⭐ RUMOUR – THE GREAT GATSBY – A NEW MUSICAL – WEST END RETURN PLANNED ⭐
A West End return of the smash-hit musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s landmark novel THE GREAT GATSBY is being planned, it has been rumoured.
Producers of the show have reportedly been scouting numerous West End theatres recently, with the aim to secure one for the show’s proposed return.
THE GREAT GATSBY made its West End debut last year, completing a successful run at the London Coliseum, which starred Jamie Muscato, Frances Mayli McCann, Corbin Bleu, Amber Davies, Rachel Tucker, Joel Montague, John Owen Jones and more.
THE GREAT GATSBY opened at The Broadway Theatre in April 2024 direct from a record-breaking, sold-out world premiere at Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey in late 2023.
Meet mysterious millionaire, Jay Gatsby. He entertains the rich and famous with riotous parties at his Long Island mansion yet never joins in. Gatsby longs instead to reunite with his former flame Daisy Buchanan, but Daisy comes from another lifetime, long before the money…
THE GREAT GATSBY is directed by award-winning Marc Bruni with choreography by Dominique Kelley, Tony Award-winning costume design by Linda Cho and Outer Critics Circle Award winning scenic and projection design by Paul Tate de Poo III.
The creative team is completed by lighting designer Cory Pattak, sound designer Tony Award winner Brian Ronan, hair & wig designers Drama Desk Award winner Charles G. LaPointe & Rachael Geier. Arrangements are by Jason Howland, orchestrations are by Jason Howland and Kim Scharnberg, and the music producer is Grammy Award winner Billy Jay Stein for Strike Audio.
THE GREAT GATSBY is produced by Chunsoo Shin, acclaimed Korean musical producer, 5-time winner of Korea’s most prestigious theatrical award and OD Company president. Mark Shacket serves as Executive Producer, with General Management by Short Street Productions Ltd. Worldwide management of The Great Gatsby is by Foresight Theatrical.
THE GREAT GATSBY has music & lyrics by Tony Award nominees Jason Howland and Nathan Tysen, with a book by Jonathan Larson Grant winner Kait Kerrigan.
Fingers crossed the show is able to secure a new theatre soon! ! !
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