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42nd STREET London run: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane August 8th (1,823 Performances) Music: Harry Warren Lyrics: Al Dubin Book: Michael Stewart & Mark Bramble Director: Gower Champion recreated byLucia Victor Choreographer: Gower Champion recreated by Karin Baker & Randy Skinner Musical Director: Kevin Amos Producer: David Merrick with Helen Montagu
Cast: Clare Leach (Peggy Sawyer), Georgis Brown (Dorothy Brock), James Laurenson (Julian Marsh), Michael Howe (Billy Lawlor), Margaret Courtenay (Maggie Jones), Hugh Futcher, Catherine Terry Songs: Young and Healthy, Shadow Waltz, You’re Getting to be a Habit With Me, Dames, We’re in the Money, Lullaby of Broadway About a Quarter to Nine, Shuffle Off to Buffalo
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Story: Stage-struck chorus girl, Peggy Sawyer, from Allentown, Pennsylvania, gets her big chance when the star, Dorothy Brock, breaks her ankle during the show’s tryouts. The frantic producer, Julian Marsh, pushes Peggy onto the stage with the line “You’re going out a youngster, but you’ve got to come back a star” Notes: Based on the 1933 Warner Brothers film, the score was supplemented with additional songs from the catalogue of Warren and Dubin. It ran for ten years on Broadway. During its London run James Laurenson was replaced with Frankie Vaughan.
THE BOY FRIEND (2nd Revival) London run: Old Vic , July 18th (32 performances) Transferred to Albery Theatre, September 20th (156 performances) Music & Lyrics : Sandy Wilson Director: Sandy Wilson & Christopher Hewitt Choreographer: Dan Siretta Musical Director: Ray Cook/Charles Miller/Martin Koch Producer: Cameron Mackintosh
This was a 30th Anniversary revival production, and had opened at Bromley and then played a season at the Royal Alexandra Theatre,Toronto, and Manchester before coming to the Old Vic. Mme Dubonnet was originally played by Glynis Johns, but she was replaced before the show came to London. Notes: See Original London production, Wyndham’s, January 1954 First revival: Comedy Theatre, November 1967
Photo by Michael Le Poet Trench
Cast: Rosemary Ashe (Hortense), Christine McKenna (Polly Browne), Simon Green (Tony), Bob Newent (Bobby van Husen), Linda-Mae Brewer (Maisie), Anna Quayle (Mme Dubonnet)