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Home » London Theatre News » 42nd Street Starring Lulu as Dorothy Brock | Theatre Royal Drury Lane

42nd Street Starring Lulu as Dorothy Brock | Theatre Royal Drury Lane

February 23, 2018 Last updated: October 7, 2019 11:26 pm By Admin

Lulu - photographer credit Matt Crockett
Lulu – photographer credit Matt Crockett

Lulu returns to London’s West End after 30 years, joining the cast of 42nd Street, the dazzling and romantic homage to the world of musical theatre in the iconic role of ‘Dorothy Brock’.

Lulu made her acting debut at the age of 16, starring alongside Sidney Poitier in the 1967 British drama film To Sir, With Love and taking the title song to Number One in the US for five weeks. Since that time she has been a popular figure as an actress, singer, songwriter and businesswoman. Lulu has worked with some of the greatest musical talents of our time: Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, The Beatles, David Bowie and more… Lulu’s West End debut was in the Richard Eyre National Theatre production of Guys & Dolls; she starred in Peter Pan, played Tom Courtenay’s wife in Whatever Happened to Harold Smith, performed in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Song & Dance and gained rave reviews for stepping into Julie Walters’ formidable shoes in the much-loved Adrian Mole tv series. She recently showcased her comedic skills in the cult comedy film, Absolutely Fabulous.

Lulu’s career highlights include the unforgettable Shout, her Bowie collaboration The Man Who Sold the World, a Bond theme song and a Number One with Take That. She is a multi-award winning artist, including Ivor Novello and Grammy nominations for the worldwide hit she penned for Tina Turner, I Don’t Wanna Fight, and she has an OBE. Lulu continues to set new standards and challenges for herself – having just completed a 44 date, sell-out tour of the UK and in 2017 toured Australia and the US with her band. Her most recent, self-penned album Making Life Rhyme, garnered some of the best reviews of her career.

Also joining the cast of 42nd Street is Ashley Day as ‘Billy Lawlor’. Ashley performed the role of ‘Jerry Mulligan’ in the recent West End production of An American in Paris. Other theatrical credits include Kiss Me Kate (Opera North), Oklahoma! (National Tour), The Book of Mormon (West End), The Wizard of Oz (London Palladium), High School Musical (National Tour), On the Town (English National Opera), Evita (West End), Mary Poppins (West End), Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker (Sadler’s Wells) and Oliver! (West End).
The role of ‘Julian Marsh’ will continue to be performed by Tom Lister, who played ‘Carl King’ in Emmerdale for 8 years and had recently starred as ‘Wild Bill Hickok’ in the UK Tour of Calamity Jane.

Clare Halse, whose performances have been hailed as ‘outstanding’ will continue as ‘Peggy Sawyer’. She most recently appeared in the acclaimed production of Gypsy as ‘Marjorie May’ at the Savoy Theatre.

42nd Street is playing at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The production is directed by the show’s co-author Mark Bramble (whose other hit shows include Barnum, Treasure Island, The Three Musketeers The Grand Tour) and director of many award-winning previous productions of 42nd Street on Broadway and around the world.

42nd Street is the song and dance, American dream fable of Broadway and includes some of the greatest songs ever written, such as ‘We’re In The Money’, ‘Lullaby of Broadway’, ‘Shuffle Off To Buffalo’, ‘Dames’, ‘I Only Have Eyes For You’, and ‘42nd Street’.

With an all-singing, high-kicking cast of over 50 on the West End’s largest stage, 42nd Street is the biggest show in town.

The cast also includes: Jasna Ivir is ‘Maggie Jones’, Graeme Henderson is ‘Andy Lee’, Christopher Howell is ‘Bert Barry’, Bruce Montague is ‘Abner Dillon’, Mark McKerracher is ‘Mac/Doc/Thug’ and Emma Caffrey is ‘Anytime Annie’. Matthew Goodgame joins as ‘Pat Denning’.

The 45 piece ensemble comprises Clare Rickard, Ella Martine, Hannah Amin, Lucy Andic, Sara Bispham, Pamela Blair, Abi Curruthers, Danielle Cato, Lisa Dent, Natasha Ferguson, Madeleine Francis, Maria Garrett, Maddie Harper, Leah Harris, Rebecca Herszenhorn, Bethany Huckle, Sarah Kacey, Annie Kitchen, Jenny Legg, Hannah–Faith Marram, Billie Kay, Katy Riches, Zoe Rogers, Jessica Stent, Josephina Camble, Gabrielle Cocca, Emma Johnson, Jasmine Kerr, Lucy Renouf, Christina Shard, Freddie Clements, Martin McCarthy, Zac Watts, Steph Parry, Thomas Audibert, George Beet, Philip Bertioli, Joel Cooper, Matt Cox, Adam Denman, Luke George, Ryan Gover, Alyn Hawke, Tom Partridge, James-Royden Lyley and Liam Wrate.

42nd Street is presented in London by Michael Linnit and Michael Grade together with The Global Group of Companies for Gate Ventures with Executive Producer Johnny Hon.

NEW CAST PREVIEWS FROM MONDAY 19th MARCH 2018 AT THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE

Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Catherine Street, London, WC2B 5JF

42nd Street Performances:
Evenings – Monday to Saturday at 7.30pm and Matinees on Wednesday and Saturday at 2.30pm

42nd Street
Original Studio Cast

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Comments

  1. Avatar for Alg, SouthamptonAlg, Southampton says

    February 23, 2018 at 12:33 pm

    Was pleased to see Lulu was starring in the show, but then disappointed as I read she is only doing the role for 16 weeks and my tickets are for July, 2-3 weeks after! 🙁 gutted.

    • Avatar for JoernJoern says

      February 23, 2018 at 3:08 pm

      Dear Alg, do you know when she will start?

      • Avatar for AdminAdmin says

        February 23, 2018 at 3:18 pm

        NEW CAST PREVIEWS FROM MONDAY 19th MARCH 2018 AT THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE

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