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Go away and make a success out of a musical production (3,2)

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I believe the answer is:

hop it

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'go away' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'make a success out of a musical production' is the wordplay.
'make a success' becomes 'hopi' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'out of' suggests deleting specific letters.
'a' becomes 'one'.
'musical production' becomes 'note' (I've seen this in another clue).
'note' with 'one' removed is 't'.
'hopi'+'t'='HOP IT'

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for hop it that I've seen before include "get lost" , "On your bike!" , "Go away (colloq.)" , "Skedaddle!" , "Get away!" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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