Superstar finalist ROGER WRIGHT and PAUL HAZEL star in the West End premiere of YOU CAN DO IT
Superstar finalist ROGER WRIGHT and PAUL HAZEL
star in the West End premiere of
YOU CAN DO IT
A feel-good show featuring the music of
Otis Redding
Marvin Gaye
Sammy Davis, Jnr
Nat King Cole
Earth Wind and Fire
...and many more
Roger Wright, Andrew Lloyd Webber's third place finalist in the ITV1 search for Jesus for his new arena tour of Jesus Christ Superstar, and Paul Hazel are to star together in the West End premiere of You Can Do It.
You Can Do It will play at Leicester Square Theatre on Sunday October 7.
Further dates will be announced later.
Brothers Bertie and Edwin Lightfoot are stuck in the past, dreaming about what could have been when they had the world at their feet as singing sensations, ‘The Lightfoot Brothers’. Then one day, their father ‘Pappa Lightfoot’ sends them a heavenly command to put on the show of their lives... and the party really begins!
You Can Do It is based on an original story by Roger Wright, and features a live band. It is a feel-good show filled with a mix of soul classics, jazz, pop, rock, rhythm and blues, featuring songs by such entertainment legends as Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Nat King Cole and Sammy Davis Jr, as well as Earth Wind and Fire, Whitesnake and many more.
Roger Wright and Paul Hazel have both starred in some of the biggest West End musicals.
Roger originated the role of Simba in the original West End cast of The Lion King. He was Marvin Gaye in Dancing in the Streets and the compere and one of the lead singers in the long-running Michael Jackson show, Thriller Live.
Paul Hazel’s many West End shows include Five Guys Named Moe, Avenue Q, Starlight Express and Dancing in The Streets.
LISTINGS INFO
You Can Do It
Leicester Square Theatre
6 Leicester Place
LONDON
WC2H 7BX
Sunday October 7 at 7.30pm
Tickets: £17.50 (£14.00 concs)
Buy 4 tickets for the price of 3
and get a free bottle of wine
Box office: 08448 733433
or online at www.leicesersquaretheatre.co.uk
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