Summer Strallen Talks TOP HAT; Rehearsals Begin in July

According to an article by Baz Bamigboye for UK Daily Mail, Summer Strallen and Tom Chambers begin rehearsals for the stage adaptation of TOP HAT on July 4. Strallen commented, 'Tom and I get on so well, we're going to make a really good partnership.'

 She added, 'I'm very bossy, so I'll be Fred in the relationship. He was a bit of a battleaxe to Ginger, and dictatorial, and they had many spats. Tom and I won't be like that because we get on. But I'm a brigadier's granddaughter, so I am bossy by nature, which I think Tom might quite like.'

Read the full article at:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1353511/Well-sizzling-summer-Miss-Strallen-new-stage-version-Top-Hat.html#ixzz1CxUSDHKs

Top Hat is a 1935 screwball comedy musical film in which Fred Astaire plays an American dancer named Jerry Travers, who comes to London to star in a show produced by Horace Hardwick (Edward Everett Horton). He meets and attempts to impress Dale Tremont (Ginger Rogers) to win her affection. The film also features Eric Blore as Hardwick's valet Bates, Erik Rhodes as Alberto Beddini, a fashion designer and rival for Dale's affections, and Helen Broderick as Hardwick's long-suffering wife Madge.

The film was written by Allan Scott and Dwight Taylor. It was directed by Mark Sandrich. The songs were written by Irving Berlin. "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" and "Cheek to Cheek" have become American song classics.