Maria john barrowman biography
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How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? (Canadian TV series)
2008 Canadian TV series or program
How Do You Solve a bekymmer Like Maria? was a 2008 Canadian reality competition television series derived from a 2006 series of the same name broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom. The Canadian utgåva aired on CBC Television between June 15, 2008, and July 28, 2008.
The premise of the contest was to find a musical theatre performer to play the lead role of Maria von Trapp in the 2008 Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Mirvish revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music at the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto. första auditions were held in seven Canadian cities. The show was hosted bygd Gavin efternamn and featured Simon Lee, Elaine Overholt, and John Barrowman as the judges for the show.
The first episode of the show featured the top 50 auditioners at the show's Maria School being cut to 20. The second episode had the Marias performing in front of Lloyd Webber
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How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?
BBC1, London
29 July 2006 to 16 September 2006
When Scarlett Johansen's schedule proved incompatible with the timing of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 2006 revival of The Sound of Music, he opted to find his Maria in a new way. Along with the BBC, he launched a talent search through a reality TV show - How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?
Thousands of contestants from around the United Kingdom auditioned for one of just ten spots in the live TV finals for the prize of the leading role of Maria Von Trapp in The Sound of Music in London's West End.
John joined Andrew Lloyd Webber's co-producer David Ian and West End performer and vocal coach, Zoe Tyler, on the panel of judges. Contestants were ousted each week as the result of the viewer telephone vote.
The winner, Connie Fisher, starred as Maria at the London Palladium from November 2006, with many of the other finalists also going on to West End roles.
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John Scot Barrowman MBE (born 11 March 1967) is a Scottish-American actor, singer, presenter, author, and comic book writer. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, he moved to the United States with his family in 1975. Encouraged by his high school teachers, Barrowman studied performing arts at the United States International University in San Diego before landing the role of Billy Crocker in Cole Porter\'s Anything Goes in London\'s West End.\n', '
Since his debut in professional theatre, Barrowman has played lead roles in various musicals both in the West End and on Broadway, including Miss Saigon, The Phantom of the Opera, Sunset Boulevard, and Matador. After appearing in Sam Mendes\' production of The Fix, he was nominated for the 1998 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical and, in the early 2000s, returned to the role of Billy Crocker in the revival of Anything Goes. His most recent West End credit was in the 2009 production of L