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THEATRE
The Blues Brothers
Venue: Newspace Theatre, 44 Long St, Cape Town.
Time: Mon - Fri @ 8:00pm, Sat @ 5:00pm & 8:00pm
Price: R85 - R135
Performances: 1 Jul - 1 Aug 2009
Genre: Cabaret
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This award winning musical celebrates the music made famous
by the “pork pie and wayfarers” duo, Jake and Elwood Blues in the cult
eighties movie called ‘The Blues Brothers’. These iconic kings of cool
were created by the late John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd for NBC’s Saturday
Night Live show and the subsequent film was made on the strength of the
cult success of these characters.
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The first Blues Brothers stage show was a 1980 musical
comedy directed by John Landis and starred Belushi and
Aykroyd as "Joliet" Jake and Elwood Blues. Musical numbers featured in
this two-hour production include songs by singers James Brown, Aretha
Franklin, and Ray Charles, amongst others.
The original South African production broke box office records in
Johannesburg and Durban. The Cape Town season is directed by Clayton
Stewart, the original Elwood Blues in the SA show. The Blues Brothers with
serious attitude are played by Johan Baird and Alwyn Kotze who are joined
by three Bluettes, namely Capetonians Mono Dullisear as Mono Blues, Lyndle
Kearns as Lyndle Blues and Crushanda Forbes and Crushanda Blues.
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