Matthew Kelly Leads LEND ME A TENOR At Gielgud Theatre

The full cast has been announced for the West End production of LEND ME A TENOR THE MUSICAL, the uproarious new musical comedy by Peter Sham (book and lyrics) and Brad Carroll (music), which opens at the Gielgud Theatre on 15 June, with previews from 2 June.

Matthew Kelly will star as ‘Henry Saunders' (Executive Director of the Cleveland Grand Opera), Joanna Riding will star as ‘Maria Marelli', Damian Humbley will star as ‘Max' (Henry Saunders' assistant, and the opera prompter), Michael Matus will star as ‘Tito Merelli, (the Great Italian tenor known as 'Il Stupendo'), Sophie-Louise Dann will star as ‘Diana Divane' (Prima Donna of the Cleveland Grand Opera), Cassidy Janson will star as ‘Maggie Saunders' (Henry Saunders' daughter), and Gay Soper, Jane Quinn and Michelle Bishop will star as the ‘Ladies of the Opera Guild'.

It's 1934, and the world's greatest tenor Tito Merelli has come to Cleveland, Ohio, to save its Grand Opera Company by singing Verdi's Otello. When he is unexpectedly incapacitated, Max, the opera director's meek assistant, is given the daunting task of finding a last-minute replacement. Chaos ensues - including a scheming soprano, a tenor-struck ingénue, a jealous wife, shrimp gone bad and the Cleveland Police department.

LEND ME A TENOR THE MUSICAL is a riotous, unpredictable explosion of mistaken identities and unexpected romance - based on the award-winning West End and Broadway hit comedy by Ken Ludwig.

The company also features Jemma Alexander, Karen Aspinall, Natasha J. Barnes, Nick Butcher, Kelly Chinery, Sharon Eckman, Daniel Farrow, Andrew Keelan, Kara Lane, Connor McAllister, Haydn Oakley, Stephen Oliver-Webb, Ryan Pidgen, Jeremy Secomb, Emma Sewell, John Stacey, Robert Traynor, and Michelle White.

This brand-new production is directed by Olivier award-winning director Ian Talbot (High Society, Anything Goes) and choreographed by Tony-nominated choreographer Randy Skinner (42nd Street, White Christmas). The production is designed by Paul Farnsworth, with lighting by Tim Mitchell, and sound by Terry Jardine and Nick Lidster. The Musical Supervisor is Tony Award Winner Paul Gemignani, the Musical Director is Colin Billing, and orchestrations are by Chris Walker.

LEND ME A TENOR THE MUSICAL is produced by Martin Platt and David Elliott and Eileen & Allen Anes.

Listings Information
First preview - 2 June
Booking to 19 November
Performances:
Monday - Saturday @ 7.30pm
Wednesday & Saturday matinees @ 2.30pm
No matinees on Wednesday 8 or 15 June
Special matinee on Thursday 16 June @ 2.30pm
Tickets available from the Gielgud Theatre Box Office on 0844 482 5130 or online at:
www.tenorthemusical.co.uk / www.delfontmackintosh.co.uk
On-sale from Friday 15 April 2011
Tickets £10- £62.50
Reduced price previews £10 - £40

 

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