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Simon Phillips to stage First Wives Club musical, USA

The Sydney Morning Herald have reported that Australian director Simon Phillips (Love Never Dies, Priscilla) will direct the stage adaptation of 1996 comedy movie The First Wives Club in the USA.

Slated to open in Chicago and transfer to Broadway in the 2015-2016 season, this is big news for Australia and big news for Broadway!

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Erin James

Erin James is AussieTheatre.com's former Editor in Chief and a performer on both stage and screen. Credits include My Fair Lady, South Pacific and The King and I (Opera Australia), Love Never Dies and Cats (Really Useful Group), Blood Brothers (Enda Markey Presents), A Place To Call Home (Foxtel/Channel 7) and the feature film The Little Death (written and directed by Josh Lawson).

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