The Production Company


The Production Company was an Australian not-for-profit theatre company that staged a series of usually three musicals at the Arts Centre Melbourne each year.
It was launched in 1999 by Jeanne Pratt AC with the goal of providing "professional opportunities for local artists and to entertain Melbourne audiences with the best shows from Broadway and beyond". The company closed in 2020.
The Production Company specialised in revivals of popular and lesser known musicals with short rehearsal periods and short runs. It also produced the Australian professional premieres of Thoroughly Modern Millie, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Grey Gardens, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Curtains, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Lazurus and Ragtime.
Its productions typically featured well-known Australian musical theatre performers such as Caroline O'Connor, Michael Falzon, Marina Prior, Todd McKenney, Lucy Durack, Christie Whelan Browne, Elise McCann and Amanda Harrison.

Seasons

The list of early productions can be found on the AusStage database

1990s

1999
  • She Loves Me
  • Mame
  • ''Funny Girl''

    2000s

2000
2001
2002
  • Hello, Dolly!
  • The Music Man
  • Hair - The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical
2003
  • They're Playing Our Song
  • South Pacific
  • Bye Bye Birdie
  • Hair
2004
2005
  • Oklahoma!
  • Sunset Boulevard
  • Kiss Me, Kate
  • South Pacific
2006
2007
  • Sweet Charity
  • Little Me
  • 42nd Street
2008
  • Follies
  • Damn Yankees
  • Mame
2009
  • Crazy for You
  • Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
  • ''The Boyfriend''

    2010s

2010
2011
  • The Boy From Oz
  • Anything Goes
  • Kismet
  • Grey Gardens
2012
  • The Producers
  • Chess
  • Promises, Promises
2013
2014
  • Guys And Dolls
  • Show Boat
  • La Cage aux Folles
2015
  • West Side Story
  • Nice Work If You Can Get It
  • Jerry's Girls
2016
  • Funny Girl
  • Curtains
  • Dusty
2017
  • Hello, Dolly!
  • Jesus Christ Superstar
  • Brigadoon
2018
  • Oklahoma!
  • The Boy from Oz
  • A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
2019
  • Lazarus
  • Thoroughly Modern Millie
  • ''Ragtime''

    Awards

Helpmann Awards

The Production Company's production of Grey Gardens was nominated for the 2012 Helpmann Award for Best Musical. Performers and creatives who have won Helpmann Awards for their work with The Production Company include Pamela Rabe and Nancye Hayes for Grey Gardens, and David Campbell for Sunset Boulevard.

Green Room Awards

The Production Company's production of Chess received the 2012 Melbourne Green Room Award for Outstanding Musical Production.