Too Close to the Sun, a new musical, will be making its World Premier at the Comedy Theatre opening 24 July 2009, following previews from 16 July - booking to 5 Sep 2009.

Music by John Robinson, Libretto by Roberto Trippini, Lyrics by Roberto Trippini & John Robinson.

The Creative Team and casting will be announced soon!

Author and Nobel Prize-winner Ernest Hemingway, battling the rigours old age, takes solace in the company of his young secretary. His wife, tolerating this liaison so as not to lose him, is unaware that the secretary has a secret agenda - to become wife number five and inherit his estate. The arrival of Rex, an old school friend, adds a further complication, as he tries to secure the film rights to the life of the notorious writer. With bribery, lies and manipulation, Rex plays a dangerous game to achieve his goal, but in this suggested account of events leading to Hemingway s death, can there be any winners?

Anyone know who is producing or general managing this?

JS

anyone know anything about the writers?

ta

Someone with way too much money to burn I would guess. If Spring Awakening can't find an audience, I can't see the coaches bringing people in for a show about Ernest Hemmingway just before he dies.

I can't wait...John Robinson wrote Man in the Iron Mask and I loved that one !

I was about to say, it sounds like Man in the Iron Mask II in terms of dreadful, pointless, clueless vanity project musicals.

Please let them cast Sheila Ferguson as Mary Hemmingway!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

You'r jokining?!

I have people that have read the book and heard the music refer to it as...

To Close By Sun


We shall see..

Glad to see a new musical filling the Comedy Theatre. Looking at Ambassador Tickets, I think they have a good pricing scheme - most seats at £45 and premium at £55 (good price for premium as it is still cheaper than a lot of other West End musicals). It's strange that they don't have any graphics up for it yet. Hope it does well.

"a new musical filling the Comedy Theatre"?

We'll see...

lol

it's got TURKEY written all over it

Even at those prices it will be cheap seats aplenty

It's only playing for a limited 8 week season.

This 'show' really should win Theatrical evet of the year

The title of this thread is "new" musical because it has been resurrected to discuss as part of the WOS awards.

I started a specific thread to discuss the nominations over on the chat forum- its going to get crazy and confusing if everyone resurrects old boards to discuss them as nominations- or am I being too fussy?