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dream love at the jukebox musical based on the story of legendary singer-songwriter and actor Bobby Darin opens in Melbourne on Year's Eve David Campbell will star and has formed a special bond with Darren's son who grew up in that Hollywood world Joe Hall met them they've lived parallel lives both sons of famous fathers David's being Ozzy rock star Jimmy Barnes while Dodds dad was all round entertainer Bobby Darin he lived for applause some people live for art or sports or what he lived for applause that was his drug that was his sustenance in a true story stranger than fiction both David and Bobby also grew up believing their mother was their sister and their grandmother their mother when you've been lied to as we talked about in the story most of your life especially in my formative years and then peoples go oh no that's not the case at all that's a shocking thing for a 10 to 12 year old or in his case in his thirties it's something that took an emotional toll on both stars it really it crushed him he was never the same but David says because it's a shared story it's helped with his portrayal you know I'm living out my own demons on stage every night and Bobby stone I really when that scene happens when the song more kicks in it's it's powerful stuff dream lover the Bobby Darin musical is based on he's short but extraordinary life 37 December 1973 he died from heart complications caused by contracting rheumatic fever as a child was never really healthy and ultimately that claimed him the show includes 34 Bobby Darin hits from the 50s and 60s including Mack the Knife beyond the sea and the multi-million seller dream lover [Music] as Dodd and David explained it's also very much a love story but not always a pretty one Dodd's mother was movie star Sandra Dee their story was it looked lamb wrists it looked perfect from the outside but far from it in reality this is a Woodson all telling of someone's live we don't sugarcoat anything I don't think and it's raw but dream lover also captures the glamor and passion of the big band era the Rat Pack in Vegas and the Golden Age of Hollywood [Music] it's the electricity of wind Mack the Knife starts at the top of the show that you just that the audience just their backs go up right and there's an 18-piece big band and they know they're in for a treat a treat already experienced by many a devoted fan there's a great responsibility not only the storytelling but in the memories that people bring to it and their own experience the men have clearly formed a bond since the show was first staged in Sydney last year this man and his team an amazing job they have done my family proud in a way that many many others tried and couldn't so wall dodd will be watching david up on stage playing his dad it's not beyond the realms of possibility that one day david will be watching someone else play jimmy if that day ever comes as well we'll be talking again i hope they'll be alive dad what am I doing here this guy is killing me this guy's playing my dad's killing me here I hope so dream lover opens at the Art Center on New Year's Eve for a limited season [Music] Joe Hall nine years

Channel: Dream Lover

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Keywords: dream lover, bobby darin, musical, melbourne, theatre

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Length: 3min 49sec (229 seconds)

Published: Wed Nov 01 2017