
Adapted from the film, Singin’ in the Rain is set in Hollywood in the waning days of silent movies
Main Auditorium
Showing from Tuesday 25 May 2010
Adapted from the 1952 movie of the same name, Singin' in the Rain is set in Hollywood in the waning days of the silent screen era. It focuses on romantic lead Don Lockwood, his sidekick Cosmo Brown, aspiring actress Kathy Selden, and Lockwood's leading lady Lina Lamont, whose less-than-dulcet vocal tones make her an unlikely candidate for stardom in talking pictures.
Don Lockwood is a silent film star with humble roots as a musician, dancer and stunt man. Don barely tolerates his vapid leading lady, Lina, who is convinced that their screen romance is real. After the first talking picture, The Jazz Singer, proves to be a smash hit, the head of the studio, R. F. Simpson, decides he has no choice but to convert the new Lockwood and Lamont film, The Dueling Cavalier, into a talkie. The production is beset with difficulties, by far the worst being Lina's comically grating voice.
Songs include Fit as a Fiddle, Temptataion, Make ‘em Laugh, You Are My Lucky Star, Singin' in the Rain and many more.
One not to be missed.
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