Olivier Award-nominee Frances Mayli McCann will star opposite Broadway actor Jeremy Jordan in the two sold-out performances of Bonnie And Clyde In Concert at the newly refurbished Theatre Royal Drury Lane early next year.
McCann (Heathers The Musical, Theatre Royal Haymarket, Evita, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre) will step into the role of Bonnie, replacing the previously announced Laura Osnes who will no longer be making her London debut in the production.
Jordan (Newsies, Waitress, Broadway) and McCann will be joined by Olivier Award winner George Maguire (Sunny Afternoon, Harold Pinter Theatre, 35mm: A Musical Exhibition, The Other Palace), Natalie McQueen (9 to 5: The Musical, Savoy Theatre, Wicked, Apollo Victoria), Trevor Dion Nicholas (Hamilton, Victoria Palace Theatre, Aladdin, Prince Edward Theatre) and Liam Tamne (The Prince of Egypt, Dominion Theatre, The Phantom of the Opera, Her Majesty’s Theatre).
The cast is completed by Casey Al-Shaqsy (The Prince of Egypt, Dominion Theatre), Simon Anthony (The Wedding Singer, UK tour), Gillian Bevan (Into the Woods, Royal Exchange, Manchester), Eloise Davies (Be More Chill, Shaftesbury Theatre), Adrian Grove (Follies, National Theatre), Debbie Kurup (Girl From The North Country, The Old Vic), Matthew Malthouse (Anything Goes, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane), Jeremy Secomb (Jerry Springer – The Opera, Cambridge Theatre), Russell Wilcox (Billy Elliot, Victoria Palace) and Julie Yammanee (Lazarus, King’s Cross Theatre).
Presented by Fourth Wall Live, the performances on 17 and 18 January 2022 will be directed by Nick Winston (Rock of Ages, Fame, Chess in Concert) with musical direction by Katy Richardson (Six, Rent, Jersey Boys).
The creative team for the production also includes assistant director Alexzandra Sarmiento, lighting designer Zoe Spurr, set and costume designer Philip Whitcomb, sound designer Tom Marshall, production manager Phil McCandlish, company stage manager Graham Harrison, deputy stage manager Anne Baxter, assistant stage manager Tom Fisher and dialect coach Charmian Hoare. Children’s casting is by Keston and Keston.
The band is made up of assistant musical director Chris Poon (keys 2), Kate Ingram (reed 1), Hannah Lawrance (reed 2), Kobi Pham (guitar 1),
Bonnie And Clyde In Concert is produced by Fourth Wall Live and co-produced by DLAP Group, Jason Haigh-Ellery and David Treatman Creative.
First seen on Broadway in 2011, Bonnie And Clyde features music by Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll and Hyde, The Scarlett Pimpernel), lyrics by Don Black (Tell Me On a Sunday, Sunset Boulevard, Mrs Henderson Presents) and book by Ivan Menchell (The Prince and The Pauper Musical).
Inspired by the story of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, their passionate love affair and their violent crime spree during the Great Depression, the musical features the songs ‘Raise a Little Hell’, ‘This World Will Remember Me’ and ‘Made in America’.
Angela Thomas
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