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PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT's Tony Sheldon to be Featured on WEEKEND TODAY, 10/22

By: Oct. 21, 2011
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PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL's Tony Award® nominated star and original Australian leading man Tony Sheldon, will sit down live with NBC 4 "Weekend Today in New York" anchor Pat Battle tomorrow morning, Saturday, October 22 in the 9:30am half hour to discuss starring in the Tony Award® winning hit musical, and introduce NBC 4's "Meg-A-Phone" exclusive Australian Northern Territory adventure contest giveaway.

To enter the contest, tune in between 9 -10AM and play a live interactive trivia game on your mobile phone for your chance to win. Contestants will be asked trivia questions related to PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT and general Australian trivia.

Five finalists will each win a pair of tickets to the Broadway musical on a future date. The grand prize winner, who will be selected at random and announced at the end of the performance, will receive round-trip travel from New York to famed Uluru (Ayers Rock) in Australia's Northern Territory - the setting for the Broadway show; hotel accommodations for five nights; and a touring itinerary for the trip, including some of Australia's most iconic landMark Destinations such as Uluru (Ayers Rock), Kings Canyon and Alice Springs.

PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT is the most successful Australian musical of all time, and the lucky grand prize winner will get to experience first-hand many of the landmarks visited in the show.

For complete rules, regulations and prize details, visit: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/on-air/contests/PriscillaQueenoftheDesertOutbackGetaway.html

Bette Midler proudly presents the most outrageously fun musical on Broadway, PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT! This spectacular show tells the story of three best friends on the wildest road trip ever. With over 500 dazzling costumes and a hit parade of dance-floor favorites including "It's Raining Men" and "I Will Survive," PRISCILLA promises the two happiest hours on Broadway!

PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL opened to critical acclaim on March 20 at the Palace Theatre (1564 Broadway). NY-1 News raved "Beneath all that glitz beats a great big sequined heart!" WOR Radio sang "All the songs you've loved for years will blow you out of your seat!" and the New York Post crowned Priscilla "Queen of Broadway! A feel-good show with a big, joyous heart. Priscilla ramps up the thrills!"

PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL stars Tony Award® nominee Will Swenson, Tony Award® nominee Tony Sheldon and Nick Adams as the trio of friends on a heart-warming, uplifting road trip of a lifetime who hop aboard a battered old bus searching for love and friendship in the middle of the Australian outback and end up finding more than they could ever have dreamed.

Adapted from the Academy Award® winning film The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL is written by Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott. Direction is by Simon Phillips, choreography by Ross Coleman, musical supervision and arrangements by Stephen ‘Spud' Murphy and set design by Brian Thomson and costumes by Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner. Production supervised by Jerry Mitchell. Lighting is designed by Nick Schlieper, sound design is by Jonathan Deans and Peter Fitzgerald and make up design is by Cassie Hanlon.

For more information, visit: www.priscillaonbroadway.com

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AUSTRALIA'S NORTHERN TERRITORY. Travel has never been more exciting in the Northern Territory, Australia's real Outback. Over three times the size of California, yet with only two hundred thousand inhabitants, it's not surprising that Australia's Northern Territory represents nature on a grand scale! Trek across iconic natural landscapes, canoe through imposing gorges and discover the NT's hidden gems on a four-wheel drive adventure. Experience Aboriginal culture and its 50,000-year-old story, and write your own as you explore from the Red Centre to the tropical north. For more information, visit: www.AustraliasOutback.com

 

Photo Credit: Monica Simoes




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