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It has been announced that the Menier Chocolate Factory will host a celebration of the works of Andrew Lippa.
Life Of The Party: A Celebration Of The Songs Of Andrew Lippa opens on Friday 30th May (previews from 27th May) and runs until Saturday 14th June 2014.
Caroline O’Connor, Damian Humbley and Summer Strallen will star in the show, hosted by Andrew Lippa.
He will showcase songs from some of his most successful musicals including; The Wild Party, The Addams Family and Big Fish. Audiences should also "expect some surprises" as Andrew and the cast "explore these stories and their characters, sharing their journeys in this funny, poignant and joyous musical celebration".
Andrew Lippa’s Broadway credits include Big Fish, The Addams Family and the score for The Farnsworth Invention (written by Aaron Sorkin). He also contributed three new songs and all new arrangements for the 1999 production of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. In 2000 his musical The Wild Party (Manhattan Theater Club) won the Outer Critics Circle award for best Off-Broadway musical and the 2000 Drama Desk Award for best music. In addition he wrote the music and lyrics and co-wrote the book with Tom Greenwald for john & jen (The Lambs Theater) and wrote the music for A Little Princess (Theaterworks, Palo Alto).
His oratorio I Am Harvey Milk was premiered by the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus and the recording, released in October 2013, reaching number two on the iTunes Classical Chart. I Am Harvey Milk will be seen at LA’s Disney Hall in July and in NYC later this year. Andrew has also been musical director for Kristin Chenoweth since 1999, playing and conducting her sold-out shows in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and London.
Caroline O'Connor is a multi award-winning singer/dancer/actress who performs all over the world. She returns to the UK after starring in A Christmas Story on Broadway. As a leading lady, her most recent credits include Rose in Gypsy (Curve, Leicester), Phyllis inFollies (Chicago) and Mrs Lovett in Sweeney Todd (Le Châtelet). She was last seen in London in The Showgirl Within (Garrick) and was Olivier nominated for her West End roles in Mack & Mabel (Piccadilly - Best Actress in a Musical) and Bombshells (Arts - Best Actress). She appeared as Nini in Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge.
Damian Humbley played Charley Kringas at the Menier Chocolate Factory and the Harold Pinter Theatre in the Olivier-nominated Merrily We Roll Along. He also played Jamie inThe Last Five Years at the Chocolate Factory and Seymour in the UK tour of the Chocolate Factory’s production of Little Shop of Horrors. His other theatre credits include Putting It Together (St James Theatre), Dickens Abridged (Arts), Company (Sheffield Theatres) and Lend Me a Tenor – the Musical (Gielgud). Click here to read our recent interview with Damian.
Summer Strallen has been Olivier nominated four times, most recently in 2013 for Best Actress in a Musical for her role in Top Hat (national tour & Aldwych). Other theatre includes Love Never Dies (Adelphi – Olivier nomination Best Supporting Role in a Musical), Company (Queen’s), The Sound of Music (Palladium), The Drowsy Chaperone (Novello – Olivier nomination Best Actress in a Musical), The Boyfriend (Regent’s Park - Olivier nomination Best Supporting Role in a Musical), Guys and Dolls (Piccadilly), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Palladium), Cats and Fosse (both international tours).
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