City Of Angels – The Theater event of the New Year – Play of The Year

city-of-angelsLondon is the epicenter of the theater world and the Donmar Warehouse is probably the most consistent and important theater of the West End.  Now City of Angels is dazzling critics and theater goers alike. So much fun and worth the trip to London.

Two decades after its London premier, Donmar artistic director Josie Rourke revives one of the acknowledged greats of twentieth century musical theatre.

Hollywood comes calling for a New York novelist. The offer is too good to refuse: adapt the private detective protagonist of his books into a big-screen hero. The siren song of Los Angeles is a dangerous temptation and while his movie plays out in black and white, his new life is all-too colourful.

Rebecca Trehearn (Donna, Oolie) and Rosalie Craig (Gabby, Bobbi) Photo Credit Johan Persson.jpgWith a sensational jazz score by Cy Coleman, sizzling lyrics from David Zippel and book by acclaimed comic screenwriter Larry Gelbart (M*A*S*H, Tootsie), CITY OF ANGELS, is a witty and glorious celebration of film noir.

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