The acclaimed Broadway star Felicia Boswell will join the cast of West End musical The Drifters Girl. Boswell will play Faye Treadwell, the legendary manager of The Drifters, who, alongside her husband, fought for three decades to turn Atlantic Records’ hottest vocal group into a global phenomenon.
Boswell is an Emmy Award winner and Grammy Award nominee for Jesus Christ Superstar Live. Her Broadway credits include Motown The Musical, Shuffle Along and Memphis, the latter of which saw her win her second Helen Hayes Award.
The Drifters Girl has been entertaining audiences since beginning in Newcastle in October 2021. The show transferred to London’s Garrick Theatre in November 2021. It is booking through until 12 February 2023.
From the highs of hit records and sell out tours to the lows of legal battles and personal tragedy, The Drifters Girl charts the trailblazing efforts of the world’s first African-American, female music manager and how she refused to ever give up on the group she loved.
Felicia Boswell plays Faye Treadwell, with Adam J Bernard, Tarinn Callender, Matt Henry and Tosh Wanogho-Maud as the iconic group. Beverley Knight continues in the role of Faye through to 2 July, with Boswell beginning performances on 5 July.
The cast is completed by Marcus Ayton, Ashford Campbell, Ethan Davis, Vanessa Ela Young, Michael James Stewart, Alanna Leslie, Curtis Scott, and the young actors are Aurora Baptiste, Amari Brown, Savanna Musoni, Savannah Skinner-Henry and Shanyia Tsoto.
Based on an idea by Tina Treadwell and featuring a book by Ed Curtis, The Drifters Girl was co-created by Knight, Bernard, Callender, Henry and Wanogho-Maud. Directed by Jonathan Church, the production features set design by Anthony Ward, choreography by Karen Bruce, costume design by Fay Fullerton, orchestrations and music supervision by Chris Egan, lighting design by Ben Cracknell, sound design by Tom Marshall and video design by Andrzej Goulding. The associate director is Tyrone Huntley and associate choreographer is Myles Brown with casting by Stuart Burt and children’s casting by Jo Hawes. The Drifters Girl is produced by Michael Harrison and David Ian.
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