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Welcome to the links page! I have currently tried to check
the links and remove those who didn't work. If a link doesn't work or if there is a link you would like to see here, email it to d97-ask@nada.kth.se, and I will put it up on the page.

This is what this page consists of right now:

• I don't know this musical
• Performances
• Other B.B. pages
• Recordings
• Other plays by Willy
• Misc

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If you don't know anything about this Musical:

• A very good Synopsis
• You can also read a synopsis provided by MIT Musical Theatre Guild
• You can read some info about the author, Willy Russell
• Here's another page with some kind of review/synopsis of B.B.

  Since there's a lot of people asking for the script, here's some ways to get it:

  • www.amazon.co.uk (search for blood brothers willy russell)
  • www.samuelfrench.com

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Blood Brothers Performances:

Coming Performances

• New BB Production in Lousiana, USA. There will be a new professional production of B.B. in the U.S. this spring (01), it will take place at Carlone's Dinner Theater in New Orleans, Louisiana. The production closely resembles the Broadway show and will feature a cast of professional actors from NYC. It runs March 1st through April 8th. If any of you visitors will be in the area during this time, they'd love for you to come see the show! The number to call for more information is (504) 838-9906.
• Blood Brothers in Denmark
  Blood Brothers opens in Denmark the 12th of january 2001. It takes place at "Kaelderscenen" in Herlev near Copenhagen. Jesper Kjaer has translated the musical.
  You can read more about the production on their homepage: www.herlevrevyogteater.dk. The performance dates are 12,13,14,18,19,20 January. Every day at 7.30 p.m.
• Blood Brothers in Sweden
  The swedish theatre group "scenknuten" will perfrom Blood Brothers (Blodsbröder) in swedish. Visit their homepage at www.scenknuten.com. Their opening night will be on February 24 2001 at the Eskilstuna Theatre.
• Stages of Omaha (Nebraska) will be producing Blood Brothers at The Millenium Theatre in Omaha, Nebraska October 14th-31st 1999. Please visit their website at: www.boardwalkmall.com/Stages
• The Caxton Theatre in Grimsby will do a local tour with Blood Brothers from the 18th of June to the 27th of July this year. Please visit their homepage with some pictures and info from their production: www.cyt.freeservers.com
• Hot Summer Nights -- the summer season for the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music will be presenting BB from July 9 through August 23 in rotating repertory with PIPPEN and JOSEPH...DREAMCOAT.
  Eric D. Cronwall webpage
• Blood Brothers will run a the Maine State Music Theatre aug 3-14 1999
• Blood Brothers will run at "Tryckeriteatern" in Karis, Finland, from march 26 1999. 15 performances are planned. Most of the actors are 20-25 years old. See their homepage (in swedish only): www.kulturfonden.fi/tryckeri (top)
• Blood Brothers will run in Berne, Switzerland. Performance dates are 20. March - 24. April 99 (18 performances) at the "Theater am Käfigtturm" in Bern. From february 1st, thay will hopefully have a home on the internet too: www.artandmusiccompany.ch
• Blood Brothers will run April 15 - May 9, 1999 at the Arvada Center for Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO. denver.sidewalk.com/detail/24234 (top)
• The new children and youth theatre in Denmark will set up B.B. in danish with english lyrics this year. They will play at the Musictheater in Albertslund, the performance dates are from 990603 to 990613. Visit their homepage at: www.dnbu-teater.dk

Current Performances

• Check out the official(?) Dutch Blood Brothers page! (www.bloodbrothers.nl)
• List all performances of Blood Brothers in the UK: www.whatson.com
• Info of Blood Brothers at The Phoenix Theatre in London. (top)
• Another Page about B.B. at the Phoenix provided by albemarble-london (top)
• Some more info about B.B. at the phoenix Theatre provided by Playbill Online: (top)
• ...and some more... www.stoll-moss.com (top)

Closed Performances

• Blood Brothers played at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle. January 1998 The show
• Blood Brothers played summer 1998 at Niagara's Premier Performing Arts Center "Artpark". (top).
  Director: David Grapes. / Mrs Johnstone: Amy Sky / Narrator: Dennis Cole
  (Homepage of artpark)
• Blood Brothers played at the Derngate Theatre, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England in October 1998. Press release
• Blood Brothers played in spring 1998 in Arizona, Tuscon (top)
• Blood Brothers played in may 1998 at the Lester B. Pearson Theatre in Ontario:
  www.mwandison.com/blood.htm (top)
• Stage Wright Presented Blood Brothers in November '97. Info of the cast, a short synopsis and som stage photos of the production.
• B.B. played 27th April - 9th May 1998 at the North Wales Theatre, Llandudno. (top)
  Go directly to the show here!
• The Cumberland Theatre in Cumberland Maryland performed Blood Brothers as part of its 11th season.(July 29 - August 23 '98), Starring Trisha Gooch, Kent Dalian (from the 1st national tour) and Terrell Hardcastle.
• The Imperial Theater in Arkansa preformed Blood Brothers, August,'98

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Other pages dedicated to Blood Brothers

There aren't that many, but here are some I've found:

• www.musicalscollection.com
• Steven Liddle sent me a page mostly about Lyn Paul, but there's also some Blood Brothers info on it: http://www.lynpaulwebsite.org
• www.geocities.com/Broadway/Stage/4056/bloodbrothers.html
• Kana's page, wich used to be in Japanese, is now updated and avaiable for "everyone" :) www.nsknet.or.jp/~kana/bb/index.htm
  Kana is the person who've supported me with the Japanese BB pictures. Thanx!
• Found a German page too:
  http://mpeb.avmz.uni-siegen.de/vmpeb/hp/reuschel/musical/bb_frame.htm
• www.geocities.com/Broadway/6008/BloodBrothers.html Contains info of the Dutch CD.
• www.geocities.com/Broadway/Stage/5237/blood.htm
• New page about the American Tour with Petula Clark. Lots of pictures and stuff. Please visit!
  www.geocities.com/Broadway/4016/bb.html (top)
  

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The Recordings:

• Some info of the blood Brothers Recordings at First Night Records
  (they do also have lots of other musical recordings)
• More info of the recordings and other media
• Visit DressCircle online! Lots of Musical related stuff. Recordings, books and others. Physically located in west end, London:

  Dress Circle:
  57/59 Monmouth Street
  Upper St Martins Lane
  Covent Garden
  LONDON WC2H 9DG, UK

  Tel: +44 (0)171 240 2227/836 8279
  Fax: +44 (0)171 379 8540

  info@dresscircle.co.uk

• Also, visit Footlight Records Online
  Or do a Search for Blood Brothers
• www.acses.com/ gives you the ability to track down the lowest price of a CD. Try it!

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Other works by Willy Russell:

• Shirley Valentine
• Educating Rita

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Misc.:

• Buy the book!
• I've removed the libretto, since I'm not interested in breaking copyright laws...
  If you are desperate to read it, you can do so at this page
• What's on in London Today?
• Info about the Phoenix theatre
• Here's a page about Barbara Dickson, the original Mrs Johnstone.
• A page dedicated to Shaun Cassidy, who played Edward in the Broadway production
• Visit www.petula-clark.com for lots of info about Petula
• Visit www.meowser.com for a great list of musicals and many MIDI files from them.
  Note: they took the B.B. midi-files from my page...

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