⭐ BERNADETTE PETERS & LEA SALONGA TO LEAD ALL-STAR WEST END RUN OF STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S OLD FRIENDS ⭐
Cameron Mackintosh has announced there will be a West End run of the critically-acclaimed Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends.
The production will play a 16-week limited season at the Gielgud Theatre from 16th September 2023.
The show will welcome back a variety of stars from the original concert including the multi-award-winning Bernadette Peters (Making her full-length West End debut in the show), Christine Allado (Hamilton, The Prince of Egypt), Janie Dee (Carousel, Follies), Bonnie Langford (42nd Street, 9 to 5) and Jeremy Secomb (Sweeney Todd, Les Misérables).
Set to join them for the season are Broadway & West End legend Lea Salonga (Returning to the London stage for the first time in 27 years), Beatrice Penny-Touré (The Phantom of the Opera, Winner of the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Scholarship), Joanna Riding (Carousel, Follies) and Jac Yarrow (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat).
Further names set to appear during the 16 weeks are to be revealed.
Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends will be directed by Matthew Bourne, side by side with Julia McKenzie, featuring choreography by Stephen Mear, conducted by Alfonso Casado Trigo, musical supervision by Stephen Brooker, musical arrangements by Stephen Metcalfe, set design by Matt Kinley, projection design by George Reeve, lighting design by Warren Letton and sound design by Mick Potter.
Tickets will go on sale on 22nd February – 11am to priority bookers and DMT Plus members, with a general on-sale on 27th February – 11am.
Sondheim’s Old Friends will play the Gielgud Theatre, running from 16th September for a 16-week limited season.
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Tickets & more info – https://sondheimoldfriends.com/
