It has been announced that Broadway musical Meet Me in St. Louis will receive its UK premiere at the Landor Theatre. The production will open on Monday 16th December (previews from 11th December) and run until Saturday 18th January 2014.
Based on the 1944 MGM motion picture starring Judy Garland, Meet Me in St. Louis is the story of The Smiths, a well-to-do suburban family living in turn of the century Midwestern St. Louis. The city is about to host the World’s Fair, a spectacular exhibition on a scale never before seen, and the Smiths are preparing to celebrate its arrival.
Meanwhile, sisters Esther and Rose are dreaming of romance. Esther is in love with the boy next door, whilst Rose is awaiting a phone call in which she hopes to be proposed to. However, their father Alonzo is unexpectedly beckoned to New York with the offer of a promotion and the Smith’s are suddenly arranging to move away from St. Louis; an uprooting that threatens to indelibly change their lives forever.
A heart-warming and nostalgic Christmas musical, Meet Me in St. Louis features numbers including The Boy Next Door, The Trolley Song and the timeless classic Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. The film was directed by Vincente Minnelli, who was first introduced to Judy Garland on set and later married her. The film was later adapted for the stage and premiered on Broadway in 1989 where it played 252 performances at the George Gershwin Theatre (current home to the Broadway production of Wicked)
Meet Me in St. Louis has music and lyrics by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, and a book by Hugh Wheeler. It is directed by Robert McWhir with choreography by Robbie O'Reilly, design by Francisco Rodriguez-Weil and lighting design by Richard Lambert.
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