PHOTO CALL: An Officer and A Gentleman Musical, Starring Ben Mingay and Amanda Harrison, Debuts in Sydney

By Krissie Fullerton
21 May 2012

Ben Mingay and Amanda Harrison star as Zack Mayo and Paula Pokrifki in the musical adapted by original Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Douglas Day Stewart of the film of the same name. The piece debuted at Sydney's Lyric Theatre May 10 with an official opening May 18.

Australian director Simon Phillips, who staged the Melbourne reincarnation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies and the jukebox musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert, directs the musical about a Navy airman and the woman he loves. Richard Gere and Debra Winger starred in the original film.

The cast, in addition to Mingay and Harrison, features Alex Rathgeber, Kate Kendall, Bartholomew John, Bert LaBonte, Josh Piterman, Tara Morice, Zahra Newman, Josef Brown, Bernard Angel, Elise Brennan, Bianca Baykara, Kirby Burgess, Lena Cruz, Sam Devenport, Akina Edmonds, Zoy Frangos, Sheridan Harbridge, Peter Hardy, Brendan Irving, Tanya Mitford, Thern Reynolds, Simon Roborgh, Michael Whalley and Patrick Williams.

Here's a look at the production:



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Amanda Harrison and Ben Mingay
Photo by Brian Geach



For tickets, priced $70.90-$135.90, call 1300 795 267 or visit ticketmaster.com.au.