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Sam Palladio and Lizzie Wofford join cast of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s OKLAHOMA!

New casting has been announced for the West End transfer of the critically acclaimed and Olivier Award-winning production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!, which plays at the Wyndham’s Theatre until 2 September.

Star of ABC’s smash-hit musical drama Nashville, British actor and musician Sam Palladio will take over the role of Curly McLain, currently played by Olivier Award Winner Arthur Darvill, from 3 July; with Lizzie Wofford (The Phantom of the Opera, West End), taking over the role of Gertie Cummings. They join the company alongside James Patrick Davis as Will Parker, Stavros Demetraki as Ali Hakim, Greg Hicks as Andrew Carnes, David King-Yombo as Mike, Anoushka Lucas as Laurey Williams, Marie-Astrid Mence as Lead Dancer, Paige Peddie as Ado Annie, Sally Ann Triplett as Aunt Eller, and Patrick Vaill as Jud Fry, with Andrew Berlin, Arthur Boan, Shani Cantor, Anna-Maria de Freitas, George Maddison, Brianna Ogunbawo, Finlay Paul, and Helen K Wint. Arthur Darvill and Rebekah Hinds play their final performances on 1 July.

The most awarded show of 2022 and 2023, the production won the 2023 Olivier Award and WhatsOnStage Award for Best Musical Revival and collected the Critics’ Circle and Evening Standard Awards for Best Musical. Arthur Darvill won the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical, and Patrick Vaill won the Evening Standard Award for Best Musical Performance.

Reimagined for the stage by Daniel Fish, the production played a sold-out run at the Young Vic last year, having previously transferred to Broadway from St. Ann’s Warehouse winning the Tony Award for Best Musical Revival.

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