After the curtain calls ("We Will Rock You (fast version)"), the entire company performs "Bohemian Rhapsody" as an encore. This unique performance is acknowledged by Killer Queen's dialogue: "No, you didn't let me finish, you never let me finish. The character's name is a reference to the lyrics in the Queen song "Bohemian Rhapsody". Fernanda Belinatti (Ensemble) Marjolein Teepen has won the Flemish Musical Award on 18 June 2012. [35] The production closed at this venue on 30 September 2008 to be transferred to Stuttgart. ("Crazy Little Thing Called Love"). A second North American tour launched on 3 September 2019 at the Centennial Concert Hall in Winnipeg, Manitoba and included a stop at the Madison Square Garden in New York City from 14 to 17 November 2019. 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The lead role of Galileo was shared by Momo Cortés and Miquel Fernández. Leo-Alexander Hewitt, Gaumond joined the cast especially to play this role. Simon Fairweather, Rachael John joined the production on 1 November to play Meat. It is said, that enraged by this incredibly ignorant response, the people revolted. The Las Vegas production had previews from 4 August and officially opened on 8 September 2004. Carol Isolani (Ensemble) The character's name is a reference to the Queen song "Killer Queen". On 1 September 2011, the Netherlands production was transferred to Antwerp. About this time, Robert De Niro's production company Tribeca expressed interest in a Queen musical, but it found the original idea difficult to work with. ("Headlong") Of note, the original London production is staged at the Dominion Theatre, which is located above the real Tottenham Court Road tube station. From 2006, the show has been licensed for amateur productions in the UK, with proceeds going to the Mercury Phoenix Trust. Cheshire, CT, Pericles The eleventh longest-running musical in West End history, the London production closed on 31 May 2014 after a final performance in which Brian May and Roger Taylor both performed. Initially, the intent was to create a biographical story of Freddie Mercury. (1) "Bohemian Rhapsody" (2) "Brighton Rock", (1) "Bohemian Rhapsody" (2) "Tie Your Mother Down" (3) "The Show Must Go On". 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