Cast Announced For London Premiere of The Last Five Years
By John Nathan
23 Jun 2006
The Menier Chocolate Factory has announced casting for The Last Five
Years, the musical follow-up to the South London production house’s
acclaimed revival of Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park With George.
Jason Robert Brown’s one-act two-hander follows the courtship, marriage
and break up of a couple’s relationship, told from start to finish by
the man and from finish to start by the woman.
The Last Five Years previews at the Chocolate Factory beginning July
18, opening July 25.
In Matthew White’s production Damian Humbley will play "nice Jewish
boy" Jamie and Lara Pulver the nice Christian girl Cathy.
Menier producers David Babani and Danielle Tarento will be hoping to
match the success of their production of Sunday in the Park With
George, which transferred from the Southwark venue to the West End’s
Wyndham’s Theatre on May 23 following previews from May 13. It’s
thought the revival of the Sondheim and Lapine musical will travel to
New York in 2007.
Composer and lyricist Jason Robert Brown, who won a Tony in 1999 with
his score to Parade, is considered by many to be the
heir apparent to Sondheim. And, like Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll
Along, The Last Five Years distorts time in order to tell
its story.
Pulver’s stage credits include touring productions of Miss Saigon,
High Society, The Boyfriend and Chicago. Australian-born
Humbley was cast opposite Ruthie Henshall in Lloyd Webber’s Woman in
White at the West End’s Palace Theatre, and credits in his home
country include Billy Boy in Urinetown.
For more on The Last Five Years, which is booking until Sept. 30,
call (0)207 907 7060 or www.menierchocolatefactory.com.
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