Tony Award-winning Matt Doyle to star as Frank Sinatra in world premiere of SINATRA THE MUSICAL
It has been announced that the Tony Award-winning Matt Doyle (Company, Broadway) will take on the iconic role of Frank Sinatra in the highly anticipated world premiere of Sinatra The Musical at Birmingham Rep from 23 September-28 October.
Based on the life and career of the legendary artist and cultural icon, this spectacular new musical features twenty actors and seventeen musicians performing over twenty five of Sinatra’s most legendary songs.
Matt Doyle said: ‘I have no doubt my Italian grandmothers would be profoundly overjoyed. This one is for Geraldine Padula and Nicoletta Macchia who raised my family and me on Frank’s music. I cannot begin to express what an honour it is to take on The Chairman of the Board’s incredible legacy.’
Sinatra The Musical is written by the two-time Tony award-winning writer Joe DiPietro, with direction and choreography by three time Tony Award-winning Kathleen Marshall, set designed by Olivier Award-winning Peter McKintosh, music supervision by Gareth Valentine, costumes by Jon Morrell, lighting by Tim Mitchell, sound by Paul Groothuis, video design by Akhila Krishnan, orchestrations by Larry Blank & John Clayton, arrangements by Ian Eisendrath, dance arrangements by David Chase, UK casting by David Grindrod & Will Burton, and US casting byJim Carnahan and Jason Thinger.
It is New Year’s Eve, 1942, and a skinny 27-year-old Italian American singer is about to step onto the stage of New York’s Paramount Theatre and give a performance that will change music history. As Frank Sinatra’s career suddenly skyrockets, he struggles with balancing the love of his wife, Nancy, against the demands and temptations of being the most popular singer in America. But when he begins a torrid affair with movie goddess Ava Gardner, his records stop selling and the press turns against him, sending his career into a tailspin. Driven by his devotion to his family, Sinatra employs his peerless artistry and dogged determination to stage the greatest comeback in showbiz history.
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