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16 Natalie McQueen 'Doralee Rhodes' Caroline Sheen 'Violet Newstead', Amber Davies 'Judy Bernly', Natalie McQueen 'Doralee Rhodes' and company. Photos: Craig Sugden. 9 TO 5 – THE MUSICAL Nothing quite matches the irresistibly catchy vim of the opening theme tune, but this enjoyable musical – visibly endorsed by Dolly Parton herself, who not only provides all the songs but also tops and tails the production with enthusiastic video screen appearances – still makes for exactly the entertaining evening one would expect. It’s almost 40 years since Patricia Resnick’s 1980 revenge movie brought Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Parton herself to the screen as a trio of disgruntled office workers who get their own back on their chauvinistic sleaze ball boss Franklin Hart Jnr – here played by Brian Conley, who docks young Judy’s pay, passes over Violet for a well-deserved promotion and spreads rumours of a non-existent liaison with Doralee. It’s all way OTT – from the Jessica Rabbit curves of buxom backwoods blonde Doralee (Natalie McQueen) to Hart’s lengthy suspension, in bondage gear, from the chandelier fixture in his own bedroom. The message is there (and there are, to be fair, a couple of supportive men in the background), but Jeff Calhoun’s smooth production is basically light hearted fun as new employee Judy (recently deserted by her husband) finds her feet, and Caroline Sheen’s widowed career woman Violet takes control, transforming the dull grey office (designer Tom Rogers) into a light-filled blaze of colour. And despite the efforts to protect her boss of besotted older Roz (a lithe Bonnie Langford who, after almost five decades in showbiz, effortlessly does the splits clad in sexy undies) these girls definitely come out on top. Louise Kingsley WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION EXTENDS AT COUNTY HALL A new cast will be sworn in on Tuesday 28 May, as further tickets go on sale for Witness for the Prosecution, extending into its third year at London’s historic County Hall. Carolin Stoltz will play Romaine Vole, Lewis Cope the accused Leonard Vole, Simon Dutton is Sir Wilfrid Robarts, Giles Taylor will play Mr Myers QC and Michael Cochrane is Mr Justice Wainwright. Director Lucy Bailey thrillingly places the audience in the thick of the action, with some even watching from the jury box, as this gripping tale of justice, passion and betrayal unfolds. Leonard Vole is accused of murdering a widow to inherit her wealth. The stakes are high. Will Leonard survive the shocking witness testimony? Will he be able to convince the jury of his innocence and escape the hangman’s noose? Witness for the Prosecution is now booking until 29 March 2020. The new cast in Witness for the Prosecution at London's County Hall. Photo: Ellie Kurttz. t h i s i s l o n d o n m a g a z i n e • t h i s i s l o n d o n o n l i n e
MAN OF LA MANCHA AT THE LONDON COLISEUM Nicholas Lyndhurst and West End star Cassidy Janson are to join Kelsey Grammer and Danielle de Niese in the acclaimed musical Man of La Mancha which opens at the London Coliseum on 26 April. Man of La Mancha, produced by Michael Linnit and Michael Grade, the producers who brought Chess, Carousel, Sunset Boulevard and Sweeney Todd to the London Coliseum - are collaborating again with English National Opera to bring a brand new production of the Tony award winning Broadway musical to London, the first West End production in over 50 years. Alice Fearn (Elphaba) and Sophie Evans (Glinda) in Wicked. 17 Danielle de Niese. Photo: Chris Dunlop DECCA. Man of La Mancha will play a limited season, with performances from 26 April to 8 June. Featuring the iconic song ‘Dream the Impossible Dream’, Man of La Mancha is Inspired by Miguel de Cervantes’s masterpiece Don Quixote. In a 16th century dungeon Cervantes and his man servant await trial from the Spanish Inquisition. In his possession he has a trunk carrying an unfinished novel, Don Quixote. As prisoners attempt to steal his possessions, Cervantes embarks on acting out his novel as his defence, transforming himself into Alonso Quijano. Quijano, deluded, believes he is a knight errant, renames himself Don Quixote de la Mancha, and sets off on a fantastical quest with his man servant Sancho Panza. HIT MUSICAL WICKED ADDS EXTRA SHOWS FOR 2019 Wicked, the West End and Broadway musical sensation that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, is now booking until 30 November at London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre. Extra shows have been added in 2019 – for the Easter holiday on Thursday 18 April, plus Thursday 15 August, Thursday 29 August and Thursday 24 October, each starting at 14.30. Already the 5th longest running musical currently playing in the West End, Wicked recently surpassed the run of Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story, to become the 13th longest running West End show in history. Alice Fearn as Elphaba in WICKED. Wicked has won more than 100 major international awards, including three Tony Awards, two Olivier Awards and ten theatregoer-voted WhatsOnStage Awards. Based on the acclaimed, best-selling novel by Gregory Maguire, Wicked ingeniously re-imagines the stories and characters created by L. Frank Baum in ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’. The show tells the incredible story of an unlikely but profound friendship between two sorcery students, whose extraordinary adventures in Oz will ultimately see them fulfil their destinies as Glinda The Good and the Wicked Witch of the West. For tickets telephone 0844 871 3001 or visit www.WickedTheMusical.co.uk Photos: Matt Crockett. t h i s i s l o n d o n m a g a z i n e • t h i s i s l o n d o n o n l i n e
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