Final cast announced for European premiere of DEATH NOTE THE MUSICAL IN CONCERT at Lyric Theatre
Olivier award-winner George Maguire, Jessica Lee, Carl Man, Boaz Chad and Patrick Munday will join the cast of Death Note The Musical in Concert at the Lyric Theatre.
George Maguire (Bonnie & Clyde, West End) will play Ryuk, with Jessica Lee (Miss Saigon, Sheffield Crucible) as Misa, Carl Man (Wicked, West End/UK tour) as Alternate L, and Boaz Chad and Patrick Munday will join the ensemble.
The rest of the cast continuing from the three sold out performances this week at the London Palladium includes Aimie Atkinson, Rachel Clare Chan, Christian Ray Marbella, Dean John-Wilson, Joaquin Pedro Valdes and an ensemble featuring Charlotte Coggin, Jade Copas, Eu Jin Hwang, Yojiro Ichikawa, Deena Kapadia, David Kar-Hing Lee, Jasmine Leung, Jojo Meredith, Marcel Li-Ping, Janine Somcio.
Based on the best-selling Japanese manga series of the same name by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata/Sheuisha, this ground breaking musical has a score by Frank Wildhorn, with lyrics by Jack Murphy and a book by Ivan Menchell.
Light Yagami, a bright but dissatisfied high school student in Tokyo comes across a discarded notebook owned by Ryuk, a mythological god of death. Discovering he can kill anyone by just writing their names in the supernatural notebook, Light takes justice into his own hands by filling the notebook with names of the nation’s most wanted criminals. But a detective only known as “L” is soon tracking him down...
It is directed and choreographer by Nick Winston, with costumes by Kimie Nakano, musical supervision by Katy Richardson, musical direction by Chris Ma, orchestrations by Jason Howland, design by Justin Williams, lighting by Ben Cracknell, sound by Ben Harrison, and casting by Harry Blumenau.
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