Cameron Mackintosh Presentation

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BRITISH THEATRICAL

PRODUCER

In 1981, HE PRODUCED CATS

Cats revolutionized the modern musical by pushing theboundaries of subject matter ususally consideredappropriate for the stage

Show translated and performed in over 20 other languagesand 37 countries


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LES MISERABLES winner of 8 Tony Awards and

3 Olivier Awards, was first

produced in the West End in1985

become a globalphenomenon translated into25 languages

Mackintosh was alsoresponsible for producing the10thAnniversary Concert atRoyal Albert Hall in Londonin 1995 as well as the 25th

Anniversary Concert in 2010 great success of the musical

on the stage is only rivaledby its success as a move-musical released in 2012,also produced by Mackintosh


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MISS SAIGON

Opened first in WestEnd in 1989, moved toBroadway to receivegreatest advanceticket sales in theatrehistory at $24 million

Gave famedPhilippiono musical

theatre actress LeaSalonga, her start inthe industry afterMackintosh conducteda search for the roleKim in her

hometown in thePhilippines

Over 21 professionalversions produced

worlwide


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THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

1986, Mackintosh produced Andrew Lloyd Webbers rock-opera

Longest running show on Broadway

the most commercially successful musical of all timeoutgrossing Titanic and E.T.

Emplys over 10,000 actors and technicians, and entertainingover 130 million audience members worldwide.


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MARY POPPINS

Initial work in developing filmMary Poppins film led to hisproducing both the 2004 WestEnd and 2006 Broadwayversions

Received 7Tony Awardsincluding Best Musical

Mackintosh selected GeorgeStiles and Anthony Drewe towrite show after theirsubmission of the songPractically Perfect

He also selected JulianFellowes to write the show'sscript


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OLIVER! In 2008, Mackintosh

produced a revival of

Lionel Bart's Oliver! production was cast via

the hit BBC televisionseries Id Do Anything

publicity and attention

surrounding theproduction wasunprecedented on theWest End stage, and itwas reported in January

2009 that the productionwas the fastest-sellingshow in West End history,with 15 million of pre-opening sales


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REVIVALS / TOURS

responsible for presenting the West End transfers of theNational Theatre transfers of Carousel (1993) , My Fair Lady(2001) , Oklahoma! (1999)

recognized the possibility of sharing the magic of theBroadway musical far beyond the West End and Manhattan


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AWARDS / HONOURS Honorary Fellow and Member of the Court of Benefactors of St Catherine's

College

1992 he was presented with the Richard Rodgers Award for excellence inMusical Theater

2002 he was given the Oscar Hammerstein Award

2006 he received the national Enjoy England Award for Excellence for hisOutstanding Contribution to Tourism

company received The 1995 Queens Award for Export Achievement

knighted in the 1996 New Years Honours for his services to the BritishTheatre

President of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow

owns seven theatres in Londons West End, the Queens, Gielgud, Prince ofWales, Novello, Prince Edward, Nol Coward and Wyndhams


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MTS VIP the most successful,influential andpowerful theatricalproducer in the world

practices his belief that

the great musicalsshould not be treatedas untouchable

classics but given a

fresh look in the same

way the RSC and theNational Theatre reviveold plays

Mackintosh has voiced interest in producing a Broadway revival

of Barnum wi th Neil Patr ick Harris in the tit le role
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WORKS CITED

"Cameron Mackintosh." Broadw ay the Am erican Musical. PBS, n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2013.

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"Cameron Mackintosh: Biography." Al lmusic. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2013..

Gamerman, Ellen. "Exporting Broadway." The Wall Street Jou rnal. N.p., n.d. Web. 20Mar. 2013.

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Laws, Roz. "Sir Cameron Mackintosh on Les Miserables and Phantom of the Opera."Birmingham Mai l.

N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2013. .

"Mackintosh pays homage to the show that inspired his career." The Indepen dent. N.p.,n.d. Web. 20

Mar. 2013.


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