Musical based on The Osmonds to tour next year
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It has been announced that a new musical based on show business family, The Osmonds, is to tour the UK next year, kicking off at the New Wimbledon Theatre on 26 August 2021.
The Osmonds – A New Musical will feature a book by Shaun Kerrison, who will also direct, and Julian Bigg from a story by Jay Osmond. It will also feature choreography by Bill Deamer.
The show will tell the true story of five brothers from Utah who were pushed into the spotlight as young children and went on to create smash hits decade after decade. From their residency on the Andy Williams Show, to Donny and Marie, the family lived a remarkable life recording multiple chart topping albums, selling out arena tours and making record breaking TV shows, until a bad decision changed everything.
Many of the group’s hit songs will appear in the show including ‘Love Me For A Reason’, ‘Puppy Love’ and ‘Long Haired Lover from Liverpool.’
Jay Osmond said: “I’ve wanted to tell my story for such a long time and the opportunity to create this beautiful musical, a sort of ‘living autobiography’, seemed the perfect way to do so. I spent my whole life performing live - on stage, on TV specials, in arenas - so the buzz of live theatre felt like the perfect place for me. There were some difficult times of my life, and some big hurdles to overcome, and this musical will tell people things that will surprise them… but despite that trouble, when you look back and think of the fans, the music, the once in a lifetime things we did - it’s joyful.
“I guess I want to do this now to try to spread a little bit of that joy. I’ll know I’ve done a good job telling this story if I stand at the back of the theatre and see people waving their arms in the air, singing along and dancing in the aisles. I just want people to be enjoying themselves. I guess that is in the Osmonds' DNA.”
Casting will be announced at a later date.
Tickets and tour dates can be found here.
