⭐ CARRIE HOPE FLETCHER, MARIA FRIEDMAN, ROB HOUCHEN, CEDRIC NEAL, LUCY ST LOUIS, SUMMER STRALLEN & MORE ANNOUNCED FOR JOURNEY TO THE PAST CONCERT ⭐
Initial casting has been announced for the Ahrens & Flaherty concert – A Journey to the Past.
Journey to the Past is a West End celebration of the works of the Tony Award-winning and world-renowned musical theatre writing team Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty.
Directed by Maria Friedman, the concert will feature a selection of music from the writing duo’s most beloved works, including Friedman reprising her Olivier Award-winning performance of “Back to Before” from Ragtime.
Principal cast members announced today are Carrie Hope Fletcher (Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella), Rob Houchen (Les Misérables), Cedric Neal (Back To The Future), Lucy St Louis (The Phantom of the Opera) and four-time Olivier Award-nominated Summer Strallen (Young Frankenstein).
Supporting cast members announced today are: Georgia Anderson (Hairspray), Jordan Cunningham (Heathers), Jemal Felix (Kinky Boots), Teddy Hinde (Anyone Can Whistle), Claudia Kariuki (Six) , Nardia Ruth (The Prince of Egypt), Hana Stewart (Six) and Rodney Vubya (Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella).
Further principal and supporting casting will be announced at a later date.
Also announced as apart of the creative team are Simon Lee as Musical Supervisor, Michael Bradley as Musical Director, Nathan M Wright as Choreographer, Leon Kay Casting as Casting Director and Andrew Exeter as Set & Lighting Designer.
Considered the foremost theatrical writing team of their generation Ahrens & Flaherty have 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 newest musical Knoxville is currently making its world premiere in Florida.
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 Ragtime, Seussical, 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 play the Lyric Theatre on the 6th June 2022, for one night only, with tickets on sale now.
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Tickets & more info – https://nimaxtheatres.com/shows/a-journey-to-the-past/
