13 Oct CASTING: Casting Announced for White Christmas at the Dominion Theatre
Director – Morgan Young
Choreographer – Randy Skinner
UK associate choreographer – Helen Rymer
Set design – Anna Louizos
Costumes – Carrie Robbins
Lighting – Ken Billington
Sound – Clem Rawling
Orchestrations – Larry Blank
Dance and vocal arrangements – Bruce Pomahac
Musical direction – Andrew Corcoran
Rehearsals for the West End premiere of Irving Berlin’s much-loved musical White Christmas began today, Monday 13 October. The company is led by Aled Jones as Bob Wallace, Tom Chambers as Phil Davis, Wendi Peters as Martha, Graham Cole as General Waverley, Rachel Stanley as Betty Haynes and Louise Bowden as Judy Haynes, with Lori Haley Fox, Michelle Bishop, Phil Cole, Brendan Cull and Jonathan Halliwell. Also in the cast are Vikki-Marie Ryan, Lucinda Lawrence, Karen Aspinall, Emma Caffrey, Hayley Reed, Helen Patching, Vicki Davids, Jennifer Davison, Grace Holdstock, Ross McLaren, Joshua Lay, Matt Cheney, Jonny Labey, Anthony Whiteman, Eddie Myles, Stuart Winter, Matt Clark and Gary Murphy. Amy Snudden, Emily Robins, Sophia Pettet and Tatum Confrey will alternate the role of Susan.
Irving Berlin’s White Christmas tells the story of two ex-army pals as they team up with a pair of sisters to put on a show to save their former General’s remote Vermont ski lodge that’s fallen on hard times. At the newly refurbished Dominion Theatre, an 18-piece orchestra will accompany the cast in some of musical history’s best loved songs, including Let Yourself Go, Sisters, The Best Things Happen When You’re Dancing, Snow, Count Your Blessings, Blue Skies, Love You Didn’t Do Right By Me, How Deep Is The Ocean, I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm and, of course, the title song, White Christmas. The stage musical is based on the Paramount Pictures timeless movie classic, written for the screen by Norman Krasna, Norman Panama & Melvin Frank, which starred Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera Ellen.
For tickets and information: whitechristmasmusical.co.uk
Dates: Previews from 8 November; opening night Wednesday 12 November, until 3 January 2015
Location: Dominion Theatre
Image credit: Alastair Muir