⭐ SINATRA THE MUSICAL – INITIAL WEST END CASTING ANNOUNCED ⭐
Initial casting for the West End premiere of SINATRA THE MUSICAL
Joel Harper-Jackson will play Frank Sinatra in SINATRA THE MUSICAL – the West End premiere of the new musical based on the life and career of the legendary artist and cultural icon.
He is joined by Ana Villafañe as the movie goddess Ava Gardner and Phoebe Panaretos as Frank’s first wife, Nancy Sinatra.
SINATRA THE MUSICAL is brought to the stage by a world class creative team including two-time Tony Award-winning writer Joe DiPietro and Olivier Award-winning and three-time Tony Award-winning director & choreographer, Kathleen Marshall.
It is New Year’s Eve, 1942, and a skinny 27-year-old Italian-American singer is about to step onto the stage of New York City’s Paramount Theatre and give a performance that will change music history. But as Frank Sinatra’s voice captures a nation, his heart is torn between his wife, Nancy, and movie goddess, Ava Gardner. When scandal and a hostile press send his career into a tailspin, the young crooner fights back and stages the greatest comeback in show business history.
SINATRA THE MUSICAL features over twenty classic hits, including “That’s Life”, “One For My Baby”, “The Best Is Yet to Come” and “I‘ve Got the World on a String”.
Featuring an orchestra of seventeen musicians with musical supervision by Gareth Valentine, the creative team also includes set design by Olivier Award-winning Peter McKintosh, costume design by Jon Morrell, lighting design by Bruno Poet, sound design by Jonathan Deans, video design by Akhila Krishnan, wigs, hair & make-up design by Campbell Young Associates, orchestrations by Larry Blank & John Clayton, arrangements by Ian Eisendrath, dance arrangements by David Chase, casting direction by David Grindrod, CDG for Grindrod Burton Casting, US casting direction by Jim Carnahan, US Casting by Jason Thinger (Carnahan) and associate choreography by Carol Lee Meadows.
SINATRA THE MUSICAL will play the Aldwych Theatre, with performances from 3rd June 2026, with tickets on sale now.
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