Call him Rusty鈥� again.
Jeevan Braich, who made his professional stage debut when the revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber鈥檚 Starlight Express opened at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre in June 2024, returns to the role of Rusty June 25.
Braich, who was named Best Performer in a Musical at The Stage Debut Awards 2024, is temporarily filling in for Gavin Adams, who is taking some time off from the show due to a recent shoulder injury. A return date for Adams has yet to be announced.
The company also features Sophie Naglik as Pearl, Olivia Ringrose as Greaseball, Asher Forth as Electra, Georgia Pemberton as Dinah, Jade Marvin as Momma McCoy, and Jaydon Vijn as Hydra, with Jamie Addison, Jessie Angell, Ollie Augustin, Evan Taylor Benyacar, Charles Butcher, Cletus Chan, Tamara Verhoven Clyde, Jamie Cruttenden, Kelly Downing, Isaac Edwards, Maddy Erzan-Essien, Sam Gallacher, Lucy Glover, Scott Hayward, Dante Hutchinson, Iwan James, Lewis Kidd, Hannah Kiss, Nicole Louise-Lewis, Bethany Rose Lythgoe, Jessica Niles, Temi Olawole, Harrison Peterkin, RED, Ashley Rowe, Nicky Wong Rush, Charlie Russell, Gary Sheridan, Lara Vina Uzcatia, and Amber Weston.
In the musical, as a child鈥檚 train set magically comes to
life and the engines race to become the fastest in the world, Rusty the
steam train has little hope of winning until he is inspired by the
legend of the "Starlight Express."
Starlight Express is the second show produced by Lloyd Webber Harrison Musicals, the partnership between composer Lloyd Webber and producer Michael Harrison. The first, the current Tony-winning Broadway revival of Sunset Blvd. revival directed by Jamie Lloyd, was also a hit at London's Savoy Theatre.
With music by Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Richard Stilgoe, Starlight Express has set design by Tim Hatley (Back to the Future), costume design by Gabriella Slade (Six), video design by Andrzej Goulding (Life of Pi), lighting design by Howard Hudson (& Juliet), sound design by Gareth Owen (MJ the Musical), new orchestrations by Matthew Brind with Lloyd Webber, musical supervision by Brind and David Wilson, and new choreography by Ashley Nottingham (Pacific Overtures) with Arlene Phillips as the creative dramaturg. Casting is by Pearson Casting.
After its London premiere, Starlight Express opened on Broadway March 15, 1987, playing 22 previews and 761 regular performances at the Gershwin. The musical was nominated for seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical. It won the Tony for John Napier's costume designs.
Songs include "AC/DC," "Make Up My Heart," "Light
at the End of the Tunnel," and the title tune.
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