Performers from the hits Hamilton, Pretty Woman and Back to the Future consider theatre’s comeback and the shows they can’t wait to see We thought

‘There’s nothing like it!’ Musical stars return to storm the stage

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2021-05-25 20:30:14

Performers from the hits Hamilton, Pretty Woman and Back to the Future consider theatre’s comeback and the shows they can’t wait to see

We thought we’d be home for a couple of weeks when theatres closed last March. Then maybe a couple of months. We kept shifting our expectations. A lot of people aren’t returning to the business, whether that’s through the emotional toll or a lack of financial support. Everybody has a different breaking point. I feel cautiously optimistic that we will rebuild better and take care of each other, but it’s still scary and uncertain.

When I saw Hamilton for the first time on Broadway, I loved the whole vibe and really connected with George Washington. So getting the opportunity to play him in London was phenomenal. The difficult part was having to stop after five months and spend more than a year at home. But over lockdown I played Muhammad Ali in a BBC radio series narrated by Nas. It was really cool to voice a legend like that. And we’ve got a special Hamilton surprise for the West End concert The Show Must Go On! It’s something we don’t think has been done in Hamilton cast history.

In the last week, London has started to feel a bit more normal. I’m so pleased that Broadway shows have dates lined up too. New York City has been a ghost town but they’ve done a lot to galvanise the industry during that quiet time in terms of how to come back stronger, with better understanding of equal rights, and fighting to make the workplace somewhere for artists to feel better represented and protected. I see those strides here as well but there’s still work to do. We need to keep those conversations going.

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