So the gloriously twinkly actress is raring to make her Hello, Dolly! debut this summer, four years after the pandemic halted it. Ahead of rehearsals, Imelda Staunton talks nerves, switching up song numbers and ‘getting her teeth into something joyful after playing the late Queen in The Crown
Blackhurst will present five concerts at the NYC venue in the coming months, including tributes to Ethel Merman, Jerry Herman, Hoagy Carmichael, and more.
A major revival of Jerry Herman's Jerry's Girls will open at The Menier Chocolate Factory next month. Directed by Hannah Chissick, with choreography by Matt Cole, musical supervision and arrangements by Sarah Travis, and an all-female band, this new production opens on 22 May.