I was invited to play Bernadette at a ten-day workshop in Australia. [10] Awards and nominations Broadway, "Priscilla", 2011. Sheldon thought it never would. A boy's got to make a living. What are you offering?? Geoffrey Roy Rush is an acclaimed Australian actor of the stage and screen. (*Corrected number). I always thought of it as one of those great roles that other people get to play. Tony Sheldon (left), best known for playing Bernadette in the musical Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, with with Todd McKenney as Tick. Patricia Lamond Lawman AM, professionally known as Toni Lamond, is an Australian cabaret singer, stage and television actress, dancer and comedian. Adapted from Elliott's 1994 film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, the musical tells the story of two drag queens and a transgender woman, who contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a resort town in the remote Australian desert. 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As an actor, do you have a preference for stage, tv or film? [5] [6] He won the Green Room Award, Best Male Artist in a Leading Role, [7] and was nominated for an Olivier Award (2010, London). Tony Sheldon is one of the successful Actor. She has performed in cabaret several times, including her current production Up Close and Reasonably Personal which she is expected to perform at Melbourne Cabaret Festival in June 2014 and recently David Harris, Michael Ball, Lea Salonga and Marie Zamora for Enda Markey Presents Do You Hear The People Sing at Shanghai Grand Theatre. It's a beautiful spring day; Sheldon's longtime partner, Australian actor and playwright Tony Taylor, is in the garden. As one of Fagin’s Boys in “OLIVER!”. From 2016, O'Byrne has played Eliza Doolittle in the Julie Andrews-directed production of My Fair Lady for Opera Australia at the Sydney Opera House, touring in 2017 to Brisbane, Melbourne and back to Sydney. Your first stage performance was? Tony Sheldon was born into one of Australia’s leading theatrical families. Tony Sheldon - Questions and Answers Interview with Tony Sheldon who starred as 'Bernadette' in the Broadway musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert, which played at the Palace Theatre from 28 Feb 2011- 24 Jun 2012. Nurse Jackie, Broadwalk Empire, Haerry's Law, Mad Men. Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion's Tony Award-winning score is played by the inmates on guitars and improvised percussion. Favorite holiday destinations? My faves? Tony was born in Caringbah, and attended De La Salle College Cronulla. He is the author of the musical drama The Hatpin which premiered in Sydney on 27 February 2008, the song cycle LOVEBiTES and multi-award winning semi autobiographical A Little Touch of Chaos. I’ve played many wonderful roles but playing Bernadette in PRISCILLA has taken me around the world. Tony has ranked on the list of 1009 famous people who were born on September 12, 1955. Lucy Maunder is an Australian cabaret and theatre performer. Tony Sheldon (born 12 September 1955, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian actor/singer best known for his work in theatre; he is also a writer. If you could meet anyone in the world dead or alive who would it be and what would you say to them? "He was a failure for years. I’ve only just started exploring Europe for the first time so I’d have to say Rome, Paris, Lisbon and Barcelona. Lately he has been working in some very large productions: at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, playing Colonel Pickering in My Fair Lady; in The Band Wagon in New York, with Tracey Ullman; and in Houston playing King Pellinore in Camelot.