Doyle's Amadeus to Debut at London's Wilton's Music Hall

The upcoming London revival of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus, which will be directed by recent Tony Award-winner John Doyle, is set to debut at Wilton's Music Hall in London's East End.

Doyle gave the information in the Tony Awards pressroom, and also stated that there has been talk of transferring the production to the West End. Doyle's hit revival of Sweeney Todd, for which he won the Best Director of a Musical Tony, is currently playing the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. His acclaimed Cincinnati Playhouse staging of Company, starring Raul Esparza, is also set to bow on Broadway this coming fall. Both productions feature its actors doubling as the show's orchestra; Doyle's Amadeus will employ a similar approach.

The winner of the 1981 Tony Award for Best Play, Amadeus tells the (fictionalized) story of composer Antonio Salieri's rivalry with the brilliant young Mozart. It ran for 1,181 performances upon opening at the Broadhurst Theatre on December 17th, 1980. Ian McKellen, who played Salieri, and director Sir Peter Hall both won Tonys. The 1984 film version, starring Tom Hulce and F. Murray Abraham, also scored numerous Academy Awards, including Best Picture.