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A Star is Torn single work   musical theatre  
Issue Details: First known date: 1980... 1980 A Star is Torn
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Cabaret built around the lives and songs of Bessie Smith, Helen Morgan, Judy Garland, Billie Holiday, Edith Piaf, Marie Lloyd, Jane Froman, Patsy Cline, Marily Monroe, Dinah Washington and Janis Joplin.

Notes

  • A one-woman cabaret first performed at the Universal Theatre, Melbourne, 1979, subsequently played at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East and Wyndham's Theatre, London.

  • Album of the songs from the show produced in 1980 (Trafalgar Records).

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