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Photos: THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA Cast Takes Opening Night Bows

The production opened on Broadway last night, Sunday, September 29th at the Broadhurst Theatre.

By: Sep. 30, 2024
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The New York premiere of Jez Butterworth’s new play The Hills of California, directed by Sam Mendes, opened on Broadway last night, Sunday, September 29th at the Broadhurst Theatre following a limited engagement at the Harold Pinter Theatre on the West End earlier this year. Check out photos of the cast taking their opening night bows below!

Read the reviews of The Hills of California here!

In the sweltering heat of a 1970s summer, the Webb sisters return to their childhood home in Blackpool, an English seaside town, where their mother Veronica lies dying upstairs. Gloria and Ruby now have families of their own. Jill never left. And Joan? No one’s heard from her in twenty years… but Jill insists that their mother’s favorite won’t let them down this time.

The run-down Sea View Guest House is haunted by bittersweet memories of amusement park rides and overdue bills. Back in the 1950s, each night the four young sisters rehearse their singing act, managed by their fiercely loving single mom. But when a record producer offers a shot at fame and a chance to escape, it will cost them all dearly.

The Hills of California features Olivier Award winner and Tony nominee Laura Donnelly as Veronica/Joan; Leanne Best as Gloria; Ophelia Lovibond as Ruby; Helena Wilson as Jill; Nancy Allsop as Young Gloria; Sophia Ally as Young Ruby; Lara McDonnell as Young Joan; and Nicola Turner as Young Jill. The full company also includes David Wilson Barnes, Ta’Rea Campbell, Bryan Dick, Richard Lumsden, Richard Short, Liam Bixby, Ellyn Heald, Max Roll, and Cameron Scoggins. The company understudies are Jessica Baglow, Sawyer Barth, Erin Rose Doyle, Liz Pearce, Q. Smith, and Sadie Veach.

The full creative team for The Hills of California includes Rob Howell (designer), Natasha Chivers (lighting design), Nick Powell (composer, sound design and arrangements), Ellen Kane (choreography), Campbell Young Associates (wigs, hair & makeup design), Candida Caldicot (musical supervision and arrangements), Kate Wilson (dialect coach), Amy Ball (UK casting director, Verity Naughton (UK young persons’ casting director), Jim Carnahan CSA, JV Mercanti (US casting director), Zoé Ford Burnett (UK associate director), Joan Sergay (US associate director), Gemma Fuller (UK associate choreographer), Sara Brians (US associate choreographer), and Charles M. Turner III(production stage manager).

Photo Credit: Bruce Glikas
 

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Ophelia Lovibond and Laura Donnelly

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Leanne Best, Nancy Allsop, Sophia Ally, Ophelia Lovibond, Laura McDonnell, Laura Donnelly, Nicola Turner and Helena Wilson

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The Cast of "The Hills of California"

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The Company of "The Hills of California"





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