MY FAVORITE THINGS Concert, Featuring Audra McDonald, Julian Ovenden, Aaron Tveit, and More, Will Come to Cinemas This February

CinemaLive has announced a new season of musical events to play in 475 cinemas across the UK and Ireland in 2024. As one of the leading producers and distributors of event cinema, this season will see CinemaLive bringing much loved West End and Regional productions to audiences across the UK and Ireland.

Adding to the previously announced cinema release of My Favorite Things: Rodgers and Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert on 14 and 18 February 2024, are Kinky Boots on 1 and 4 February, Titanic – The Musical on 7 and 10 March, An American in Paris on 18 and 21 April and 42nd Street on 16 and 19 May.

Booking for CinemaLive's Season of Musicals is now open.

To book for your local cinema please follow the link copied here:  https://bigscreenmusicals.com/

KINKY BOOTS

Music by Cindy Lauper

Book by Harvey Fierstein

Thursday 1 Sunday 4 February

Cast includes: Killian Donnelly (Charlie Price), Matt Henry (Lola) and Amy Lennox (Lauren)

Director and Choreographer: Jerry Mitchell; Set Designer: David Rockwell; Costume Designer: Gregg Barnes; Lighting designer: Kenneth Posner; Musical supervision, arrangements and orchestrations: Stephen Oremus.

Kinky Boots -The Musical, filmed live at the Adelphi Theatre in the heart of London's West End, is strutting onto the big screen! With songs from Grammy and Tony award winning pop icon Cindy Lauper, book by legendary Broadway playwright Harvey Fierstein (La Cage Aux Folles), and direction and choreography by Jerry Mitchell (Legally Blonde, Hairspray), the musical is based on the film written by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth. Featuring the Original London Cast including Matt Henry who won the 2016 Olivier award for Best Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of Lola.

Inspired by true events, this huge-hearted hit tells the story of two people with nothing in common – or so they think.

Charlie (Killian Donnelly) is a factory owner struggling to save his family business, and Lola (Matt Henry) is a fabulous entertainer with a wildly exciting idea. With a little compassion and a lot of understanding, this unexpected pair learn to embrace their differences and create a line of sturdy stilettos unlike any the world has ever seen! But in the end, their most sensational achievement is their friendship. This unmissable musical theatre event celebrates a joyous story of British grit transforming into a high-heeled hit as it takes you from the factory floor of Northampton to the glamorous catwalks of Milan!  

 

Concord Originals, Concord Theatricals, Kilimanjaro Live/JAS Theatricals, Austin Shaw and Rob Bagshaw

MY FAVORITE THINGS: THE RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN 80TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT

Wednesday 14 and Sunday 18 February

Cast includes: Joanna Ampil, Michael Ball, Maria Friedman, Daniel Dae Kim, Audra McDonald, Julian Ovenden, Lucy St. Louis, Aaron Tveit, Marisha Wallace and Patrick Wilson

Director: Christopher Gattelli; Conductor: Simon Lee

Featuring a 40-piece orchestra and international stars of the stage and screen, this special anniversary concert will be presented at London's newly restored Theatre Royal Drury Lane – the same venue that premiered the original West End production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific and The King and I.

Directed and staged by Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Christopher Gattelli (Broadway's The King and I, South Pacific), the celebration of the historic partnership of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II will showcase original arrangements of the most iconic songs from Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, Cinderella and The Sound of Music.

Featuring a star-studded cast including Joanna Ampil, Michael Ball, Maria Friedman, Daniel Dae Kim, Audra McDonald, Julian Ovenden, Lucy St. Louis, Aaron Tveit, Marisha Wallace and Patrick Wilson, the landmark event additionally comprised of the 40-piece Rodgers & Hammerstein Concert Orchestra, conducted by Simon Lee, along with a West End chamber choir, dance ensemble and surprise guest appearances from Chita Rivera and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

TITANIC – THE MUSICAL

Music and Lyrics by Maury Yeston

Book by Peter Stone

Thursday 7 and Sunday 10 March

Cast: Mark Allanson (Ismay), Valda Aviks (Ida Straus), Grham Bickley (Captain Smith), Sam Brown (Fleet), James Darch (Edgar Beane), David Delve (Isidor Straus), Adam Filipe (Barrett), Alastair Hill (Bride), Barnaby Hughes (Pitman/Etches), Niamh Long (Kate Mullins), Ian McLarnon (Andrews), Jack North (Lightoller), Billy Roberts (Murdoch), Bree Smith (Alice Beane).

Director: Tom Southerland; Set and Costume Designer: David Woodhead; Lighting Designer: Howard Hudson: Sound Designer: Andrew Johnson

In the final hours of 14th April 1912, the RMS Titanic, on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, collided with an iceberg and the ‘unsinkable ship' slowly sank. It was one of the most tragic disasters of the 20th Century. 1,522 men women and children lost their lives.

Based on the real people aboard the most legendary ship in the world, Titanic the Musical is a stirring production, focusing on the hopes, dreams and aspirations of her passengers, all innocently unaware of the fate awaiting them.

With music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and book by Peter Stone, the original Broadway production won five Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book. This stunning production filmed at New Victoria Theatre Woking celebrates the 10th anniversary of its London première where it recieved sweeping critical acclaim across the board.

AN AMERICAN IN PARIS

Featuring music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin

Book by Craif Lucas

Thursday 18 and Sunday 21 April

Cast: Robert Fairchild (Jerry Mulligan), Leanne Cope (Lise Dassin), Haydn Oakley (Henri Baurel), Zoe Rainey (Milo Davenport), Davod Seadon-Young (Adam Hochberg), Jane Asher (Madame Baurel)

Director and Choreographer: Christopher Wheeldon; Set and costume design: Bob Cowley

This breathtakingly beautiful Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, inspired by the Oscar winning MGM film, tells the impassioned story of discovering love in the ‘City of Light'.

Jerry Mulligan is an American GI striving to make it as a painter in a city suddenly bursting with hope and possibility. Following a chance encounter with a beautiful young dancer named Lise, the streets of Paris become the backdrop to a sensuous, modern romance of art, friendship, and love in the aftermath of war.

Featuring the gorgeous music and lyrics of George and Ira Gershwin (including the classic hits, Wonderful and I Got Rhythm), stunning designs, and show-stopping choreography, this incredible production received 28 five-star reviews from the critics for its London Première at the Dominion Theatre.

42nd STREET

Book by Mark Bramble and Michael Stewart

Music by Harry Warren

Lyrics by Al Dublin

Thursday 16 and Sunday 19 May

Cast: Bonnie Langford (Dorothy Brock), Tom Lister (Julian Marsh), Clare Halse (Peggy Sawyer), Jasna Ivir (Maggie Jones), Christopher Howell (Bert Barry), Matthew Goodgame (Pat Denning), Graeme Henderson (Andy Lee), Bruce Montague (Abner Dillon), Emma Caffrey (Annie) Ella Martine (Lorraine), Clare Rickard (Phyllis) and Paul Knight (Oscar)

Director: Mark Bramble; Choreographer: Randy Skinner

42nd Street, the legendary Broadway musical theatre classic, is a ‘glorious' (Sunday Express) and ‘utterly moreish extravaganza of glitz' (The Times).

Telling the story of Peggy Sawyer, a talented young performer with stars in her eyes who gets her big break on Broadway, this is the largest ever staging of the Tony Award-winning musical and it was filmed live at the magnificent Theatre Royal Drury Lane in the heart of London's West End. Starring national treasure Bonnie Langford as Dorothy Brock and featuring iconic songs 42nd Street, We're In The Money and Lullaby Of Broadway, this is pure musical magic from the West End brought to the Big Screen.

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