Shucked is announced as the opening show of Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
The award-winning Broadway musical will run from 10 May to 14 June
Tony Award-winning musical comedy Shucked makes its much-anticipated UK premiere, landing at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre for 5 weeks only, following an acclaimed run on Broadway and a US tour.
Featuring a book by Tony Award winner Robert Horn (Tootsie), and a score by the Grammy Award-winning songwriting team of Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally.
Maizy and Beau are getting hitched, when the corn that protects their small community starts to die. The town needs answers. But who will dare to venture beyond the borders of Cob County?
Including the knockout songs ‘Woman of the World’, ‘Somebody Will’ and ‘Independently Owned’, this Broadway hit about an unlikely hero, an unscrupulous con artist, and a battle for the heart and soil of a small town, is not to be missed.
Monique Ashe-Palmer will lead the cast as Storyteller 1, joined by Ben Joyce as Beau, Sophie McShera as Maizy, Georgina Onuorah as Lulu, Keith Ramsey as Peanut, Matthew Seadon-Young as Gordy, and Steven Webb as Storyteller 2.
Further casting is yet to be announced.
Tony Award winner Jack O’Brien directs the show, lighting associate Lucy Adams, associate choreographer Myles Brown, associate director Nathanael Campbell, associate set designer Ben Davies, voice and dialect coach Aundrea Fudge, casting director Jill Green, costume designer Tilly Grime, music supervisor, orchestrations and arrangements Jason Howland, casting associate Olivia Laydon, intimacy support Ingrid Mackinnon, WHAM designer Mia Neal, choreographer Sarah O’Gleby, set designer Scott Pask, US production supervisor Michael J Passaro, associate sound designer Greg Pink, musical director Katy Richardson, casting associate Tom Shiels, sound designer John Shivers, electronic music designer Billy Jay Stein and lighting designer Japhy Weideman.
Presented in association with Mike Bosner, Jason Owen, AEG Presents/Jay Marciano, and Michael Harrison.
