Funny Girl extends West End run until October
THE West End transfer of Funny Girl has extended its run at the Savoy Theatre for the second time and will now run until October 8, 2016. Tickets for the extra dates go on sale on February 8 at 10am.
The show has broken records at the Savoy Theatre with the biggest advance sales in the venue’s history.
Previously Posted: The Menier Chocolate Factory’s sold-out revival of Funny Girl, starring Sheridan Smith as Fanny Brice, is transferring to the West End – to the Savoy Theatre where it runs for a limited 12 week season – from April 9 to July 2, 2016.
The production, which also stars Darius Campbell as Nick Arnstein, runs at the Menier Chocolate Factory from November 20, 2015 to March 5, 2016.
David Babani, Artistic Director of the Menier Chocolate Factory, said:
“We’ve been overwhelmed by the enthusiasm for Funny Girl – the show broke Menier box office records when it sold out its entire run in just 90 minutes. We felt it was very important to respond to demand so we’re delighted to be joining forces with Sonia Friedman and Scott Landis to give Funny Girl a future life. We want to share it with as wide an audience as possible and to make Michael Mayer’s production as accessible to all, we’re offering £15 day seats – available for every performance at the Savoy Theatre.”
And Producer Sonia Friedman said: “2016 will mark the 50th anniversary of the original London production of Funny Girl. It’s enormously exciting to be bringing this legendary musical back to the West End for the first time since 1966, in a brand new production starring the incredible Sheridan Smith.”
Funny Girl tells the story of Fanny Brice, who rose from the Lower East Side of New York to become one of Broadway’s biggest stars under producer Florenz Ziegfield. While she was cheered onstage as a great comedienne, offstage she faced a doomed relationship with the man she loved, Nick Arnstein.
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Gypsy, starring Imelda Staunton as the indomitable Rose, continues at the Savoy Theatre until November 28. It will be followed – from December 10, 2015 to March 12, 2016 – by Chichester Festival Theatre’s highly acclaimed, sell-out production of Guys and Dolls.