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<B>GRAB YOUR BROLLIES - IT'S GOING TO BE RAINING MUSICALS</B><BR>By MARTIN FREEMAN in The Western Morning News<P><BR>Forget the miserable weather - and get ready for some Singin' in the Rain in Plymouth. The stage version of the ever-popular MGM musical will chase the storm clouds away in a dazzling summer season at the Theatre Royal which includes everything from opera and ballet to Roald Dahl's Big Friendly Giant.<P>Hailed as the most popular musical of all time, Singin' in the Rain is packed with laughs and the most famous - and wettest - song-and-dance routine ever.<P>But the Olivier Award-winning show isn't the biggest production ahead in the new season - Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I takes the honours.<P>The true story of an English schoolteacher at the court of the King of Siam - Thailand - in the 1860s boasts a much-loved score including Getting to Know You and Shall We Dance?<P><A HREF="http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=84564&command=displayContent&sourceNode=84563&contentPK=1305580" TARGET=_blank><B>click for more</B></A>
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