⭐ ELTON JOHN & TIM RICE’S AIDA REVIVAL – WEST END PLANS FOR 2023 ⭐
An update of plans to bring the new revival of Elton John & Tim Rice’s Aida to the West End has been revealed.
Schele Williams, who starred in the original Broadway production of Aida and is now set to direct the upcoming revival, shared an update on West End plans for the new production.
Williams spoke to Ayanna Prescod, for Broadway Podcast Network, revealing: “…The show is going to open in Holland in 2023…and then it’s going to play a number of cities, I do imagine it will open on the West End before we come back here (US), it’s never been on the West End, which is pretty exciting, and both Tim and Elton really want it to be in their home… We had it in my home for a while, so I’m really excited to bring it to England…”
With a Grammy and Tony Award-winning score by the legendary Elton John and Tim Rice and a revised book by Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang, the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Aida returns to the stage in a thrilling new production.
The producers of The Lion King and Frozen have reunited the original Tony Award-winning design team of Bob Crowley (scenery and costumes) and Natasha Katz (lighting) to reinterpret their designs in the retelling of this passionate and timeless story for today’s audiences.
Directed by Schele Williams, choreographed by Camille A. Brown and musical supervision by Tony Award-winning Jason Michael Webb, Aida is a compelling tale of star-crossed lovers belonging to feuding nations, torn between their conflicted loyalties to their countries and to each other. With its stirring contemporary score and its powerful love story, Aida reveals that we have the power to change history, but only when we make brave choices and embrace our destiny.
Fingers crossed for 2023! ! !
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