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ETV Commemorates 40 Years of British Musical Excellence with “Elaine Paige: Celebrating a Life on Stage”
For Immediate Release
May 12, 2010
Columbia, SC…On Thursday, June 24 at 10 p.m., ETV spotlights Elaine Paige, the “First Lady of British Musical Theatre,” in the new PBS special Elaine Paige: Celebrating a Life on Stage.
Filmed at the State Theatre in Sydney, Australia, during her 40th anniversary tour, this hour-long program takes the audience on a journey from Paige’s beginnings in the musical Hair to performances including Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar, Chess, Cats, Sunset Boulevard and many more.
Paige, an English singer and actress best known for her work in musical theatre, made her first professional appearance on stage in 1964 and her performance in the 1968 production of Hair marked her West End debut. Following a number of roles over the next decade, Paige was selected to play Eva Peron in the first production of Evita in 1978, for which she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Performance of the Year in a Musical.
In addition to five Laurence Olivier Award nominations, Paige has won many awards for her theatre roles, leading to her designation as “First Lady of British Musical Theatre.”
South Carolina ETV is the state's public educational broadcasting network with 11 television and eight radio transmitters, and a multi-media educational system in more than 2,500 schools, colleges, businesses and government agencies. Using television, radio and the web, SCETV's mission is to enrich lives by educating children, informing and connecting citizens, celebrating our culture and environment and instilling the joy of learning.
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For more information, contact Dana McCullough at (803) 737-3212 or dmccullough@scetv.org.
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"First Lady of British Musical Theater" Elaine Paige in “Elaine Paige: Celebrating a Life on Stage.” Photo credit: Northstar Media
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