Arthur Darvill and Evening Standard Award-nominee Patrick Vaill are among a number of returning cast members who will feature in the eagerly anticipated West End transfer of the Young Vic’s recent sold-out production of Oklahoma!
Darvill (Sweet Charity, Donmar Warehouse, Once, West End/Broadway) will reprise his performance as Curly McLain, alongside Vaill (Oklahoma!, Broadway, Cabaret, Roundabout Theatre company US tour) as Jud Fry, James Patrick Davis (winner of the Theatre World Award for breakthrough performance in Oklahoma! on Broadway) as Will Parker, Stavros Demetraki (Peter Pan, Birmingham Rep, The Vote, Donmar Warehouse) as Ali Hakim, Greg Hicks (Coriolanus, Old Vic, King Lear, RSC as Andrew Carnes, Rebekah Hinds (The Little Prince – Concert, Savoy Theatre, Billy Liar, Royal Exchange) as Gertie Cummings, Anoushka Lucas (Jesus Christ Superstar, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, After Life, National Theatre) as Laurey Williams, Marie-Astrid Mence (The Suit, House of Dreams, Ballet Black) as Lead Dancer, and Liza Sadovy (Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, Playhouse Theatre, Company, Donmar Warehouse/West End) as Aunt Eller. The full cast will be announced soon.
Presented by Eva Price, Sonia Friedman Productions and Michael Harrison in association with the Young Vic, Daniel Fish’s innovative 2019 Tony Award-winning revival will begin preview performances at London’s Wyndham’s Theatre on 16 February 2023 ahead of an opening night on 28 February 2023.
The producers of the West End transfer have set aside a number of £10 tickets for Monday-Wednesday performances to be offered directly to those currently under-represented in West End theatre audiences. The tickets are being made available through an outreach programme run by Sita McIntosh of Inclusive Audiences.
Before arriving in London, the Bard SummerScape production of Oklahoma! made its debut at St. Ann’s Warehouse in New York, before arriving on Broadway where the production won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Musical Revival.
Re-orchestrated and re-imagined for the 21st century, Fish’s critic and crowd-pleasing version of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein’s musical, features orchestrations, arrangements and music supervision by Daniel Kluger, choreography by John Heginbotham, scenic design by Lael Jellinek and Grace Laubacher, costume design by Terese Wadden, lighting design by Scott Zielinski, sound design by Drew Levy, projection design by Joshua Thorson, with co music supervision and additional vocal arrangements by Nathan Koci.
Based on the 1939 play Green Grow the Lilacs by Lynn Riggs, Oklahoma! was first seen on Broadway in 1943. The production featured original choreography by Agnes de Mille. First seen in the West End in 1947, the musical was famously made into an Oscar-winning 1955 film. The enduringly popular musical has been revived on Broadway and in the West End numerous times.
Angela Thomas
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