Jonathan Larson’s ‘tick… tick… BOOM!’ and Jason Robert Brown’s ‘The Last 5 Years’ are coming to London this spring in a short series at the West End’s Duchess Theatre. The cast will consist of young and upcoming West End talent.
The fully staged productions will be running from the 6th to the 17th of May, with a short break on the 11th and 12th of the month.
The musicals will fill an expected gap created at the theatre following the early closure of Nicholas De Jongh’s ‘Plague Over England’.
The shows are presented by the team that ran the “Notes From New York” series last October at the Theatre Royal in Haymarket. The production did so well in fact that it sparked two extra performances, so it’s not surprising to see it being reworked for a new run at the Duchess.
Julie Atherton will star in both shows alongside Paul Spicer, Paul Keating and Leon Lopez. Atherton and Spicer also appeared in the October run of The Last 5 Years but the show promises to be reconceived in this run. Atherton starred in the original cast of ‘Avenue Q’ as Kate Monster and Lucy the Slut, as well as previously playing Sophie in ‘Mamma Mia!’
The Last 5 Years is an intimate musical that tells the story of the floundering relationship between Jamie and Cathy, a successful novelist and struggling actor, respectively. The play uses differing timelines to tell the story from both characters perspective, and interestingly only includes one scene in which the couple sing together – their wedding, which happens in the middle of the play. The show premiered in the UK in 2006 at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
Tick… Tick… BOOM! Tells the story of a composer who is struggling with his career choice of moving into the arts. The play is set in 90s New York and is autobiographical of writer and composer, Jonathon Larson. The show premiered in the UK in 2005, also at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
Tickets are priced at accessible rates between £10 and £30 for each production, or £50 for a season ticket to both.
Theatre Breaks in London
The last few years has seen a big increase in the number of cheap theatre breaks being sold online. A theatre break is a package deal, comprising of a ticket to see a show, and a stay at a (usually) top London hotel.
It is entirely possible that part of the reason for the rising popularity of such deals is the credit crunch. In times of financial hardship people still want to relax and be entertained, however they tend to look for the best deals possible. Like most purchases these days, the best deals an be found online.
Theatre Breaks in London tend to offer much better value than, say, a night at a decent hotel and a theatre ticket sold seperately, hence the raising popularity.
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