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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 42nd Street as it embarks on a national tour of the UK from 1st 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, 42nd 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, 42nd 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, ‘42nd 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. 42nd 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, 42nd 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
42ND STREET
starring Dave Willetts& Marti Webb


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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

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