The world premiere of the new musical will be staged as a concert at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on the 25th and 26th March.
It has been announced that Oliver Tompsett will be joining Eric McCormack in the world premiere of Wild About You, which features music and lyrics by Chilina Kennedy and a book by Eric Holmes.
Oliver Tompsett’s recent stage credits include roles in Pretty Woman the Musical, & Juliet, Kinky Boots and Wicked. Eric McCormack is best known for starring as Will Truman in Will & Grace, while his stage credits include: The Music Man, Gore Vidal’s The Best Man and The Cottage.
When Olivia finds herself in the hospital with limited memory, she must dig through her messy past to figure out which of the loves of her life is her emergency contact, only to understand that her desire to make everyone happy has left no one happy. Through a series of realizations, she reclaims her right to be flawed and loved in all her human complexity. However, as she regains clarity, tragedy strikes. It is then that spectacular Olivia literally moves Heaven and Earth to reconnect with her greatest love – her son.
Chilina Kennedy is an award-winning actress, writer, composer, and the Artistic Producer of Eclipse Theatre Company. She has been writing original music for over 20 years and most recently contributed an original song to the new Canadian song cycle ‘Til Then’. Chilina is the longest running “Carole King” in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical on Broadway, playing over 1,200 performances. Other Broadway roles include “Annie” in Paradise Square and “Mary” in Des McAnuff’s Jesus Christ Superstar (2012).
Eric Holmes (Book) has a proven track record of success on both stage and screen. Eric was a writer on the critically acclaimed TV series The Good Fight on Paramount+ for four seasons. His musical Fly More Than You Fall, co-written with Nat Zegree, received nine regional BroadwayWorld Awards, including Best Musical and Best New Work, at its premiere at the NOORDA Center in Orem, Utah. His musical, BornCountry, that he wrote with his wife Erin Holmes, is receiving a NYC workshop in 2023 helmed by Kenneth Ferrone (Grease Live! and the Broadway bound musical TheWanderer). Eric has received the David S. Hawes Scholarship for his farce NearlyDepartedand was nominated for the Otis Guernsey New Voices Playwriting Award for his play Black Friday. He participated in the LARK’S Writer’s Retreat and was a writer-in residence at The New Harmony Project. Other credits include: Evil (CBS), Smash (NBC).
A concept album for the musical was released in autumn 2023, featuring performances from Katharine McPhee, Alex Newell, Jackie Burns, Jenn Colella, Joaquina Kalukango, Jessie Mueller, Lea Salonga among others. It was produced by two-time Tony Award-winner Brian Spector and Daniel Edmonds, who also serves as the album’s music supervisor/director, arranger and orchestrator.
This world premiere concert production of Wild About You is directed and choreographed by Nick Winston, whose recent credits include Bonnie & Clyde, Annie, Loserville as well as the concert productions of Chess and The Secret Garden.
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