WOS TV: Liza Dances ‘Ding Ding’ with Umbrellas Cast
Kneehigh’s The Umbrellas of Cherbourg has certainly made a life-long celebrity friend of Liza Minnelli, who once recorded a version of the screen-to-stage musical’s Oscar-winning song “I Will Wait for You”.
Adapted and directed by Kneehigh artistic director Emma Rice with a translation by Sheldon Harnick The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is “a French romance that just happens to be sung”. The production’s cast includes two-time Olivier Award winner Joanna Riding alongside Carly Bawden and Andrew Durand as romantic leads Genevieve and Guy.
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg transferred to the West End following a try-out run at Leicester’s Curve Theatre. It was announced last week that the show will close on 21 May 2011, cutting short what had initially been billed as a 30-week season at the Gielgud Theatre.