It has been announced that the Curve and Sadler’s Wells production of the musical 42nd Street will open at Curve, Leicester on 17 May 2023, followed by a season at Sadler’s Wells, London from 7 June 2023, before embarking on a UK tour.

The show will visit Canterbury, Leeds, Bristol, Plymouth, Cardiff, Glasgow, Milton Keynes, Liverpool, Manchester, Southampton, Newcastle, Woking and Belfast, with further dates to be announced.

This new production will be directed by Jonathan Church, with choreography and design by Olivier Award winners Bill Deamer and Rob Jones. Casting and full creative team will be announced in due course.

42nd Street is a larger-than-life, massively entertaining celebration of musicals and the irrepressible spirit of Broadway that’s guaranteed to lift anyone’s spirits. 

The show has music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Al Dubin, and a book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, based on the novel by Bradford Ropes. Original direction and dances were by Gower Champion.

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