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Here Comes J. Edgar! A Comedy Musical

By Harry Shearer, Tom Leopold, & Peter Matz
J. Edgar Theatre Productions presents
Fri 10 Jul - Sun 16 Aug
An irrepressible musical comedy about the love of power and the power of love.
10 Jul
-
16 Aug

As Director of the FBI from 1924 to 1972, J. Edgar Hoover secured his position as the most powerful man in America by gathering information on the private lives of others. Yet, behind all the machismo, was his concealed sexuality, his flamboyant partying and his lifelong love affair with his deputy, Clyde Tolson.

Here was a man who stopped at nothing to use the secrets of others to build and exert his control. yet underneath the petticoats of power lay his own secrets hidden … in plain sight.

This summer sees the world premiere in London of this 1950s style stage comedy musical collaboration between Harry Shearer - star of The Simpsons and This Is Spinal Tap, Tom Leopold - the writer behind such TV classics as Seinfeld and Cheers, and award-winning conductor and composer, Peter Matz, Barbara Streisand’s musical director.

Here Comes J Edgar! is an irrepressible musical comedy about the love of power and the power of love, and what a simple black dress and a single strand of pearls can do for a guy.

 

YOUR VISIT


 Age guidance: 14+


Runtime: TBC

Content Warnings: TBC
 

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Cast & Creatives

Writers | Harry Shearer & Tom Leopold
Music | Peter Matz
Director | Josh Seymour
Choreographer | Bill Deamer 
Musical Supervisor | Benjamin Ferguson
Set Designer | Sophia Pardon
Costume Designer | Tom Paris
Lighting Designer | Jamie Platt
Sound Designer | Nick Lodge
Casting Director | Harry Blumenau CDG CSA
General Management | James Quaife for Luminous Entertainment Group
Marketing | Cup of Ambition 
PR | David Burns 
Graphic Design | Feast 

 

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