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42nd Street

42nd Street

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21 June - 28 August
Festival Theatre
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Al Dubin
Book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble
Based on the novel by Bradford Ropes
Original Direction and Dances by Gower Champion
Originally Produced on Broadway by David Merrick
'It is polished, it is joyful, is is about jazz-hands and keeping the joint jumping...it sends you out with a silly grin on your face, and a tendency to attempt really unwise buck-and-wing steps in the Festival car park.'

Five Stars, The Times
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'An exhilarating orgy of tap-dancing...you never want it to end.'
Four Stars, The Daily Telegraph
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Broadway comes to Chichester with this classic American musical. Tony Award Winner for Best New Musical when it premiered, 42nd Street combines high octane choreography and one show-stopping number after another with irresistible razzamatazz.

A celebration of the stuff that dreams are made of, 42nd Street is the timeless, inspiring story of smalltown girl Peggy Sawyer’s meteoric rise from the anonymity of the chorus line to the spotlight of the Broadway star.

Deliciously uplifting and joyful, 42nd Street also has the edginess of New York City itself – sexy, glamorous, seductive.

Toe-tap and foot-stomp to Lullaby Of Broadway, We’re In The Money, Keep Young And Beautiful, I Only Have Eyes For You and, of course, the spectacular title number, 42nd Street.

Paul Kerryson is Artistic Director of the new Curve Theatre in Leicester. Recent productions include Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman and The Lieutenant of Inishmore, and the musicals The Light in the Piazza, On Your Toes, Rent and West Side Story.

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Seaward Henry Adams Oval Supported by the 42nd Street Commissioning Circle

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