Joanne Clifton will feature in the cast of Face the Music at Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre, Walthamstow
All Star Productions is presenting the first UK stage production of Irving Berlin and Moss Hart’s musical comedy Face the Music at Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre, Walthamstow from 9 June to 3 July (press night is 12 June).
In the cast will be Joanne Clifton (World and European Professional Ballroom Dancing Champion, Strictly Come Dancing pro dancer 2014) as Street Walker, David Anthony as Martin Van Buren Meshbesher, Laurel Dougall as Mrs Myrtle Meshbesher, Samuel Haughton as Hal Reisman, Joanna Hughes as Kit Baker, Alessandro Lubrano as Pat Mason, James Houlbrook as O’Rourke, Ceris Hine as Pickles Crouse, Lewis Dewar Foley as Joe Marlarkey, Lewis Asquith as Rodney St Clair, Ross McNeill as Uncle Sam, Kirsten Stark as Pratt Sister, Emily McAvoy as Pratt Sister and Daniel-James Webster as Defence Lawyer.
Producer Hal Reisman desperately seeks backers for his Broadway show. Because of the Great Depression, once rich investors are ‘Lunching At the Automat’. In his search, Reisman meets crooked policemen who need to get rid of their illegal money before they are found out. The corrupt police chief Martin van Buren Meshbesher and his eccentric wife Myrtle become investors in the show, expecting it to be a failure. However, when risqué material is added, the show is raided and the government tries to close it and the flop becomes an instant hit because of the publicity.
The show opened on Broadway on 17 February 1932, playing for 165 performances. After lying dormant for nearly 70 years, the show was restored with an adaptation by David Ives for presentation at New York City Center Encores!
With both music and lyrics composed by Irving Berlin, the snappy musical features such memorable numbers as ‘Let’s Have Another Cup of Coffee‘, ‘Soft Lights and Sweet Music’, ‘Manhattan Madness’, and ‘I Say It’s Spinach (And the Hell With It)’.
The creative team is lead by director Brendan Matthew and musical director Aaron Clingham, who were both nominated in the Broadway World Awards last year for their work on All Star Productions’ production of The Apple Tree. Choreographer by Sally Brooks, design is by Joana Dias and lighting design is by Sky Bembury.
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