Josie Rourke's City of Angels returns to the West End with Rosalie Craig and Vanessa Williams

City of Angels: Rebecca Trehearn and Rosalie Craig in the original Donmar Warehouse production
Johan Persson
Zoe Paskett1 November 2019

Josie Rourke’s critically acclaimed production of CIty of Angels will get a West End revival, five years after opening at the Donmar Warehouse.

Rosalie Craig, Hadley Fraser, and Rebecca Trehearn will return to star in the musical alongside American actress Vanessa Williams who makes her West End debut at the Garrick Theatre.

The production won two Olivier Awards when it opened in 2014 at the Donmar. This will be Rourke’s first show since stepping down as artistic director of the theatre.

City of Angels is a musical love letter to old Hollywood and film noir. It weaves two stories together: one of a writer trying to turn his book into a screenplay and the other of the film he is writing.

The whole creative team will be reunited to bring Cy Coleman and David Zippel’s score and Larry Gelbart’s story to the stage. Stephen Mear will choreograph, with design by Robert Jones, lighting by Howard Harrison and sound by Terry Jardine and Nick Lidster.

Rourke said: “City of Angels was a landmark experience for me at the Donmar. We all longed to hear Cy Coleman's classic score, and see this incredible design on a bigger stage. [Producer Nica Burns'] passion for the show has brought about this reunion, and I'm very grateful that through her championing, audiences will have the chance to see this classic production in the West End.”

City of Angels will run from March 2020 at the Garrick Theatre.

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