Olivier Award-winner Giles Terera will star as Darryl Van Horne in a special concert performance of The Witches Of Eastwick for one night only this summer.
The Hamilton star will play the devilish central character in a production directed by triple Olivier Award-winner Maria Friedman with musical staging by double Olivier Award-winning choreographer Stephen Mear at the Sondheim Theatre on 20 June 2022. Full casting will be announced at a later date.
Produced by Jack Maple, by arrangement with Cameron Mackintosh Ltd, the concert will mark the first time the musical has been seen in London since the original production which starred Friedman and opened at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in 2000 before transferring to the Prince of Wales Theatre in 2001.
Announcing the concert, Mackintosh said: “I’m really thrilled that Jack Maple is conjuring up the wickedly funny Witches Of Eastwick again, for one night only in concert with a glorious cast at the Sondheim Theatre. It has always been one of my favourite scores, which I’m very much looking forward to hearing in its full splendour.”
Friedman added: “I’m so incredibly excited to be revisiting Eastwick after all these years. To be reunited with the fantastic Stephen Mear and to have the opportunity to bring this beloved musical back to London, and at the simply stunning Sondheim Theatre, for one night only is an absolute thrill and I can’t wait to get started.”
Based on John Updike’s 1984 novel which in turn inspired the hit 1987 film starring Jack Nicholson alongside Cher, Michelle Pfeiffer and Susan Sarandon, The Witches Of Eastwick has a book and lyrics by John Dempsey and music by Dana P. Rowe (the co-writers of Zombie Prom and The Fix).
Produced by Mackintosh and directed by Eric Schaeffer, the musical debuted in London in June 2000 with a production starring Ian McShane as Darryl Van Horne, Friedman as Suki, Lucie Arnaz as Alexandra and Joanna Riding as Jane. Schaeffer also directed the US premiere in 2007 in Arlington, Virginia. A production directed by Nikolai Foster with Marti Pellow starring as Van Horne toured the UK from 2008.
Angela Thomas
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