Dave Willetts & Marti Webb to headline 42ND STREET UK Tour

42nd Street

West End stars Dave Willetts (Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Cats, Ragtime, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers) and Marti Webb (Blood Brothers, Tell Me On a Sunday, Evita, Cats) will join forces to headline the legendary Broadway musical 42^nd Street as it embarks on a national tour of the UK from 1^st June 2012, playing 23 venues to the end of the year.

From the producers of hugely successful touring hits including Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, 42^nd Street is the timeless, inspiring tale of small town Peggy Sawyer’s rise from chorus line to Broadway star.

Winner of the 1980 Tony Award for Best Musical and the 2001 Tony Award for Best Revival, 42^nd Street is a true classic. The tour is directed by the show’s author and Broadway director Mark Bramble, and features the stunning sets and costumes from the Broadwayrevival.

The memorable score of hit songs includes ‘Lullaby of Broadway’, ‘We're In The Money’, and one of the great showstoppers, ‘42^nd Street’, danced down a flight of steps that light up as bright as the faces of the cast. Audiences are taken to musical comedy heaven with breathtaking routines and glorious choreography. 42^nd Street remains the greatest tap dancing musical of all time.

Dave Willetts (Julian Marsh) has headlined countless musicals in the West End and on tour. He has played leads in shows such as Phantom of the Opera and Les Misérables. He headlined Seven Brides forSeven Brothers both on tour and in the West End as well the tour of South Pacific. He recently starred inAndrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard in the West End.

Marti Webb (Dorothy Brock) is one of Britain’s most popular leading ladies, whose extensive West End credits include lead roles in shows such as Blood Brothers, Tell Me on a Sunday, Song & Dance, Evita, Cats and Thoroughly Modern Millie, to name only afew. She recently headlined the UK tour of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! across the country.

Produced by Martin Dodd for UK Productions, 42^nd Street has music and lyrics by Harry Warren and Al Dubin and book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, who also directs. Choreography is by Graeme Henderson and Musical Supervision by Gareth Williams. Set design is by Douglas W Schmidt, with costumes by Roger Kirk, lighting design by David Howe and sound design by Ross Portway and Jon Higson.

LISTINGS

Martin Dodd for UK Productions presents

42^ND STREET

starring Dave Willetts& Marti Webb

www.ukproductions.co.uk

Venue	Dates	Box Office
Rhyl Pavilion	Fri 1 – Sat 2 June	01745 330 000
New Theatre, Oxford	Tue 5 – Sat 9 June	0844 871 3020
Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield	Tue 12 – Sat 16 June	0114 249 6000
Grand Opera House, Belfast	Tue 19 – Sat 23 June	028 9024 1919
King’s Theatre, Glasgow	Tue 26 – Sat 30 June	0844 871 7648
New Victoria Theatre, Woking	Tue 3 – Sat 7 July	0844 871 7645
Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham	Tue 10 – Sat 14 July	0844 847 2291
Sunderland Empire	Tue 17 – Sat 21 July	0844 847 2499
Blackpool Grand Theatre	Tue 24 – Sat 28 July	01253 290 190
Theatre Royal, Plymouth	Tue 31 July – Sat 4 Aug	01752 267 222
Eastbourne Congress Theatre	Tue 4 – Sat 8 Sept	01323 412 000
New Wimbledon Theatre	Tue 11 – Sat 15 Sept	0844 871 7646
Alhambra Theatre, Bradford	Tue 18 – Sat 22 Sept	01274 432 000
Cardiff New Theatre	Tue 25 – Sat 29 Sept	029 2087 8889
Southampton Mayflower	Tue 2 – Sat 6 Oct	02380 711 811
Theatre Royal Norwich	Tue 9 – Sat 13 Oct	01603 630 000
Churchill Theatre Bromley	Tue 16 – Sat 20 Oct	0844 871 7677
Palace Theatre, Manchester	Tue 23 – Sat 27 Oct	0844 871 7660
Wolverhampton Grand Theatre	Tue 30 Oct – Sat 3 Nov	01902 429 212
Edinburgh Playhouse	Tue 6 – Sat 10 Nov	0844 871 3014
Liverpool Empire	Tue 13 – Sat 17 Nov	0844 847 2525
Aylesbury Waterside Theatre	Tue 20 – Sat 24 Nov	0844 871 7607
Theatre Royal Nottingham	Tue 27 Nov – Sat 1 Dec	0115 989 5555