In Collaboration With Universal Music Group, Sinatra The Musical Will Debut At Birmingham Rep

On The Table Read Magazine, “the best entertainment magazine in the UK“, Sinatra The Musical from writer Joe DiPietro is being produced by the Birmingham Rep before debuting in September 2023.

Sinatra The Musical

Birmingham Rep will co-produce Sinatra The Musical, a new musical about the life and career of the legendary icon Frank Sinatra, with Michele Anthony, Bruce Resnikoff and Scott Landis for Universal Music Group Theatrical, and Tina Sinatra and Charles Pignone for Frank Sinatra Enterprises.

Sinatra The Musical will open at Birmingham Rep on September 23 and run through October 28, 2023. The debut of the show in Birmingham coincides with the 70th anniversary of Sinatra’s appearance in Birmingham as part of his 1953 UK tour.  At birmingham-rep.co.uk, you can buy tickets right now.

A world-class creative team, including two-time Tony Award-winning writer Joe DiPietro (What’s New Pussycat?), and director and choreographer Kathleen Marshall (Anything Goes and The Pajama Game), who has won three Tony Awards, bring Sinatra The Musical to life.

It is New Year’s Eve, 1942, and a skinny 27-year-old Italian American singer is going to step onto the stage of New York’s Central Theater and give a performance that will change musical history. As Frank Sinatra’s career explodes, he struggles to balance the his life with Nancy, his wife, and the demands and temptations of being America’s most popular. But when he gets into an intense relationship with movie star Ava Gardner, his records stop selling, and the press starts to hate him.

Sinatra uses his unparalleled talent and unwavering determination to stage the greatest comeback in showbusiness history, motivated by his love for his family.

Joe DiPietro

Joe DiPietro said that growing up, there were two pictures hanging in his grandma’s kitchen, the Pope and Frank Sinatra. To sit down with Tina Sinatra, hear stories about her father that no one else knows, and then perform those stories on stage makes for a thrilling and unexpected musical.

They will show you how the man became a legend and how, ultimately, the legend was just a man. Additionally, he is beyond thrilled that Birmingham Rep, where he worked on What’s New, Pussycat?, will host the world premiere.

Joe DiPietro is the winner of two Tony Awards, a Drama Desk Award, and three Outer Critic Circle Awards. There have been thousands of productions of his plays and musicals all over the country and the world. His new satire, Babbitt, featuring Matthew Broderick, will debut at La Jolla Playhouse autumn. What’s New Pussycat?, his most recent musical, when it premiered at The Rep last year, received praise from critics and audiences alike.

Kathleen Marshall

Kathleen Marshall, choreographer and director, hopes to create an evening of theater that is as stylish, sophisticated, and elegant as Mr. Sinatra, with glorious music from the American Songbook. She shared that she is beyond thrilled to return to the UK, which feels like her second home, to bring the story of the legendary Frank Sinatra to the stage at the Birmingham Rep.

Tina Sinatra

Tina Sinatra state that she is very happy about the new musical, and especially happy that they are going to give you a new perspective on her father for the very first time.

The Rep, Birmingham

Artistic Director of The Rep, Birmingham, double Olivier Award winner, Tony nominee Sean Foley, explained that everybody at The Rep is thrilled to be co-producing this first-ever production about Frank Sinatra, a legendary artist. His was an exceptional life, and this promises to be an unmissable show about that life. They are excited to have Kathleen Marshall and the rest of the world-class cast and creative team join them in Birmingham to create the show about his life.

Producing on behalf of Universal Music Group Theatrical, Michele Anthony, Executive Vice President of Universal Music Group, and Bruce Resnikoff, President and CEO of Universal Music Enterprises, stated that he is thrilled to present Sinatra The Musical for the first time at Birmingham Rep later this year and to add a new dimension to one of Frank Sinatra’s most creative and dynamic periods in his iconic life and career. Frank Sinatra continues to captivate both lifelong fans and a new generation of audiences worldwide through the legacy of his music and legendary performances.

Find more now:

Saturday 23 September – Saturday 28 October 2023

Birmingham Rep

6 Centenary Square

Birmingham

B1 2EP

Tickets: from £15

Box Office: 0121 236 4455

https://www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/sinatramusical/ 

or

https://sinatra.lnk.to/SinatraMusical

Socials:

Birmingham Rep:

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Sinatra The Musical:

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Twitter: @Sinatra_Musical
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Sinatra Socials:

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