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David Campbell

David Campbell is an Australian entertainer.
His father is Jimmy Barnes who often performs with him. He got top musical honours at the 2006 Helpmann Awards as Best Male Actor in a Musical for his performance in Sunset Boulevard. Has a platinum album The Swing Sessions. David has enjoyed an extensive career in musical theatre, which has been recognised by a host of awards. After years on the New York stage, David returned to Australia in 1999 to take the lead of Johnny O'Keefe in the record breaking rock'n'roll musical Shout!

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Richard O'Brien

Richard O'Brien (born Richard Timothy Smith on March 25, 1942 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK) is a writer and performer. He is best known for writing the musical The Rocky Horror Show and its 1975 film adaptation The Rocky Horror Picture Show, in which he played the character of Riff-Raff. The stage show has been in almost continuous production since, and the cinematic version is one of the best known and most ardently followed cult films of all time.

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Andrea Martin

There is more than one singer to go by the name Andrea Martin: 1) Andrea Martin is primarially known as a songwriter and producer for famous artists like Toni Braxton, Monica, En Vogue, The Braxtons, Leela James, Leona Lewis and Jordin Sparks. She has released one album of her own (The Best Of Me, 1998) as well as a few singles. She appears as back-up vocal on many albums. Some of her biggest hits as a producer include Better In Time (Leona Lewis), Don't Let Go (Love) (En Vogue) and Breathe (Blu Cantrell).

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Patti LuPone

Patti LuPone (born April 21, 1949 in Northport, Long Island, New York) is an American singer and actress. She is most famous stage for her Tony Award-winning roles in Evita (1979) and Gypsy (2008). LuPone has also appeared in the 1987 revival of Anything Goes and 2005 revival of Sweeney Todd. She has achieved iconic status for her involvement in productions of Les Miserables, Sunset Blvd., Noises Off, Company, Candide, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Oliver!, The Three Sisters, and Master Class.

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Harold Arlen

Harold Arlen (February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986)
Was an American composer of popular music. Having written over 400 songs, a number of which have become known the world over, Arlen is a highly regarded contributor to the Great American Songbook. His 1938 song "Over the Rainbow” was voted the twentieth century's No. 1 song by the Recording Industry Association of America Biography Arlen was born Hyman Arluck, in Buffalo, New York, the child of a Jewish cantor.

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Donny Osmond

Donald Clark Osmond, born December 9, 1957 is a pop icon. One of the biggest teen idols of the 1970s, he's continued to reinvent himself over the course of his 40 plus year career. Donny Osmond's biggest hit came from the 1998 Walt Disney Pictures movie "Mulan." Osmond sang the hugely inspirational song "I'll Make A Man Out Of You." The song is loved by people young and old. At the age of five, he stepped out onto the Andy Williams Show soundstage, and instantly won the hearts of viewers.

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Kerry Ellis

Kerry Ellis (born May 6, 1979) is a British stage actress currently starring in the lead role of Elphaba in the West End production of the musical Wicked after taking over the role from Idina Menzel, for whom she originally served as standby. Among her previous notable roles are as Fantine in the West End production of Les Miserables and as Meat in the original London production of We Will Rock You.

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