'Priscilla Queen of the Desert' musical now on Broadway

[Butterfly]

'Priscilla Queen of the Desert' musical now on Broadway
by Corinne Heller
01 March, 2011


http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Priscilla-Queen-of-the-Desert-musical-now-on-Broadway/7988247


The "'Priscilla Queen of the Desert' " musical began preview performances on Broadway on Monday and is set to open officially on March 20 at the Palace Theatre in New York.

The show is based on the 1994 movie "The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert" and tells of two drag queens and a transsexual who embark on a road trip across Australia on a bus called "Priscilla".

[Shana A]

Priscilla Queen of the Desert Kicks Up Its Heels on Broadway Starting Feb. 28

By Andrew Gans
28 Feb 2011

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/148037-Priscilla-Queen-of-the-Desert-Kicks-Up-Its-Heels-on-Broadway-Starting-Feb-28

Following its North American debut engagement in Toronto, Priscilla Queen of the Desert — drawn from the Academy Award-winning film "The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert" — begins previews on Broadway at the Palace Theatre Feb. 28 with an official opening scheduled for March 20.

[Shana A]

Nips and tucks, but Priscilla lands on her feet
March 4, 2011

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/theatre/nips-and-tucks-but-priscilla-lands-on-her-feet-20110303-1bgag.html

The camp Australian musical has had to accept compromises to make it to Broadway, writes Bernard Lagan in New York.

Tony Sheldon knows exactly how many times he has shuffled onto a stage to play Bernadette, the sardonic, weary Sydney transsexual who finds unlikely outback love in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. It is 1202 times, over five years, in three countries, an ebullient Sheldon, bouncing in his brown suede high heels, tells the New York media who have gathered in a wintry Ninth Avenue basement during a break in Priscilla's rehearsals for its Broadway opening this month.

''I had no idea it would come this far. And I certainly didn't think I'd come with it,'' says Sheldon, 55, of his improbable journey aboard Priscilla.