The venue has a solid history of staging West End transfers including Sweeney Todd, Singing in The Rain, South Downs and The Browning Version.

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Because of this England are a much tougher proposition than before and that is why they are drinking the champagne, and dancing and singing in the rain in a sodden Adelaide.

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They wrote screenplays for several MGM musicals, from "Good News" to "The Bandwagon" to "Singing in the Rain, " which the American Film Institute named the greatest movie musical of all time.

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Mr. MERRITT: (Singing) ...in the rain to bring you candy, and John would buy the gown for you to wear to the prom, with Tom(ph) the astronomer who named a star for you.

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