Jerry Hall Leaves London's High Society Due to Illness
By: BWW News Desk Nov. 01, 2005
Jerry Hall will depart the West End production of Cole Porter's High Society due to glandular fever, according to BBC News.
"My doctor has said that I must have a period of complete rest, but that I may be able to return to the production in the future," she sadly stated. Hall, who plays Mother Lord in the musical, is a Texas-born model and actress (the London production of The Graduate) who is perhaps best known for her one-time marriage to Mick Jagger. She was previously stricken with glandular fever last year; it caused her to drop out My Darlin' Janey, a one-woman show about Calamity Jane.High Society, which received mostly tepid reviews upon opening on October 10th, is currently running at the Shaftesbury Theatre, where it is booked through March 25th, 2006. Directed by Ian Talbot, the show was previously at hit at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park and in aUK
The production's set and costume designs are by Paul Farnsworth, musical direction is by
James Dunsmore, choreography is by Gillian Gregory and lighting design
by Jason Taylor.A Broadway production of High Society, which ran for 144 performances in 1998, starred Melissa Errico, Marc Kudisch, Stephen Bogardus, John McMartin, Randy Graff and others.
"My doctor has said that I must have a period of complete rest, but that I may be able to return to the production in the future," she sadly stated. Hall, who plays Mother Lord in the musical, is a Texas-born model and actress (the London production of The Graduate) who is perhaps best known for her one-time marriage to Mick Jagger. She was previously stricken with glandular fever last year; it caused her to drop out My Darlin' Janey, a one-woman show about Calamity Jane.High Society, which received mostly tepid reviews upon opening on October 10th, is currently running at the Shaftesbury Theatre, where it is booked through March 25th, 2006. Directed by Ian Talbot, the show was previously at hit at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park and in a
"Wealthy, elegant and priggish, Tracy Lord is about to em
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