Nunn confirmed as Porgy and Bess director
Trevor Nunn has been confirmed to direct the revival of Porgy and Bess at the Savoy Theatre, as previously revealed by The Stage.
The production marks the world premiere of Nunn’s new version of the Gershwin classic, which has been re-worked into a two and a half hour musical entitled The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess.
Rehearsals will begin on September 4 for the £3 million show, which features a 40-strong cast and 20-piece orchestra. It will open on November 9, following previews from October 25.
Porgy and Bess originally premiered in 1935 at the Alvin Theatre in New York in a production directed by Rouben Mamoulian.
Also from The Stage
To contact the Stage news team email newsdesk@thestage.co.uk or call 020 7403 1818, selecting option 2 (editorial) followed by option 1 (newsdesk).
If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication".
Follow The Stage on Twitter and Facebook to get the latest entertainment industry news to your desktop or mobile.
Latest news
- Radio 4 commissions Bloomsbury group parody
- Alison Steadman, Miriam Margoyles and Nigel Planner are to star in a new BBC comedy series described as an…
- BBC opens applications for New Comedy Award 2012
- Applications have opened for the BBC Radio 2 New Comedy Award 2012.
- ITV orders 20-part daytime crime drama series
- ITV has commissioned a 20-part daytime police drama that will feature stories inspired by real crimes, with actors in…
- Shoreditch Town Hall to become major arts hub
- Shoreditch Town Hall is to be transformed into an arts centre, which will see the building host regular, ticketed…
- Equity to fight “stuffy, ineffective” image
- Equity has agreed to engage with its critics after warnings that the union is seen as “stuffy, ineffective,…
- Michelle Ryan to play Sally Bowles in West End Cabaret
- Former EastEnders actress Michelle Ryan is to star as Sally Bowles in the forthcoming West End revival of Cabaret.
Content is copyright © 2012 The Stage Media Company Limited unless otherwise stated.
All RSS feeds are published for personal, non-commercial use. (What’s RSS?)
