music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, book by Craig Lucas
seen at the Dominion Theatre on 6 May 2017
Christopher Wheeldon directs and choreographs this stage version of the 1951 film, with set and costume designs by Bob Crowley. The lead actors are Robert Fairchild as Jerry Mulligan, the American soldier cum artist who stays in Paris having missed his train home, Leanne Cope as Lise Dassin, a talented ballet dancer with whom he falls in love, David Seadon-Young as Adam Hochberg, and Amrican composer and wounded soldier also in love with Lise, and Haydn Oakley as Henri Baurel, son of the family who has sheltered Lise during the Nazi occupation of Paris. Henri's parents are played by Jane Asher and Julian Forsyth, and Zoë Rainey plays Miles Davenport, a rich American benefactor.
