⭐ A JOURNEY TO THE PAST – AHRENS & FLAHERTY CONCERT – DIRECTED BY MARIA FRIEDMAN – ANNOUNCED FOR LYRIC THEATRE ⭐
Olivier Award winner Maria Friedman will direct and perform in A Journey to the Past, a West End celebration of the works of the Tony Award-winning and world-renowned musical theatre writing team Ahrens & Flaherty.
The musical celebration will feature a selection of music from the writing duo’s most beloved works, including Maria Friedman reprising her Olivier Award-winning performance of “Back to Before” from Ragtime.
Joining Maria Friedman in the creative team are Simon Lee as Musical Supervisor, Michael Bradley as Musical Director, Leon Kay Casting as Casting Director and Andrew Exeter as Set & Lighting Designer.
Casting will be announced at a later date.
Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty are considered the foremost theatrical writing team of their generation. They won Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for the Broadway hit Ragtime and were nominated for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globes for Twentieth Century Fox’s animated feature film Anastasia, which they also adapted for the Broadway stage.
Their musical Once On This Island won London’s Olivier Award and Broadway’s 2018 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. Other theatre credits include Seussical (one of the most produced shows in America); Rocky, My Favourite Year, Chita Rivera – The Dancer’s Life, Dessa Rose, A Man of No Importance, The Glorious Ones, Lucky Stiff and two upcoming shows, Knoxville and Little Dancer.
A Journey to the Past will be performed for one-night only on 6th June – 7:30PM, at the Lyric Theatre, with tickets on sale now.
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Tickets & more info – https://nimaxtheatres.com/shows/a-journey-to-the-past/
