The Menier Chocolate Factory today announces a major revival of Jerry Herman’s JERRY’S GIRLS. Directed by Hannah Chissick, with choreography by Matt Cole, musical supervision and arrangements by Sarah Travis, and an all-female band, this new production opens on 22 May, with previews from the 18th, and plays a strictly limited season until 29 June. Cast and further creative team to be announced.
JERRY’S GIRLS celebrates the life and legacy of legendary award-winning Broadway composer Jerry Herman.
Featuring an all-female cast, and songs from such timeless musicals as Mame, Hello Dolly!, Milk and Honey, Mack and Mabel, and La Cage Aux Folles, JERRY’S GIRLS comes to the Menier Chocolate Factory for 6 weeks only.
JERRY’S GIRLS was created by Herman and collaborator Larry Alford in 1981, and opened Off-Broadway to critical acclaim, and resulted in a hit National Tour and a Tony-nominated run on Broadway, directed and choreographed by Wayne Cilento.
Jerry Herman’s list of awards and honours is seemingly endless – it includes multiple Tony, Grammy, Olivier and Drama Desk Awards, the Johnny Mercer Award, the Richard Rodgers Award, the Oscar Hammerstein Award, and an entry into the Theatre Hall of Fame.
