TODRICK HALL TO JOIN
ERIC McCORMACK, RACHEL TUCKER,
JAMIE MUSCATO, OLIVER TOMPSETT & TORI ALLEN-MARTIN
IN WORLD PREMIERE OF NEW MUSICAL ‘WILD ABOUT YOU’ IN
CONCERT
We are delighted to announce that Todrick Hall will be joining Eric McCormack,
Rachel Tucker, Jamie Muscato, Oliver Tompsett and Tori Allen-Martin in the new
musical in concert Wild About You, which is making its World Premiere at Theatre
Royal Drury Lane on 25th and 26th March.
Wild About You is a new musical with music and lyrics by Chilina Kennedy and
book by Eric Holmes.
When Olivia finds herself in the hospital with limited memory, she must dig through
her messy past to figure out which of the loves of her life is her emergency
contact, only to understand that her desire to make everyone happy has left no
one happy. Through a series of realizations, she reclaims her right to be flawed
and loved in all her human complexity. However, as she regains clarity, tragedy
strikes, but that is when Olivia literally moves Heaven and Earth to reconnect with
her greatest love – her son.
Eric McCormack:
Best known for his eleven seasons as “Will Truman” on NBC’s Will & Grace, Eric
McCormack was nominated for four Emmy Awards and six Golden Globes,
receiving the Emmy for Lead Actor in a Comedy in 2001. He served as a producer,
director and leading actor on three seasons of Travelers, for Netflix, and for three
seasons of Perception. Other series include Lonesome Dove: The OutlawYears,
Atypical, Trust Me, Departure and Slasher. Born in Toronto, McCormack got his
start in theatres across Canada, including five seasons with the Stratford Festival,
eventually starring on Broadway in Tony-nominated productions ofThe Music Man,
Gore Vidal’s The Best Man and in this year’s hit comedy, The Cottage. Films
include Holy Man, The Architect, Free Enterprise and the award-winning Canadian
comedy, Drinkwater. You can hear Eric and his old Will & Grace pal, Sean Hayes,
on their new hit show “Just Jack & Will”. Eric splits his time between Vancouver
and Los Angeles and has been honored with a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame and
the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Todrick Hall:
TODRICK HALL – With over 9 million followers across several social media platforms,
Mr. Hall is one of the most high-profile and prolific storytellers in the world.
He has collaborated with superstars in every industry including: Beyoncé, Taylor Swift,
Ariana Grande, RuPaul and Chaka Khan.
Since his namesake in a television show “Todrick” aired on MTV, he has been featured on a
dozen more. He has written, co-produced, and released seventeen studio albums; composed the “Magic Happens” parade at Disneyland; collaborated on brand deals with Calvin Klein, Just Dance, Samsung, Skittles and Virgin Airlines; directed, choreographed and headlined eight world tours; and appeared in and co-executive produced Taylor Swift’s LGBTQ+ anthem “You Need to Calm Down”, for which he also won a Video Music Award.
Mr. Hall was in the original Broadway casts of The Color Purple and Memphis. He starred as
Lola in Kinky Boots, Ogie in Waitress, and played Billy Flynn in Chicago on Broadway and the West End. Todrick contributed songs to the film-to-stage adaptation of Burlesque, and will be creating the role of Sean in the world premiere this summer.
Jamie Muscato:
Theatre: Christian in Moulin Rouge! (Piccadilly Theatre); Guy in Once In Concert
(London Palladium); Enjolras in Les Misérables The Staged Concert (Sondheim
Theatre); Tony in West Side Story (Leicester Curve); JD in Heathers (Theatre
Royal Haymarket/ The Other Palace); Story Edward in Big Fish (The Other Palace);
Ben in Lazarus (Kings Cross Theatre); George Jacob Holyoake in A Subject of
Scandal and Concern (Finborough Theatre); Jake in Stay Awake Jake (The
Vaults); Joe in Bend it Like Beckham (Phoenix Theatre); Anthony in Sweeney
Todd (Welsh National Opera); Nathan in House of Mirrors and Hearts (Arcola
Theatre); Eddie in Dogfight (Southwark Playhouse); The Light Princess (National
Theatre); Rock of Ages (Shaftesbury Theatre); Love Story (Duchess Theatre);
Jean Prouvaire in Les Misérables (25 Anniversary tour); Spring Awakening
(Novello/ Lyric Hammersmith). TV and Film: Chemistry of Death (Paramount+);
Darkness Rising (Channel 4/NBC); Pistol (FX Network); The Colour Of Spring
(Winterlight Productions); The Trial of Christine Keeler (BBC); The Nun (New Line
Cinema/ Warner Bros); Cilla (ITV); Les Miserables (Working Title Films).
Rachel Tucker:
Rachel Tucker is an Olivier Award nominated Actress who has just guest starred as
Norma Desmond in Jamie Lloyd’s production of Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy
Theatre. She recently starred in Come From Away at the Gerald Schoenfeld
Theatre on Broadway, playing the role of Annette/Beverley Bass: the role she
originated in London. Rachel received her Olivier Nomination for Best Actress in a
Supporting Role in a Musical at the 2019 Olivier Awards and Best Supporting
Actress in a Musical at the 2020 WhatsOnStage Awards for her performances in this
role.
An experienced screen actress – she can be seen playing the role of Siobhan
O’Hare in Northern Irish Television series Hope Street for BBC One.
Theatre credits include: Songs For a New World (London Palladium & Streaming),
Elphaba in Wicked (West End, Broadway and the London 10th Anniversary Cast);
Meg Dawson in Sting’s musical The Last Ship (Neil Simon Theatre, New York and
Bank of America Theatre, Chicago); Communicating Doors (Menier Chocolate
Factory); Jen in John and Jen (Southwark Playhouse) for which she won Best Lead
Performance In A Musical in the Off West End Awards OFFIES 2022; Farragut
North (Southwark Playhouse) and Meat in We Will Rock You (Dominion).
Television credits: Siobhan O’Hare in Hope Street (BBC1/BritBox); Sharon Collins in
Informer (BBC1/Neal Street productions) and I’d Do Anything (BBC), where she
reached the semi-final stages for the role of Nancy in Cameron Mackintosh’s Oliver
Oliver Tompsett:
THEATRE: Ramsey in In Dreams (Leeds and Toronto); Edward Lewis in Pretty
Woman (Savoy Theatre); Shakespeare in &Juliet (Shaftesbury); Charlie Price in
Kinky Boots (Adelphi); Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls (Phoenix); Galileo in We
Will Rock You (Dominion); Drew Boley in Rock of Ages (Dominion); Fiyero in
Wicked (Apollo Victoria); Phil Davis in White Christmas (West Yorkshire
Playhouse); Starlight Express (The Other Palace); The World Goes Round (St.
James); The Royal Hunt of the Sun (The National); Mamma Mia! (Prince of
Wales); Our House (Cambridge); Caliph in Kismet (Arcola); Harry Lytton in Over
My Shoulder (Wyndham’s) and Tony in West Side Story (Canizzaro Park Festival).
WORKSHOPS: Ghost; The Wall and Hoods The Musical
FILMS: Chauncey in Showdogs (Open Road Films) and Jake in The Hard Way
(Fireapple).
Tori Allen-Martin
Tori is a regular in BBC 1 comedy Here We Go and was previously seen as a
leading regular in 4 series of BBC’s London Kills and as a regular on Channel 4’s
Pure.
Further television credits include Mrs Sidhu Investigates (Acorn); Significant
Other (Hatrick); Plebs: The War (the finale) (Rise films); The Other Half (Ranga
Bee Productions); Flatshare (42 for Paramount+); Back To Life (Two Brothers
Pictures); and Pandemonium (BBC).
Recent stage credits include Samuel Takes a Break (The Yard Theatre); Then,
Now and Next (Southwark Playhouse); Park Bench (Park Theatre); One Man, Two
Guvnors (New Wolsey, Ipswich/Nuffield Southampton); The Season (Glass Half
Full Productions and Tim Johanson); The Hardest One (The Other Palace/
Criterion); and Hair the Musical (European tour).
The World Premiere Recording
The album was released on 17th November under the Broadway Records label. The
all-star recording includes Jackie Burns (Wicked), Kennedy Caughell (Paradise),
Jenn Colella (Come From Away), Rachel Ling Gordon (How the Grinch Stole
Christmas), Aisha Jackson (Once Upon a One More Time), Joaquina Kalukango
(Tony Award® winner for Paradise Square), Chilina Kennedy (Beautiful: The Carole
King Musical), Eric McCormack (Emmy Award winner for Will & Grace), Jay
McKenzie (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical), Katherine McPhee (Smash),
Jessie Mueller (Tony Award® winner for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical), Alex
Newell (Tony Award® winner for Shucked), Paul Alexander Nolan (Parade), Noah
J. Ricketts (Frozen) and Lea Salonga (Tony Award® winner for Miss Saigon)
Wild About You Album Tracks:
- Floating and Falling – Katharine McPhee
- Bad Day Box – Jackie Burns & Paul Alexander Nolan
- Wild About You – Jenn Colella & Chilina Kennedy
- Gold – Jessie Mueller
- Fast Train – Jay McKenzie
- High- Noah J. Ricketts, Chilina Kennedy, Eric McCormack & Jenn Colella
- What I’m Here To Find – Joaquina Kalukango
- Without You – Kennedy Caughell & Rachel Ling Gordon
- I Wouldn’t Call It Love – Aisha Jackson
- Take Us Down – Chilina Kennedy & Noah J. Ricketts
- Dangerous Lines – Alex Newell
- Here – Lea Salonga
The album is produced by two-time Tony Award®winner Brian Spector
(www.keakaproductions.com) and Daniel Edmonds, who also serves as the album’s
Music Supervisor/Director, Arranger and Orchestrator.
Chilina Kennedy (Music & Lyrics) is an award-winning actress, writer, composer, and
the Artistic Producer of Eclipse Theatre Company. She has been writing original music
for over 20 years and most recently contributed an original song to the new Canadian
song cycle ‘Til Then’. Chilina is the longest running “Carole King” in Beautiful: The
Carole King Musical on Broadway, playing over 1,200 performances. Other Broadway
roles include “Annie” in Paradise Square and “Mary” in Des McAnuff’s Jesus Christ
Superstar (2012). Chilina played “Dina“ in the North American Tour of The Band’s
Visit (Toronto Theatre Critics’ Award), originated “Phoebe” in A Gentleman’s Guide to
Love and Murder (CT and San Diego Critics’ Circle Nominations) and “Binky” in This
Ain’t No Disco (Atlantic Theatre Company). Film: With Me (BravoFact, NY Shorts and
Whistler Film Festivals) and “Elle” in The Human Voice (OAC).
Chilina honored Carole King at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors by playing and singing
Aretha Franklin, James Taylor, Sara Bareilles and Janelle Monáe.
Multiple award winner Eric Holmes (Book) has a proven track record of succession
both stage andscreen. Eric was a writer on the critically acclaimed TV series The
Good Fight on Paramount+ for four seasons. His musical Fly More Than You Fall,
co-written with Nat Zegree, received nine regional BroadwayWorld Awards, including
Best Musical and Best New Work, at its premiere at the NOORDA Center in Orem,
Utah. His musical, Born Country, that he wrote with his wife Erin Holmes, received
a NYC workshop in 2023 helmed by Kenneth Ferrone (Grease Live! and the
Broadway bound musical The Wanderer). Eric has recieevd the David S. Hawes
Scholarship for his farce Nearly Departed and was nominated for the Otis Guernsey
New Voices Playwriting Award for his play Black Friday. He participated in the
LARK’s Writer’s Retreat and was a writer in residence at The New Harmony Project.
Other credits include Evil (CBS), Smash (NBC).
Nick Winston- Director & Choreographer:
Nick has over 100 production credits to his name, and his work has been seen in 25
countries across four continents. His West End musical credits include “Bonnie &
Clyde” (WhatsOnStage Award for Best Musical), “Fame”, “Annie”, “Loserville”
(Olivier Award nomination for Best New Musical), and the acclaimed concert
productions of “Chess” and “The Secret Garden”.
Casting: Harry Blumenau
General Management: Carter Dixon McGill Productions
Tickets:
More information about Wild About You can be found at wildaboutyoumusical.com