of particular styles of modern (especially American) life,” and was “a gem of an album.” Jewell also praised Marti Webb’s performance, noting “She has a strong, clear and most expressive voice — the voice of a fine popular singer and actress…” A cast album of Song and Dance featuring a live recording of Marti Webb was released by Polydor in 1982.