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Winner of the 1980 Tony Award for Best New Musical and the 2001 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical: 42nd Street -- the timeless, inspiring tale of small town Peggy Sawyer's rise from chorine to Broadway star. And those songs! Lullaby of Broadway, We're in the Money, Shuffle Off to Buffalo, Keep Young and Beautiful, I Only Have Eyes For You and the spectacular title number, danced down a flight of steps that lights up as brightly as the faces of the cast. Audiences will find out what it's like to float up to Musical Comedy Heaven.
Starring Dave Willetts (West End starring roles include Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, Cats, Ragtime and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers), Marti Webb (Blood Brothers, Tell Me On A Sunday, Song and Dance, Evita, Cats, Thoroughly Modern Millie),and directed by the shows co-author and Broadway Director Mark Bramble, the show features the stunning sets and costumes from the US production.
Though it has its moments, the script isn’t the most sparkling - but the song and dance routines are second to none, motored by some very impressive tap choreography.
As a piece of dance, this is an exceptionally clean and inspiring piece of theatre, light on its feet and lithe in its movements. As a piece of drama, however, this Broadway baby has tired feet, pounding 42nd Street to be in a show and struggling to get beyond the stage door.
It's good, old-fashioned Hollywood glamour come to life. Catch it while you can.
It’s as ‘corny as Kansas in August’, but this production of 42nd Street is to quote a line from the show ‘sheer unadulterated brilliance’.
Willetts & Webb headline new UK tour of 42nd Street
42nd Street, Edinburgh Playhouse
King's Theatre, Glasgow from Tuesday June 26, 2012, until Saturday June 30, 2012. More info: www.theambassadors.com/kings/
Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh from Tuesday November 6, 2012, until Saturday November 10, 2012. More info: www.edinburghplayhouse.org.uk
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