Groundhog Day The Musical made its Australian Premiere at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre on Thursday February 1st - (incidentally February 2nd is the actual Groundhog Day).

Direct from its record-breaking return season at London’s Old Vic, the Australian production will play a 13-week season in Melbourne. 

Groundhog Day the Musical is a gloriously joyful and heart-warming production from the award-winning minds of Australia’s one and only Tim Minchin AM, the writer of the iconic 1993 film Danny Rubin and director Matthew Warchus. 

Broadway Veteran Andy Karl returns to Groundhog Day after his critically-acclaimed reprisal at London’s Old Vic as ‘Phil Connors,’ the role he originated on Broadway which won him an Olivier Award and a Tony Nomination; the third of his Tony nominations.
He was previously seen in the Broadway revival of Into The Woods as both ‘Rapunzel’s Prince’ and ‘Cinderella’s Prince/The Wolf,’ and leading the Broadway musical Pretty Woman as ‘Edward Lewis.’
Other notable theatre credits include the Broadway revival of On the Twentieth Century, the title role in Rocky, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 9 to 5, Legally Blonde, Wicked, The Wedding Singer, and Saturday Night Fever.
On television he appeared in Season 17 of Law & Order: SVU as “Sergeant Mike Dodds.”,  and also The Good Fight and Blue Bloods. 
The production also features Elise McCann, who is most well-known for originating the role of Miss Honey in the Australian production of Matilda for which she won the 2016 Helpmann Award.
Her breadth of musical theatre experience is extensive with celebrated credits that include Lucille Ball in Everybody Loves Lucy, Mary Flynn in Merrily We Roll Along and most recently for her performance as Donna in the 2023 20th Anniversary Tour of MAMMA MIA! the Musical.  Further theatre credits include The Last Five Years, The Wedding Singer; Oklahoma, Brigadoon, South Pacific, Doctor Zhivago, Fiddler on the Roof, Falsettos, Into The Woods, Little Women and My Fair Lady. 
Andy and Elise were recently in Sydney where we caught up to discuss the extraordinary show they’re currently navigating and the many joys and challenges of a career in musical theatre.
Groundhog Day - The Musical plays the Princess Theatre in Melbourne until April 20th.
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