Gielgud Theatre, London
Bringing Ivo van Hove and Rufus Wainwright together for their first collaboration, the new musical Opening Night explores the highs and lows of making a Broadway show.
The cast and company of The Second Woman, a new play, are in previews on Broadway. Myrtle Gordon, the leading actress, struggles to connect with her role and is plagued by personal and professional doubts, intensified by the death of a young fan she witnesses outside the theatre one night. The team rally around Myrtle as she battles her demons, confronts her past, and contemplates her future. The question is, will they make it to opening night?
Cast
Sheridan Smith
Hadley Fraser
Shira Haas
Nicola Hughes
Amy Lennox
John Marquez
Benjamin Walker
Ian McLarnon
Cilla Silvia
Jos Slovick
Rebecca Thornhill
Robert Finlayson
Daniel Forrester
Jennifer Hepburn
Issy Khogali
Chrissie Perkins
“Captivating. This shakes up musical theatre”
Bookwriter & Director
Ivo van Hove
Music, Lyrics, Orchestrations & Vocal Arrangements
Rufus Wainwright
Set, Lighting & Video Designer
Jan Versweyveld
Costume Designer
An D’Huys
Sound Designers
Tom Gibbons & Alex Twiselton
Musical Supervisor
Nigel Lilley
Movement & Choreography
Polly Bennett
Casting
Julia Horan CDG
Associate Director
Daniel Raggett
Associate Set Designer
James Turner
Associate Lighting
Hector Murray
Associate Video Designer
Iain Syme
Resident Director
Alice Wordsworth
Assistant Set Designer
Hugo Aguirre
Costume Supervisor
Poppy Hall
Props Supervisor
Fahmida Bakht
Voice & Dialect
Hazel Holder
Fight Director
Alex Payne
Intimacy Coordinator
Robbie Taylor Hunt
Music Assistant
Archie McMorran
Orchestral Management
BW Musicians (Andy Barnwell & Rich Weeden)