Starring

Bernadette Peters
Bernadette Peters
Throughout her illustrious career, Bernadette Peters has dazzled audiences and critics with her performances on stage, film and television, in concert, and on recordings. She has garnered numerous accolades including three Tony Awards, a Golden Globe, four Emmy and Grammy nominations and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Best known for her work on stage and one of Broadway’s most critically acclaimed performers, Bernadette just concluded a highly successful West End debut in the Cameron Mackintosh production of Old Friends, celebrating the life and work of Stephen Sondheim.
Bernadette has starred on Broadway in Hello, Dolly!, Follies, A Little Night Music, Gypsy, Annie Get Your Gun (Tony Award), The Goodbye Girl, Into the Woods (Drama Desk nomination), Song and Dance (Tony and Drama Desk Awards), Sunday in the Park with George, Mack & Mabel and On the Town. She also starred in City Center’s Encores! Production, A Bed and a Chair: A New York Love Affair featuring music by Stephen Sondheim and orchestrations by Wynton Marsalis.
She also enjoys a career which boasts an impressive list of television credits, most recently, “High Desert”, “Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas,” “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” (Emmy Nomination); “The Good Fight”, “Mozart in the Jungle”, “Smash”, among others.
Peters has lit up the silver screen in over 30 films including “Pennies From Heaven (Golden Globe Award)”, The Jerk, The Longest Yard, Silent Movie, Annie, Pink Cadillac, Slaves of New York, Woody Allen’s Alice, Impromptu, Living Proof, It Runs in the Family, Coming Up Roses, The Broken Hearts Gallery, tick, tick…BOOM!.
She has recorded six solo albums, including the Grammy-nominated I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight, Sondheim, Etc.: Bernadette Peters Live at Carnegie Hall, and Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers & Hammerstein.
Bernadette is a New York Times best-selling author of three children’s books with two original songs: Broadway Barks, Stella is a Star, and Stella and Charlie: Friends Forever.

Lea Salonga
Lea Salonga
Lea Salonga is best known for her Tony Award Winning role in Miss Saigon. In addition to Tony, she has won the Olivier, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Theater World Awards, Time100 Impact Award from Time Magazine, and the Gold Legend Award from Gold House. Most recently, Lea starred in the West End production of Old Friends, and as Aurora in Here Lies Love on Broadway, which she also produced. Lea was also the first Asian to play Eponine in the musical Les Misérables on Broadway and returned to the show as Fantine in the 2006 revival. Fans of all ages recognize Lea as the singing voice of Princess Jasmine from Aladdin and Fa Mulan for Mulan and Mulan II. For her portrayal of the beloved princesses, the Walt Disney Company bestowed her with the honor of “Disney Legend.” She has released 14 albums – including her latest recording, Sounding Joy– and toured all over the globe, performing sold-out concerts in landmark venues. Salonga’s talents extend to the screen, where she can be seen on MAX’s Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin and Sony’s Yellow Rose and heard on Netflix’s Centaurworld and FX’s Little Demon.

Jasmine Forsberg
Jasmine Forsberg
Jasmine Forsberg is an actor and songwriter from Orlando, Florida. Broadway: Six (Jane Seymour), Here Lies Love (Maria Luisa). First National Tour: Six. Off Broadway: Broadway Bounty Hunter. Regional: A Grand Night For Singing (Goodspeed), Love in Hate Nation (Two River Theater), Wild Fire (Denver Center). TV: “One December Night” (Hallmark), “Llamas” (Nick Jr.). Jasmine’s debut single, “do you”, is streaming on all platforms. BFA from Penn State. Thanks to CESD, Tara Rubin Casting, and my loved ones for their endless support. www.JasmineForsberg.com @jasmine_forsberg

Kate Jennings Grant
Kate Jennings Grant
BROADWAY: Belinda in Noises Off, The Country House (MTC), The Lyons (dir. Mark Brokaw), Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls, Proof and An American Daughter (both directed by Daniel Sullivan.) Off-Broadway: Mother of the Maid opposite Glenn Close, Bette in The Marriage of Bette and Boo, The Beard of Avon (dir. Doug Hughes), Radiant Baby (dir. George C. Wolfe), Between Us (MTC), Summer of ’42. Most recently Kate starred as Beatrice in Simon Godwin’s production of Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare Theatre, D.C.) NATIONAL TOURS: Sharon in Finian’s Rainbow and Eve Harrington in Applause. FILM: Love and Other Drugs opposite Jake Gyllenhall (dir. Ed Zwick), United 93 (dir. Paul Greengrass) Diane Sawyer in Frost/Nixon (dir. Ron Howard), Custody (dir. James Lapine), When a Stranger Calls, Kinsey (dir. Bill Condon), Forgiven (Bend Film Festival Best Supporting Actress). TV roles include: Madame Giry on “Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin,” Louise Herrick on ABC’s “Notorious,” “We Crashed,” “Russian Doll,” “Billions,” “Madame Secretary,” “The Good Wife,” and recurring roles on “Alpha House,” “Damages,” “Parenthood,” and “Pan Am.” Kate is a graduate of The Juilliard School’s Drama Division and holds a B.A. in English and Music Composition from the University of Pennsylvania.

David Harris
David Harris
David joins Old Friends direct from his Broadway run as The Duke in Moulin Rouge! after originating the role in the first national tour. Regional productions include Valjean in Les Misérables, Father in Ragtime, Billy in Anything Goes, Dan in Next to Normal (BroadwayWorld and Connecticut Critics Circle Award nominations for Best Actor), and originated the role of Max Bronfman in a reimagined Rags.
As one of Australia’s most acclaimed leading man, David has earned multiple Best Actor awards and nominations for roles including Chris in Miss Saigon, Fiyero in Wicked, Tick in Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Emmett in Legally Blonde, the Baker in Into The Woods, Malcolm in The Full Monty, Joe in Damn Yankees, John in Little Women, Prez in Pajama Game, Perchik in Fiddler On The Roof and Jimmy in Thoroughly Modern Millie.
US and International concerts include Ragtime with the Boston Pops, Defying Gravity – the songs of Stephen Schwartz, and Boublil & Schönberg’s Do You Hear The People Sing? David has release two solo albums, ‘Til The Night Is Gone and At This Stage.
Discover more at Davidharrisofficial.com and follow @DavidHarrisO

Bonnie Langford
Bonnie Langford
Bonnie Langford has packed a wealth of experience in her outstanding career which has embraced success in theatre, television, film and radio in both Britain and America.
Most recently, Bonnie starred in Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends at the Gielgud Theatre in London’s West End and Madame Thénardier in the Les Misérables World Tour Arena Spectacular. She also returned to her role of The Doctor’s assistant, Melanie Bush in “Doctor Who” on BBCTV and Disney Plus worldwide.
West End theatre includes: Madame Thénardier in Les Misérables (Sondheim Theatre); Evangeline Harcourt in Anything Goes (Barbican Theatre); Roz Keith in 9 to 5, The Musical (Savoy Theatre); Dorothy Brock in 42nd Street (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and filmed for DVD and cinema release in the UK and Ireland, across America and streamed on Broadway HD and PBS America); Rumpleteaser in the Original London cast of Cats (The Gillian Lynne Theatre); Mabel and Kate in The Pirates Of Penzance (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and London Palladium); Peter in Peter Pan – The Musical (Aldwych Theatre); Sally in Me and My Girl (Adelphi Theatre); Charity in Sweet Charity (Victoria Palace Theatre); The Lady of the Lake in Spamalot (Harold Pinter Theatre and Playhouse Theatre); Muriel in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Savoy Theatre) and Roxie Hart in Chicago (Adelphi Theatre, Cambridge Theatre and on Broadway).
She made her theatre debut in the West End at the tender age of seven in Gone with the Wind at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The following year she played Baby June in Gypsy opposite Angela Lansbury at the Piccadilly Theatre, making such an impact that the producers took her to America with the show for a highly successful run on Broadway. For this performance, at the age of ten, Bonnie was nominated for a Drama Desk Award.
UK tours include 42nd Street; Charlie Girl; Oklahoma!; Guys and Dolls; Fosse; Spamalot; 9 to 5, The Musical; Anything Goes and numerous Royal Variety Performances and Royal Galas.
Bonnie performed her concert An Evening with Bonnie Langford to celebrate the 120th Anniversary of Richmond Theatre, she also hosted both The Music of the Night and Let’s Face The Music concerts with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall. She regularly performs her own cabaret shows at The Pheasantry and Crazy Coqs in London.
Television and film credits include Carmel Kazemi in BBC’s “EastEnders” for which she won Best Newcomer at the 2015 British Soap Awards, a BAFTA for best continuing drama and nomination for Best Serial Drama Performance at the 2019 National Television Awards; Lena Marelli in Bugsy Malone (dir. Alan Parker); Violet Elizabeth Bott in “Just William” (ITV); “The Lena and Bonnie Show” (ITV); “The Hot Shoe Show” (BBC); “Hotel Babylon” (BBC); “Agatha Christie’s Marple” (ITV); “The Catherine Tate Show” (BBC); Melanie Bush on “Doctor Who” (BBC) and even “The Masked Dancer” as Squirrel. Bonnie was the subject of ITV’s “This Is Your Life.” In 2006, she learned to ice skate on the ITV show “Dancing on Ice,” skating her way to the final and returning for the All Stars season in 2014.
Recordings include Bonnie Langford Now, Jazz at the Theatre and numerous Doctor Who audio dramas for Big Finish.

Beth Leavel
Beth Leavel
Tony Winner Beth Leavel was most recently seen on Broadway in the role of The Baroness in Lempicka. She was nominated for a 2019 Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League and Outer Critic’s Circle award for her performance as DeeDee Allen in the critically acclaimed Broadway show The Prom. She received Tony, Drama Desk, NY Outer Critics Circle and L.A. Drama Critics Awards for her performance as the title character in The Drowsy Chaperone. Beth also received Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle nominations for her role as Florence Greenberg in Baby It’s You. Other Broadway roles include Mrs. June Adams in Bandstand, Emily in Elf, Donna in Mamma Mia!, Frau Blucher in Young Frankenstein, Dorothy Brock in the revival of 42nd Street, Tess in the original company of Crazy For You, Mrs. Bixby in The Civil War, Ellie in Hal Prince’s Showboat, and Anytime Annie (her Broadway debut) in 42nd Street. Numerous TV, most recently The Ghosts of Christmas Always (Hallmark), The Walking Dead (AMC), and The Bite (Spectrum). Beth’s one-woman cabaret, It’s Not About Me, has played across the country to rave reviews and sold out venues. In her spare time, Leavel gives back and teaches master classes for students all over the world. MFA from UNC-G. Proud mom to T.J. and Sam and helplessly in love with Adam Heller. Grateful to my BRS/GAGE family.

Gavin Lee
Gavin Lee
Gavin is currently playing Thénadier in the World Concert Arena tour of Les Miserables. Before this he was part of the London company of Sondheim’s Old Friends and is thrilled to be returning to the show in LA and NYC. Recent favorite roles have included Lumière in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast at the London Palladium, the title character in How The Grinch stole Christmas at MSG and Squidward in The SpongeBob Musical on Broadway (Drama Desk Award and Tony Award nomination) He originated the role of Bert in the West End and Broadway productions of Mary Poppins (Drama Desk and Theatre World Awards, Olivier and Tony Award nominations).TV credits include “Law and Order: SUV”, “The Good Wife”, “Little America” and “White Collar.”
Select London/UK theatre credits include Top Hat, Crazy For You, Peggy Sue Got Married, Me and My Girl, Oklahoma!, Contact and Singin’ In The Rain.

Jason Pennycooke
Jason Pennycooke
Jason has 3 Olivier nominations for: Lafayette/Jefferson (Original cast of Hamilton) (also W.O.S.A winner), Bobby Dupree (Memphis), and Jacob (La Cage Aux Folles). 3 affiliate Olivier nominations for West End shows he choreographed Porgy & Bess, Soul Sister and The Big Life.
Other West End credits include: Sondheim’s Old Friends, Toulouse Lautrec (Moulin Rouge Musical), Benny Southstreet (Guys & Dolls), Paul (Kiss Me Kate), Little Moe (Five Guys Named Moe), Second (Father Comes Home From The Wars – Royal Court), Benny (RENT), Rocky III (Starlight Express), Jason (Soul Train), Particle Man (Stomp), Sammy Davis Jnr (The Rat Pack live from Las Vegas), John Jasper (Simply Heavenly), Joe Wellington (Golden Boy), Lamar (Elegies), Admiral (The Big Life), Will Scarlett (Robin and The Seven Hoods), Cats.
He Can Currently be seen as Wilson Pickett in Elton John biopic ROCKETMAN, Other Samuel in BBC Drama/Comedy – BOAT STORY, Larry in season 2 – LOKI – Marvel Studios, Steve in – DINNER WITH THE PARENTS – Prime, and Barry in Season 3 – SISTER BONNIFACE MYSTERIES – BBC/Britbox. Other credits include Bus Conductor in WORZEL GUMMAGE – BBC. As the voice of the Lead Wildebeest in feature animation JUNGLEBEAT THE MOVIE. Voice of lead character ARNI in new Disney Animation series VIKING SKOOL Disney+.
Choreography/Direction/Resident Direction: Get Up Stand Up, The Big Life, Half a Sixpence, Into The Woods, Shrek The Musical – Sweden, Crazy For You – Sweden, End of The Rainbow, Five Guys Named Moe, Pearl Fishers. Numerous Stage shows, stadium events and music videos.
Other credits Film and T.V include: Mister Lonely. Dir. Harmony Korine, Bumps – BBC1, Shopping Dir Paul W..S Anderson, All About The Mckenzies – ITV, London Live, and Stay Lucky (YTV),

Joanna Riding
Joanna Riding
Joanna Riding is a British, 5-time nominee and 2-time winner of the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical, for Julie in Carousel (National Theatre, London) and Eliza in My Fair Lady (Drury Lane Theatre, London). She was nominated for the following roles: Jane in Witches of Eastwick (Drury Lane), Sarah in Guys and Dolls (National Theatre) and Annie in Calendar Girls the Musical (Phoenix, London). Other recent roles include Sondheim’s Old Friends (Gielgud, London), Sally in Follies (National Theatre), Madame Rose in Gypsy (Buxton Opera House) and Babe in Pajama Game (Shaftesbury, London).
Her plays include: Ruth in Blithe Spirit, Maggie in Hobson’s Choice, Mrs Cheveley in An Ideal Husband and Fania in Playing For Time.
TV credits include: Eve Marbury in Ridley (ITV), Maeve Gibney in McDonald and Dodds, and Melissa in Stella (Sky).
Joanna’s film credits include Cinderella’s Mother in Into the Woods.

Jeremy Secomb
Jeremy Secomb
Theatre: Les Misérables Arena Spectacular (World Tour); Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends (Gielgud); Sister Act (Eventim Apollo & UK tour); A Christmas Carol (Dominion); Cats (Kilworth); Evita (UK and International tour & Adelphi); Sweet Charity (Nottingham Playhouse); Les Misérables (Queens); Sweeney Todd (London & New York); The Phantom of The Opera (Majesty’s & Australia/New Zealand & UK tour); Lend Me A Tenor (Gielgud); Priscilla Queen of the Desert (Palace); The Woman In White (Palace); Jerry Springer The Opera (Cambridge); Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (UK tour); A Grand Night for Singing (Footbridge Sydney).
Television: Stonehouse (ITV).
Concert: Soloist: Liverpool Philharmonic, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Birmingham Symphony and Ulster Symphony Orchestras; Old Friends-Stephen Sondheim Gala (Sondheim & BBC); Bonnie & Clyde; Evita; Sunset Boulevard (Alexandra Palace & Royal Albert Hall); Three Phantoms (China & UK); Movies to Musicals; Les Misérables; Jesus Christ Superstar; Playing Our Part (Cadogan Hall).
Recordings: Mascherato: The Musical; Jerry Springer The Opera; 25th Anniversary Phantom of the Opera; Lend Me A Tenor; Vocalist on numerous solo albums.
Awards: Sweeney Todd (Winner: The Theatre World Award. Nominations: Best Leading Actor in a Musical, Lucille Lortel, Drama League and Drama Desk Awards).
Instagram: @jeremysecombofficial

Maria Wirries
Maria Wirries
Maria Wirries (she/they) is a Performer, Composer, Lyricist, and Self-Proclaimed Swamp Witch.
Select credits include: Dear Evan Hansen (Broadway and First National Tour), Kinky Boots (Off Broadway Revival), and Penelope or How the Odyssey Was Really Written (Off Broadway). She is currently in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, and has developed her own original musicals at the Goodspeed Opera House, the Paramount Theater, and Penn State University. She is a proud Penn State and Young Arts Alum, and says a huge thank you to her childhood voice teacher Alan for gifting her a love of Sondheim and his work from an early age; “children will listen.”

Daniel Yearwood
Daniel Yearwood
Daniel Yearwood Broadway: Sweeney Todd, Hamilton, Once on This Island, INK. NYC: Eyes of the World: From D Day to VE Day (Carnegie Hall), Grand Hotel (NYCC). Regional: In the Heights, Newsies (Fulton Theatre). Recent collaborations include Breathe: Portraits from a Pandemic; Music by Douglas Lyons & Ethan Pakchar, Book by Timothy Allen McDonald & Jodi Picoult; Past Demons: Tales by Shirley Jackson by Ryan Scott Oliver. Immensely grateful to MTC and excited to return and celebrate the legacy of the late Stephen Sondheim alongside this incredible cast. Love to Mom, Dad, & The Three Peas. Thank you Tara, Sheri and Erica. @daniel.j.yearwood

Kevin Earley
Kevin Earley
Broadway credits include Les Miserables, Thoroughly Modern Millie and A Tale Of Two Cities. Kevin secured a NY Drama Desk Award Nomination for the title role in Death Takes a Holiday at the Roundabout, Laura Pels Theater. He has also received a Chicago Joseph Jefferson Award, L.A. Drama Critics’ Circle Award and four L.A. Ovation Award Nominations. Original cast albums include Death Takes a Holiday, A Tale of Two Cities, Secondhand Lions and Ripper, as well as, his solo album “Earley Standards”. His regional highlights include Pierre in Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, Dysart in Equus, Robert in The Play That Goes Wrong, Andrews in Titanic, Mr Hart in 9 to 5 and Archibald in The Secret Garden. Directing Credits include Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, The Glass Menagerie, Changing Channels and The Fantastics. Special thank you to Julie Ann. kevinearley.com

Paige Faure
Paige Faure
Paige Faure (Co-Star/Dance Captain) – Broadway: A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical (The Noise and Marcia, Ellie, Jaye standby), the Tony-winning revival of Company (Bobbie, Sarah, Jenny standby), the title role in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Ella), the revival of Miss Saigon (Ellen u/s), Bullets Over Broadway starring Zach Braff (Ellen u/s), and How To Succeed in Business… featuring Daniel Radcliffe (Hedy La Rue). She’s toured internationally with five other Broadway shows, premiered new works regionally at The Old Globe, Papermill Playhouse, The REV Theatre Company and the Kennedy Center, and has, most recently, created choreography for The Rev Theatre’s 2024 production of Jersey Boys, as well as being part of the choreography team for the A Beautiful Noise first national tour. She has performed for the Tony Awards, PBS Capitol Fourth Celebration, The Met Gala, and is a frequent soloist with The New American Pops Orchestra and NJ Festival Orchestra. Paige is a compassionate yoga teacher and arts educator, and totally cringe mom to Hank. @paigefaure

Alexa Lopez
Alexa Lopez
Alexa is a proud Cuban-American hailing from South FL. She most recently originated the role of ‘April’ in the world premiere of FALCON GIRLS at Yale Repertory Theatre. Regional credits include: Jane Doe (Ride the Cylone/Beck Center), Sonya (Great Comet of 1812/Idaho Shakespeare & GLT), Mimi (Rent/Cain Park), Lizzie Borden (Lizzie/Beck Center), Maria (West Side Story/Porthouse), Mollie (Perpetual Sunshine and the Ghost Girls; 2021 ASCAP Award Winner/Beck). Last year, she was honored to perform the national anthem for over 65,000 fans at her first major football game, Browns vs. Steelers, for Hispanic Heritage Month. Alexa also won ‘Best Actress in a Musical’ in the 2022 Cleveland Critics Circle Theatre Awards for her work as Maria in Porthouse’s West Side Story. Recent Grad of Baldwin Wallace Music Theatre 2024. Alexaelizabethlopez.com | IG: @alexaelopez

Peter Neureuther
Peter Neureuther
Peter is overjoyed to be making his Broadway debut with this legendary cast! Regional: Les Miserables (The Muny), Beauty & The Beast (The Northern Stage). Recent graduate of CCM MT. Thank you to the creative team, Tara Rubin casting, and the amazing team at HCKR for this opportunity. Love to Mom, Dad, Lucy, and Grace. Thank you for always believing in my dreams! IG: @peter_neureuther
The London production of Old Friends featured

Bernadette Peters
Bernadette Peters
Throughout her illustrious career, Bernadette Peters has dazzled audiences and critics with her performances on stage, film and television, in concert, and on recordings. She has garnered numerous accolades including three Tony Awards, a Golden Globe, three Emmy and four Grammy Award nominations and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Bernadette is one of Broadway’s most critically acclaimed performers. She recently participated in the sold out, one-night-only, all-star gala on London’s West End celebrating the life and work of Stephen Sondheim. Bernadette couldn’t be more thrilled to be performing in London for this special production of Stephen Sondheim’s music. Bernadette has starred as Dolly Gallagher Levi in the hit Broadway musical, Hello, Dolly! She also starred in Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music and Follies and City Center’s Encores! Production, A Bed and a Chair: A New York Love Affair featuring the music of Stephen Sondheim and orchestrations by Wynton Marsalis. Peters garnered both the Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for her performance in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, Song and Dance. She also won a Tony Award starring as the iconic Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun. She received Tony nominations for her outstanding performances in Sam Mendes’ critically acclaimed revival of Gypsy, in Neil Simon’s The Goodbye Girl, Stephen Sondheim’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Sunday in the Park with George, the Jerry Herman/Gower Champion ode to the movies, Mack and Mabel, and the Leonard Bernstein/Comden and Green musical On The Town. In addition to these honors, Peters earned a Drama Desk nomination for her unforgettable portrayal of the Witch in Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods.
Her career boasts an impressive list of television credits, including the Apple TV+ series, High Desert, NBC-TV series, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist (Emmy nomination), CBS All Access’ The Good Fight; Amazon Prime’s Golden Globe winning series, Mozart in the Jungle, NBC-TV’s Smash, ABC-TV’s Grey’s Anatomy and Ugly Betty. Peters has lit-up the silver screen in over 30 films, including a Golden Globe Award in Pennies From Heaven, The Jerk, The Longest Yard, Silent Movie, Annie, Pink Cadillac, Slaves of New York, Woody Allen’s Alice, Impromptu, It Runs in the Family, Coming Up Roses, and The Broken Hearts Gallery.
Bernadette has recorded six solo albums, including the Grammy-nominated I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight, Sondheim, Etc. – Bernadette Peters Live at Carnegie Hall, and Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers & Hammerstein.
Peters devotes her time and talents to numerous events that benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Her ‘pet project’ Broadway Barks, co-founded with Mary Tyler Moore, is an annual, star-studded dog and cat adoption event that benefits shelter animals in the New York City area. During the pandemic Broadway Barks Across America was established virtually to help animals find forever homes across the country and in addition West End Woofs was created in the UK. The American Theater Wing recognised her efforts in 2012 and awarded her with the Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award. She is a New York Times best-selling author who has penned three children’s books: Broadway Barks, Stella is a Star and Stella and Charlie: Friends Forever. All of her proceeds from the sale of these books benefit Broadway Barks.

Lea Salonga
Lea Salonga
Multiple award-winning actress and singer Lea Salonga is renowned across the world for her powerful voice and perfect pitch. Lea is best known for her Tony Award winning role in Miss Saigon. In addition to the Tony, she has won the Olivier, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Theatre World Awards. She was the first Asian to play Éponine in the musical Les Misérables on Broadway and returned to the beloved show as Fantine in the 2006 revival. On Broadway, Lea most recently starred in Here Lies Love (for which she is also a co-producer) and in the 2018 Broadway revival of Once on This Island as the Goddess of Love, Erzulie. The show’s return to the Broadway stage earned a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical and garnered Lea and the cast a Grammy nomination for Best Musical Theater Album. She has also been seen on Broadway in Allegiance and Flower Drum Song. Many fans of all ages recognise Lea as the singing voice of Princess Jasmine from Aladdin and Fa Mulan for Mulan and Mulan II. For her portrayal of the beloved princesses, the Walt Disney Company bestowed her with the honor of ‘Disney Legend’.
Lea stars in the first season of Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin (a reboot of the popular series) now available on MAX, after starring in the critically acclaimed Sony musical-drama Yellow Rose. Lea can also be heard in the Netflix animated series Centaurworld and in FX’s animated series Little Demon. In August 2021, Lea released her single Dream Again and in November Lea Salonga: Live with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra from Sydney Opera House aired as part of Great Performances on PBS. A live album of the performance was subsequently released by Broadway Records.
Lea’s 2022 Dream Again Tour and her 2019 The Human Heart Tour saw sold-out audiences and record-breaking sales across North America and the United Kingdom. Lea has toured all over the world, performing sold out concerts in such locations as the Sydney Opera House, 02 Arena, Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Singapore’s Esplanade, Kuala Lumpur Convention Center, Hong Kong Cultural Center, Queen Sirikit Convention Center in Bangkok and Carnegie Hall in New York. In addition to her stage and screen credits, Lea served as a judge on the Philippines hit version of The Voice including the ratings juggernaut The Voice Kids. She has released multiple solo albums, toured the world with legendary pop opera quartet Il Divo, and received rave reviews for her many cabaret engagements, including a record setting run at New York’s 54 Below.
In her 45-year career, Lea has performed for six Philippine presidents (from Ferdinand Marcos to Benigno S. Aquino III), four American Presidents (Joe Biden, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush), and for Diana, Princess of Wales and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. She was honored by Time Magazine as a Time100 Impact Award Recipient and received the Gold House 2023 Gold Legend Award.

Christine Allado
Christine Allado
Training: The Royal Academy of Music, ARAM Award recipient. Grammy Award Nominated Artist. Theatre: Meat in We Will Rock You (London Coliseum); Tzipporah in The Prince of Egypt (Dominion Theatre); Peggy and Maria Reynolds in the original London Cast of Hamilton (Victoria Palace Theatre); Cinderella in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Cadogan Hall); Vanessa in In The Heights (Kings Cross Theatre); Dovee in Here Lies Love (National Theatre); Constance in The Clockmaker’s Daughter (Cadogan Hall); Ursula in Sweet Charity (Royal Exchange); Turandot in Turandot (Regent Theatre); Minerva in From Here To Eternity (Shaftesbury Theatre); Girlie in Beyond The Fence (Arts Theatre); Aggie Hurley in A Catered Affair (Jack Lyons Theatre). Off Broadway: Cinderella, Tinkerbell and Woman in Evening Primrose for Live and in Living Color! (Kauffman Concert Hall 92Y).
Screen: Tzipporah in The Prince of Egypt Musical Film (DreamWorks); Maria in West Side Stories – The Making of a Classic (BBC/Reef TV); Maria in Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends (BBC); Dragonstriker (Disney Animation, Disney+); Rhyme Time Town (Dreamworks Animation, Netflix); Pocahontas and Jasmine in Hollywood in Vienna: Alan Menken (Tomek Productions); Maria in The Sound of Music – Revisited (Moonlake Entertainment); Jasmine in Royal Hearts (Hallmark).
Recordings: The Prince of Egypt (DreamWorks); Zyrah Rose (Decca Records); The Clockmakers Daughter (Auburn Jam Records); Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends Gala: Live Album (Warner Music).
Other work: Royal Variety Performance (ITV, London Palladium); Andrea Bocelli: Cinema and Si arena tours in Europe and Asia; Magic at The Musicals at the Royal Albert Hall; Olivier Awards at the Royal Opera House and Royal Albert Hall.

Clare Burt
Clare Burt
Clare Burt’s work in theatre includes: Flowers for Mrs Harris (Chichester Festival Theatre/Sheffield Crucible – Winner of the 2016 UK Theatre Award for her performance in the title role), London Road, The Miracle, DNA and Babygirl, Coram Boy and Sunday in the Park with George (National Theatre), This is My Family (Chichester Festival Theatre), The American Clock (Old Vic), Miss Littlewood (RSC), Big Fish (The Other Palace), The Divide (Edinburgh Festival/Old Vic), Sunspots (Hampstead Theatre), Game (Almeida Theatre), A Streetcar Named Desire, Vernon God Little (Young Vic), Into the Woods, Company and Nine (Donmar Warehouse), Now You Know (Metropolitan Room New York/ Pizza on the Park), The Hired Man (Astoria Theatre) and Passion (Bridewell).
Screen work includes: Friday Night Dinner, The Children Next Door, Top Boy (C4) The Long Shadow, Tina and Bobby (ITV), Call the Midwife, Holby City, Salisbury Poisonings, Cuffs, Criminal Justice, Fair Cop (BBC) and feature films London Road, Broken, X&Y and The Levelling.

Janie Dee
Janie Dee
Janie Dee is one of the UK’s most versatile performers. The winner of multiple awards – including two Oliviers, an Evening Standard Award, a Critics Circle Award, an Obie Award, the Theatre World Best Newcomer Award in New York, the UK Theatre Best Performance Award for her performance as Dolly Levi in Hello, Dolly! – the actress, singer and musical star’s career encompasses everything from the revival of classic plays, modern dramas and comedies, leading musical roles to Shakespeare with Sir Peter Hall, The Royal Shakespeare Company and Shakespeare’s Globe, as well as performing her own witty and sophisticated cabaret shows at leading London venues such as Crazy Coqs and The Pheasantry. Janie was most recently in The Motive and the Cue directed by Sam Mendes at the National Theatre, where she also played Phyllis Rogers Stone in Stephen Sondheim’s Follies, for which she was nominated for the Evening Standard Award for Best Musical Performance and the Olivier and WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Other Sondheim credits include: the London premiere of Putting It Together, Desirèe in A Little Night Music at the Palace Theatre, London, Buxton Opera House, and Holland Park Opera (which she coproduced) and Fosca in Passion at The Cantiere Festival in Montepulciano, Italy, directed by ROH Keith Warner and hailed by the New York Times as one of the greatest productions of 2019.
On television Janie can be seen as Hannah in ITV’s You & Me, and also stars opposite Samantha Morton in the soon to be released The Burning Girls on Paramount +. She has worked extensively with Sir Alan Ayckbourn who wrote Comic Potential for her (winning her the Best Actress awards in the above) and Harold Pinter who, after her performances in Betrayal and Old Times, cast her as Suki in the film of Celebration opposite Colin Firth.
Other highlights include: Playing opposite Gryff Rhys Jones in An Hour and a Half Late in 2022 directed by Belinda Lang; Shadowlands by William Nicholson playing Joy Gresham opposite Charles Dance as CS Lewis in the West End; Blithe Spirit at the Gielgud Theatre, starring legendary stage, film and television star, Dame Angela Lansbury; Mabel opposite David Soul in Mack and Mabel at The Criterion Theatre and for Shakespeare’s Globe; playing Cleopatra at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles; touring China and Russia as Titania/Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night’s Dream; and playing the Countess of Roussillion in All’s Well that Ends Well.
Janie started The London Climate Change Festival to inspire, inform and bring hope in 2019. As Producer she created A Song for Nature on Sky Arts, broadcast on World Earth Day in 2021 and on demand; The Wayne Sleep 75th Birthday Celebration at the The Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House; The Angela Lansbury Farewell Dinner and Cabaret at Cafe de Paris in London; On Reflection with the Follies Company for Underbelly on the Southbank; Concert for Peace at Theatre Royal Drury Lane; Beautiful World Cabarets – to come this year. Janie is delighted to be joining her Old Friends for this special tribute to the great Stephen Sondheim.

Damian Humbley
Damian Humbley
Theatre credits include: Ben in The Great British Bake Off Musical (Everyman Theatre Cheltenham & Noel Coward Theatre); Mac in Local Hero (Edinburgh Lyceum Theatre); Charley Kringas in Merrily We Roll Along (Huntington Theatre Company, Menier Chocolate Factory & Harold Pinter Theatre); Eilert Lovbourg in Hedda Gabler (Salisbury Playhouse); Charles Dickens in Dickens Abridged (Arts Theatre); Harry in Company (Sheffield Theatres); Max Garber in Lend Me A Tenor (Plymouth Theatre Royal & Gielgud Theatre); Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors (Menier Chocolate Factory UK Tour); Perchik in Fiddler on the Roof (Sheffield Crucible & The Savoy Theatre); Jamie Wellerstein in The Last 5 Years (Menier Chocolate Factory).
Television credits include: Casualty (BBC).

Bradley Jaden
Bradley Jaden
Bradley recently appeared as Raoul in Broadway Italia’s brand new production of The Phantom of the Opera in Trieste and most notably as Javert in Les Misérables at the Sondheim Theatre. Prior to that, he starred as Thomas Percy in Treason: The Musical (Theatre Royal Drury Lane) and featured in the Gala concert Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends (Sondheim Theatre).
Other headline appearances include the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s concert Best of Broadway at The Royal Albert Hall, the concert production of Camelot as Sir Lancelot (London Palladium) and The Greatest Showtunes, a concert series produced by Raymond Gubbay. He also appeared as Enjolras in Les Misérables – The Staged Concert (Gielgud Theatre) which was released on DVD in 2020. Bradley also played Javert in the final cast of the original production of Les Misérables (Queen’s Theatre). Further theatre credits include: After You as part of the streamed concert series Tonight at the London Coliseum, Fiyero in Wicked (Apollo Victoria Theatre and International Tour), Lt. Joseph Cable in South Pacifiic in Concert (Cadogan Hall), Freddie in My Fair Lady for the 60th Anniversary Celebration at St Paul’s Church, Ghost the Musical (UK Tour), Shrek The Musical (Theatre Royal Drury Lane).
Film credits include: Les Misérables – The Staged Concert
Television includes: Eastenders, Emmerdale, Sugar Rush and Britain’s Got Talent.
Recordings include: After You (Alex Parker & Katie Lam), Peter Pan (George Stiles & Anthony Drewe), Theseus (Vallier Music Studios) and Treason: The Musical (Katy Galloway Productions)

Bonnie Langford
Bonnie Langford
Bonnie has packed a wealth of experience in her outstanding career which has embraced success in theatre, television, film and radio in both Britain and America. Last year, Bonnie celebrated 50 years on stage with sell out shows at London’s Crazy Coqs and The Pheasantry. On the anniversary of her West End debut, she was performing in Old Friends at the Sondheim Theatre, celebrating the life and work of Stephen Sondheim, a fitting way to mark such a milestone. Most recently, Bonnie appeared as Mrs Evangeline Harcourt in Anything Goes at the Barbican Theatre. She reached the final of The Masked Dancer (ITV) as Squirrel and revisited her role of Melanie Bush in Doctor Who for the BBC Centenary episode ‘The Power of The Doctor’.
West End theatre includes: Roz Keith in 9 to 5, The Musical (Savoy Theatre) Dorothy Brock in 42nd Street (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and filmed for DVD and cinema release in the UK and Ireland, across America and streamed on Broadway HD and PBS America), Rumpleteaser in the Original London cast of Cats (Gillian Lynne Theatre); Mabel and Kate in The Pirates Of Penzance (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and London Palladium); Peter in Peter Pan – The Musical (Aldwych Theatre); Sally in Me And My Girl (Adelphi Theatre); Charity in Sweet Charity (Victoria Palace Theatre); The Lady of the Lake in Spamalot (Harold Pinter Theatre and Playhouse Theatre); Muriel in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Savoy Theatre) and Roxie Hart in Chicago (Adelphi Theatre, Cambridge Theatre and on Broadway). She made her theatre debut in the West End at the tender age of seven in Gone with the Wind at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The following year she played ‘Baby June’ in Gypsy opposite Angela Lansbury at the Piccadilly Theatre, making such an impact that the producers took her to America with the show for a highly successful run on Broadway. For this performance, at the age of ten, Bonnie was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. UK tours include: 42nd Street; Charlie Girl; Oklahoma!; Guys and Dolls; Fosse; Spamalot; 9 to 5, The Musical; Anything Goes and numerous Royal Variety Performances and Royal Galas. Bonnie performed her concert ‘An Evening With Bonnie Langford’ to celebrate the 120th Anniversary of Richmond Theatre, she also hosted both ‘The Music Of The Night’ and ‘Let’s Face The Music’ concerts with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall.
Television and film includes: Carmel Kazemi in BBC’s EastEnders for which she won ‘Best Newcomer’ at the 2015 British Soap Awards, a BAFTA for best continuing drama and nomination for ‘Best Serial Drama Performance’ at the 2019 National Television Awards; Lena Marelli in Bugsy Malone (dir. Alan Parker); Violet Elizabeth Bott in Just William (ITV); The Lena and Bonnie Show (ITV); The Hot Shoe Show (BBC); Hotel Babylon (BBC); Agatha Christie’s Marple (ITV); The Catherine Tate Show (BBC) and Melanie Bush on Doctor Who (BBC). Bonnie was the subject of ITV’s This Is Your Life. In 2006, she learned to ice skate on the ITV show Dancing on Ice, skating her way to the final and returning for the All Stars season in 2014. Recordings include: ‘Bonnie Langford Now’, ‘Jazz at the Theatre‘ and numerous Doctor Who audio dramas for Big Finish.

Gavin Lee
Gavin Lee
West End theatre includes: Lumière in Beauty and the Beast, Jerry Travers in Top Hat, Bert in Mary Poppins (Olivier nomination), Contact, Oklahoma!, Peggy Sue Got Married, A Saint She Ain’t, Crazy For You, Me And My Girl. Broadway theatre includes: Squidward in The SpongeBob Musical (Tony and OCC nominations, Drama Desk Award), Thénardier in Les Misérables, Bert in Mary Poppins (Tony and OCC nominations, Drama Desk and Theater World Awards). Other select theatre: 39 Steps (Chicago), Beauty and The Beast, Sound of Music (Papermill Playhouse, NJ), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Madison Square Garden), Showboat (Carnegie Hall), Holiday Inn (World premiere, Goodspeed), Mary Poppins (1st national tour), The Nerd (Bucks County). Television: ‘Woodford’ in White Collar (season six), Little America, Law and Order SVU, The Good Wife.

Jason Pennycooke
Jason Pennycooke
Jason has three Olivier nominations for: Lafayette/ Jefferson in the Original cast of Hamilton (Victoria Palace Theatre) (also WhatsOnStage Award winner), Bobby Dupree in Memphis (Shaftesbury Theatre), and Jacob in La Cage Aux Folles (Menier Chocolate Factory). He also has 3 affiliate Olivier nominations for West End shows he choreographed: Porgy & Bess, Soul Sister and The Big Life. Other West End credits include: Toulouse Lautrec in Moulin Rouge (Piccadilly Theatre), Benny Southstreet in Guys & Dolls (Phoenix Theatre), Paul in Kiss Me Kate, Little Moe in Five Guys Named Moe, Second in Father Comes Home From The Wars (Royal Court), Benny in RENT, Rocky III in Starlight Express, Jason in Soul Train, Particle Man in Stomp, Sammy Davis Jnr in The Rat Pack Live from Las Vegas, John Jasper in Simply Heavenly, Joe Wellington in Golden Boy, Lamar in Elegies, Admiral in The Big Life, Will Scarlett in Robin and The Seven Hoods, Cats.
Other credits include: Wilson Pickett in Elton John biopic Rocketman, Other Samuel in BBC Drama/Comedy – Boat Story, Larry in season 2 of Loki (Disney+ Marvel), Steve in Dinner With The Parents (HBO), Bus Conductor in Worzel Gummidge (BBC), Barry in Sister Boniface Mysteries Season 3 (BBC/Britbox), as the voice of the Lead Wildebeest in feature animation Junglebeat: The Movie, voice of lead character Arni in new Disney Animation series Vikingskool (Disney+).
Choreography/Direction/Resident Direction: Get Up Stand Up (Lyric Theatre), The Big Life, Half a Sixpence, Into The Woods, Shrek The Musical (Sweden), Crazy For You (Sweden), End of The Rainbow, Five Guys Named Moe, Pearl Fishers. Numerous Stage shows, stadium events and music videos. Other Film and TV credits include: Mister Lonely (Dir. Harmony Korine), Bumps (BBC1), Shopping (Dir Paul W.S Anderson), All About The McKenzies (ITV, London Live) and Stay Lucky (YTV).

Joanna Riding
Joanna Riding
Joanna Riding is a double Olivier Award winner and 5-time nominee for ‘Best Actress in a Musical’.
Theatre credits include: most recently Madame Rose in Gypsy (Buxton Opera House); Nettie in Carousel (Regent’s Park); Sally in Follies (National Theatre); Flowers For Mrs Harris (Chichester); Romantics Anonymous (Shakespeare’s Globe); Annie in Calendar Girls (Phoenix, Olivier Award nominee); Eliza in My Fair Lady (Drury Lane, Olivier Award winner); Jane in Witches of Eastwick (Drury Lane, Olivier Award nominee); for the National Theatre: Julie in Carousel (Olivier Award winner), Sarah in Guys and Dolls (Olivier Award nominee), Anne in A Little Night Music and Oh, What A Lovely War!; Babe in Pajama Game (Chichester and Shaftesbury); Stephen Ward (Aldwych); Umbrellas of Cherbourg and Lend Me A Tenor (Gielgud); Billy Elliot (Victoria Palace); Blithe Spirit (Bath Royal, tour and Savoy); for Manchester Royal Exchange: Hobson’s Choice (Manchester Evening Standard Award nominee), The Happiest Days of Our Lives and An Ideal Husband; Playing For Time (Salisbury Playhouse); Me And My Girl (Adelphi); Martin Guerre (West Yorkshire Playhouse and tour); Lady Be Good (Regent’s Park); Wizard of Oz, My Mother Said I Never Should and Merry Wives of Windsor (Chichester); and two pantomime seasons at Hackney Empire.
Film includes: Into the Woods (Cinderella’s Mother).
Television includes: most recently, Eve Marbury in Ridley (ITV), Maeve Gibney in McDonald & Dodds, and Stella (Sky).

Jeremy Secomb
Jeremy Secomb
Off-Broadway Theatre: Sweeney Todd (Barrow Street, New York, Winner of The Theatre World Award and nominations for Best Leading Actor in a Musical, Lucille Lortel, Drama League and Drama Desk Awards). West End Theatre: A Christmas Carol (The Dominion); Les Misérables (Queen’s); Sweeney Todd (Shaftesbury Avenue); The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s); Lend Me A Tenor (Gielgud); Priscilla Queen of the Desert (Palace); Evita (Adelphi); The Woman In White (Palace); Jerry Springer – The Opera (Cambridge). Other theatre: Sister Act (Eventim Apollo and UK Tour); Sweet Charity (Nottingham Playhouse); Evita (International/UK Tour), Sweeney Todd (Harrington’s Pie and Mash Shop, Tooting); Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (UK tour); A Grand Night for Singing (Footbridge Sydney); The Phantom of the Opera (Australia/New Zealand and UK tour).
Television: Rod Murray in Stonehouse for ITV directed by John S Baird.
Concerts: Concert soloist singing with many orchestras including Liverpool Philharmonic, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Birmingham Symphony and Ulster Symphony Orchestras; Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends Gala (The Sondheim Theatre and BBC); Bonnie & Clyde and Evita (The Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Sunset Boulevard (Alexandra Palace and The Royal Albert Hall); Three Phantoms (China and UK); Movies to Musicals (Barcelona, Seville); Les Misérables in Concert (Sir John Loveridge Hall, Guernsey); Jesus Christ Superstar (Porchester Castle); Playing Our Part (Cadogan Hall).
Recordings: Mascherato: The Musical (CD Release); Jerry Springer – The Opera (BBC and DVD release); 25th Anniversary Phantom of the Opera (The Royal Albert Hall); Lend Me A Tenor; Vocalist on numerous charity and solo albums.

Jac Yarrow
Jac Yarrow
Jac was born in Cardiff and graduated with a First Class BA (Hons) from The Arts Educational School, London in 2019. He made his professional debut as Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the London Palladium. For his performance, Jac garnered extraordinary critical and public acclaim. He was nominated for the 2020 Olivier Award for Best Actor In A Musical; for the 2020 WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actor In A Musical; and won The Stage Debut Award 2019 for Best West End Debut and was nominated for Best Actor in a Musical. Jac most recently reprised the role of Joseph for the UK & Ireland Tour and a run at the Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto.
Other Theatre: Jac returned to the iconic London Palladium for two Christmas seasons in Pantoland at The Palladium.
Concerts include: Archie in At Last, It’s Summer (London Palladium); Prince Topher in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Cadogan Hall).
Television includes: Musicals: The Greatest Show (BBC); Angelo Bernardone in Glow & Darkness (Dreamlight International); and Jamie Dalton in BAFTA-winning In My Skin (BBC).

Marley Fenton
Marley Fenton
Training: The Arts Educational School, receiving the Ian Fleming Award, from where he graduated in 2023.
Credits whilst training include: Richie Walters in A Chorus Line; Agent Branton in Catch Me If You Can; The Olivier Awards and Let’s Face The Music (Royal Albert Hall).
Most recently: Marley made his professional and West End debut in The Wizard of Oz (London Palladium)

Beatrice Penny-Touré
Beatrice Penny-Touré
Training: The Arts Educational School, where she was awarded the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Scholarship, graduating in 2021.
Theatre includes: Young Heidi in Follies (Tangier) directed by Rob Ashford; her professional and West End debut covering and playing Christine in The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s Theatre).
Workshops include: Young Clare in The Time Traveller’s Wife.
Most recently: Gwendolyn and understudied and played Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre).

Harry Apps
Harry Apps
Harry made his professional debut as Marius in the UK & Ireland Tour of Les Misérables, before going on to make his West End debut in the role at the Sondheim Theatre.
Other Theatre credits include: Tobias in Sweeney Todd (West Green House Opera) and Marius in Les Misérables: The Staged Concert (Sondheim Theatre).

Bella Brown
Bella Brown
Training: The Arts Educational School, from where she graduated in 2023.
Credits whilst training include: Cassie in A Chorus Line; Catch Me If You Can.
Commercial: Bella can currently be seen in a major national advertising campaign for E.ON (Familia).
Most recently: Bella made her professional debut in Rock Follies (Minerva Theatre, Chichester) directed by Dominic Cooke.

Richard Dempsey
Richard Dempsey
Training: Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Richard appeared in the Original West End productions of Into The Woods (Jack), Fame (Nick) and Dirty Dancing (Neil). Also: Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (Mr Bucket) and Quince in Michael Grandage’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (West End) and Don Quixote (RSC/West End). Tammy Faye (Almeida).
Other Theatre: Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Hermione in The Winters Tale, Henry V (Propeller/Hampstead) as well as The Merchant Of Venice (BAM New York). Ugly in Honk (Tour), Burn and Citizenship for The National Theatre, Just So, Out Of This World and Damsels in Distress at Chichester Festival Theatre and Strictly Ballroom WYP/Toronto. Also Victor/Victoria (Southwark Playhouse) The Cocktail Party (Coronet) and Home Chat (Finborough) and Rothschild & Sons (Park Theatre) in London.
TV/Film includes: My Policeman, 1917, Genius, Doctor Who, Downton Abbey, Doc Martin, Island At War, Crime Traveller, Sherlock Holmes and Peter in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (BBC).

Monique Young
Monique Young
Training: Arts Educational School, London and Tring Park School for the Performing Arts.
Theatre: Judy Haynes in White Christmas (UK Tour); Louise in Gypsy (Buxton Opera House); Understudy Mary Poppins and Winifred Banks in Mary Poppins (West End); Judy Haynes in White Christmas (Leicester Curve); Kathy Selden in Singin’ in the Rain (Grand Palais, Paris); Lois Lane/ Bianca in Kiss Me Kate (Kilworth House); Peggy Sawyer in 42nd Street (Theatre du Chatelet, Paris); Penny Lou Pingleton in Hairspray (UK Tour); Alternate Dale Tremont in Top Hat (UK Tour).
& THE SONDHEIM ORCHESTRA
CONDUCTED BY ALFONSO CASADO TRIGO
Creative Team
CAMERON MACKINTOSH
CAMERON MACKINTOSH
Cameron Mackintosh has been producing shows since 1967 and remains the world’s most prolific producer of musicals in theatre history. As well as producing three of the world’s longest running musicals – Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera and Cats – his legendary productions include Miss Saigon, Oliver!, Mary Poppins (co-produced with Disney), Side By Side By Sondheim, Little Shop of Horrors, Song and Dance, Tomfoolery, Martin Guerre, The Witches of Eastwick and Five Guys Named Moe. His acclaimed productions of My Fair Lady, Oklahoma! and Carousel have all been international successes, as have his reinvented new productions of Les Misérables, Miss Saigon and The Phantom of the Opera. Cameron is also co-producer with Jeffrey Seller of Hamilton.
In 2013, alongside Working Title Films and Universal, Cameron produced the hugely successful Oscar®, Golden Globe and BAFTA award-winning film adaptation of Les Misérables, which is one of the most successful movies ever of an original stage musical. The concert version of Les Misérables, which was first staged in 1989 at Domain Park in Sydney, has proved to be just as successful as the staged musical around the world. It has been filmed three times – at the Royal Albert Hall, the O2 Arena and the Gielgud Theatre – and is continually rescreened on TV and in cinemas throughout the world and, alongside his spectacular Royal Albert Hall production of The Phantom of the Opera, regularly breaks attendance records for live recording performances of musical theatre. Cameron owns and operates eight historic London theatres, which have all been spectacularly rebuilt and refurbished for the 21st century. They house many of London’s most successful hits. The Sondheim, formerly known as the Queen’s, now has a glorious auditorium and backstage and has been renamed in honour of Cameron’s great friend, theatrical legend Stephen Sondheim, who recently died. The last show he and Cameron were working on, Old Friends, premiered onstage and then TV as a sensational all-star gala last year and is now opening at the Gielgud this September for a limited season with a terrific cast including many of those from the gala, headed by Broadway legends Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga.
In 1990, Cameron inaugurated the Chair of Contemporary Theatre at St Catherine’s College in Oxford University, with Stephen Sondheim as his visiting professor. Music Theatre International, the world’s largest owner of secondary rights of many of the greatest musicals ever written, is now one of Cameron’s companies.
Cameron was knighted in the 1996 New Year’s Honours for his services to British theatre and in June 2023, was awarded the Freedom of the City of London. He is the first British producer ever to be elected to Broadway’s Theater Hall of Fame.
STEPHEN SONDHEIM
STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Stephen Sondheim wrote the music and lyrics for Saturday Night (1954), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), Anyone Can Whistle (1964), Company (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), The Frogs (1974), Pacific Overtures (1976), Sweeney Todd (1979), Merrily We Roll Along (1981), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), Into the Woods (1987), Assassins (1991), Passion (1994), and Road Show (2008), as well as the lyrics for West Side Story (1957), Gypsy (1959), Do I Hear a Waltz? (1965), and additional lyrics for Candide (1973). Side by Side by Sondheim (1976), Marry Me a Little (1981), You’re Gonna Love Tomorrow (1983), Putting It Together (1993/99), Moving On (2001), and Sondheim on Sondheim (2010) are anthologies of his work as a composer and lyricist.
For films, he composed the scores of “Stavisky” (1974), co-composed the score for “Reds” (1981), and wrote songs for “Dick Tracy” (1990). He wrote songs for the television production “Evening Primrose” (1966), co-authored the film “The Last of Sheila” (1973), and the play Getting Away with Murder (1996) and provided incidental music for the plays The Girls of Summer (1956), Invitation to a March (1961), Twigs (1971), and The Enclave (1973).
He won the Tony Award for Best Score for Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, and Passion, all of which won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award, as did Pacific Overtures and Sunday in the Park with George, the latter also receiving the Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1985).
Stephen Sondheim was born in 1930 and raised in New York City. He graduated from Williams College, winning the Hutchinson Prize for Music Composition, after which he studied theory and composition with Milton Babbitt.
He served on the Council of the Dramatists Guild, the national association of playwrights, composers, and lyricists, and served as its president from 1973 to 1981. In 1983, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 1990, he was appointed the first Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre at Oxford University. He was awarded the Kennedy Center Honors in 1993, the National Medal of Arts in 1996, the MacDowell Medal in 2013, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015. His collected lyrics with attendant essays have been published in two volumes: “Finishing the Hat” (2010) and “Look, I Made a Hat” (2011). In 2010, the Broadway theater formerly known as Henry Miller’s Theatre was renamed in his honor, and in 2019, he became the first living artist to have a theater named in his honor on Shaftesbury Avenue when the refurbished Queen’s Theatre in London’s West End was renamed the Sondheim Theatre to commemorate his 90th birthday, by Sir Cameron Mackintosh.
MATTHEW BOURNE
Musical Staging & Direction by
MATTHEW BOURNE
Matthew Bourne is firmly established as the UK’s most popular and successful choreographer and director. He is the creator of the world’s longest-running ballet production, a record-breaking nine-time Olivier Award winner, and the only British director to have won the Tony Award for both Best Choreographer and Best Director of a Musical. He is the Artistic Director of New Adventures, the UK’s busiest and most popular dance company and the major exporter of British dance internationally. As Artistic Director of his first company, Adventures in Motion Pictures, from 1987 until 2001, Matthew created many award-winning works (including Nutcracker!, Highland Fling, Swan Lake, Cinderella and The Car Man. Further hit productions were created when New Adventures was launched in 2002 (including Play Without Words, Edward Scissorhands, Dorian Gray, Sleeping Beauty, The Red Shoes and Romeo and Juliet). Matthew is also a West End and Broadway choreographer; a 30- year relationship with producer Cameron Mackintosh has resulted in the globally successful musicals Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady and Oliver!
In 2015, he became the first dance figure to be given the Stage Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Theatre. He received the OBE in 2001 and was knighted in the Queen’s New Year Honours in 2016; in the same year he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award in recognition of his outstanding services to dance. His latest work for New Adventures, The Midnight Bell, which premiered in 2021, went on to win the National Dance Award for Best Modern Choreography. His productions of Romeo and Juliet and Edward Scissorhands are currently on tour.
JULIA McKENZIE
Side by side with
JULIA McKENZIE
On screen Julia McKenzie is perhaps best known for playing Miss Marple in Agatha Christie’s Marple. More recently Julia starred in The Queen & I, BBC’s adaptation of J.K Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy, Gold Digger, ITV’s The Town BBC’s Cranford and the hugely popular British sitcoms Fresh Fields and French Fields. Julia is also recognised for her work on stage having starred in many productions in the West End and on Broadway, including Promises Promises and On The 20th Century. Julia is well known for her work with Stephen Sondheim, Company, Side By Side By Sondheim, Follies, Into The Woods, and Julia went on to win the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical in Sweeney Todd. Julia also won the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for Guys And Dolls at the National Theatre, and the Evening Standard Award for Best Actress for Woman In Mind by Alan Ayckbourn.
Film work includes: Allelujah, Notes On A Scandal, Bright Young Things and Shirley Valentine. In 2018, Julia was awarded an CBE for her services to Drama.
STEPHEN MEAR
Choreographed by
STEPHEN MEAR
Stephen has won the Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreographer three times, twice for Mary Poppins (London, Broadway & UK tours; Co-Choreographer with Sir Matthew Bourne – they also received an LA Drama Critics Circle Award, a Helpmann Award in Australia, and a Tony and Drama Desk Award nomination) and the third for Hello, Dolly! at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. Olivier Award Nominations include: Gypsy (Chichester Festival Theatre/Savoy), Kiss Me, Kate (Chichester Festival Theatre/Old Vic), Crazy for You (Regent’s Park/Novello), Sweet Charity (Menier Chocolate Factory/Theatre Royal), Sinatra (Palladium/UK tour), Singin’ in the Rain (West Yorkshire Playhouse/ National; received the WhatsOnStage Award in 2001 for Best Choreography) and Soul Train (West Yorkshire Playhouse/ Victoria Palace).
Theatre includes: as Director/ Choreographer: Guys and Dolls and Funny Girl (Théâtre Marigny, Paris), Guys and Dolls Live in Concert and The Best of the West End (Royal Albert Hall), 42nd Street (Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris), Top Hat and Thoroughly Modern Millie (Kilworth House Theatre), She Loves Me (Chichester Festival Theatre), Little Shop of Horrors (Storyhouse Theatre, Chester) and Shoes (Sadlers Wells/Peacock). As Choreographer: La Cage aux Folles (Regent’s Park), The Witches (National Theatre); Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends (Sondheim Theatre), Chess (ENO), Sunset Boulevard (ENO, Broadway), On the Town (ENO, Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris), Singin’ in the Rain (Grand Palais/Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris), City of Angels, The Vote and The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (Donmar Warehouse), White Christmas (Curve/Dominion), Scrooge: The Musical (Curve), Mack and Mabel (Chichester Festival Theatre/ UK tour), The Pajama Game (Shaftesbury), Amadeus, Music Man, Funny Girl, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Putting it Together and The Grapes of Wrath (Chichester Festival Theatre), Guys and Dolls, Dreamgirls and Ragtime (Milwaukee Rep), Die Fledermaus and The Little Mermaid (Broadway), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (West Yorkshire Playhouse/ UK tour), Gigi (Regent’s Park), Stephen Ward (Aldwych), Betty Blue Eyes (Novello), Me and My Girl (Sheffield Crucible), Anything Goes (National/Theatre Royal) and Acorn Antiques: The Musical (London/UK tour).
TV credits: Gypsy Live at the Savoy, The Tracey Ullman Show, Psychobitches, Acorn Antiques: The Musical, So You Think You Can Dance? and Victoria Wood’s Christmas Special.
Music Videos: Number 1 (Goldfrapp) and The Importance of Being Idle (Oasis).
ALFONSO CASADO TRIGO
Conducted by
ALFONSO CASADO TRIGO
Theatre credits: Musical Supervisor for Les Misérables (London, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Brazil); Miss Saigon (UK Tour, Japan, Austria); The Phantom of the Opera (UK Tour); MAMMA MIA! (Holland, Germany, China). Musical Director for Les Misérables (The Staged Concert version at the Gielgud Theatre); Les Misérables (Queen’s Theatre, London and Spain); The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s Theatre); Miss Saigon (Prince Edward Theatre); My Fair Lady and Candide (The Grange Festival); MAMMA MIA! (Spain); High School Musical (Spain).
Concert credits: Royal Seville Symphony Orchestra; Hallé Orchestra; Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Northern Sinfonia; Ulster Orchestra; London Concert Orchestra; BBC Concert Orchestra; Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; Liceu Opera Orchestra.
Recording credits: Miss Saigon (Revival cast); MAMMA MIA! (Spanish cast); Los Miserables (Spanish cast); Les Misérables – The Staged Concert; Spanish Music of the 21st Century (BBCCO) Phantom Songs (Alberto Iglesias).
Film conducting credits: Jurassic World: Dominion, Nightmare Alley, Jingle Jangle, The Croods 2, Thunder Force.
STEPHEN BROOKER
Musical Supervision by
STEPHEN BROOKER
Stephen Brooker is Executive Musical Supervisor for Cameron Mackintosh worldwide. He was Musical Director and conductor for Universal Pictures’ film of Les Misérables. Musical Supervision: Evita (2023), Les Misérables (US National Tour October 2022), Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends Gala (May 2022), Mary Poppins (Australia 2023), Sister Act (2023), The Show Must Go On (2021), Les Misérables (Worldwide), Miss Saigon (Worldwide), White Christmas, Mary Poppins (Worldwide), Les Misérables – The Staged Concert, Sunset Boulevard, The Woman in White, Half A Sixpence, Les Misérables O2 Concert, The Phantom of the Opera 25th Anniversary Performance, Betty Blue Eyes, Les Misérables 25th Anniversary Concert, Oliver!, My Fair Lady, Cats, Hair, Carmen Jones, The Phantom of the Opera, Grease, Fame, Saturday Night Fever, Barnum, Peter Pan and Chess.
Musical Direction: The Woman in White, Sunset Boulevard, My Fair Lady, Miss Saigon, Les Misérables, The Show Must Go On, Lautrec, Betty Blue Eyes, Cats, Shall We Dance, Hair, Fame, The Secret Garden, Chess, Carmen Jones, Saturday Night Fever and South Pacific. Stephen conducted the Classical Brit Awards and was composer and conductor for the original production of Burn the Floor. For the Imagination group, he has written, produced and conducted music for: Jaguar/Range Rover, Coca-Cola, Walt Disney, Ford Motors, Toyota Cars, Volvo Cars, Sony Eriksson, BMW, British Airways, Holiday Inn and Canon.
Orchestral conducting includes: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, West Australian Symphony, Haifa Symphony, Bournemouth Symphony, Hamburg Sinfonia, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, London Mozart Players, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, London and Manchester Concert Orchestras and the Ukraine Opera and Symphony Orchestra. He conducted the Royal Choral Society in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen.
Recordings include: Disney Film Classics and Crazy for Gershwin (BBC Concert Orchestra), the studio recording of Hair, cast recordings of The Secret Garden, The Woman in White and South Pacific. He was orchestrator and conductor for Walt Disney’s award-winning Animator’s Palette and Cinderellabration (Disneyland Tokyo). He produced the ‘live’ recording of Oliver! starring Rowan Atkinson, the 25th Anniversary recording of Les Misérables and the Dutch and Australian recordings of Mary Poppins. Stephen conducted the Oscars – The 85th Academy Awards and is an Australian Helpmann Award winner for Mary Poppins.
STEPHEN METCALFE
Musical Arrangements by
STEPHEN METCALFE
Stephen Metcalfe is a composer, orchestrator and record producer for film and theatre. He is a two-time Grammy Award nominee.
As record producer: Oliver! (2008 London cast album); Les Misérables (2010 cast album, 25th Anniversary Concert film, 2019 Concert cast album and film); Betty Blue Eyes (Original cast album); Half A Sixpence (Original cast album); Miss Saigon (2014 London cast album, 25th Anniversary film); Mary Poppins (2010 Australian cast album, 2020 London cast album); Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends Gala (Original cast album).
Other productions include: Les Misérables (London, New York, UK and US tours); Miss Saigon (London, New York, UK and US tours); The Witches of Eastwick (London and UK Tour); My Fair Lady (London, UK and US Tours); Avenue Q (London); Mary Poppins (London, New York, UK and US Tours); Oliver! (London, UK Tour); Betty Blue Eyes (London); Barnum (Chichester, UK Tour); Half A Sixpence (Chichester, London); Hamilton (London).
Stephen orchestrated and produced the double-platinum award winning soundtrack albums for the Universal Pictures film of Les Misérables.
MATT KINLEY
Set Design by
MATT KINLEY
Matt graduated from the Motley Theatre design course in 1994 and spent the next decade working at the National Theatre in London, as a designer, associate and draughtsman. Matt left to work within commercial theatre, developing many large productions and also adapting them for tour. As part of a long working partnership with Cameron Mackintosh, Matt initially adapted the original versions of My Fair Lady, Mary Poppins and The Phantom of the Opera as well as co-designing the recent international productions of Miss Saigon.
In 2009, he was invited to redesign Les Misérables for its 25th anniversary production as a UK tour. The success of the new staging has seen subsequent productions and tours across the world alongside presentations on Broadway and the new West End show at the Sondheim Theatre. Matt also designed the 25th anniversary concerts of Les Mis at the O2 Arena and The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall as well as the recent Les Mis concerts at the Gielgud and Sondheim theatres. Matt also designs a wide variety and scale of productions both in the UK and internationally with a long history of developing large scale musical theatre in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
GEORGE REEVE
Projection Design by
GEORGE REEVE
George is a UK-based video and projection designer whose work can been seen across the UK and internationally.
Video design credits include: In Dreams (Leeds Playhouse/Toronto); The Lord Of The Rings (Watermill); Hey Duggee The Live Theatre Show (Royal Festival Hall and UK Tour); Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends (West End); My Son’s A Queer (But What Can You Do?) (Turbine Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe, West End); The Great British Bake Off Musical (Noël Coward Theatre); Notes From a Small Island (Watermill Theatre); Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Hope Mill Theatre); Dawn French Is A Huge Tw*t! (UK Tour); Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends Gala (Sondheim Theatre); Sandi Toksvig – Next Slide Please (UK Tour); SIX (London & Broadway); The Sound of Music (National Tour); Gypsy (Alexandra Palace); My Son’s A Queer, But What Can You Do? (Garrick Theatre, Turbine Theatre & Edinburgh Fringe); A Christmas Carol (Dominion Theatre); RENT, The WIZ & Hushabye Mountain (Hope Mill Theatre); But I’m A Cheerleader (Turbine Theatre); The Pleasure Garden, Dick Whittington & Tommy On Top (Above The Stag); Avalanche (Bloom Theatre); The Wind in the Willows (UK and UAE Tour); Girls Just Wanna Have Fun & WANNABE (UK tour); Cinderella In Concert (Cadogan Hall); Welcome Aboard (Viking Cruises); Musicals In Concert (Palladium, Stuttgart). Associate Design and
Animator credits include: Frozen (Theatre Royal Drury Lane & Theatre an der Elbe); Anastasia (International Associate Designer); Les Misérables (Gielgud & Sondheim Theatre); SpongeBob Live Television Broadcast (Nickelodeon), Starstruck (ITV); Frozen (North American Tour); TINA (Aldwych & Hamburg); Paramour (Cirque Du Soleil); Divas For Democracy (StageIt Stream); The Sound Inside (Williamstown Theatre Festival); Flight (Royal Caribbean); Aladdin (Walt Disney Co.); Beauty and the Beast (Walt Disney Co.); All My Sons (Broadway). George was an Offie 2022 Finalist for Best Video Design for his work on The Pleasure Garden at Above the Stag
JILL PARKER
Costume Design By
JILL PARKER
Jill Parker has designed for opera and theatre. She represents the late Maria Bjornson as Associate Costume Designer on The Phantom of the Opera, worldwide.
WARREN LETTON
Lighting Design by
WARREN LETTON
Warren trained in Lighting Design at Rose Bruford College.
Theatre, opera and ballet as Lighting Designer includes: Rite of Spring – Seeta Patel Dance Company (UK Tour), Hamilton (West End – Associate Lighting Designer), Come From Away (Australia, West End and Dublin – Associate Lighting Designer), Wind in the Willows (West End), Crazy For You (Göteborg Opera), Our House (Pimlico Opera), Hairspray (Pimlico Opera), Miss Saigon – Broadway/ US Tour/Japanese Tour/UK Tour (as Associate Lighting Designer), Art (Old Vic – as Associate Lighting Designer), The Revengers Tragedy (Webber Douglas Studio), Rigolleto (Bucharest National Opera), Macbeth (Scottish Opera), Sister Act (Pimlico Opera), Fortunio (Grange Park Opera & Buxton Festival), The Lady from the Sea (Scottish Opera), The Magic Flute (Longborough Festival Opera), Sweet Charity, Les Misérables and West Side Story (Pimlico Opera), Tosca (Grange Park Opera at Nevill Holt), Noughts and Crosses (Royal Shakespeare Company), Orpheus (Ballet Black), The Lighthouse, La Scala di Seta, El Gato con Botas, Les Nuits d’été, Le Portrait de Manon, Bastien und Bastienne and Mozart and Salieri (Jette Parker Young Artists, Royal Opera House), Exposure Opera, Exposure Dance, Summer Collections, The Gentle Giant, Wind in the Willows (Linbury, ROH), Heart of Darkness (Opera Genesis, Linbury, ROH), In Good Company (Linbury, ROH Birmingham Royal Ballet, Australian Ballet, National Ballet of Canada), Wonderlands, Joie de Vivre, Hooray for Hollywood, Broadway, Noitamina and Legends (Orchard Theatre), Antigone (RBC Studio), Phantasy (Rambert Dance), Studio Nights (English National Opera), Carousel (Opera North, Barbican & Paris – as Associate Lighting Designer), and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Royal Scottish Conservatoire).
MICK POTTER
Sound Design by
MICK POTTER
Mick is one of the world’s leading Sound Designers and he is honoured to have worked with many of the greatest Producers, Composers, Directors, Creatives and Artistes in Musical Theatre. He has designed the sound for well over a hundred first class musical theatre productions globally, working at the forefront of technical and creative innovation. His sound designs have garnered over 15 awards and nominations worldwide. Sound designs for multiple productions on both the West End and Broadway stage include: Les Misérables (Tony Award nominee Broadway 2014), Miss Saigon (Broadway World Audience Award UK 2014), The Phantom of The Opera (Parnelli Award Las Vegas 2006), Cats (Drama Desk Award nominee Broadway 2017), Evita (Green Room Award nominee Sydney Opera House 2019), Sunset Boulevard, School of Rock (Green Room Award Australia 2019 & Drama Desk Award nominee Broadway 2016), Sister Act, The Woman in White (Olivier Award London 2005), Saturday Night Fever, Bombay Dreams, Love Never Dies (Green Room Award Australia 2011 & Helpmann Award nominee Australia 2011).
The producers cannot guarantee the appearance of any particular artist at any performance due to illness or events beyond the producers’ control. If a featured artist is unable to perform, their part will be played by one of their co-stars or co-star alternates. No refunds or exchanges will be offered as a result of any artist’s unavailability to perform at any performance.
21 September 2023 – 6 January 2024
Gielgud Theatre
A Delfont MacKintosh Theatre
Shaftesbury Ave
London
W1D 6AR