BOSOM BUDDIES has Nancye and Todd talking about their lives in showbiz - and the music, the stories, the laughs that stopped the show!
Through song, dance, and hilarious stories, we hear about the highs and the lows, the backstage stories never before told and see video footage never before seen.
The Age
Radio 2GB
Melbourne Review
Herald Sun
The recipient of three Lifetime Achievement Awards, three Helpmann Awards, four Green Room Awards, two Glug Awards and a Mo, Nancye Hayes AM, is an actor, dancer, singer, choreographer and director who began her career in My Fair Lady in 1961 and established her name in the title role in Sweet Charity in 1967. Since then she has sung, danced and acted her way through a cavalcade of successes and into the hearts of Australian theatre-goers. In 2014 the Hayes Theatre in Sydney's Potts Point opened, named for Nancye Hayes in recognition of her remarkable contribution to Australian musical theatre.
Inspiring, provocative and compelling are just three words that describe the critically acclaimed and award-winning singer, dancer, actor and all-round entertainer Todd McKenney. Best known as the controversial judge on the Channel 7 hit series Dancing with the Stars for an incredible 15 seasons, as well as his towering performance as Peter Allen in the Australian production of The Boy From Oz for nearly 1000 performances over two years, Todd has been centre stage in Australia for more than 35 years.
Duration approximately 2 hours plus interval
Orange Civic Theatre
Friday 6 April, 8pm
Saturday 7 April, 2pm & 8pm
Dubbo Regional Theatre and Convention Centre
Sunday 8 April, 5pm
Cessnock Performing Arts Centre
Wednesday 11 April, 7.30pm
Laycock Street Theatre
Saturday 14 April, 2pm & 8pm
Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre
Tuesday 17 April, 7.30pm
Wednesday 18 April, 11am & 7.30pm
Karralyka Centre
Friday 20 April, 8pm
Theatre Royal
Tuesday 24 April, 7.30pm
Princess Theatre
Thursday 26 April, 7.30pm
Geelong Performing Arts Centre
Saturday 28 April, 2pm & 8pm
Frankston Arts Centre
Tuesday 1 May, 7pm
Bunjil Place
Wednesday 2 May, 8pm
Whitehorse Centre
Friday 4 May, 8pm
Ulumbarra Theatre
Tuesday 8 May, 8pm
Wendouree Centre for the Performing Arts
Thursday 10 May, 7.30pm
The Wedge
Saturday 12 May, 8pm
Latrobe Performing Arts Centre
Tuesday 15 May, 7pm
Drum Theatre
Thursday 17 May, 8pm
The Clocktower Centre
Friday 18 May, 8pm
Saturday 19 May, 2pm and 8pm
Canberra Theatre Centre
Monday 21 May, 7pm
Tuesday 22 May, 1pm
Empire Theatre
Friday 25 May, 8pm
Capitol Theatre
Monday 28 May, 7.30pm
Tuesdasy 29 May, 11am
Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre
Friday 1 June, 11am & 8pm
Riverside Theatre
Sunday 3 June, 3pm
Adelaide Festival Centre
Sunday 10 June, 3pm & 6.30pm
Monday 11 June, 5pm
Glasshouse
Friday 15 June, 2018 - 7.30pm
* Sydney Morning Herald Review
* Sydney Morning Herald Interview
* Radio 2GB interview with Alan Jones
* Stage Whispers Review
* Canberra Times interview
* Nancye and Todd on Studio 10
* Bosom Buddies Media Call in Orange
* Bosom Buddies - What people are saying
Dancing from the age of three, at his mother's dancing school in Perth, Todd McKenney has represented Australia in ballroom and Latin American dancing, winning many international dance titles. His Australian musical theatre awards include two Mo's, the Variety Club Heart Award, and a Helpmann. His first professional musical was Andrew Lloyd Webber's Song and Dance in 1983, followed by lead roles in Cats, 42nd Street, West Side Story, Crazy for You, Camelot, The Pirates of Penzance, Cabaret, La Cage Aux Folles, Singin' in the Rain, Anything Goes, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Orpheus in the Underworld, Annie, Grease and Anything Goes. He played Peter Allen in the Australian production of The Boy From Oz for more than 1000 performances, and for an incredible 15 seasons he was the often controversial judge on the Channel 7 hit series Dancing With the Stars.
The recipient of three Lifetime Achievement Awards, three Helpmann Awards, four Green Room Awards, two Glug Awards and a Mo Award, Nancye Hayes OAM, AM is an actor, dancer, singer, choreographer and director. Nancye began her career in JC Williamson's production of My Fair Lady in 1961 and established her name in the title role in Sweet Charity in 1967. Since then she has sung, danced and acted her way through a cavalcade of successes including Guys and Dolls, 42nd Street, A Little Night Music, Pippin, Irene, Annie, Chicago, Sweeny Todd, Nine, Follies, Funny Girl, Showboat, The Importance of Being Ernest, Steel Magnolias, Stepping Out, Same Time Next Year, Summer Rain, Eureka, Oklahoma, and countless others. As a director, Nancye's credits include The Boy from Oz, The Wizard of Oz, The 3 Divas, Annie, Gypsy, Noël and Gertie and Crazy for You.
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