Too Close to the Sun is a dramatic new musical, making its world premiere this summer.
Author and Nobel Prize-winner Ernest Hemingway, battling the rigours old age, takes solace in the company of his young secretary. His wife, tolerating this liaison so as not to lose him, is aware that the secretary has a secret agenda - to become wife number five and inherit his estate.
The arrival of Rex, an old school friend, adds a further complication, as he tries to secure the film rights to the life of the notorious writer. With bribery, lies and manipulation, Rex plays a dangerous game to achieve his goal, but in this suggested account of events leading to Hemingway’s death, can there be any winners?
1964 | West End |
Original London Production West End |
1992 | West End |
London Revival West End |
2009 | West End |
West End Transfer West End |
2009 | West End |
London Production West End |
2009 | West End |
Original London Production West End |
2017 | London |
Bent, LGBT+, London, National Theatre, George Mackey, Simon Russell Beale London |
2017 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway Musical Premiere Off-Broadway |
2017 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway Production Off-Broadway |
2017 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway Debut Off-Broadway |
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