Ben Apfelbaum

LIZA’S BACK (IS BROKEN) @ THE HAYES THEATRE

All images by Ben Apfelbaum.

This cabaret gem was created by Trevor Ashley (as Liza), Phil Scott and Max Lambert.

Liza Minnelli is a Broadway legend and when she performed a few years ago at the Opera House, she garnered rave reviews.  However the writing trio noticed that her appearances on the musical stage have been infrequent and she has only sung in a couple of true movie musicals.

In another universe where she has performed in all the great and more recent Broadway musicals, how would she have sung in A Little Night Music, Wicked, Cats or Sunset Boulevarde? Well…Trevor Ashley answers these questions when his Liza sings a Broadway repertoire which she never has, but possibly should have.

Trevor Ashley however does ignore her classics so you will hear  Maybe This Time, Cabaret, and New York New York!

Trevor Ashley is a three time Helpmann Award nominee and premieres this new show with a seven piece big band at the Hayes Theatre, Potts Point. The season runs from the 8th to the 18th September. For more details visit www.hayestheatre.com.au or phone 0280657337.

Published by Ben Apfelbaum

My photography began when my father handed me the proverbial brownie box camera as a child. As cameras developed I went through Fujica and Olympus range finders graduating to my first single lens reflex camera, the Minolta SRT101, the latter being the greatest facilitator to my growth as a photographer. Digital photography has only added to this. I was a regular contributor to Camera Craft magazine (Australian Camera ) for over three years. During Australia’s Bicentennial year (1988) I made it a personal project to document the celebrations. This culminated in the creation of a book of my photos which was published in 1989. The book was called CELEBRATING AUSTRALIA and came with an accompanying calendar. My works have appeared in a number of publications including the coffee book entitled MY AUSTRALIA (1989), publisher Robertsbridge Severn. This book had a preface by the then Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke. I was a co-photographer on a book entitled SYDNEY- DISCOVER THE CITY with text written by Robert Treborland. Major Mitchell Press was the publisher. Also for two years I was the photographer for calendars celebrating Sydney’s multicultural communities. The two calendars were entitled MULTICULTURAL SYDNEY. My work appeared in a group exhibition held at Sydney’s Town Hall pertaining to the diversity of life in South America to raise money for orphanages there. I have over one hundred photos stored in the New South Wales State Library archive. I had a solo exhibition held in 2007 entitled Ben’s Lens at the Sydney Jewish Museum which celebrated the vibrancy of the Sydney Jewish community. Some of these photos are on the Museum’s permanent display. I have exhibited internationally firstly at the Spruill Gallery in Atlanta Georgia, united states, and in an exhibition entitled Kosher and Co at the Jewish Museum in Berlin. Currently I am a regular contributor to J-Wire and this esteemed publication.