Take Two Theatricals and Club 11 will present an all-star concert production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical take on the fairytale.
Taking place on the 20th October, this semi-staged concert production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical is set to be directed by Jonathan O’Boyle and features songs such as “In My Own Little Corner,” “Impossible/It’s Possible” and “Ten Minutes Ago”.
Meanwhile, the concert performance is set to star Christine Allado (Prince of Egypt, Hamilton and In The Heights) who will star as the titular Ella, alongside Jodie Jacobs (Unexpected Joy, Bananaman and Lizzie) as Charlotte, Dean John-Wilson (Cruel Intentions, The King & I and Aladdin) as
Jean-Michel, Dianne Pilkington (Only Fools and Horses, Young Frankenstein and Wicked) as Marie, Zoe Rainey (Kiss Me Kate, An American in Paris and Romeo & Juliet) as Gabrielle and Jac Yarrow (Joseph and theAmazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Winner of the 2019 StageDebut Award) as Prince Topher.
Meanwhile, joining them from the LMTO chorus are Christopher Cameron, Charlotte Clitherow, Abigail Earnshaw, Benjamin Froehlich, Charlotte Kennedy, Richard James-King, Danny Lane, Jade Marvin, Chris
McGuigan, Mia Michaud, Sam Oladeinde, Michael Robert-Lowe, Justine Saville, Katie Shearman, Joe Thompson-Oubari and Lizzie Wofford.
The Tony award winning musical from the creators of South Pacific and The Sound of Music is a contemporary retelling of the classic fairytale and features a book by Tony Award-nominee Douglas Carter Beane. It originally premiered on television in 1957 starring Julie Andrews, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella was twice remade, first in 1965 for Lesley Ann Warren and then again in 1997 featuring Brandy and Whitney
Houston. The original Broadway production opened in 2013.
This semi-staged concert production features musical direction by Freddie Tapner, along with a stunning 21-piece orchestra featuring the London
Musical Theatre Orchestra (LMTO). The evening will also feature Dramaturgy by Victoria Saxton and Projection Design by George Reeve.
Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella will make its UK premiere at the Cadogan Hall on the 20th October.