London
World Premiere Showcase Performances. Produced with the support of patrons in New York, London, Canada and Australia, London-based Wild Thyme Productions presented a spectacular world premiere of the original version of Moses the Musical - with the London Musicians Orchestra under Julian Bigg & Orchestrations & Arrangements by Julian Kershaw.
Cast included: Michael Matus, Catherine Porter, Peter Gallagher, Jacqueline Barron, Martin Posnett, Petrina Johnson, Michael Dore and Nathan Dowling.
Credits included: Joan Lane [Producer], Guy Retalleck [Director], Trevor Wood [Choreographer], Julie Samuel [Assoc.] Geoffrey Joyce [Lighting], Jonathan Fensom [Designer] Wayne Morley [Copyist]
“Peter Wyllie Johnston has picked up where Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber left off …and produced a polished score”.
Alix Buscovic, The London Jewish Chronicle, May 7, 1999
New York
A private showcase of Moses! was produced at a mansion in Further Lane, East Hampton N.Y.
Cast included: Ron Ramsay as Moses, and Catherine Porter.
This was followed by a special preview recital of excerpts from the at Kaufmann Concert Hall, the 92nd Street Y, Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y. was attended by 800 people.
Cast included: Ron Ramsay as Moses, with Catherine Porter, Karen Mason, Maureen O’Flynn, Gregory Purnhagen, Julie Price & Marcus Kettles.
Credits included: Marge Champion [Consultant]; David Brunetti [Musical Director] Shenval Music Australia Pty Ltd [Producer], Dolphin in the West [Associate Producer], Marcus Kettles Productions [Associate Producer].
“I think Peter Wyllie Johnston is an important song-writer on the brink of serious recognition.”
John Hoglund, Backstage New York, May 12, 2000
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