⭐ MICHAEL D. XAVIER TO STAR IN UK PREMIERE OF ROMAN HOLIDAY – THE MUSICAL ⭐
Michael D. Xavier is to lead the UK premiere of the stage musical adaptation of Roman Holiday, it has been revealed.
Award-winning West End and Broadway star
Xavier will play Joe Bradley, originally played by Gregory Peck, in the original Academy Award winning movie.
Michael’s recent credits include the UK & Ireland tour of My Fair Lady, Sunset Boulevard with Glenn Close on Broadway, Olivier Award nominations for Into The Woods at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, and Love Story (Duchess Theatre).
Italian chic, European glamour and the timeless music and songs of the legendary Cole Porter combine in a glittering new stage musical based on the bittersweet movie comedy which made a worldwide star of Audrey Hepburn.
Roman Holiday follows a youthful princess and an American journalist on a frenetic 24-hour adventure through the delights of the Italian capital. Ann, a young princess visiting Rome on a goodwill tour, escapes from the watchful eye of her chaperones. She meets Joe who offers to show her around the city, but Joe’s editor has demanded a story regarding a missing princess.
Through the course of one charming day and eventful night in Rome, Ann and Joe grow closer, but will true romance blossom before Ann has to return to her royal duties…?
Now featuring the unforgettable music of Cole Porter including Easy To Love, You Do Something To Me, In The Still Of The Night, Just One Of Those Things and Night and Day, the beloved movie has been adapted into a dazzling musical by Kirsten Guenther and Paul Blake, who co-wrote the stage version of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas.
Roman Holiday is directed by double Olivier Award winner and Tony Award nominee Jeremy Sams, whose directing credits include Noises Off in the West End and Jason Robert Brown’s 13. He also wrote the script for the West End production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and translated the award-nominated Amour on Broadway.
Roman Holiday is set to play the Theatre Royal Bath, running from 10th June – 1st July 2023, with tickets on sale now.
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Tickets & more info – https://www.theatreroyal.org.uk/event/roman-holiday/
Source – https://theatre-royal-bath.org.uk/524M-PUNT-4DAKZB-K665C-1/c.aspx
