{{Short description|Musical}} {{Infobox Musical |name=Call Girl the Musical |image=Call Girl the Musical.jpg |music=Tracy Harvey<br />Jack Howard |lyrics=Tracy Harvey <br /> Doug MacLeod |book= Tracy Harvey <br /> Doug MacLeod |basis= |productions=2009 Melbourne }}
'''''Call Girl the Musical''''' is a musical conceived by Australian TV comedian and writer Tracy Harvey and Doug MacLeod, with musical arrangements from Jack Howard and direction from Bryce Ives.<ref name="Call Girl">{{cite news|url=https://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/taking-time-to-answer-the-call/2008/10/23/1224351405682.html|publisher= The Age newspaper|author=Fiona Scott-Norman|title=Taking Time to answer the call|date=2008-10-24|accessdate=2009-04-09 | location=Melbourne}}</ref>
== Background ==
In 2004, Tracy Harvey started writing a sitcom about a customer contact centre. Script editor Doug MacLeod suggested that the material would make a good musical.<ref>[http://theatrepeople.com.au/feature_articles/2009/january/20090113_callgirl_spruking.htm Diary of a Call Girl: Tracy Harvey]</ref>
The show had a preview season in October 2008 at the Phoenix Theatre in Elwood directed by Bryce Ives and choreographed by Dave Harford.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.webwombat.com.au/entertainment/theatre/reviews/call-girl-the-musical.htm|title=Web Wombat Review: Call Girl the Musical}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://port-phillip-leader.whereilive.com.au/lifestyle/story/dialling-up-memories-to-sing-about-in-elwood/|publisher=Port Phillip Leader newspaper|title=Dialing up memories to sing about in Elwood|date=2008-10-28|accessdate=2009-04-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002101128/http://port-phillip-leader.whereilive.com.au/lifestyle/story/dialling-up-memories-to-sing-about-in-elwood/|archive-date=2009-10-02|url-status=dead}}</ref> The preview season starred Alan Fletcher from the Australian TV soap opera ''Neighbours'', with cameo (voice) appearances from Steve Vizard and Australian TV legend Bert Newton.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24230742-2902,00.html |newspaper=Herald Sun |title=Vizard back with role in Musical |date=2008-08-24 |accessdate=2009-04-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915111218/http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0%2C21985%2C24230742-2902%2C00.html |archivedate=September 15, 2008 }}</ref>
After the preview season, the show was developed and a new season began in April 2009 at Chapel off Chapel, South Yarra.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.callgirlthemusical.com/ |title=Call Girl the Musical Website |access-date=2009-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304071540/http://www.callgirlthemusical.com/ |archive-date=2010-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The 2009 season again featured Tracy Harvey as Jean Brown, with Jeremy Kewley replacing Alan Fletcher as male lead Frank McGee, and featured new voice-overs from Derek Guille.
==Synopsis==
It is a musical comedy set in a telephone call centre, following Jean Brown on her first day at work at "We Care Marketing", a dubious customer contact centre populated by flawed characters - including a money hungry man-eater, a wheeler dealer salesman, a vacuous brat and a desperate-to-prove-himself marketing executive with zero training. Despite her heartfelt reluctance to fleece customers and her sabotage from entrenched employees, Jean puts her best foot forward.
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100304071540/http://www.callgirlthemusical.com/ Official website]
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