Tyrone Huntley and Oti Mabuse. Picture: Mark Senior
Award-winning actor Tyrone Huntley will make his directorial debut with the first London revival of Ain’t Misbehavin’ in almost 25 years at the Southwark Playhouse in April 2019.
Presented by Paul Taylor-Mills and the Mercury Theatre Colchester in association with the Tamasha Theatre Company, the production will arrive in London following its premiere run in Colchester.
An Evening Standard Theatre Award winner for his performance as Judas in the critically-acclaimed Regent’s Park Open Air production of Jesus Christ Superstar, Huntley will head a creative team that includes high-profile Strictly Come Dancing professional Oti Mabuse.
The eight-time South African Latin American champion who is currently featuring in the BBC’s latest prime-time talent show, The Greatest Dancer, will maker her debut as theatre choreographer for the production.
Featuring the music of jazz great Fats Waller and celebrating the vibrancy of the club scene in 1920s Harlem, Ain’t Misbehavin’ premiered at the Manhattan Theatre Club in 1978 before transferring to Broadway a few months later.
Based on an idea by Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby Jr, with orchestrations and arrangements by Luther Henderson, vocal and musical concepts by Jeffrey Gutcheon and vocal arrangements by Gutcheon and William Elliott, the musical revue won the Tony Award for Best Musical.
The original West End production opened at Her Majesty’s Theatre a year later and was followed by a revival at the Tricycle Theatre and the Lyric Theatre in 1995.
With casting and further creative details to be announced, the new production of the show will debut at Colchester’s Mercury Theatre from 15 to 30 March before playing the Southwark Playhouse from 19 April until 1 June.
Angela Thomas
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