{"id":5537,"date":"2022-06-20T13:21:44","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T18:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/?p=5537"},"modified":"2022-06-20T13:21:45","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T18:21:45","slug":"tonight-only-updikes-witches-take-the-london-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2022\/06\/20\/tonight-only-updikes-witches-take-the-london-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Tonight only: Updike’s Witches take the London stage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Playbill<\/em>‘s Leah Putnam<\/strong> reports that for one night only, June 20, 2022, The Witches of Eastwick Concert<\/em> will play London’s Sondheim Theatre, with original cast member Maria Friedman directing the performance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cast consists of Natasha J Barnes as Alexandra, John Partridge as Darryl Van Horne, Carrie Hope Fletcher as Sukie, and Laura Pitt-Pulford as Jane. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Featuring a book by and lyrics by John Dempsey<\/a> (The Fix<\/em>), with music by Dana P. Rowe (The Fix<\/em>), the show is based on the John Updike novel and film adaptation of the same name. Musical staging is by Chrissie Cartwright<\/a>, with associate direction by Jack McCann<\/a>, and associate musical direction by Mike Steel. Also serving on the creative team are Isaac McCullough as musical director, Jonathan Lipman as costume designer, Simon Sherriff as lighting designer, Adam Fisher<\/a> as sound designer. Jack Maple serves as producer of the concert, which is presented by arrangement with Cameron Mackintosh Ltd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Friedman said in a statement, ‘I\u2019m so incredibly excited to be revisiting Eastwick<\/em> after all these years. To be reunited with the fantastic Stephen Mear<\/a>, and to have the opportunity to bring this beloved musical back to London, and at the simply stunning Sondheim Theatre, for one-night-only is an absolute thrill, and I can\u2019t wait to get started.\u201d Friedman is set to reprise her direction<\/a> of Merrily We Roll Along<\/em> when the British production transfers to Off-Broadway’s New York Theatre Workshop later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Witches of Eastwick<\/em>‘s last major production on the London stage was its original run at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in 2000, from which it transferred to the Prince of Wales Theatre the following year.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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