Olivier winner Tracie Bennett will play Judy Garland in Peter Quilter's End of the Rainbow at the West End's Trafalgar Studios beginning November 16. The limited engagement will open on November 22 and run through March 5, 2011.
The production will be directed by Tony winner Terry Johnson and feature Hilton McRae as Garland's musical director Anthony, Stephen Hagan as her fifth husband Mickey Deanes, and Robin Brown as a radio interviewer/stage manager. The actors will be accompanied by a six-member band.
Set in 1968 London, End of the Rainbow follows Garland late in her life as she struggles with drug and alcohol addiction while performing a series of concerts in hopes of reclaiming her former glory. The show will feature such Garland classics as "The Man That Got Away," "Come Rain or Come Shine," "The Trolley Song" and "Somewhere Over the Rainbow."
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