Winner of 4 Tony® Awards, this “truly ravishing version of the Hollywood film” (The Guardian) features many of George and Ira Gershwin’s most beloved songs (including I Got Rhythm, ‘S Wonderful, I’ll Build a Stairway To Paradise, But Not For Me, The Man I Love and They Can’t Take That Away from Me) and is directed and choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon, written by Craig Lucas and designed by Bob Crowley.
“An impassioned love-letter to art and life” (The Daily Telegraph), An American In Paris finds a young American GI pursuing his dream to make it as a painter in the aftermath of war. Following a chance encounter with a beautiful young dancer, the ‘City of Light’ becomes the backdrop to a sensuous, modern romance of art, friendship and love.
2hrs 30min (including interval)
4th March, 2017
6th January, 2018
By: Craig Lucas
Songs by: Music by George Gershwin, Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
Director: Christopher Wheeldon
Producer: Stuart Oken, Van Kaplan, Roy Furman, Michael McCabe and Joshua Andrews.
Cast list: Ashley Day (Jerry Mulligan), Leanne Cope (Lise Dassin), Julie Legrand (Madame Baurel), Haydn Oakley (Henri Baurel), David Seadon-Young (Adam Hochberg), Zoe Rainey (Milo Davenport), Julian Forsyth, Ashley Andrews, Sophie Apollonia, Zoe Arshamian, Sarah Bakker, James Barton, Alicia Beck, Chrissy Brooke, James Butcher, Jonathan Caguioa, Jennifer Davison, Katie Deacon, Rebecca Fennelly, Sebastian Goffin, Alyn Hawke, Nicky Henshall, Genevieve Heron, Amy Hollins, Frankie Jenna, Justin-Lee Jones, Robin Kent, Kristen McGarrity, Julia J. Nagle, Daniela Norman, Aaron Smyth, Todd Talbot, Max Westwell, Jack Wilcox, Carrie Willis, Stuart Winter and Liam Wrate.
Design: Bob Crowley
Lighting: Natasha Katz
Costume: Bob Crowley
Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon
Sound: Jon Weston
Other info: Musical Score adapted, arranged and supervised by Rob Fisher; Orchestrations by Christopher Austin; Musical Direction by Brad Haak
Location: West End
Railway station: Euston
Bus numbers: (Tottenham Court Road Station) 7, 10, 14, 24, 29, 73, 134, 242; (New Oxford St) 1, 8, 25, 55, 98, 176, 390
Night bus numbers: (Tottenham Court Road Station) 7, 10, 14, 24, 134, 242, N7, N29, N35, N68, N73, N253, N279; (New Oxford Street) 25, 176, 390, N1, N8, N41, N55, N98, N171, N207
Car park: YMCA Great Russell Street (2mins), Holborn Selkirk House Museum Street (5mins)
Directions from tube: The theatre can be seen from the station, on the corner of the crossroads between Tottenham Court Road and Oxford Street.
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