01 Apr NEWS: First UK Stage Production of Irving Berlin and Moss Hart’s Face the Music

Director: Brendan Matthew
Musical Director: Aaron Clingham
Choreographer: Sally Brooks
Casting: Benjamin Newsome
Producer: Andrew Yon

All Star Productions have announced that they are to stage the first UK Stage Production of Irving Berlin and Moss Hart‘s musical comedy Face the Music.

Having opened on Broadway on February 17th 1932, Face the Music played for 165 performances but has since laid dormant for nearly 70 years. With both music and lyrics composed by Irving Berlin (White Christmas, Top Hat, Call Me Madam) the snappy musical features such memorable numbers as Let’s Have Another Cup of Coffee, Soft Lights and Sweet Music, Manhattan Madness, and I Say Its Spinach (and the Hell with It).

Producer Hal Reisman desperately seeks backers for his Broadway show. Because of the Great Depression, once rich investors are “Lunching at the Automat”. In his search, Reisman meets crooked policemen who need to get rid of their illegal money before they are found out. The corrupt police chief Martin van Buren Meshbesher and his eccentric wife Myrtle become investors in the show, expecting it to be a failure. However, when risqué material is added the show is raided and the government tries to close it and the flop becomes an instant hit because of the publicity.

The Creative Team is lead by director Brendan Matthew and musical director Aaron Clingham, who were both nominated in the Broadway World Awards last year for their work on All Star Productions production of The Apple Tree.

For tickets and information: allstarproductions.ticketsource.co.uk
Venue: Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre
Dates: 9th June – 3rd July 2015