Full casting has been announced for the upcoming Happy Days UK Tour. Joining the previously announced Heidi Range as 'Pinky Tuscadero' are Ben Freeman as 'The Fonz' and Cheryl Baker as ‘Mrs Cunningham’.
The cast will also feature: Lucy-Jane Adcock, Charlie Allen, Henry Davis, Ray Gardner, Emma Harrold, Grace Holdstock, Katie Monks, Eddie Myles, James Paterson, Edwin Ray, Sam Robinson, Andrew Waldron, Scott Waugh and Jason Winter.
Directed and choreographed by Olivier Award nominee Andrew Wright, Happy Days will open at the Churchill Theatre Bromley on Tuesday 14th January 2014 (previews from 11th January), before embarking on a national tour, including a stop at the Milton Keynes Theatre between 16th - 21st June 2014.
Ben Freeman (pictured left) is currently starring as Fiyero in the West End production of Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Theatre. His other West End credits include ‘Warner’ in Legally Blonde (Savoy) and ‘Norman’ in Dreamboats and Petticoats (Savoy & Playhouse). Ben is best known for playing ‘Scott Windsor’ in Emmerdale.
As a member of the pop group Bucks Fizz, Cheryl Baker (pictured below) won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1981, and has subsequently had more than 20 hit records including three number ones. She made her theatrical debut in the musical Footloose, starring in both the inaugural tour and in the West End. Her other musicals include ‘Mrs Potts’ in Beauty and the Beast and Menopause The Musical. Last year Cheryl took part in Celebrity Masterchef and she came in as first runner-up on Pop Star To Opera Star in 2011.
Heidi Range is best known for being the longest serving current member of the multiplatinum selling British girl group, the Sugababes. Last year, Heidi took part in the ITV series, Dancing on Ice, and subsequently in the Dancing on Ice live UK tour. Heidi was one of this year’s Celebrity Masterchef contestants.
Happy Days in a new musical is written by Garry Marshall, the legendary creator of the popular television series. Garry is also the director of many world-wide hit films including Pretty Woman, Beaches and The Princess Diaries 1&2. It includes 21 original songs by Oscar, Grammy and Golden Globe award-winning Hall of Fame Songwriter, Paul Williams (Bugsy Malone, Evergreen, Rainy Days and Mondays). The show also includes the much-loved Happy Days theme tune from the TV show.
Happy Days is described as a "hilarious feel-good musical" which is "guaranteed to have you rockin’ and rollin’ all week long!" This brand new UK Tour based on the hit TV series features the unforgettable ‘King of Cool’ Arthur ‘The Fonz’ Fonzarelli. "Join your favourite ‘50’s family, the Cunninghams and the rest of the gang – Potsie, Ralph Malph, Joanie and Chachi as they battle to save their beloved diner Arnold’s from demolition. In a race against time, can everyone's favourite hero 'The Fonz' save the day?"
Visit www.happydaysthemusical.co.uk for further information.
Photo Credit: Paul Coltas
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