Saturday Night Fever - The Musical
The all-time Bee Gees’ Smash Hit Musical is ready to
Heat-Up Kuala Lumpur this September 2015!
Milestone Production, the leading show promoter in Malaysia is
proud to be the official organizer of yet another internationally acclaimed musical
- the iconic Broadway and West End
disco marvel - Saturday Night Fever.
Supported by Malaysia Major Events, a division of Malaysia Convention &
Exhibition Bureau, an agency under the Ministry of Tourism and Culture Malaysia,
this sensational Bee Gees’ smash hit musical will heat-up Istana Budaya, Kuala
Lumpur from 4 September 2015 - 13
September 2015.
Featuring an amazing collaboration of award winning
creative talents and headlined by hugely talented cast and musicians, the
Saturday Night Fever 2015 Asian Tour, its first in eleven years will be jive
dancing into the Malaysian stage with a repertoire of Bee Gees’ hit classics
such as “Stayin’ Alive”, “Night Fever”, “More Than A Woman”, “Tragedy”, “Disco
Inferno”, “How Deep is Your Love”, and “You Should Be Dancing”.
TONY NAGAMIAH OF MALAYSIA MAJOR EVENTS, GRACE LEE OF MILESTONE PRODUCTION AND DATO JUHARI SHAARANI
BRIAN MARTIN FROM STAR MEDIA GROUP AT RIGHT
HIP HIP HOORAY FOR 'SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER'!
GRACE LEE, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF MILESTONE PRODUCTION
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER COMES ALIVE!
Audiences
will be captivated by the legendary disco choreography, the glittering costumes
and retro hairstyles, in all its groovy glory—amid the dramatic backdrops of
New York, the Manhattan skyline and the pulsating strobe lights of the infamous
retro '70s disco era; the full set being brought all the way from Broadway to
our doorsteps.
Based on the wildly popular 1970s film that defined
the disco phenomenon and starring Oscar-nominee John Travolta, Saturday Night Fever depicts the
uncompromisingly sordid 1970’s New York that not only made a dance revolution
at that time, but also spoke straight to a generation of lost, struggling young
adults.
The story centres on Tony Manero, an Italian-American
young man with a dead-end job and an extraordinary ability to dance. Every
Saturday night at a local discotheque, Tony dons his flares and struts his
stuff; capturing all eyes through his stylish moves on the dance floor. He has
only one ambition in life - to become the disco king.
When he meets Stephanie,
who also dreams of a world beyond Brooklyn, they decide to train together for a
dance competition and their lives begin to change forever.
The feature film Saturday
Night Fever was nominated for four Golden Globes: Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy, Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy (John Travolta), Best Original Score, and Best
Original Song for "How Deep is Your Love?". The film was also nominated at the Writers
Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen and
BAFTA award for Best Sound.
Its definitive soundtrack by the Bee Gees remains the
best-selling motion picture soundtrack of all time and has won the original
movie numerous Grammys - Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Group, Album of the
Year, Best Arrangement for Voices, Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or
Group, and Producer of the Year. In 2004 The Bee Gees were given a Grammy Hall
of Fame Award for the soundtrack to Saturday
Night Fever.
"Stayin' Alive" was ranked by the American Film
Institute as the 9th Greatest Movie Song of All Time in the same year.
Premiered in the West End at the London Palladium in
1998 and Broadway at the Minskoff Theatre in 1999, the spectacular musical Saturday Night Fever has been seen by
over 10 million people with over 2,800 shows in more than 20 countries across
the globe, thrilling theatre and music buffs alike throughout the years.
As one
of the longest running musical, Saturday Night fever is still actively on world
tour up to this very date ; bridging the young and old with a common interest
of a fantastic musical performance.
Grace
Lee , Managing Director of Milestone Production was quoted in her speech during
the recent media launch on 2nd June 2015 that the staging of Saturday Night Fever here in
Malaysia is in line with Milestone Production’s consistent effort in bringing
world class theatre productions to our shores.
Milestone Production aim to help
build the nation’s status as a hub for the performing arts in this region which
surely will greatly contribute to efforts in making Malaysia the
top-of-the-mind tourist destination.
So, dust off those hip-hugging flares, platform shoes
and warm up the disco dance moves. “You Should Be Dancing” your way to this
jam-packed, dance-crazed, fuel-injected “Disco Inferno”, with groovy sets and
disco lighting for almost two-and-a-half hours of energy, music and oh-so-stylish
bell bottom pants!
Proudly presented by Milestone Production, tickets
for this smash hit musical are now open for sale. Tickets are priced at RM568 (VVIP), RM398
(VIP), RM338 (CAT A), RM268 (CAT B), RM138 (CAT C) - (Ticket prices are
inclusive of 6% GST but not inclusive of RM4 ticketing fee). Discounts up to
25% off regular ticket prices are available, for more information on the
ongoing ticket promotions please log on to www.milestone-production.com or
call 03-92228811.
‘Saturday Night Fever’ the Musical is presented by Milestone Production
and is supported by Malaysia Major Events; a division of Malaysia Convention
& Exhibition Bureau which is an agency under Malaysia’s Ministry of Tourism
and Culture. Istana Budaya Kuala Lumpur is the official venue partner.
About Milestone Production
Established in 2003,
Milestone Production is one of the region’s leading show production company
that provides unparalleled live entertainment experiences globally.
We aim to
cultivate appreciation of the performing arts in the region by bringing in
internationally acclaimed West End and Broadway productions to Malaysia and to the
rest of South East Asia, namely - Mamma Mia!, The Mousetrap, the multi-award
winning Broadway production Jersey Boys, Thriller Live and now the iconic
Saturday Night Fever.
For more information
on our past and upcoming shows, please log on to
Follow us on Facebook www.facebook.com/MilestoneEntertainment.Show
and Instagram @MilestoneEntertainment.Show
About Malaysia Major Events
Malaysia Major Events
(MME) is a division of Malaysia Convention & Exhibition Bureau (MyCEB), an
agency under the Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Malaysia (MoTAC). MME was
established under the Government’s Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) to
identify, promote, facilitate as well as support viable international events to
be staged in Malaysia.
With its main objective to enhance Malaysia’s economic
growth and profile, MME is also tasked to identify and support major event bids
for sports, arts, lifestyles and entertainment events and provide assistance to
home-grown and home-hosted
events in order to further strengthen Malaysia’s global appeal as the venue of
choice for major events in the region.
MME also acts as a conduit between the
public and private sectors in ensuring seamless processes are achieved through
synergistic relationships with diverse event stakeholders in staging successful
events in Malaysia.
For more information,
please visit www.mymajorevents.com.my
and follow us on www.facebook.com/MyCEB , twitter @MyMajorEvents and Instagram
@mymajorevents
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DISCO FEVER IS ALIVE!
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
The Bee Gees’ Smash Hit Musical from Broadway
Disco dancing all the way from both the theatre
meccas in the world, Broadway and West End, Saturday Night Fever is one of the most loved dance stories of all
time, packed with hits from the Bee Gees, the legendary disco choreography, the
glittering costumes and retro hairstyles, in all its groovy glory—amid the
dramatic backdrops of New York, the Manhattan skyline and the pulsating strobe
lights of the infamous retro '70s disco era.
Premiered in the West End at the London Palladium in
1998 and Broadway at the Minskoff Theatre in 1999, the spectacular musical Saturday Night Fever has been seen by
over 10 million people with over 2,800 shows in more than 20 countries across
the globe including Italy, Argentina, Japan, Australia, Germany, Greece,
Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, South Africa, Czech Republic and Finland; thrilling
theatre and music buffs alike throughout the years. As one of the longest
running musical, Saturday Night fever is still actively on world tour up to
this very date ; bridging the young and old with a common interest of a
fantastic musical performance.
The Saturday
Night Fever 2015 Asian Tour ; being its first in eleven years sees a gathering
of a formidable and first rated creative team to deliver the very best of musical experience to the ardent fans. This
includes multi-award stage director Bobby Gracia, Tony Award winning scenic
designer David Gallo and TINA Award choreographer Vince Pesce and not to forget the talented technical director
Richard Martin who has personally worked alongside the legendary Cameron
Mackintosh on many of Andrew Lloyd
Webber’s productions.
The musical will be headlined by hugely talented casts and musicians who will be performing a repertoire of Bee Gees’ cult classics such as “Stayin’ Alive”, “Night Fever”, “More Than A Woman”, “Tragedy”, “Disco Inferno”, “How Deep is Your Love”, and “You Should Be Dancing”.
Saturday
Night Fever – The Story
Saturday Night
Fever tells the story of Italian-American Tony Manero and his gang in Bay
Ridge, Brooklyn who are stuck in dead-end jobs but rule the dance floor at the
discotheque 2001 Odyssey. Tony is a tough cookie; an outstanding dancer, his
ultimate dream was to escape the mean streets of Brooklyn.
Every Saturday night, Tony dons his flares and struts
his stuff; capturing all eyes through his stylish moves on the dance floor. He
has only one ambition in life - to become the disco king. When he meets
Stephanie, who also dreams of a world beyond Brooklyn, they decide to train
together for a dance competition and their lives begin to change forever.
Awards
and Honours
Saturday Night Fever received numerous awards and
honours which includes:-
Honourable Award Nominations
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Laurence Olivier Awards for Best Actor in a
Musical, Best Theatre Choreographer and
Best New Musical
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Academy Award: Best Actor (John Travolta)
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Four Golden Globes: Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy, Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy
(John Travolta), Best Original Score, and Best Original Song for "How Deep
is Your Love?"
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BAFTA's Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music and
BAFTA award for Best Sound.
-
Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best
Drama Written Directly for the Screen.
Awards and Recognitions
-
The National Board of Review named John Travolta
Best Actor for his work in Saturday Night Fever.
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Ranked by the American Film Institute as the 9th
Greatest Movie Song of All Time in 2004.
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In 1978 the Bee Gees won a Grammy Award as Best
Pop Vocal Performance By a Group for their Saturday Night Fever song "How
Deep is Your Love?"
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In 1979 the Bee Gees won four Grammy Awards for
their contributions to the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack: Album of the Year,
Best Arrangement for Voices (for the song "Stayin' Alive"), Best Pop
Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group, and Producer of the Year (shared with Albhy
Galuten and Karl Richardson).
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In 2004 The Bee Gees were given a Grammy Hall of
Fame Award for the soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever.
Creative
Team
Bobby Garcia,
Director
Bobby is a world class director who has been on film,
television, stage and live concert entertainment. Notable stage productions
include “Shrek The Musical”, “Ghost:
The Musical”, “The Addams Family”, “Carrie”, “PIAF”, “Disney’s Aladdin”, “NINE”,
“God Of Carnage”, “In The Heights”, “Disney’s The Little Mermaid”, “Next To
Normal”, “A Little Night Music”, “Xanadu”, “The 25th Annual Putnam
County Spelling Bee” , “Hairspray”, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella”, “Avenue
Q”, “The King & I”, “Disney’s Beauty & The Beast”, “Baby”, “Dreamgirls”
and many more.
David Gallo,
Scenic Designer
David is an American scenic designer, media, and
projection designer for many Broadway and international productions, animated
features, television specials, and arena shows.
He won the 2006 Tony Award for Best Scenic Design, Drama Desk Award,
Outer Critics Circle Award, and Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for
Outstanding Set Design for his work in “The Drowsy Chaperone”.
Tara Rubin,
Casting Director
Tara has been a casting director for 25 years. She
has cast “Mamma Mia!”, “Jersey Boys”, “Spamalot”, “Les Miserables”, “Miss
Saigon”, “The Phantom of the Opera”, “Promises, Promises”, “Shrek”, “Billy
Elliot”, and “Young Frankenstein” among others.
She has been a casting director for Yale Repertory Theatre for eight
years and has worked with many regional theaters across the United States. She
has graduated from Boston University and a proud member of the Casting Society
of America.
Vince Pesce,
Choreographer
Vince recently won a TINA Award for his choreography
in the Off-Broadway production of Abraham Lincoln’s “Big Gay Dance Party
“(Acorn Theatre). He has served as Tony winner Kathleen Marshall’s associate
choreographer in the Broadway productions of “Anything Goes” starring Sutton
Foster, “The Pajama Game” starring Harry Connick, Jr., “Wonderful Town” and
“Little Shop of Horrors”. He also
directed/choreographed a tour of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”,
the Mexico City Company of “Victor/Victoria” and choreographed the
National/International tours of “‘S Wonderful” (World Premiere), “Cinderella”
starring Lea Salonga, “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” and “Oliver!”
Paul Miller,
Lighting Designer
Paul was the associate lighting designer of the
original Broadway production of “Saturday Night Fever” in 1999. He made his
Broadway debut as the assistant lighting director for “Titanic” in 1997. Additional credits include “The Sound of
Music” (1998), “On The Town” (1998), “The Price” (1999), “The Music Man”
(2000), “The Producers” (2001), “Hairspray” (2002), “Little Women” (2005),
“Sweeney Todd” (2005), “Three Days of Rain,” (2006), and “Legally Blonde”
(2007).
International
Media Quotes
“Unforgettable songs and big choreographic
set pieces.”
DAILY
TELEGRAPH
“Extremely enjoyable and upbeat…true to the
original work.”
HOLLYWOOD
NEWS
"If
you want the grit of the film and hits you remember and some very fine dance
moves, you'll love it."
WHATSONSTAGE
"An energetic, exuberant and
incredibly entertaining show."
THE
PUBLIC REVIEWS
"A fast and furious paced, visually
spectacular and exciting production ... Stunning."
BATH
CHRONICLE
"Unbelievably good."
GLASGOW
DAILY RECORD
"A breathtaking production."
LIVERPOOL
ECHO
“World-first performance of a ‘never seen
before’ version of 'Saturday Night Fever' is a must see for anyone who loves
theatre or who is scouting for the next generation of theatre talent!”
SCENESTR. POP CULTURE & ENTERTAINMENT
“Saturday Night Fever is unlike any musical
that I have ever seen before.”
BUCK
FREE PRESS
“The musical is a fest for the eyes and
soul, I dare anyone not be on their feet and singing their hearts out by the
end.”
WHAT’S
GOOD TO DO
“It is a Saturday Night Fever that raises
the temperature and raises the bar for any who may dare to follow in its wake.”
MID
SUSSEX TIMES
Malaysian
Tour Details
Show Dates
4 September 2015 (Friday) – 8.30pm
5 September 2015 (Saturday) – 3.00pm & 8.30pm
6 September 2015 (Sunday) – 3.00pm & 8.30pm
8 September 2015 (Tuesday) – 8.30pm
9 September 2015 (Wednesday) – 8.30pm
10 September 2015 (Thursday) – 8.30pm
11 September 2015 (Friday) – 8.30pm
12 September 2015 (Saturday) – 3.00pm & 8.30pm
13 September 2015 (Sunday) – 3.00pm & 8.30pm
Venue
Istana Budaya, Kuala Lumpur
Show
Information
Ticket
Promotion
Early Bird Discount
15% off for VVIP , VIP, Cat A , Cat B ticket prices
for shows on Friday, Saturday and Sunday
20% off for regular ticket prices for shows on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
Offer ends on 14 July 2015
Student Discount
Enjoy up to 25% off for regular tickets.
Please visit www.milestone-production.com for
more ongoing promotions.
Ticket Sales
Tickets for Saturday Night Fever are now available
for sale.
For further information/ticketing, please contact:
Hotline
03-9222 8811
Email address
charmaine.teh@milestone-production.com
Website
Operation
Hours
Monday – Friday
(9.00am – 6.00pm)
Saturday
(12.00noon – 6.00pm)
Sunday & Public Holiday (Closed)
Ticket Prices
Matinee and Night Shows
VVIP : RM 568
VIP : RM 398
CAT A : RM 338
CAT B : RM 268
CAT C : RM 138
(Ticket prices inclusive of 6% GST, exclude RM4 ticketing
fee)
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