Celinde Schoenmaker in Barnum!!
Musicaltheatre news meldt het volgende casting news:
Barnum the musical is to play at the Menier Chocolate Factory from 5th December to 3rd March, with previews from 25th November.
Casting news so far is that the two leads are comedian Marcus Brigstocke as Phineas T Barnum and Lara Pitt-Pulford is his wife Charity (Chairy) Barnum. The cast also features Celinde Schoenmaker as Jenny Lind with Tupele Dorgu and Harry Francis .
Gordon Greenberg (Guys and Dolls) will direct the first major London revival of Cy Coleman, Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble’s Tony Award-winning musical with choreography by Rebecca Howell, design by Paul Farnsworth and musical direction by Alex Parker.
This musical follows the imagination and dreams of Phineas T Barnum, America’s Greatest Showman.The story of his life and his marriage to Chairy reveals a couple who looked at the world from opposite sides of the spectrum, and also reveals that she was the practical one who made his dreams come true. We follow the legendary showman’s life as he lit up the world with the colour, warmth and excitement of his imagination and finally teamed up with J A Bailey to create Barnum and Bailey’s Circus - the Greatest Show on Earth.
Cy Coleman’s score includes the hits Come Follow The Band, The Colours Of My Life and There’s A Sucker Born Ev’ry Minute.
The Tony Award-winning musical opened on Broadway in 1980 starring Jim Dale and Glenn Close. It received its West End premiere the following year with Michael Crawford in the lead role. In 2013 it was revived at Chichester Festival Theatre starring Christopher Fitzgerald and Tamsin Carroll, and a UK touring production in 2014/15 starred Brian Conley and Linzi Hateley.