Ruthie Henshall and Adam Garcia lead Curve’s forty second Street – There Ought To Be Clowns

David Ian for Crossroads Live and Jonathan Church Theatre Productions are happy to announce that Olivier Award-winning actress Ruthie Henshall will star as Dorothy Brock, alongside Olivier-nominee Adam Garcia as Julian Marsh, stage and TV character Les Dennis as Bert Barry and Nicole-Lily Baisden as Peggy Sawyer in 42^nd STREET at Curve, Leicester and Sadler’s Wells.

They will probably be joined by Sam Lips as Billy Lawlor, with Erica-Jayne Alden, George Beet, Charlie Bishop, Briana Craig, Ashleigh Graham, Alyn Hawke, Aimee Hodnett, Connor Hughes, Sarah-Marie Maxwell, Ben Middleton, Benjamin Mundy, Anthony Ofoegbu and Jessica Wright.

The manufacturing opens at Curve, Leicester on Wednesday 17^th May 2023, adopted by a season at Sadler’s Wells, London from Wednesday 7^th June 2023 earlier than embarking on a UK tour. Further casting for the tour will probably be introduced in the end. 42ndstreettour.com

Ruthie Henshall just lately appeared as Tosca in a reimagining of Sondheim’s Passion on the Hope Mill Theatre. Her intensive theatrical credit embrace Grizabella in Cats, Fantine in Les Miserables, Nancy in Oliver!, Roxie Hart, Velma Kelly and Mama Morton in Chicago, Mrs Wilkinson in Billy Elliot and Amalia Balash in She Loves Me, for which she gained the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Throughout her profession she has additionally appeared within the unique London productions of Miss Saigon, Children of Eden, Crazy for You, The Woman in White, Peggy Sue Got Married and Marguerite. Henshall additionally excursions throughout the UK, USA and Australia as a live performance performer, and beforehand appeared in ITV’s I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! In 2020.

Adam Garcia’s theatre credit embrace The Artilleryman in The War of the Worlds, Damien Karras in The Exorcist, Fiyero in Wicked, and Bill Calhoun in Kiss Me, Kate and Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever, each of which acquired Olivier Award nominations for his roles. His movie credit embrace Kenneth Branagh’s Death on the Nile and Murder on the Orient Express, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Coyote Ugly and Riding in Cars with Boys. Adam just lately appeared as a finalist within the UK collection of The Masked Dancer, ending in second place.

Les Dennis most just lately starred as Grandad Trotter in Only Fools and Horses The Musical. His different West End credit embrace Wilbur in Hairspray reverse Michael Ball on the London Coliseum, Amos Hart in Chicago and Bill in Me and My Girl. His touring theatre credit embrace Art, Legally Blonde, High School Musical 2 and Uncle Fester within the musical comedy The Addams Family. His many TV credit embrace Michael Rodwell in Coronation Street and a fictional model of himself in Extras.

Nicole-Lily Baisden’s theatre credit embrace the function of Nabulungi in The Book of Mormon, each within the West End and on tour, and Hope Harcourt in Anything Goes on the Barbican Theatre and on tour.

Sam Lips’ theatre credit embrace the function of Don Lockwood in Singin’ In The Rain and Scott Hastings in Strictly Ballroom, each within the UK and Canada. His Broadway credit Cats, Chicago, Pippin, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella and The Cher Show.

This new manufacturing will probably be directed by Jonathan Church (Singin’ within the Rain, The Drifters Girl) with choreography and design by Olivier Award winners Bill Deamer and Rob Jones, lighting design by Ben Cracknell, sound design by Ian Dickinson and Gareth Tucker, video design by Jon Driscoll, musical supervision by Jennifer Whyte and orchestrations by Larry Blank.

This iconic song-and-dance spectacular incorporates a hit parade of toe-tapping songs, together with the title quantity, “We’re In The Money”, “Lullaby of Broadway”, “Shuffle Off To Buffalo” and “I Only Have Eyes For You”. 42^nd STREET is a timeless and provoking showbiz fairy story that mixes breath-taking faucet dance routines, backstage intrigue, basic romance and pleasant comedy to dazzling impact.

Fresh off the bus from small-town America, younger and delightful Peggy Sawyer arrives in New York City dreaming of her title in lights. She rapidly catches the attention of a big-time director and lands a spot within the refrain line of Broadway’s latest present…and when the main woman will get injured, Peggy will get her shot at stardom.

42^nd STREET has music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Al Dubin, and ebook by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, based mostly on the novel by Bradford Ropes. Original course and dances had been by Gower Champion. The present was initially produced on Broadway by David Merrick.