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Dateline: 29th May, 2008
Notes From New York: 5th Anniversary The fifth in the Notes From New York series, The Last Five Years, will play at the Theatre Royal Haymarket for one night only on Sunday 12th October with a gala staging of Jason Robert Brown’s The Last 5 Years. Celebrating the fifth anniversary of the series, the show brings the concept full circle to the work of one of the composers with whom it all began. Newly published novelist Jamie and aspiring actress Cathy tell the tale of their raw and impassioned relationship in opposite directions and from destructively differing standpoints. Unique in structure yet familiar in its themes, this two-hander reminds us it's possible to feel claustrophobically close to and yet worlds apart from the one you hold closest to your heart. The production stars Julie Atherton and Paul Spicer. Julie Atherton, an associate artist of the Notes from New York series, played the roles of Kate Monster and Lucy the Slut in the West End production of Avenue Q. Prior to The Last 5 Years, she will appear in Once Upon a Time at the Adelphi and A Spoonful of Stiles & Drewe at Her Majesty’s Theatre in the West End. Her previous credits include the roles of Sophie in Mamma Mia and Serena in Fame and has produced her own her solo album, A Girl of Few Words.
Paul Spicer, also an associate artist of the Notes from New York series as well as its co-founder, is currently starring as Tobias in a brand new staging of Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd at the Gothenburg Opera in Sweden. His previous West End credits include the roles of Michael in The Witches of Eastwick and Billy in Boy George’s Taboo. His UK tour credits include Fame, Saturday Night Fever and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and he recently returned from completing a year-long contract in the international tour of Mamma Mia. The Last 5 Years received its world première at the Northlight Theatre in Chicago in 2001, starring Lauren Kennedy and Norbert Leo Butz. It was subsequently produced Off Broadway at the Minetta Lane Theatre in 2002, starring Sherie Rene Scott and Norbert Leo Butz. It received its UK première at the Menier Chocolate Factory in 2006 and returns to London for one night only in this gala staging. Jason Robert Brown’s Parade recently received its UK première at the Donmar Warehouse. His other work includes Songs for a New World and his most recent musical 13, which will soon open in New York.
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