⭐ CLARE BURT JOINS STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S OLD FRIENDS ⭐
Clare Burt will join the company of STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S OLD FRIENDS it has been announced.
This follows the news last week that Haydn Gwynne had to withdraw from the production owing to sudden personal circumstances.
Cameron Mackintosh said today “I am so thrilled that another wonderfully talented Old Friend, Clare Burt, who started out with me in the early years of both CATS and LES MISÉRABLES and is now a much-loved leading stage and screen actress, has literally stepped off a plane in order to step in for Haydn Gwynne who, sadly, had to suddenly withdraw last week. Our Old Friends cast is now complete and this sensational all-star ensemble is raring to strut their extraordinary stuff from Thursday 21st September at the Gielgud Theatre”.
The cast of STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S OLD FRIENDS is led by Broadway Legends Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga. They are joined by Christine Allado, Clare Burt, Janie Dee, Damian Humbley, Bradley Jaden, Bonnie Langford, Gavin Lee, Jason Pennycooke, Joanna Riding, Jeremy Secomb, Jac Yarrow, Marley Fenton and Beatrice Penny-Touré. The company also includes Harry Apps, Bella Brown, Richard Dempsey and Monique Young, completing a cast that is truly the best of the West End and Broadway.
Celebrating the life and work of the great Stephen Sondheim, last year’s Gala performance of Old Friends won the Best Theatre Event at the 2023 WhatsOnStage Awards. It sold out within a couple of hours last year leaving thousands of disappointed fans unable to get tickets. Now by popular demand, audiences will have another chance to see the never to be forgotten and one of the most talked about theatrical events of the year.
Devised and Produced by Cameron Mackintosh, STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S OLD FRIENDS has direction & musical staging by Matthew Bourne, side by side with Julia McKenzie, with choreography by Stephen Mear, conducted by Alfonso Casado Trigo, musical supervision is by Stephen Brooker, musical arrangements by Stephen Metcalfe, set design by Matt Kinley, projection design by George Reeve, costume design by Jill Parker, lighting design by Warren Letton and sound design by Mick Potter.
STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S OLD FRIENDS will play the Gielgud Theatre, running from 16th September for a 16-week limited season, with tickets on sale now.
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Tickets & more info – https://sondheimoldfriends.com/
Photo credit – Matt Crockett
