Red Dog The Musical

Leading Australian theatre producer John Frost today (March 21, 2012) announced he had joined forces with the producer of the award winning Australian film RED DOG, Nelson Woss, to explore developing the Red Dog story into a musical production.

Frost has a formidable reputation and history with developing new work for the musical stage including the musical Doctor Zhivago, which had its World Premiere in Sydney last year and is currently running in Seoul, and An Officer and A Gentleman, which commenced rehearsals this week ahead of its World Premiere on May 18 at the Sydney Lyric Theatre, The Star. Frost was also one of the producers of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert the musical, which is currently running on Broadway, in Milan and Sao Paulo, and recently closed in London.

RED DOG has proved to be one of the most popular and critically acclaimed Australian films of all time. The film is based on the legendary true story of the Red Dog who united a disparate local community while roaming the Australian outback in search of his long lost master. Itis the 8th highest grossing Australian film of all time at the box office and the biggest selling Australian DVD of all time. RED DOG will be released later this year in the USA.

Nelson Woss said, “The film and its 1970’s Aussie Rock soundtrack have been embraced by audiences in Australia and worldwide. The filmmakers are excited to see RED DOG roam to the stage. John Frost and I go way back and the RED DOG musical will appeal to dog lovers, people who like to rock or anyone who enjoys a good Aussie yarn.”

No creative team have yet been appointed to develop the musical with the producers.

(Story from the media release.)

Image: John Frost earlier in the week at the first day of rehearsals for An Officer and a Gentleman. Photographer: Lindsay Kearney, Lightbox Photography

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