The producers of the stage musical version of The Prince of Egypt have revealed the full creative team for the London premiere of the show early next year.
As previously announced the musical will be directed by Scott Schwartz (Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame) and choreographed by Sean Cheesman (So You Think You Can Dance).
They will be joined by Chicago-based set designer Kevin Depinet; Tony Award-winning costume designer Ann Hould-Ward (Disney’s Beauty and the Beast); double LA Ovation Award nominated lighting designer Mike Billings; triple Olivier Award-winning and double Tony Award-nominated sound designer Gareth Owen (Come From Away); Olivier Award-winning and Tony Award nominated projection designer Jon Driscoll (Ink, Brief Encounter) and acclaimed illusion designer Chris Fisher (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Company) with orchestrations by Olivier Award-winner and Tony Award and Grammy nominee August Eriksmoen (Come From Away); musical supervision and arrangements by Dominick Amendum (Wicked), musical direction by Dave Rose (Wicked) and casting by Jim Arnold (Wicked).
Produced by Dreamworks Theatricals (a division of Universal Theatrical Group), Michael McCabe and Neil Laidlaw, The Prince Of Egypt will open at the Dominion Theatre on 5 February 2020 for a limited 32-week run. Tickets will go on sale on Monday (3 June) at 10am.
Featuring 10 new songs written by Stephen Schwartz (Wicked) and a book by Phillip LaZebnik (Disney’s Mulan and Pocahontas), the musical version of the DreamWorks animated film also includes the movie’s Oscar winning song ‘When You Believe’ along with ‘Deliver Us’, ‘All I Ever Wanted’ and ‘Through Heaven’s Eyes’.
Based on the hit DreamWorks’ animated film which recently celebrated its 20th anniversary, the stage version originally premiered at TheatreWorks in Silicon Valley in the US in 2017 and has been seen at Denmark’s Fredericia Teater. The revised version of the show which includes a new song and new material was showcased at a private reading in London earlier this year.
Angela Thomas
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