Chit chat - Colourblind casting
Meanwhile, there has been one other question on people’s lips since the end of last week. Darius Danesh as Rhett Butler?
Darius Danesh as Billy Flynn in Chicago at the Cambridge Theatre in 2006 Photo: Uli Weber
Yes, the man most famous for his rendition of Hit Me Baby One More Time (oh, how he must long to forget that), is to take to the West End stage in Trevor Nunn’s new musical version of Gone With the Wind.
It’s a strange choice and one is tempted to think that it has to be based solely on Danesh’s performance in the auditions. After all, he has little public profile in the wider world now - it’s been rather a long time since his hit single Colourblind - so can’t really be deemed a box office draw in himself.
Or maybe it’s just a (Gone With the) Wind up.
Also from The Stage
- Darius to play Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind musical
- Paice to play O'Hara in Nunn's Gone With the Wind
- Gone with the Wind hits West End in April
- Nunn to direct Gone With the Wind in West End
- Ex-Brookside Ellison and Pop Idol's Darius to join Chicago cast
- Chart-topper Darius to play Billy in West End's Chicago
- Letters: Stick to singing
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