High Society

T347340908
The Champagne Musical includes songs such as "High Society", "Who Wants to be a Millionaire", "I Love Paris" and "Let's Misbehave". The show is set in the fashionable High Society world of Philadelphia, Tracy Samantha Lord is engaged to be married to the dependable George Kitteredge. However her wedding plans are disrupted by the arrival of her ex-husband C K Dexter Haven and two reporters from the tabloid press, who are keen to publish scandalous stories about Tracy's father and his affair with an 'exotic dancer' ! The wedding does eventually go ahead - but who does Tracy marry?!

Music	Cole Porter
Lyrics	Cole Porter
Book by	Arthur Kopit

Archive :: production:T347340908, musical:S1539, venue:V402

Production details

Presented in-the-round

Special Performances

2 Jun 15 Captioned
14 Jul 15 Audio Described
25 Jul 15 Captioned

Performance

Venue	Old Vic Theatre
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	30th April 2015
Opened	14th May 2015
To	22nd August 2015
When	Mon-Sat 19:30. Wed, Sat Mats 14:30. May 14 at 19:00
What is currently on at Old Vic Theatre (V402)

Reviews

No UKTW or User reviews available.

Company

Producer	Old Vic
Director	Maria Friedman
Design	Tom Pye
Lighting	Peter Mumford
Choreographer	Nathan M Wright
Sound	Simon Baker
Musical Director	Theo Jamieson
Director	Maggie Lunn (casting)
Performer	Ellie Bamber (Dinah Lord)
Performer	John Brannoch (ensemble)
Performer	Ricky Butt (Mavis)
Performer	Omari Douglas (ensemble)
Performer	Claire Doyle (ensemble)
Performer	Chris Ellis-Stanton (ensemble)
Performer	Kate Fleetwood (Tracey Lord)
Performer	Barbara Flynn (Margaret Lord)
Performer	Richard Grieve (George Kittredge)
Performer	Leon Kay (ensemble)
Performer	Sammy Kelly (ensemble)
Performer	Paul Kemble (Chester)
Performer	Zak Nemorin (ensemble)
Performer	Jamie Parker (Mike Connor)
Performer	Katharine Pearson (ensemble)
Performer	Christopher Ravenscroft (Seth Lord)
Performer	Jeff Rawle (Uncle Willie)
Performer	Annabel Scholey (Liz Imbrie)
Performer	Philippa Stefani (ensemble)
Performer	Rupert Young (C.K. Dexter Haven)

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