George Renshaw and Markus Sodergren
announced for the UK premiere
of the Broadway musical
THE STORY OF MY LIFE
The Stage Door Theatre
150-151 Drury Lane
London WC2B 5TD
4 September – October 19
George Renshaw and Markus Sodergren, who both attended Arts Ed Performing Arts School and performed in the recent hit production of Heathers the Musical, will play childhood friends in the UK premiere of the intimate two-person Broadway musical The Story of My Life.
The Story of My Life, with Music and Lyrics by Neil Bartram and Book by Brian Hill, Directed by Robert McWhir, will open at the Stage Door Theatre in Drury Lane, the first pub theatre in the West End, on Wednesday 4 September and run to Saturday October 19.
Best-selling author Thomas Weaver has come back to his hometown to deliver the eulogy for his childhood friend, Alvin Kelby, but finds himself desperately scrambling for something to say. His reality is shattered by the memory of Alvin who takes him deep into Thomas’s mind cluttered with a lifetime of stories.
George Renshaw (Alvin) played ‘JD’ in Heathers the Musical at The Other Palace. He is currently playing Harry Wotton in Dorian the Musical at Southwark Playhouse.
Markus Sodergren (Thomas) returns to The Stage Door Theatre after playing ‘Man’ in the two-hander Stephen Sondheim revue, Marry Me A Little (Offie nomination Best Lead Performance in a Musical). His previous credits include Heathers the Musical (UK tour).
Nominated for four 2009 Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Musical, The Story of My Life is a Broadway rarity: an intimate musical that candidly explores the simplicity of human need and the complexity of emotions under which it lies buried. A series of songs – in turn playful, touching and dramatic – The Story of My Life inspires us to reconnect with those who were part of the earliest chapters of our own life stories.
Director Robert McWhir
Musical Director Aaron Clingham
Designer David Shields
Producer LAMBCO Productions
Neil Bartram (Music and Lyrics)
Neil is the composer and lyricist of Broadway’s The Story of My Life with book writer Brian Hill (four Drama Desk Award nominations). Other projects with Brian includeThe Adventures of Pinocchio (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), The Theory of Relativity (Canadian Music Theatre Project, Goodspeed Musicals, London Off-West End), Something Wicked This Way Comes (Delaware Theatre Company – 11 Barrymore Award nominations), and You Are Here(Goodspeed Musicals). Neil also wrote the score for Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s and Asolo Repertory Theatre’s productions of Shakespeare in Love. Upcoming projects include Les Belles (the stage adaptation of Michel Tremblay’s Les Belles Soeurs) and the stage adaptation of Disney’s beloved film Bedknobs & Broomsticks. Neil’s awards include the ASCAP Foundation’s Yellen Award, a Jonathan Larson Foundation Award, and a Dramatists Guild Fellowship.
Brian Hill (Book)
With composer/lyricist Neil Bartram, Brian has writtenThe Adventures of Pinocchio, The Theory of Relativity and The Story of My Life, which premiered on Broadway in 2009, earning four Drama Desk Award nominations (Outstanding Musical, Music, Lyrics, and Book). Current Bartram and Hill projects include Senza Luce (CMTP), Les Belles, You Are Here,Bedknobs and Broomsticks and Something Wicked This Way Comes (Delaware Theatre Company – 11 Barrymore Award nominations). Brian wrote the new book for the Old Globe’s production of October Sky and the revised book for the Goodman Theatre’s acclaimed production of Brigadoon.
Robert McWhir (Director)
Robert McWhir is Artistic Director of the Stage Door Theatre. Robert was previously Artistic Director of the Landor Theatre in Clapham for 16 years, where his many productions included critically acclaimed versions of The Clockmaker’s Daughter, She Loves Me, The Man Inside, Meet Me In St Louis, A Class Act, Curtains, Ragtime, Tomorrow Morning, Into The Woods, I Love You Because and Follies.
LISTINGS INFO
Lambco presents
the UK premiere of
the Broadway musical
The Story of My Life
Music and Lyrics by Neil Bartram
Book by Brian Hill
Directed by Robert McWhir
Stage Door Theatre
The Prince of Wales pub
150-151 Drury Lane
London
WC2B 5TD
Wednesday 4 September – Saturday October 19
Tuesday – Friday at 19:30
Saturdays at 20.30pm
Dinner Tickets: £41,
Show only: £24 (plus booking fee)
Box Office: 07917 221639
Show length 90 mins (no interval)
The Story of My Life is presented by
arrangement with Music Theatre International