A Damsel in Distress (musical) A Damsel in Distress is a 2015 musical written by Jeremy Sams and Robert Hudson , with music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin . A romantic comedy , the musical is based on the novel A Damsel in Distress by P. G. Wodehouse, the 1928 play adapted from the novel, and the 1937 musical comedy film A Damsel in Distress based on the novel and play. The musical ran from 30 May to 27 June 2015 at Chichester Festival Theatre .Main cast The director and choreographer was Rob Ashford , the designer was Christopher Oram , and the musical supervisor was David Chase . The musical director was Alan Williams , the orchestrator was Bill Elliott , the lightning designer was Howard Harrison, and the sound designer was Paul Groothuis . Gabrielle Dawes and James Orange were the casting directors.Musical numbers ;Act 1 "Overture" – Orchestra "Things Are Looking Up" – Billie and Ensemble "Put Me To The Test" – George, Billie "Mine" – Lord Marshmoreton "The Jolly Milkmaid And The Tar" – Keggs, Reggie, Alice "Nice Work If You Can Get It" – Maud, Alice "Feeling I’m Falling" – George "I’m A Poached Egg" – Reggie "You Are You" – George, Alice, Reggie, Lord Marshmoreton, Lady Caroline "Stiff Upper Lip" – Billie, Pierre, Keggs, Dorcas and Ensemble "Evening Star" – Maud "Feeling I’m Falling " – George ;Act 2 "Entr’acte" – Orchestra "I Can't Be Bothered Now" – Billie and Ensemble "Love Walked In" – Lord Marshmoreton, Billie "French Pastry Walk" – Dorcas, Pierre and Ensemble "Soon" – Maud, George, Billie "Mine " – Lord Marshmoreton, Billie "Fidgety Feet" – Reggie, George and Ensemble "Sing Of Spring" – Lady Caroline "I’m A Poached Egg " – Reggie, Alice "Mine " – Lord Marshmoreton, Billie "A Foggy Day" – George "Finale" – Full CompanyReception Reviews were generally positive. BritishTheatre.com : "Sams and Hudson have done an excellent job of adapting this work for the stage, inventing and re-inventing parts of Wodehouse’s original wheel. The dialogue is snappy and effervescent, and the tone light and supple throughout. There might be a tad too much emphasis on George’s artistic angst than is strictly necessary or properly explained, but that does not really get in the way of the roller coaster of frivolity that the duo has here penned."The Stage : "In an age of metamusicals from The Producers to the current Broadway hit Something Rotten , which offer their own ironic commentaries on the genre itself, A Damsel in Distress is both blissfully affectionate yet never affected as a young Broadway composer and a British socialite are set on an tangled but inevitable course towards each other in a dizzying, but always sincere, series of romantic collisions. Rob Ashford directs and choreographs an absolutely luxurious cast that includes hilarious turns from Richard Dempsey, Isla Blair and Desmond Barrit, and the brassily brilliant Sally Ann Triplett as the leading showgirl."The Telegraph : "While complex characterization was perhaps not one of Wodehouse’s main preoccupations, both Summer Strallen as Maud and Richard Fleeshman as George bring a sparky edge to their obstacle-filled romance, while the late-blooming love between Nicholas Farrell as Lord Marshmoreton, who always wanted to marry a showgirl, and Sally Ann Triplett as the girl of his dreams, equally at home on the stage or in the pigsty, is genuinely touching."
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