Producer Chunsoo Shin will present this smash hit new musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's landmark novel The Great Gatsby in London this Spring.
Jamie Muscato and Frances Mayli McCann. Photo by DanKennedy
The Great Gatsby will begin performances at the London Coliseum on 11 April 2025. The production transfers here following a successful run on Broadway, where it opened in 2024.
Jamie Muscato will play the role of Jay Gatsby. His recent theatre credits include Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 at the Donmar Warehouse and Moulin Rouge! The Musical at the Piccadilly Theatre. Frances Mayli McCann will play the role of Daisy Buchanan. Her recent theatre credits include Bonnie and Clyde at the Garrick Theatre and Death Note in Concert at the London Palladium.
Further casting is to be announced soon.
The show features a book by Jonathan Larson Grant winner Kait Kerrigan (The Mad Ones), music and lyrics by Tony Award® nominees Jason Howland (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical) and Nathan Tysen (Paradise Square) and is directed by award-winning Marc Bruni (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical) with choreography by Dominique Kelley (So You Think You Can Dance), Tony Award®-winning costume design by Linda Cho (Anastasia) and Outer Critics Circle Award winning scenic and projection design by Paul Tate de Poo III (Spamalot).
The creative team is completed by lighting designer Cory Pattak (Spamalot), sound designer Tony Award® winner Brian Ronan (The Book of Mormon), hair and wig designers Drama Desk Award winner Charles G. LaPointe (The Cher Show) & Rachael Geier. Arrangements are by Jason Howland, Orchestrations are by Jason Howland and Kim Scharnberg (Jekyll & Hyde), and the music producer is Grammy Award winner Billy Jay Stein for Strike Audio (Beautiful – cast album). Casting is by Jill Green Casting, CDG (The Devil Wears Prada).
Released in 1925,The Great Gatsby explores the lavish and tumultuous life of Jay Gatsby, a mysterious millionaire, as he pursues his lost love, Daisy Buchanan, during the Jazz Age in 1920s America.
