London Revival of Stephen Sondheim's Anyone Can Whistle Ends Run May 7 | Playbill

International News London Revival of Stephen Sondheim's Anyone Can Whistle Ends Run May 7

Georgie Rankcom directs the Southwark Playhouse production.

The Southwark Playhouse's spring production of Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim's musical Anyone Can Whistle, directed by Georgie Rankcom, ends its run May 7. Watch highlights from the London production, which officially opened April 5 following previews that began April 1, above.

Alex Young, who played Young Sally in the National Theatre production of Follies, stars as Mayoress Cora Hoover Hooper with Chrystine Symone as Nurse Fay Apple, Jordan Broatch as J. Bowden Hapgood, Danny Lane as Comptroller Schub, Samuel Clifford as Treasurer Cooley, Renan Teodoro as Chief of Police Magrueder, Nathan Taylor as Dr. Detmold, Kathryn Akin as Mrs Schroeder, Marisha Morgan as Baby Joan, Teddy Hinde as John, Hana Ichijo as June, Shane Convery as George, and Jensen Tudtud as Martin.

The staging also has musical direction by Natalie Pound, choreography by Lisa Stevens, orchestrations by Charlie Ingles, original orchestrations by Don Walker, set and costume design by Cory Shipp, lighting design by Alex Musgrave, and assistant direction by Alex Conder.

With a score by Sondheim and a book by Laurents, Anyone Can Whistle opened at the Majestic Theatre April 4, 1964, with a cast led by multi-Tony winner Angela Lansbury, Lee Remick, Harry Guardino, Gabriel Dell, Arnold Soboloff, James Frawley, Peg Murray, Don Doherty, Sterling Clark, Harvey Evans, Larry Roquemore, and Tucker Smith. Although the political satire played but 21 performances, the Sondheim score contained several exceptional songs, including “Me and My Town,” “There Won’t Be Trumpets,” “Anyone Can Whistle,” “Everybody Says Don’t,” and “With So Little to Be Sure Of.”

The Grey Area and Alex Conder produce the Southwark production.

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